Wixie Update - Object Placeholders

With this latest Wixie update, teachers can add media placeholders to your assignments. When students click a placeholder, the dialog to complete that action opens immediately, so they don't even need to know how to use Wixie!


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You can add placeholders to make it easier for students to add images and video, capture images and videos, add talkies, embed Wixie projects, and embed web pages into their projects.

Add a Placeholder


To add a placeholder, select the Widgets button. 

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Add the box to the page. Use the Action pull-down menu in the editing panel to select what you want the placeholder to do. 

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Some placeholders, like capture an image, have additional settings like shapes!

Placeholder widgets are only available to teacher users. Students do not have a Placeholders option in their Widgets dialog.

Use a Placeholder


Students simply click the placeholder jump immediately into the needed dialog. 

 

For example, if you added a widget to add a talkie, when students click it, they can immediately choose the talkie they want without having to know how to go to the Widgets button. This works even if you have that button hidden in project settings.

 

Placeholders are already embedded in many templates and activities.


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Related: Replace an Object


Whether you added media through a placeholder or not, you can always change your mind.


To replace media, use the More handle in the lower left corner of an object and choose Replace.


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Depending on the type of media, Wixie will open the media dialog for that object type (image/video/talkie) to let you choose a new one.


This is a great way to quickly brainstorm ideas using the Mind Mapping tool and then change a text symbol into an image!



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