Knowledge Check Block
The Knowledge Check block adds interactive questions directly into your lessons. Use them as quick comprehension checks in regular lessons, or place them in an assessment section for scored evaluations.
Question types
Section titled “Question types”Multiple choice
Section titled “Multiple choice”A single correct answer. Learners select one option from the list.
Multiple select
Section titled “Multiple select”One or more correct answers. Learners select all options that apply.
Fill in the blank
Section titled “Fill in the blank”A text input where learners type their answer. You can configure multiple accepted answers and toggle case sensitivity.
Answer options
Section titled “Answer options”Multiple choice and multiple select questions start with two options. Add as many options as you need - there is no upper limit. Click the indicator next to an option to mark it as correct.
Feedback
Section titled “Feedback”Each question has a correct and incorrect feedback message:
- Correct feedback (default: “Correct!”)
- Incorrect feedback (default: “Try again.”)
Feedback displays immediately after the learner submits their answer.
AI generation
Section titled “AI generation”Click Generate with AI, describe what the question should be about, and Slate creates a question for the selected answer type. Question generation costs 20 AI credits.
Question behaviour
Section titled “Question behaviour”Customize how learners answer this question. Open the block’s three-dot menu and choose Question settings to override the course defaults for this block.
- Maximum attempts - cap retries per question. Set to 0 for unlimited
- Show general feedback - show or hide the author’s correct/incorrect feedback message after each submit
- Show answer-level feedback - highlight which options were correct after each wrong attempt
- Reveal correct answer when locked - show the correct answer when the learner reaches the attempt limit
- Eliminate wrong options - multiple choice only. Previously-wrong options stay marked and can’t be picked again
Each setting shows the inherited course default with an override toggle. Click Reset to inherited to remove the per-block override. The three-dot menu shows a dot when any setting is overridden.
Question settings is hidden when a knowledge check sits inside an assessment section, because assessment questions are governed by the section’s assessment configuration instead of per-block behaviour. The three-dot menu’s Show on device-visibility submenu is also hidden on every block inside an assessment lesson, so a learner can never end up unable to answer a question because of a device override.
See Knowledge Checks for question behaviour defaults you can set on the Theme page.
Using in assessments
Section titled “Using in assessments”When placed inside an assessment section, Knowledge Check blocks contribute to the course score. See Assessment Sections for scoring configuration and Knowledge Checks for detailed assessment behaviour.