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Screens - NEW

How Do I Rename My Screen?

Edit your screen name by using viewing all screens and clicking 'rename screen' on the right.

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Exporting/Plugin - New

Totara & Moodle plugin installation instructions

How to display your thirst projects in you totara or moodle LMS using our thirst plugin.

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Releasing and exporting your project

How to export your project as a SCORM file to upload to your learning platform.

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OLD THEMES

Previewing your theme!

Can I preview my theme before I apply it to a project?

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Getting Started

Getting Started in thirst

How to get going after you sign up to thirst.io. Create your first project, screens and begin editing by adding components.

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Components

See all the various components and what they do.

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Understanding some of the terminology!

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Modern and Classic theme

Learn the differences between the Classic and Modern themes.

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Maximum file sizes

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Browsers supported by thirst

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Projects

How Do I Rename My Project?

Edit the name of your project easily in 'project settings'. Watch the gif or read the instructions for a more detailed guide.

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Screens

Using the Accordion Template

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Mobile and Desktop Views

How do I switch to mobile view? How do I preview my course on mobile? Can I edit my course in mobile view?

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Editor and Learner Views

How do I preview my course? Can I edit and preview in mobile view? Can I test my interactions in Learner view?

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Mobile View

Can I preview in a Mobile view?

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Testing your Interactions

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Column & Row Components

Row Components

What's the difference between a row and a full width row? How do I add a row?

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Adding Columns and Rows

How to add columns and rows to your project

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Columns, Rows, and Full Width Rows

What are columns and rows in thirst.io? What is a full width row? How do I add, move, resize and delete rows and columns?

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Moving and deleting Columns and Rows

Can I move my column or row? can I delete my column or row?

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Resizing Columns and Rows

Can I resize my Column and Row? How do I resize?

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Using Columns and Rows in a mobile

How do columns and rows work in mobile?

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Components

How do I Add Content In thirst.io?

What is a content component? How do I add a component? How do I remove a component?

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Adding Components

How do I add components to my thirst.io project?

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Removing Components

Can I remove a component? How do I do this?

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Component Settings

How do I make my content interactive? How do I change my component settings? Do I need to rename my components?

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How to Clone or Copy a Component

How do I duplicate a component? Can I copy a component? How do I clone content?

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Component Settings: Actions

What is an action? Why would I use actions? How do I use actions to make my course interactive?

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Component Settings: Completion Options

What do completion options do? What is the difference between completion status and completion options? How do I use these settings?

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Component Settings: Views

What are views? When would I use them? How do they work with other components?

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Component Settings: Visibility Options

What are visibility options? Can I hide something until another component is complete? Can I make things appear and disappear?

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Resource Manager

Using Your Resource Manager

How to add images and videos to your course, make the most of our free stock imagery, and organise your assets using buckets.

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Attachment Component

Downloadable Attachments

How to add downloadable attachments to your course, such as PDFs and other additional resources.

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Styling your attachment

How to add downloadable attachments to your course, such as PDFs and other additional resources.

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Is there a File Size limit for attachments?

How to add downloadable attachments to your course, such as PDFs and other additional resources.

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Changing an attachment file

How to add downloadable attachments to your course, such as PDFs and other additional resources.

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Attachments in a learner view

How will the attachment look for the learner?

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Attachments on a mobile

will attachments work on a mobile? how will it look?

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Attachment Component (simple setting)

How do I load an attachment? Can my attachments be downloaded?

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Attachment component? (advanced setting)

Can I load attachments that can be downloaded?

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Audio Component

Audio component?

Can I add audio to my screen? what size audio can I load? what format does it have to be in?

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Audio Component (simple setting)

Can I add audio to my screen? what size audio can I load? what format does it have to be in?

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Audio component? (advanced setting)

Can I add audio to my screen? what size audio can I load? what format does it have to be in?

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How can I add audio and make it interactive? (simple setting)

How do I add audio to my course? What is the format and maximum audio file size? can I make it interactive with other components?

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How can I add audio and make it interactive? (advanced setting)

How do I add audio to my course? What is the format and maximum audio file size? can I make it interactive with other components?

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Button Component

Button Component (simple setting)

how do I use the button component? Can I add a hyperlink? Can I navigate screens?

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Button component (advanced setting)

What can the button component do? How do I use the button in advanced setting

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Navigate Next/Navigate Previous

is there a button so I can move easily between screens? How do I navigate between different screens?

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Hyperlink Button

How do I add a hyperlink to my button?

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Toggle button

How do I use the toggle button?

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Expandable Component

Expandable section (simple setting)

what is an expandable section? can I have a concertina/ accordion view on my screen?

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Expandable section (advanced setting)

what is an expandable section? can I have a concertina/ accordion view on my screen? how do I use expandable sections?

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Settings - Expandable sections (advanced)

what is an expandable section? can I have a concertina/ accordion view on my screen? how do I use expandable sections?

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Group Component

Group component

Can I change between types of content? What is the Group content component? Can I make images turn into text?

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Can I use the Group component to swap between different types of content?

Can I change between types of content? How do I create flip card? What is the Group content component? Can I make images turn into text?

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How to use the 'Group' Component: Creating Flip Cards

Can I change between types of content? How do I create flip card? What is the Group content component? Can I make images turn into text?

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Creating 1 flip card from scratch

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Copying your flip card and creating more

Can I change between types of content? How do I create flip card? What is the Group content component? Can I make images turn into text?

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Resetting all other images when any card is flipped to text

Can I change between types of content? How do I create flip card? What is the Group content component? Can I make images turn into text?

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Image Component

Image component (simple setting)

what does an image component do? how can I add images? how do I change the size of the image?

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Image component? (advanced setting)

what does an image component do? how can I add images? how do I change the size of the image?

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Banner image component?

what does an image component do? how can I add images? how do I change the size of the image?

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Info Box Component

Info box component (simple setting)

what does it do? how can I use it?

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Info Box Component (one two three buttons)

what does it do? how can I use it?

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Info Box Component (advanced setting)

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Option Component

Option component (simple setting)

what is the difference between options and questions? what can I do with the simple option setting?

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Option component (advanced setting)

what is the difference between options and questions? what can I do with the advanced option setting?

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Question Component

Multiple Choice Question Quiz Component

How do I create a simple multiple choice quiz? Can i add other components?

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Text Component

Text component (simple setting)

How do I add text?

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Text component (advanced setting)

How do I add text?

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Text component (alternative view)

How do I add text?

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Video Component

Videos (simple setting)

Can I add a video to my screen? what size video can I load? what format does it have to be in?

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Videos via YouTube or Vimeo?

Can I load a video from a link? Can I load a YouTube video? Can I load a Vimeo?

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Videos (advanced setting)

Can I add a video to my screen? what size video can I load? what format does it have to be in?

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Billing

Subscriptions

are there different subscription types? can I pay monthly? what are the different benefits?

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Independent Subscription Plan

what are the benefits of the independent plan?

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Professional Subscription plan

what are the benefits of the professional plan?

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Upgrading your subscription

what do I do after my free trial has finished? do I loose my projects?

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Manage Subscription

Can I pay monthly? can I amend the amount of users in the plan?

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Payments

How do I pay?

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Amending Subscriptions

Can I amend my subscription once it's started? Can I add more users? Can I change my payment card?

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Advanced Functionality

Making Text Appear Underneath an Image on Click

How do I make text appear when I click?

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Adding your Actions - Making Text Appear Underneath an Image on Click

How do I make text appear when I click?

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