# Activity Guide

## What is an Activity Guide?

Use an Activity Guide if you want to provide your users with instructions on how to complete specific interactions, including: dragging & dropping, selecting & matching, or swiping.

## Quick steps: how to create & edit an Activity Guide

1. **Open Authoring.** Create or open a [Learning Story](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/authoring/content-types/learning-story), [Assessment](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/authoring/content-types/assessment) or [Survey](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/authoring/content-types/survey) [content type](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/authoring/content-types).
2. **Add or open a Story, Assessment or Survey.** Open the Editor.
3. **Add an Activity Guide and place it directly in front of a** [**Drag & Drop**](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/content-pages/content-page-library/drag-+-drop)**,** [**Memory Game**](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/content-pages/content-page-library/memory-game) **or** [**Swipe Card**](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/content-pages/content-page-library/swipe-card) **page.** Select the + icon and choose Activity Guide from the Add Page options.&#x20;
4. **Update the Activity Guide page to edit.** Select the page to view the [Page Options](https://everyday-digital.gitbook.io/authoring-docs/story-and-page-settings#what-are-the-page-options), and select Update to add and edit text.&#x20;
5. **Choose a Guide Type and customise.** You can customise the colour, heading and text instructions (optional).&#x20;

## Activity Guide Type, Options & Custom Text

### Guide Type & Options

**Guide Type**\
Select the Guide Type you would like to add:

* Dragging & Placing Guide,&#x20;
* Selecting & Matching Guide, or&#x20;
* Swiping Guide.

**Highlight Colour**\
The guides are presented in grayscale and will make use of one highlight colour. Select an alternative if you do not wish to use the theme default.

### Custom Text (Optional)

**If you do not add custom text, the default Guide Activity instructions will be used.**

**Heading**\
Each guide is presented with custom text (to see this text, simply save the page).

**Guide Text**\
If you wish to write your own copy, you can enter a heading and some text in the spaces provided.
