The Text, Bubbles and FAQ lecture types

Text, Bubbles and FAQ are three of the simplest lecture types in the modular content editor: none of them depends on a video upload or an external service, and all three use the same formatted text editor for the written content.

The Text lecture

Formatted text, with images and links, filling the lecture’s centre column - the default way to explain anything: theory, instructions, or context before a video.

Adding the lecture

1. In the modular content editor, click Add new lecture to this topic and choose Text, in the Content section of the type picker.
2. Write the content in the editor. It is Eduvem’s full editor: headings, bold, lists, links and inline images. Use shift+enter to break a line without starting a new paragraph.
3. Optionally, check Show text inside a box with the main theme color, to set the text apart from the lecture’s background.

Note

The text column’s width is capped, even on wide screens, so long passages stay readable. The Text type depends on no external service and uses no storage beyond the text itself and any images inserted into it.

How the participant sees it

The text appears centred in the lecture. With the box checked, the text sits inside a coloured box using the content’s main theme colour; without it, the text appears directly on the lecture’s background.

The Bubbles lecture

A conversation shown as a chat: one row per line, with a round portrait beside the speech bubble, alternating between the left and the right - use it when the content is a dialogue: a case study, a support scenario, or a conversation between two or more people.

Adding the lecture

1. In the modular content editor, click Add new lecture to this topic and choose Bubbles, in the Content section of the type picker.
2. Under Dialogue lines, each line is one speaker’s turn, shown as a chat bubble in the order listed. Click Add line to add a new line; up to 20 lines per lecture are allowed.
3. In each line, fill in:
   • Speaker name: optional, up to 120 characters. Shown above the bubble and used for the initials when the line has no portrait.
   • Side: Left (default) or Right - which side of the conversation the bubble appears on.
   • Text: what the speaker says, in the formatted text editor. Short sentences work best.
   • Portrait: the image shown beside the bubble - usually a photo or a character. Images with a transparent background (PNG) look best. Without one, the speaker’s initials are shown.
4. To reorder, drag a line by its card area to the position you want.
5. To remove a line, use Remove line. At least one line must remain on the lecture - the button is disabled when only one is left.
6. Optionally, set the Color of the bubbles on the right: a background colour different from the bubbles on the left helps tell the two voices apart. With no value set, the bubbles use the main theme colour.

Note

The bubble margin and alignment fields used before were removed: alignment is now set by the Side of each line.

Tip

The Bubbles lecture is static content: the participant reads the dialogue but answers nothing - unlike a question lecture.

Lectures created in the previous format

Bubbles lectures created earlier with one or two bubbles keep displaying normally, unchanged. When you open one in the editor, a notice and the Convert to the new format button appear; it moves the lecture’s two texts and two portraits into dialogue lines. It is the only action that changes the lecture.

In content that has translations, converting moves the lecture text into the lines, so translations already entered for it will need to be redone; the button asks for confirmation (Convert? Translations of this lecture will be lost.).

How the participant sees it

The conversation appears as a chat: one row per line, with the round portrait beside the bubble and the speaker name above it, alternating between left and right according to the chosen Side. The bubbles use the main theme colour (or the colour set for the bubbles on the right, when there is one).

If saving is refused

If the content cannot be saved, the message asks you to check the bubble dialogues: each lecture must have from 1 to 20 lines, and each line must have a valid side, text and speaker name within the limits.

The FAQ lecture

A list of questions, each with its answer right below, all visible at once - use it at the end of a module, to answer in one place the questions that always come up.

Adding the lecture

1. In the modular content editor, click Add new lecture to this topic and choose FAQ, in the Content section of the type picker.
2. Click the + icon to add a question. Write the Question and, right below it, the Answer - both in the formatted text editor.
3. Repeat for as many questions as needed; there is no limit on the count.
4. To reorder, drag a question by its card to the desired position.
5. To remove a question, click the trash icon and confirm. At least one question must remain in the lecture - the remove button is disabled when only one is left.

Note

Despite the name, the FAQ lecture is not an accordion: every answer stays open at the same time, with no need to click to expand each one.

How the participant sees it

Each question becomes a card: the question as a heading, with the answer right below it, inside a box using the main theme colour. Every card appears open, in the order set in the editor.

Text, Bubbles or FAQ?

Lecture type	Structure	Use it when
Text	A block of formatted text, with optional images and links	Explaining theory, giving instructions, or providing context before another lecture
Bubbles	A conversation in speech bubbles, one bubble per line, each with a portrait and a speaker name	The content is a conversation between two people or roles
FAQ	A list of questions and answers, all open at once	Gathering recurring doubts about a module, without creating a lecture for each one

See also

• Lecture types
• Modular content