Create and manage session content

Lara Schiff

Modified on: Wed, 5 Nov, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Notes

I. This article assume that you have the administrative rights or the necessary role to create and manage resources and elements in sessions. See Creating and Managing Rights Profiles and Roles for mor information;
II. Please note that male gender is used generically in support articles to reduce content.

Introduction

	Lära LMS allows you to create asynchronous training content (self-study, offline training) and synchronous training content (live or online), or a mix of both. It is also possible to create progressive rules in order to establish autonomous training pathways.
This article only deals with creating content under the “Content” tab of your training session. To learn more about session settings and other tabs and options, see Create and manage sessions.

Key principles related for content creation on Lära

If you are in the process of creating training content on Lära LMS, you have already created one or more training courses and you are now under the “Content” tab of a session. If not, go to the “Training and Events” tab in the “Administration” menu and then under “Training and Events”.
Click on the name of the training in a session where you want to add content and then click on the name of the session in question. You will find yourself under the “Content” tab, which this article discusses. For more information on participants management and other tabs, see Managing Participants in a Session or Cohort.

Content Display Modes

	You have two “modes” when creating content, the “Editing Mode”, which allows you to create content and navigate to the administrative options related to the session content, and the “View Mode”, which is the “participant’s vision”., the one presented to you above.
These two display modes give you the ability to move from “business vision” to “user vision” during your creation. To conduct a real test of the proper functioning of your session and your content, however, it is a good practice to use an account with the “User” rights profile and the “Learner” role. See Creating and Managing Rights Profiles and Roles for more information..

Items

“Elements” in a session are training activities that can take many forms. This includes questionnaires and surveys, activities on and on Via HTML, as well as content to present, such as files, images and videos.

	These elements take the form of a “box” to which one can add a visual (on the left) and a presentation (under the “information” tab).
Each element has its own options, notifications and management interface for, depending on the case, managing completion, correcting work, taking attendance, viewing results, etc.

Session’s sections

The “Sections” in Lära are an optional way to split your session. In general, this can represent chapters of a training course or training days. They can be created for content organization reasons, graphic reasons, or when there is too much activity or content element.

By not using any section (in addition to the mandatory default section), your content will be deployed vertically and linearly, as in our “Option A” example. This is the preferred format for training courses that are simple or do not have a large volume of activities.

	By creating sections, your content will be deployed in the same way, but in different divisions, such as in our “Option B”. To create sections, see Creating and Managing Sections.
In the example below, three “sections” have been created for the session, as in our “Option B”, each with a portion of the course content. These sections act as a table of contents from which it is possible to navigate between these parts of the course. Note: when only the default section exists, as in “Option A”, the sections are not displayed.

Completion and availability rules

When it comes to creating and managing items, pay attention to the “Completion” and “Availability” tabs for the settings for each content item. They respectively allow to define the rule of completion of each element, and to define its rules of availability, or its prerequisites.

These options allow you to define what needs to be done in a first element (completion rule) to access a second element (availability rule), and so on. This allows you to create an autonomous training pathway, where the learner is guided and must meet the requirements of each element to progress. In our example below, the second element is locked and inaccessible because the first element has not been completed.

Create and manage sections

To create a new section, click the “Edit Mode” button. You will notice that a “default section” has already been created. This is the “Option A” that we presented previously: there is always a section in which to deposit our content.

Click on “Add Section”:

Section Title*: enter a name for your new section.

Click on “Save”.

Your new session will be created underneath the “Default Section”. Repeat this process for each section to be created. You can make changes to your sections using the following options:

	“Moving Arrows”: to move sections and their elements;
	“Add Item”: is similar to the “Add Item to This Section” button to add a new item to this section (preferred methods);
	“Pencil”: changes the title of the section;
	“Recycle Bin”: removes the section;
	“Close/Open”: allows you to display items in the section or not.

By closing the “Editing Mode” you can at any time view the “Participant Vision” , whom can now move from one section to another.

Create and manage items

To create a new item, click the “Editing Mode” button from the “Content” tab of your session to enter edit mode, then click the “Add Item to This Section” button (or the “+” button) in the corresponding section .

The “Create Item” tab in the “Add an item” window shows all the types of items you can create.

Under the “Import from My resources” tab, you can import a resource from the “My resources” tab of the user menu to integrate it as an item in your session. See Managing the “My Resources” section for more information.

Presentation block

	The “Presentation block” element is a basic element for writing text. It is presented first in this article because most often (good practices), the training begins with an introduction or a welcome word.
It is therefore an HTML editor in free edition. See Using the Text Editor (HTML) to learn more about the HTML editor.

To create a new “Presentation Block”, activate the “Edition Mode” and then click the “Add Item to This Section” button (or the “+” button) in the corresponding section.

Select the “Presentation block” item.

Block title*: enter the title of your presentation block;
Administrative Code: enter an administrative code for this element (optional). Administrative codes are used to record versions of documents, for example, or versions of surveys. Only administrators and trainers see these codes;
Section: select the section in which you want to create the item;
Item description : here you can write your description block or you can use a template using the “Use a template” button.

Click on the “Create” button at the bottom of the page.

By turning off “Editing Mode”, you can view the “Participant Vision” at any time, which can now read your “Presentation Block”.

Webinar/virtual classroom

The “Webinar/Virtual classroom” element is used to create a Via HTML activity, which is the preferred video conferencing software with Lära LMS.

This activity may be synchronous (“live”, at a specific time), or may be a “permanent room” that participants can access at any time.

To create a new “Webinar/Virtual classroom” item, activate the “Editing Mode” and then click the “Add Item to This Section” button (or the “+” button) in the corresponding section.

Select the “Webinar/Virtual classroom” item.

General information

The "General information" parameter tab is used to define basic information and the presentation of your item.

Activity name*: enter the title of your new activity;
Administrative code: enter an administrative code for this element (optional). Administrative codes are used to record versions of documents, for example, or versions of surveys. Only administrators and trainers see these codes;
Proof of participation model: select a proof of participation if needed;
Section : select the section in which you want to create the item;
Item description: write the presentation of your item (“Information” tab on the item). You can use a template using the “Use a template” button.

Activity configuration

The "Activity configuration" parameter tab allows you to define the context of your activity, such as when your activity will be held or whether it will be permanent, as well as the minimum time of presence required.

Start date and time:Enter the start date and time of the activity;
Duration*: enter the total duration of the activity;
Permanent activity: activate this mode if your activity is permanently open;

Automatic association of participants: allows you to associate participants registered for the session automatically with your activity. If this option is not enabled, you will need to manually link them;
Enable automatic attendance: allows automated attendance after a certain time of connection to the activity;
Minimum time required (hh:mm): Enter the minimum connection time for the activity to be considered “Present”. This parameter can be used in the item completion rule.

Completion

The “Completion” parameter tab is an important parameter that will allow the participant to define the item completion condition. Automatic completion of the session is based only on items with a completion rule.

Completion condition: Define the element completion condition:
No completion tracking: the element is optional, it cannot be used as a prerequisite or lead to automatic completion of the session;

Manually mark as completed: the element must be completed, but only an administrator can modify the completion of the participants;
Mark as completed when the user is present: allows to use the presence condition of the "Configuration of the activity" tab to automatically trigger the completion of the element;
Display completion status to participants: the completion percentage of the element will be displayed on the item for each participant;
Number of points: optional “Points” weighting of the element. The participant can accumulate points and complete his session automatically when accumulating X number of points.

Recordings

The “Recordings” parameter tab is used to define the parameters surrounding the activity recordings, as well as the playback conditions.

Automatically activate recording: allows you to automatically activate the recording when the activity is launched or when the room is accessed; Record accessible to everyone by default: all participants will have access to the recording on the item;
Expiration: is used to define the length of time participants can access the recording.

Availability

The “Availability” tab is also a very important tab, it is used to define the rules surrounding the ability to access the item. Most often, these are dates or an element with a rule of completion to be completed as prerequisites.

Available after a specific date: enter a start date and time for the ability to access the activity;
Available until a specific date: enter an end date and time for the ability to access the activity;

Available upon completion of one or more items: Select one or more items that have a completion rule from the already created session that need to be completed to access your new “Webinar/Virtual Classroom” item.

Note: in our example, we created the “Webinar/Virtual Classroom” item as the first “real” element of content to be completed, with the “Presentation Block” having no completion rules. There is therefore no need to add a prerequisite. Also, by definition, the “Webinar/Virtual Classroom” item already has access rules: participants can access the activity 30 minutes before it starts. It is therefore rare for an availability date to be set for this type of element, but it is not impossible. If you want to limit attendee access to 5 minutes before the start, for example, you could use the “Available after a specific date” option. Please refer to the “Document/video” element below, or subsequent elements, for more concrete examples of these options.

Visual

The “Visual” settings tab is used to define the visual of your item. Default gray color visuals are already applied to all elements, so this option is optional, but allows you to color your items' presentation!

From the “Visual” tab, click the option button in the bottom right corner at the bottom of the “Visual” area (represented by three horizontal bars). You can then upload your own visual. You will then be able to upload your own visual using the “Choose a new image…” button.

	The recommended dimensions are at least 180 pixels wide by 285 pixels high. Under these conditions, the image will always be of the correct format. Alternatively, you can use the visual cropping tools, as well as the zoom tool at the bottom right. Please see Create, Manage and Use Visuals for more information on this topic. Click the “Use” button.
Click on the “Create” button at the bottom of the page. By turning off “Editing Mode”, you can view and access the details of your “Webinar/Virtual Class” activity at any time:

Programmed notification

The “Programmed notification” tab defines the notifications that will be issued for this “Webinar/Virtual Class” element.

Note: the “Predefined notifications” tab only appears once the item has been created. So you need to go back to the settings to view it or change the notification.

Notifications that are present by default on an item are notifications that have been created in the “Advanced Settings” and that are common to all items of this type.
To learn more about all resource notifications, see Managing Communications. In the same article, in the section Main principles related to notifications, discover how the linking and untying of notifications works. Alternatively, you can create a brand new notification by clicking on “Create a notification” and then follow the steps to create a notification.

Automatic association of participants

If you have selected the “Automatic association of participants” option under the “Activity configuration” tab, participants registered for your session will already be associated with your activity. However, you can change their role in the activity.

Once your “Webinar/Virtual Classoom” activity has been created, additional tabs will be displayed for the management of participants enrolled in the training. This is detailed in the article Managing participants in a session or cohort. To associate attendees, go to the “Participants” tab and click “Enrol users”. The addition of users is done according to the same principle as any registration on Lära LMS, by individual addition, by group or by branch of the organization chart.

Real-time activity

	The “Real-time activity” element allows you to create a face-to-face training activity, meaning that your participants will have to travel in person to a predefined location, which must be created in advance.
See Create and Manage Sitess to create your sites.

To create a new “Real-time activity”, click the “Editing mode” button from the “Content” tab of your session, then click the “Add an item to this section” button (or the “+” button) in the corresponding section. Select the “Real-time activity” element.