Embedded Interactions are interactive elements placed throughout the Learning tab to support you at the point where the information is most relevant.
Some interactions help explain or expand on a concept, while others prompt you to actively recall or apply what you have just learned.
1. Interaction Types
There are eight main types of Embedded Interaction:
- Flashcards: Prompt you to recall key knowledge or explain a concept you have just learned.
- Exercises: Ask you to apply your knowledge, solve a problem, or answer a question.
- Tips: Provide short, practical advice to improve your understanding or approach.
- Common Mistakes: Highlight errors or misunderstandings that students commonly make.
- Examples: Show a specific example to help explain a concept.
- Analogies: Relate an unfamiliar concept to something more familiar.
- Case Studies: Use a real or hypothetical situation to explore a concept in context.
- Footnotes: Provide useful additional information or context that is not essential to understanding the main content.
2. Opening Embedded Interactions
Embedded Interactions appear as icons alongside the relevant part of the lesson.
Select an icon to open its content. Most interactions appear in a labelled information box alongside the lesson and can be selected again to close them.
Because interactions appear next to the concept they relate to, you can access additional support without leaving the lesson.
3. Flashcards
Embedded Flashcards appear after new concepts and ask you to retrieve what you have just learned from memory.
Their answers are based directly on the essential knowledge contained in the lesson's Summary Points, helping ensure that the key content is actively tested.
Every Summary Point is covered by an Embedded Flashcard.
Flashcards also appear in the Revision tab after the lesson has been completed, where they become part of your ongoing spaced practice.
4. Exercises
Embedded Exercises give you an opportunity to apply what you have learned.
Depending on the subject, exercises may involve activities such as:
- Exam-style questions: Practise answering questions similar to those you may encounter in an assessment.
- Problem-solving: Apply your knowledge to solve a problem.
- Extended responses: Construct longer written answers where appropriate.
- Subject-specific skills: Practise skills relevant to the course.
Exercises appear within the Learning tab at the point where the relevant knowledge has been introduced.
They also become available through revision once the lesson is complete.
5. Supporting Interactions
Tips, Common Mistakes, Examples, Analogies, Case Studies, and Footnotes are designed to support the main lesson content.
For example, you might see:
- an Example showing how to apply an equation;
- a Common Mistake warning you about a frequent error;
- an Analogy that makes a difficult concept easier to understand; or
- a Footnote providing useful additional context.
These interactions are optional supporting material and can be opened when you need them.
6. Embedded Interactions in Study Mode
When using Study Mode, Embedded Interactions are built directly into the learning sequence.
Instead of selecting an icon manually, the interaction automatically appears when you reach the relevant point in the lesson.
This means you may learn a concept and then immediately be prompted to answer a flashcard or exercise before continuing.
See 3.6 Study Mode for more information.