# Build and organise activities

> Add and reorder questions, mark skills, add hints and explanations, preview as a student, and duplicate or import activities to save time.

URL: https://learnworkly.com/help/activities/build-and-organise-activities · Updated 2026-11-11

Open **My activities** and click an activity to edit it. On large screens the **Outline** is on the left; on smaller screens it is in the menu that opens with the ☰ button.

*[Screenshot: The activity editor: an outline with five numbered questions, and a multiple choice question with points, a skill and a hint and explanation section]*

## Tools on each question

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Required** | Students must answer it before submitting |
| **Move up** / **Move down** | Moves the question one place |
| **Duplicate** | Adds a copy right below, a quick way to write similar questions |
| **Delete** | Removes the question. Student answers to it are deleted too |
| **Add image** | Adds a picture to the question |
| **Formula** | Inserts a maths formula into the question text |
| **points** | How many points the question is worth |

## Reorder questions

Drag a question in the **Outline** to a new place. With a keyboard, select a question in the outline and press Alt + Up arrow or Alt + Down arrow. Click a question in the outline to jump to it.

## Skills

Under each question, type in **Add a skill or topic (optional)**, for example "Present perfect" or "Fractions". A question can have up to 5 skills. Skills you have used before are suggested. They are used to show each student’s progress **By skill** on the student page.

## Hints and explanations

Open **Hint and explanation** on a question. The hint is a nudge that does not give the answer away: students can open it, and you see who did. The explanation is shown with the correct answer. **Write with AI** drafts both for you to check (it uses one AI generation).

## Preview as a student

1. **Open the preview** Click **Preview** in the top bar. Your changes are saved first.
2. **Switch devices** Choose **Phone** or **Computer**, or click **Open in a new tab**.
3. **Try it** Answer the questions as a student would. **Check answers** marks them and shows the answer key. Nothing is saved.

## Save time

- **Duplicate a whole activity**: on **My activities**, open the three-dot menu of an activity and choose **Duplicate**, for example to make a version for another level.
- **Import** on **My activities**: paste a **Form link** to a public online form to import its questions (add the correct answers afterwards), or import **Slides (PDF)**, where each page becomes an image block.
- **Create with AI**: see [Create questions with AI](https://learnworkly.com/help/activities/ai-question-generator).
- **Documents** in the editor attaches worksheets, slides or a video that students see inside every assignment of this activity: see [Documents](https://learnworkly.com/help/documents/documents-library).

## Frequently asked questions

**What happens if I delete an activity?**
It is removed from **My activities**. Results of classes it was assigned to are kept.

**Do I need to click Save?**
No. Changes save automatically a moment after you make them, and before you leave the page. **Save** is there if you want to be sure.

**How do I give the activity a different look?**
Click **Theme** in the editor to choose a **Colour**, a **Font** and a **Cover image** for how this activity looks to your students.