What are page and section breaks?

Learn what page and section breaks are and how to insert them.

Page and section breaks

Page Breaks

Organize content using page breaks. Items are normally shown one at a time to students. If you insert page breaks it will change the behavior so that all Items between page breaks will be shown at the same time.

Adding Page Breaks

  1. Click on the pencil icon next to the assignment to which you would like to add page breaks to.

  2. Navigate to the Content tab.

  3. Select + Page break. 

Figure 1: The assignment Content tab, showing the Section break and Page break insert buttons

  1. You can drag the page break into position using the three horizontal line handle.

Section Breaks

A section break is a way to break an assignment into sections that must be completed in order. Students can move freely between Items in a section, but once they move to another section, they cannot return to previous sections. Students will be warned before moving on.

Adding Section Breaks

  1. Click on the pencil icon next to the assignment you would like to add section breaks to.

  2. Navigate to the Content tab.

  3. Select “+ Section break. 

Figure 2 The assignment Content tab, showing the Section break and Page break insert buttons

  1. You can drag the section break into position using the three horizontal line handle.