How to Add Text & Media Blocks as Sections

In ProProfs Training Maker, you can design courses with different sections, viz. media, texts, or a combination of both, to keep your users engaged with the course.

The training maker lets you choose different styles and formats to create a course for employee onboarding, product training, and other LMS use cases.

Adding media and text section(s) to a course lets you convey the message in different formats to ensure a comprehensive understanding for the users.

Here’s a training course preview with media & text blocks:

In this article, you will learn:

1. How to Add Text

2. How to Add Media

3. How to Add Media & Text

 How to Add Text

In the editor,

• Navigate to the + icon in the section and click on it.

• Select Text in the subsequent slider window.

• Choose your preferred style and click to add.

Available formats are

• Heading: You can add a heading to the text section based on the flow.

• Text: You can add a paragraph using this option.

• Paragraph: You can add a combination of both heading & text.

• 2 Column View: You can add a heading, two subheadings, and their respective paragraphs.

Editing the Text Block

1. Format: Pick a layout from the drop-down. After selecting the style in Step 1, you can modify it from the drop-down menu.

2. Settings: You can add animation and customize the block color to make it stand out from the other sections. A live preview is available for these settings.

3. Positioning: You can move the section up/down using the respective arrows. If not required, you can delete the section using the delete icon.

4. Body: After modifying the other elements, you can place your content and see how they appear within a course.

 How to Add Media

In the editor,

• Navigate to the + icon in the section and click on it.

• Select Media in the subsequent slider window.

• Choose your preferred style and click to add.

Available styles are

• Standard Media: You can add audio, video, image, document, PowerPoint, or spreadsheet.

• Full-width image

• Two column media: Two videos juxtaposed

• Image carousel: To upload a series of images

• Two & three column images

Editing the Media Block

1. Heading: Give a title to the media section.

2. Media: Click Change Media to select a video upload option and the destination from where you want to add. Once finished, click Done.

3. Settings: You can add animation and modify the block color to make the section visually appealing.

4. Positioning: Use the arrow to move the section up/down. You can remove the section using the Delete icon.

 How to Add Media & Text

In the editor,

• Navigate to the + icon in the section and click on it.

• Select Media & Text in the subsequent slider window.

• Choose your preferred style and click to add.

Available formats are

• Media left, Text right

• Media right, Text left

• Media top, Text below

• Media below, Text top

Editing the Media & Text Block

1. Heading: Add the section heading

2. Change Media: You can select the media type to upload and choose the source from which you wish to add. Once finished, click Done.

3. Format: Pick any of the four styles from the drop-down menu to align your section with the rest of the course.

4. Settings: You can add an animation effect and modify the block color to enhance the visual appeal of the section.

5. Positioning: Use the arrows to move the section up/down. You can remove the section using the Delete icon.

6. Body: You can add a subheading and supporting text to the section.

That is all about the media & text sections in the training maker.