Add a guided reflection

A Reflection block gives learners space to connect an idea to their own experience. Use a few focused prompts, such as identifying one distraction and choosing a small change to try.

Responses stay only while the page is open. They are not saved or submitted. This is a private practice activity, not an assignment inbox or a scored assessment. Tell learners to keep a separate copy if they need their response later.

Configure the activity

1. Choose Insert block, then Reflection. Open the block’s Edit properties controls.
2. Set a Title and write the prompts. Use Add prompt for additional prompts, up to 12.
3. Choose Standard prompts or Illustrated cards under Presentation.
4. For illustrated cards, add a Card title, an optional Worked example, and a Focus, Spark, or Compass illustration for each prompt.
5. Set Minimum required answers and a Button label. The minimum controls the activity’s completion indicator; it does not gate course navigation.

The inspector configures illustrated reflection cards and prompts. Fictional workshop content. Full-resolution PNG

Open Preview, select a prompt, write a response, and confirm it with the activity button.

Illustrated reflection prompts with a private response field. Fictional workshop content. Full-resolution PNG

Help learners reflect

Keep each prompt answerable in a few sentences. A worked example can show the level of detail you want without suggesting there is only one acceptable answer. Use the move-up controls to put prompts in a useful sequence.

A confirmed response receives a check mark. Editing it means it must be confirmed again. Reset clears the activity’s responses. Leaving or reloading the page also clears them.

A private reflection response confirmed on a phone. Fictional workshop content. Full-resolution PNG

Check every prompt and the completion indicator in course Preview. The motion preview displays the design, but its activity controls are inactive.