The Image and Document lecture types
Image and Document are two of the simplest lecture types in the content editor: each becomes a lecture with a single file (an image or a PDF) and an optional text below it.
The Image lecture
Section titled “The Image lecture”One large image filling the centre area of the lecture, with an optional caption below it. Ideal for an image the participant needs to study: an infographic, map, diagram or org chart. There are no zoom controls and no player - it is the image, on display.
Adding the lecture
Section titled “Adding the lecture”- In the modular content editor, click Add new lecture to this topic and choose Image, in the Content section of the type picker.
- Send the file through Upload or provide the URL of a Hosted file (see below).
- Optionally, fill in the Text field, shown below the image on the lecture.
- Check Show fullscreen if you want the image to fill the participant’s screen (see below).
Sending the image
Section titled “Sending the image”The field accepts two sources, switched with the Upload and Hosted file buttons:
- Upload: sends a file from your computer. Accepted formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP and BMP. The maximum size is the same as any other single file in the editor - see the table in File formats for videos and images.
- Hosted file: instead of uploading a file, provide the URL of an image already published elsewhere. Use this option when the image is already hosted in another system and you just need to point to it.
Prefer files at least 1280 pixels wide - smaller images look blurry on large screens.
Once uploaded, the image appears in the institution’s image library - the Choose an existing file button opens that library to reuse an image already uploaded to another piece of content, instead of uploading the same file again. An image in use can be marked as a favorite (the star icon next to the current file); favorite images appear in the Favorites tab of the picker, for quick reuse.
To replace the image, click Remove current file and upload or point to another one.
Show fullscreen
Section titled “Show fullscreen”Checking Show fullscreen makes the image fill the participant’s whole screen: it is displayed in full, without cropping, and any leftover space (depending on the image’s proportions) is filled with a blurred version of the image itself, instead of black bars. This is the same option described in Import images or a PDF as slides for slides created in bulk - here it is available on any image lecture, created one at a time.
The Document lecture
Section titled “The Document lecture”A PDF file shown inside the lecture itself, in a tall, page-shaped frame - handbooks, standards, manuals or checklists the participant reads without leaving the lecture.
Adding the lecture
Section titled “Adding the lecture”- In the modular content editor, click Add new lecture to this topic and choose Document (PDF), in the Content section of the type picker.
- Send the file through Upload or provide the URL of a Hosted file.
- Optionally, fill in the Text field, shown below the document on the lecture.
Only PDF is accepted, up to 50 MB.
How the participant sees the document
Section titled “How the participant sees the document”When the file was sent through upload (same domain as the content), the PDF is shown inside the lecture itself, in an embedded viewer, plus an Open document button that is always available and opens (or allows downloading) the original file in a new tab.
When the file is a Hosted file on another domain, the embedded viewer is not shown - for security, a document hosted outside Eduvem can only be opened through the Open document button, never embedded in the page.
Unlike the Image lecture, the Document lecture has no institution file library and no favorite option - each Document lecture uploads its own file.
Image, Document or Flip book?
Section titled “Image, Document or Flip book?”All three lecture types work with a file the author sends, but they serve different purposes:
| Lecture type | Format | How it appears to the participant | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image | JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, BMP | The image, shown at a large size, with no controls at all | The material is already a single image to be studied (infographic, map, diagram) |
| Document | An embedded PDF viewer inside the lecture, plus a button to open/download | The participant needs to read a multi-page document without leaving the lecture, but does not need the page-turning experience | |
| Flip book | A book with pages the participant turns one at a time | The material benefits from the page-by-page flipping experience (magazines, catalogs, illustrated booklets) |
See The Flip book lecture type for the third case.