Build a course from a Word document

You can write a complete course in Word — including quizzes, flip cards and interactive blocks — then import it and have everything built for you.

There's a sample document you can download and import straight away if you'd rather see it working than read about it.

How it works

• A Heading 1 starts a new module.
• Plain paragraphs become text blocks. Bold, italics, bulleted and numbered lists, and hyperlinks are all preserved.
• [tag] … [/tag] pairs create structured blocks.
• An empty tag — [mcq][/mcq] — creates a blank block of that type, ready to fill in the editor. This lets you sketch a whole course skeleton in Word and add detail later.

Tags must sit on their own line, in plain text. Don't style them as headings.

Knowledge check (MCQ)

Mark the correct option with a leading asterisk.

[mcq]
Question: Your question here?
A: First option
*B: The correct option
C: Third option
Explanation: Shown after the learner answers.
[/mcq]

Matching

A drag-and-drop matching exercise. An optional first line with no :: becomes the instructions. Then one pair per line. Provide between two and eight pairs.

[matching]
Match each term to its definition
Term one :: Definition one
Term two :: Definition two
[/matching]

Flip cards

One card per line: front :: back. You can optionally add image URLs: front :: back :: frontImageUrl :: backImageUrl.

[flipcards]
Front of card :: Back of card
Term :: Definition
[/flipcards]

Accordion

One item per line: heading :: body.

[accordion]
First heading :: First body text
Second heading :: Second body text
[/accordion]

Tabs

One tab per line: label :: body.

[tabs]
Tab one :: Content of the first tab
Tab two :: Content of the second tab
[/tabs]

Process (steps)

One step per line: title :: description.

[process]
First step :: What happens first
Second step :: What happens next
[/process]

Callout

Variants: info, warning, success, tip. Add the variant after the tag name.

[callout warning]
Your callout text here.
[/callout]

Quote

[quote]
The text of the quote — the attribution
[/quote]

Confirmation

An attestation checkbox. Add optional after the tag name to make it non-blocking.

[confirmation]
I confirm I have read and understood the content above.
[/confirmation]

Image

[image url=https://example.com/photo.jpg alt=Description caption=Optional caption]

Image hotspots

Clickable markers on an image. Put the image URL and alt text in the opening tag, then one marker per line: label :: x :: y :: tooltip :: body. The x and y values are percentages from the top-left.

[hotspot url=https://example.com/image.png alt=Descriptive alt text]
Marker label :: 30 :: 25 :: Short tooltip :: Longer explanation
Another marker :: 65 :: 50 :: Its tooltip :: Its body text
[/hotspot]

The coordinates are much easier to set by dragging markers in the editor. If you're writing from scratch, an empty [hotspot][/hotspot] creates a blank block you can build there.

Video

[video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
[/video]

Section break

[section_break]
1 :: Section label
[/section_break]

Divider

[divider]

Sketching a course quickly

Any tag left empty creates a blank block of that type. To draft a module structure without writing the content yet:

[callout][/callout]
[mcq][/mcq]
[matching][/matching]
[hotspot][/hotspot]

Import, then open each blank block in the editor and fill it in.

Tips

• Structure your headings properly. Heading 1 for modules, Heading 2 for sections within them. A well-structured document produces a well-structured course.
• Don't style the tags. They need to be plain paragraph text so the importer can read them.
• Images in the document are imported and hosted for you — you don't need to upload them separately.
• Import is available on every plan, including Free.