Jumps

Jumps are a unique feature of the Lesson module. Jumps are links and determine what happens after a user makes a choice on a lesson page. There are two basic types of jumps – Relative and Absolute. The instructor uses a pull-down menu to see a selection of all possible jumps.

For example, an instructor creates 10 Lesson pages and titles them P1 to P10.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10.

On P5, the instructor may want to send the user to P7 for one user choice and to “Next Page” for other choices. In this example “P7” is an absolute jump and “Next Page is a relative jump.

Absolute jumps

The absolute jump always goes to the same page that an instructor has created. In our example we used P7.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10.

Note that the instructor can decide to change the title of “P7” to “Grading” as the page title. The jump from P5 will automatically change.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, Grading, P8, P9, P10.

Moving either page will not affect any absolute jumps. In the example below the absolute jump in P5 will now skip 4 pages in the logical order.

P1, P2, P5, P3, P4, P6, P8, Grading, P9, P10.

Pages can have the same title and this can be confusing when setting jumps. For example, it is a good practice to retitle an End of Branch page so you don’t end up with 5 pages all called End of Branch.

Relative jumps

These kinds of jumps go to a position or create an effect. In our example, a Next Page jump in P5 is the next page in the logical order of the lesson is P6.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10.

The instructor may decide that more information is needed for those users going to P6. The instructor can insert a page (called P5-b)immediately after P5 and the Next Page jump will now go to P5-b.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P5-b, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10.

Or the instructor can move another page to the position right after P5, and the Next page jump will go there. In the example below P10 has been moved and it has become the “Next page”.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P10, P5-b, P6, P7, P8, P9.

If the instructor moves P5 to another location in the logical order, the relative jump will still look for the “Next page” in our example this will now be P10.

P1, P2, P3, P4, P6, P7, P8, P9, P5, P10.

Here are a few of the relative jumps that an instructor might find in a Lesson page.

The random relative jumps need to be planned with care. They were designed to be used within a segment of a lesson.

Next page

We have covered this relative jump in our above example. It is also the default jump for the first answer to any question or content (branch table) page choices.

This page

This page takes the user back to the page they just viewed. Lesson will usually use this jump as a default in most question and content pages if it didn’t use “Next page”.

Previous page

The page which is in front of the current page in the logical order.

End of lesson

The end of the lesson is the splash screen a user sees when they have completed the lesson. In the simple lesson, this follows the last page in the logical order. It may show their score, offer a link to the next lesson or just say that they have completed the lesson. This jump is often used as a content page choice to allow the user to end the lesson at that point in the Lesson.

Unseen question within a content page

This will link to a randomly chosen unseen (by the user in this attempt) question between this content page and the End of the Lesson or the next End of Branch. This might be used in a segment of a lesson, where it is used in like a jump in C2 in the example below. Use with care.

C1, C2, Q1, Q2, Q3, EoB, C3, C4, C5, Q4, C6.

Random question within a content page

This will link to a randomly chosen question between the current content page and the End of Lesson or the next End of Branch. If the user has already seen the question and attempts are greater than 1, they will get another chance to earn the point(s) for that question. If attempts are set to 1, the question will be skipped and another random question shown. Use with care.

C1, C2, Q1, Q2, Q3, EoB, C3, C4,C5, Q4,C6.

Random content page

This will jump to a random Content page between the current Content page and the End of Lesson or the next End of Branch. It is used in a segment and is a jump in C2 shown below. Use with care.

C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 EoB, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, C6.