What is a drag-and-drop interactivity?

Drag-and-drop is an engaging and versatile activity type that encourages learners to make logical associations between multiple draggable elements.

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Drag-and-drop: design Level 2

At Level 2, your drag-and-drop activity allows your learner to provide logical associations between elements with feedback delivered at the end of the activity. The drag-and-drop interface uses simple graphics and matches your organization's brand.

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Drag-and-drop: design Level 3

At Level 3, your drag-and-drop activity displays life-like objects to your learner for strong correlations between elements. Simultaneously, feedback is delivered throughout the activity as the learner interacts with the interface that matches your organization's brand.

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Considerations for drag-and-drop

Drag-and-drop activities do not comply with accessibility standards for keyboard navigation, though the descriptive text of the activity's interactions that is accessible to screen readers could be included.

Avoid drag-and-drop activities if keyboard navigation is a requirement for the course.

Learning benefits
- An excellent tool to use for labeling, categorization, or organization interactions
- Can feature text, graphics, and images as draggable elements
Usage examples and tips
- Example: Learners are asked to correctly label the individual sections of a warehouse by dragging and dropping names of the different locations onto an image of a floor plan.