December 11, 2022

How to Create Digital Learning Resources: MCQ (Part 3 – Boom Cards)

Bunny On A Cloud How to Create Digital Resources

Secret Agent Alphabet Suitcases Part 3 - Boom Cards_1

Play this deck in the here!

This is part 3, and is a continuation from Part 1 – Preparations where the parts needed for this post was created.

Boom Learning is a cool platform that allows you to create interactive and self-checking digital learning resources. It’s free to get started, but you’ll need a Publisher membership if you want to sell the Boom Cards that you’ve created. (This is my Boom referral link if you are not on Boom Learning yet).

Creating the activity in Boom Cards

1. Add a new deck

On to the Boom Learning website,

Go to Studio Tab
Click on Make Decks.

That brings you to the Deck Manager page, and now click the New Deck blue button.

2. Add new cards from images

In the left thumbnails column, look for the ‘New cards from images’ button and click it.

3. Add all the flat backgrounds

Upload all of the 26 flat backgrounds created in Part 1.

Adding the backgrounds in small batches might be a good idea here so that you can divide and conquer. Because the backgrounds will be uploaded out of order, and subsequently, dragging around 26 slides to rearrange them can be tedious.

4. Add a button

Next, drag the ‘BUTTON’ box into the deck area (dark blue boxes in the left column toolbar).

5. Format the button into a transparent rectangle box

First resize the button to about the size of one suitcase and delete the ‘button’ text so that there’s no more text in the box.

Making it transparent

Set border style to none (bottom 3rd section in the right column toolbar)
Set background color to no background color (bottom 2nd section in the right column toolbar)

The button has been designated as a ‘correct’ answer by default so it will appear green.