Working with Activities
You can use our activities as-is, edit activities, or create your own.
34 articles

Written by Linda Detwiler, Trevor Register and Peter Bohacek



Quick Start: Modifying and Building Activities
Use this article as a jump point to find more information about editing and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Text Reader Functionality
Learn about the new text reader functionality in Pivot Interactives.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Hints
Learn more about the Add Hint feature.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Text tool: Tables
Meet the latest tool to come to the text editors within Pivot Interactives - Tables!
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Searching and Filtering the Pivot Interactives Libraries
Here's how to find activities to assign to your students
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
How to Create a New Assignment

Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
How to Modify a Pre-existing Assignment
In order to edit an activity, a copy must be placed inside of one of your libraries.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
How to set and manage due dates
Setting and managing due dates with Pivot Interactives
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Creating Links to Pivot Interactives Assignments
Post a link that students can use to access a Pivot Interactives assignment directly.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Working with Locked Sections
You can require students to submit the current section before proceeding. This is useful when students are making and testing predictions.
Written by Peter Bohacek. Updated over a week ago
Copy components between activities
How copy a part of one activity and paste it into another.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated this week
Using Auto-Grading Multiple-Choice Questions
Multiple-choice questions can be configured to bye graded automatically and to provide automatic feedback
Written by Peter Bohacek. Updated over a week ago
Using the Pivot Interactives Iris™ Light and Color Measuring Tools
The Pivot Interactives Iris™ tools allow you to take light- and color-based quantitative measurements directly from a video.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Overview of Numerical Questions in Pivot Interactives
Learn how to make and use auto-graded, randomized numerical questions in Pivot Interactives
Written by Peter Bohacek. Updated this week
How to use Numerical Questions
How to use the Numerical Question component.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Collection Variables
How to use Collection Variables.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
How to Create an Expression that Evaluates Within a Text Box
Use expressions to change what students see in answer choices, teacher instructions, and more.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
How to Set and Manage Visible Dates
A visible date allows you to reveal and hide an activity from your students.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated this week
PhET and Pivot Interactives
How can I use PhET simulations and Pivot Interactives together?
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Sharing Activities with the Community Library
You can share activities you make with your colleagues or with other instructors who use Pivot Interactives using the Community Library.
Written by Peter Bohacek. Updated over a week ago
Archive an Activity to remove from a Library
If you want to remove an activity from your library, you can archive it.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Custom Libraries
Use Custom Libraries to better organize and share your activities with others.
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Multiple Choice Questions
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Open-Ended Questions
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Video Instance
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Graphs
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Data Tables
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Numbered Instructions
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Announcements
This article series includes component specific instructions for modifying and building activities.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Modifying a Section
Activities are made up of sections, which can be modified to meet the needs of the activity.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Inside the Text Editor
Before you get started editing an activity, it can be helpful to know the power of the Text Editor!
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Deep Dive: Activity Info
Learn about the Activity Info tab of the editor.
Written by Linda Detwiler. Updated over a week ago
Answer Keys for Pivot Interactives Activities
Is there an answer key for this activity?
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago
Using LaTeX to format Equations and Text in Pivot Interactives
Use the popular and powerful LaTeX formatting code to make equations in questions, instructions in your activities
Written by Trevor Register. Updated over a week ago