Adding the Image Explorer Hotspots interaction is a good way to display content and information in a visually attractive way. This interaction can be used in a variety of ways, e.g. you have an image of a factory site and you want to explain what each area is, or you have an image of work process and you want to explain what each step involves. We've included an example at the bottom of this article.
Adding an Image Explorer Hotspots interaction
1. Open the page in your course where you would like to add the Image Explorer Hotspots interaction.
2. In Layout, navigate to the position on the page where you would like to add the Image Explorer Hotspots interaction and click the Add here button.
3. Select Interactions:
4. Select Image Explorer Hotspots:
5. A single image container will be added to the page along with three hotspot buttons. Click the Save button to save the changes.
6. Each hotspot will bring up a popup window when clicked. The content of the popup can be changed from the default sample text in Author:
7. The layout design of the popups can be altered in Layout:
Using an Image Explorer Hotspots interaction
1. To add more hotspot buttons to the Image Explorer Hotspots interaction, in Author click the +Add Hotspot Button on the top right of the image container:
2. Once an image has been added to the image container, to move the hotspots to the desired location, click the variations menu on the top right of the button:
3. Then click and hold the drag icon on the top left of the button to move it to the desired location:
4. You may also want to use a Hotspot Area. To add this to the Image Explorer Hotspot interaction, in Author click the +Add Hotspot Area button on the top right of the image container:
5. Once an image has been added to the image container, to move the area to the desired location, click the variations menu on the top right of the button:
Then click and hold the drag icon on the top left of the area to move it to the desired location:
Click and hold the resize icon on the bottom left of the area to change the size of the area the hotspot covers on the image:
Image Explorer Hotspots Example
Here is a typical example of how an Image Explorer Hotspots interaction is often used in courses. The example shows how to use different kinds of media on our platform. In Preview, all hotspot buttons are displayed on the image:
The learner clicks on one of the hotspot buttons to find out more information:
Closing the hotspot popup and returning to the page, the hotspot that was interacted with now fades out and displays a tick:
This helps to show the learner what they have and have not interacted with.