Quest Ladder
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Quest Ladder / Content blocks
Content blocks: text, maths, media, diagrams, interactive
Every kind of content you can put in a stem, a choice, a hint, a solution or a learning block.
A question is blocks. Choose the right ones.
Blocks, not a text box
Every content field in the editor is a stack of blocks rather than a single box. A stem can be a paragraph, then a diagram, then a table; a hint can be one line of LaTeX. You add blocks, reorder them and set how each sits on the page.
They are grouped into five families in the picker: Text, Math & Code, Media, Diagrams & Charts and Interactive.
The twenty-one blocks
Text
- Plain Text — a paragraph, no formatting.
- Markdown — the everyday choice: emphasis, lists and links without a toolbar.
- HTML — when you need exact markup.
- Callout — a box that stands out, for a warning or a given value.
Math & Code
- LaTeX (Display) — mathematics on its own line.
- LaTeX (Inline) — mathematics inside a sentence.
- Code and Code (highlighted) — a listing, plain or syntax-coloured.
Media
- Image, Animated GIF, Audio, Video — uploaded or linked media.
- SVG Graphic — a vector drawing that stays sharp at any size.
- PDF Document — a document a learner reads alongside the question.
Diagrams & Charts
- TikZ Diagram — precise technical and mathematical drawing.
- Mermaid Diagram — flowcharts, sequences and trees from a short text description.
- Chart — a plotted chart from data.
- Data Table — a table, which can be built from your variables.
Interactive
- D3 Interactive — a visualisation a learner can manipulate.
- HTML live — a small live document.
- Embed (iframe) — something hosted elsewhere.
Each carries a hover guide in the editor with a worked example. When you are unsure which of two to use, those examples decide it faster than reading about them.
Blocks and changing values
A block is not a static picture. Anywhere a value appears — in a table cell, a LaTeX expression, a TikZ coordinate, a chart's data — it can be a dynamic variable, and the block regenerates with the question.
This is where the Quest Ladder pays for itself. A TikZ triangle whose side lengths are variables is not one diagram; it is every diagram of that triangle, each consistent with the numbers in its own stem and its own answer.
Reaching for the Workshop
Two buttons connect the editor to the Workshop, which is the platform's own object builder.
- Open in Workshop takes the block you are editing into the full station for that kind of content, where the tools are richer.
- Library opens Insert from Workshop library, so an object you or somebody else already built drops straight in.
For anything visual beyond a simple image, visuals without uploading images is the article to read next — it covers which of these blocks suits which kind of picture.