Exercise Widgets

Who this is for

Teachers building skill practice, checks for understanding, or graded work.

What this page answers

• Which exercise widget should I choose?
• How do I insert it?
• What is each widget best at testing?

Prerequisites

• a lesson open in the editor

Inline exercise widgets

Standalone exercise widgets

How to choose quickly

• use multiple choice (inline dropdown) when you want quick single-answer recognition
• use inline choice when you want all options visible without a dropdown
• use choose answers when students must identify all correct options from a list
• use fill-in-the-blank when you want production
• use matching or ordering when structure matters
• use category sort when students need to classify items into groups; repeat an item under multiple categories when more than one placement should count as correct
• use essay or speech recorder when the answer should be open-ended
• use pronunciation for automated phoneme scoring on short targets; add multiple slides when you want a compact drill of up to 10 items
• use sentence gap for reading-coherence tasks where students must restore missing fragments to the right places
• use writing exam when students need official-style writing prompts, word limits, and assessment feedback
• use live examiner only for exam role-play tasks where a timed spoken conversation is the goal

Exam and Assessment Widgets

Some assessment widgets are created by exam presets rather than inserted manually into everyday lessons.

• Writing Exam gives students one or more writing parts, each with its own prompt, word range, text box, and optional handwriting upload. The platform can return rubric feedback after submission.
• Assessed Speech Recorder looks like the regular speech recorder, then adds score bars, transcript, and examiner-style feedback after recording.
• Live Examiner is for role-play conversations. The student reads the role card, joins a short audio call, and receives speaking feedback afterward.
• Sentence Gap is used in reading exams. The student drags sentence fragments into numbered gaps; extra fragments can act as distractors.
• Exam note boxes are student-facing grey boxes used for examples, word banks, role cards, and formal task instructions.
• Generated image placeholders can appear in speaking tasks so the picture is created from a teacher/AI prompt before students describe it.

Answer Explanations and Teacher Edits

Inline answer widgets can include an optional explanation comment. Students see it only after they answer correctly or reach the reveal limit, so it works well for short grammar notes like "Use past simple after yesterday."

Teachers can hover an inline answer to open the results panel. From there you can inspect the accepted answer, edit the answer or distractors, update the hint, add or revise the comment, and reset attempts after changing the question.

Related pages

• Game-Based Widgets
• Widget Content Syntax
• Exam Preparation