Overview
This article explains how to customize forms that are used for creating learning experiences and components, like journals, logs, and evidence forms. It is assumed you have already reviewed the articles on how to Create a Form, work with Required Prompts, and work with Basic Prompts.
Contents
Task with assigned documentation*
Intermediate Prompts
As with "basic," the designation "intermediate" might be considered arbitrary, but it refers generally to the amount of "moving parts" the prompt contains, or relationships with other Foundry features. The intermediate prompts shown in this article either create relationships with external environments (like uploaded documents or web links), enable more complex secondary choices (like tasks), or interact with other Foundry features that must be properly designed to work correctly with the form (like the target choosers).
Note: Prompts shown in the prompt editing mode contain text meant to provide instruction or suggestion about how to use them - the fields will appear blank when you add them to your forms.
As in other articles, prompts marked with an asterisk (*) can only be used once per form.
Link
This prompt permanently attaches as many hyperlinks as you choose to the form. It does not allow the experience designer to add them. This feature is useful if a particular experience type uses the same resource. For example, if your students frequently use external learning software applications like Khan Academy or No Red Ink, you could create a form with this feature to allow students to complete these assignments as Foundry learning experiences. Similarly, you could link your preferred manual of writing guidelines for experiences requiring a written product.
Note: The links in the image below are for demonstration purposes only. Currently, the links do not appear on the assigned experience plan. Our developers are looking into the issue and will update.
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File upload
In contrast to the 'Link' prompt above, the file upload prompt allows the experience designer to attach files or external hyperlinks to the experience. This is useful for advisors who want to attach a particular resource to a project (e.g., an online news source, a YouTube video, a photo, etc.). The designer will click 'Choose File' to upload a file from a local source or type a link into the open field and click 'Attach Link.' Attached files and links appear above the buttons, as shown below.
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On the Experience Plan (links shown are active):
Task (Standard)
This allows the experience designer to create an interactive list of tasks. 'Timeline' indicates that there is a required due date for each task added. Advisors will see these tasks in their Work to Do page and other places in Foundry. Students can indicate a task is complete and Advisors have the option to 'verify' task completion. Click here to read more about how tasks work in Foundry.
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On the (Student's) Experience Work Tab
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Task with time estimate
This is essentially the same as the previous prompt, but also contains a field for the experience designer to enter an estimate of how long the task should take to complete.
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(see the previous images above for views of assigned tasks on the Experience and Work to Do pages)
Task with assigned documentation*
This prompt includes a field for the experience designer to state how the completed task should be documented. For example, a music teacher could assign the task of practicing scales for 30 minutes a day, and specify that students need to complete a Foundry Learning Log. Or, an advisor could assign the task of taking public transportation to a local museum, and to upload tickets or receipts for each.
The required documentation will appear in the 'Work' tab of the active experience, while hovering over the title of the task.
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(see the previous images above for views of assigned tasks on the Experience and Work to Do pages)
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Content Target chooser*
Although Foundry forms do not require the experience designer to attach learning targets, it is the primary way to evaluate student work in Foundry. If no targets are attached, the experience cannot be used to evaluate learning targets or award grades or credits, if used. Targets assigned to the experience this way will appear on the finished plan as well as the performance page.
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Skill Target chooser*
This prompt does not appear in the list of prompts. It will appear automatically in the form editor if (and only if) you check 'Allow students to select skills' in the form properties editor. The experience designer (advisor or student) will see the Skills target set inside the chooser, in the same way the content targets (above) appear.
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Task with associated Content Targets*
Experience creators can attach learning targets (content targets only) to specific tasks. Note, as the image below indicates, completing the task does not trigger evaluation of the target. Also, the attached target will not appear in the experience plan as they do with the standard content or skills targets choosers. They will, however, appear when editing the plan, on the performace page as 'in progress', and with other targets when the advisor opens the evaluation screen.
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Suggested Reading
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