A page that presents the learner with two panels; one panel containing a text, sections of which can be highlighted by the learner, and the other panel presenting either a model answer for the task, other feedback or a box into which the learner can paste and edit the highlighted text.

There are two variations. Highlighting allows the learner to highlight text and then compare against the model answer. Notetaking allows the learner to highlight, import the highlight text into an editor box and edit it. For both variations, all the content (including learner interactions) is available as a Word document download.

This is an example of the Highlighting variation of this page type. There is also a link to the Note Taking variation, below this demo.

or view at Highlight Text - Highlighting example (opens in new tab).

Highlight Text - Note Taking

See General optional properties

Most of the Language Options for this page relate to the Copy and Paste Info optional property.

Property	Description	Type	Additional information
Select Button Label	Text on button that saves learner highlighting (Highlighting variation only)	Text	Default - “Highlight”
Notes Button Label	Text on button that copies learner highlighting to the Notes tab (Note Taking variation only)	Text	Default - “Copy to Notes”
Download Button Label	Text on the Download button	Text	Default - “Download”
Check Button Label	Text on the button to submit “answer” when all the highlighting has been completed	Text	Default - “Submit”
Clear Button Label	Check that this button exists.	Text	Default - “Clear”
Reset Button Label	Deletes interactions and resets the task so that the learner can restart it without leaving the page	Text	Default - “Reset”
Selection Error	Text on pop-up if learner attempts to highlight across paragraphs	Text	Default - “Selection error - you can not select content from more than one paragraph at a time”
Highlight Error	Text on pop-up if learner clicks on Highlight or Copy to Notes without highlighting any text	Text	Default - “Selection error - no text selected”
Initial Text Label (Notes)	Not sure what this and the following 3 LPs do? Not tooltips or screen reader info? Error?	Text	Default - “Initial text - select text and copy to your notes”
Initial Text Label (Highlight)		Text	Default - “Initial text - select text before clicking highlight button
Suggested Text Label		Text	Default - “A suggested answer”
Notes Text Label		Text	Default - “Notes”

The two variations offer quite different learning opportunities, and so you really need to have decided which one meets your learning objective before you start authoring the page. Essentially, Highlighting requires the learner to notice key features of a text for comparison with a model answer; Note Taking, on the other hand, allows learners to create and edit their own text, including content given to them.

When authoring with the Note Taking variation you may need to consider issues around academic integrity, referencing and citing sources.

Here are a number of key features of this page type that you need to bear in mind when authoring;

• content is presented in two panels, each of which can include 2 or 3 tabs
• any tab can be displayed in either the left or right panel
• the Page Text is always displayed when the learner lands on the page
• at least one tab is always hidden until the learner interacts with either the Initial Text (Highlighting) or the Notes Area (Note Taking). In each case the hidden tab appears when the learner clicks on Submit.

The tabs are given default titles (Page Text, Initial Text, Suggested Text, Feedback, Notes Area) but these can be changed, and in fact it is better to think of these as content areas that are either;

• available before interaction (Page Text, Initial Text, Notes Area)
• or hidden until the learner has interacted in some way (Suggested Text, Feedback.

You also need to consider what content needs to be visible side by side, i.e. in different panels.