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There are two main views in Simple Author: Flowchart and Screen Panel.
Select a screen by clicking on its name in the top left.
The Flowchart focuses on how screens are connected and the Screen Panel focuses on editing one screen at a time.
The main purpose of the Flowchart view is to see how all of the screens in a lesson are connected. This creates the flow of your lesson and creates opportunities for adaptive paths.
Flowchart view has four main areas: View Options, Left Panel, Header Menu, and Main Canvas.
The View Options toggles you between the two main views.
The Main Canvas is where you can see how screens are connected.
The Header Menu allows you to pick a type of screen and add it to your lesson flow.
To add a screen, follow these steps.
The Left Panel lets you customize the connections among the screens in your lesson.
To make connections, visit Editing Screen Pathways.
The main purpose of the Screen Panel view is to edit individual screens, but you can also preview and make lesson-wide adjustments. Screen Panel view has five main areas: View Options, Left and Right Panels, Header Menu, and Main Canvas.
The View Options toggles you between the two main views.
The Main Canvas is where you can edit your screen layout. You can…
<aside> ❗ The Main Canvas will not look exactly like how the learners will see it in the lesson. To preview what the learner will see, visit Previewing a Lesson.
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The Header Menu allows you to undo, redo, add elements (components), preview, and see a scoring overview.
<aside> 👉 You can hover over any icon to see what it represents!
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Undo: Reverses the last action you took.
Redo: Reverses the action of the Undo button. It's used to reapply the last action you undid.
Components: These are the elements you are adding to the screens. For more information on each component, visit these pages -
[Static Components](<https://round-currency-221.notion.site/Static-Components-f7d31060ed094958bedb1cc7dbe4d73c>)
Text block, images, videos, popups, audio, iframes/webpages
[Question Components](<https://round-currency-221.notion.site/Question-Components-00e482d82be4486fbd9b79c084ea97d1>)
Multiple choice questions, text input, dropdowns, number input, sliders, multiline text inputs
Preview: Opens a preview of your lesson.
<aside> 👉 For more on how to preview, visit Previewing a Lesson.
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Scoring Overview: Summarize the grading for your lesson. You can implement a max score and choose that maximum score amount.
<aside> 👉 For more on how to incorporate grading, visit Adding Grading to a Lesson (🚧 Under Development).
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The Left Panel allows you to add a screen or pick a screen to view and edit.
The right panel lets you edit at three different levels: the lesson as a whole, the screen, and individual components.
