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title: "Create it Yourself"
slug: "build-it-myself"
tags: ["Content Creation", "Custom Learning"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-27T14:57:15Z
published: 2026-10-27T14:57:15Z
canonical: "docs.thrivelearning.com/build-it-myself"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.thrivelearning.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create it Yourself

**Create it yourself** takes you to the block-by-block content builder in [Content Creator](/v1/docs/content-creator-1). It gives you full creative control over your learning content, so you can build bespoke layouts and sequence your materials exactly how you want.

## Getting Started

1. On the Thrive menu, click **Create**.
2. In the **Content Creator** area, click **Create it yourself**.

You'll be taken to the editor, where you can build your content from scratch.

![Interface for creating content with options for layouts, text, media, and interactive elements.](https://cdn.document360.io/3a0609fb-d96c-4ce1-aabe-d9338fb1e858/Images/Documentation/image(905).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-05T15%3A25%3A00Z&se=2026-11-05T16%3A25%3A00Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eanjH8jp7Qf0ZZPDX8%2FnGRUTWB4Uekg%2BDwKVGFAiDS8%3D)

## Using the Editor

Give your content a **Page title**. This is required, and it's shown to learners once the content is published. You can also add an optional description underneath.

When you first open the editor, a **Build your content** prompt appears with an **+ Add layout bar** underneath. Click it to start shaping your page with a layout, or choose a block type from the panel on the left. The following block types are available:

- **Pages**: Split your content into multiple pages instead of one long scrolling page. See [Adding Pages](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#adding-pages) below.
- **Layouts**: Choose a pre-built structure or template to organise your blocks. See [Choosing a Layout](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#layouts) below.
- **Text**: Add a plain text block, or generate one with AI. See [Generating Content With AI](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#writing-and-generating-content-with-ai) below.
- **Media**: Add an image, audio, or video, or generate an image with AI.
- **Interactive**: Add an E-Learning package, a Flipcard, an Accordion, a Tabs block, or a Magic block. See [Adding Interactive Content](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#adding-interactive-content) below.
- **File**: Add a PDF or a general file.
- **Quiz**: Add a quiz manually, or auto-generate one with AI. See [Adding Quizzes and Assessments](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#adding-quizzes-and-assessments) below.
- **Assessment**: Add an Observed Assessment.
- **Link**: Add a link to an external site, or a Content Link to another piece of Thrive content.
- **Embed**: Add embedded external content.
- **HTML**: Add a Custom HTML Block.
- **E-Learning**: Upload a SCORM package (zip, x-zip, or x-zip compressed, up to 1 GB). You can edit the title, description, and thumbnail once it's uploaded.

Once you've added a block, use the toolbar in its top corner to manage it: drag the handle (⠿), or click the up and down arrows, to reorder it; click the layout (⊞), copy (⧉), or bin icon (🗑) on the right to change its layout, duplicate it, or delete it.

### Adding Pages

Click **Pages** in the left toolbar to split your content into multiple pages instead of building everything on one long scrolling page. The **Pages** panel shows a numbered thumbnail for each page, previewing the blocks and layout it contains, and a badge on the **Pages** icon shows how many pages your content has.

- Click **+** at the bottom of the panel to add a new page.
- Click a page’s thumbnail to open it for editing – blocks you add only appear on the page you currently have open.
- Click a page’s name in the panel to edit how it appears to learners – this name is specific to that page, separate from the overall content name.
- Learners move between pages using the **Next** control, with a progress count (for example, “1 of 5”) showing how many they have left to open.
- If your content is set to **Complete on view** or **Confirm accept and understand**, learners need to open every page before it counts as complete (or before they can confirm, for the latter). Other completion types work the same as they did before pages were introduced.

### Choosing a Layout

Click **Layouts** to open the layout picker. You can choose from two types of layout:

- Empty column structures to drop blocks into, such as **Full width**, **Two columns**, **Wide + narrow**, **Narrow + wide**, **Three columns**, and **Four columns**.
- Pre-populated combinations of blocks, such as **Hero** (a full-width image with an intro) and **Media + text** (a video beside copy).

### Generating Content With AI

Content Creator's AI tools are built directly into the relevant block, so you don't need to leave the editor to use them:

1. Click **Text** or **Media**, then choose the **Create with AI** option for the content you want (such as **Text · Write with AI**).
2. In the modal, describe what you’d like to generate.
3. For a video, you can also add what to **Exclude from the video**, and choose a **Video orientation**: **Landscape** (16:9 ratio) or **Portrait** (9:16 ratio).
4. Click **Generate**.

Your AI-generated content appears as a new block while it's generating. Click **Delete block** (🗑) if you’re not satisfied with the result.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> AI text generation is powered by OpenAI, and AI image generation is powered by Gemini. Responses may contain inaccurate information, so always check anything AI-generated before you publish.

### Adding Interactive Content

Click **Interactive** to add one of the following:

- **Flipcard**: Add an interactive card. Enter your question on the front and your answer on the back. Learners tap the card to flip between them.
- **Magic**: Describe an interactive experience – a quiz, flashcards, a sorting game, a scenario, or a timeline – and Thrive generates it from your prompt. For more information, see [Magic Blocks](/v1/docs/magic-blocks).
- **Tabs:** Organise content into named, tabbed sections. Give each tab a title, then add any content blocks inside it — text, images, video, audio, files, and other interactive blocks such as Accordions. Drag tabs to reorder them, or open the tab menu to rename, duplicate, or delete a tab. You can add up to 10 tabs. Learners see the first tab open by default and can select any tab title to switch between them.
- **Accordion**: Organise content into named, collapsible sections. Each section has an editable title and accepts any standard block inside it – text, images, video, audio, files, and more. Select **+ Add accordion** to add further sections. Learners see all sections collapsed by default and can open and close them independently.

### Adding Quizzes and Assessments

Quizzes test learner understanding with multiple-choice questions. Click **Quiz** to add one manually, or choose **Quiz · Auto generate** to create one with AI. Click **+ Add another question** to add more questions, and set the number of correct answers needed to pass.

Assessments let a manager or audience manager formally verify a learner's practical, on-the-job skills. Click **Assessment**, give it a title, and choose an assessment type.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> Currently, **Observed Assessment** is the only type available: use it for workplace evaluations and demonstrations of practical skills, where direct observation is needed to confirm competence.

## Preview and Publish

Use the toolbar at the top of the editor to manage your content:

- **Preview**: See how your content will look to a learner/
- **Translations**: Preview and edit auto-translated versions of your content. See [Translations](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#translations1) below.
- **Publish…**: Opens the **Time to publish** modal (see [Publishing](/v1/docs/build-it-myself#publishing1) below). Click the arrow (**⌄**) next to it to save your draft or delete the content.

### Translations

Text in your content is auto-translated for learners, but files aren’t. Use **Translations** to switch to another language, refine the translated text, and upload your own translated files.

1. Click **Translations** in the toolbar.
2. Use **Search Languages**, or choose a language from the **Auto translated** list. The **Original language** is shown separately, so you can jump back to the source content at any time.
3. Selecting a language opens it in the editor. From here you can:
  - Edit the text. Change any block's text directly, just as you would in the original language.
  - Upload a translated file. File-based blocks – audio, images, videos, PDFs, documents, links, .zip or .7z files, and E-Learning – let you upload a version of the file for that language. Prepare the translated file yourself, then upload it in place of the original.

Learners see the file you've uploaded for their language. Where you haven't uploaded one, they see the file from the original language, untranslated.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> **Interactive** blocks don't support translated files.

When you're happy with a translation, you can click **Endorse translation** to mark it as reviewed. Learners will then see it as an endorsed translation.

### Publishing

In the **Time to publish** modal, work through the following steps before your content goes live:

1. **Publishing as**: Choose to **Publish as yourself** or **Publish as a collaboration**.
2. **Thumbnail**: Required. Upload a custom image, generate one with AI, or choose a suggested image.
3. **Visibility & Share**: Choose **Limited Access** (specific groups or users) or **Public** (everyone). For Limited Access, add people or audiences, or your content stays visible only to you. Then choose whether to **Allow sharing to anyone** or **Restrict sharing** to admins and authors.
4. **Skills & Topics**: Apply **Skills** and **Topics** so your content appears in relevant sections of the Thrive platform.
5. **Endorsement & CPD**: Mark your content as officially approved and, if relevant, select a **CPD Category**.
6. **Configuration**: Choose **Complete on view** or **Confirm accept and understand** (the learner must confirm they’ve read it) — for multi-page content, both require every page to be opened first. Adjust the estimated completion time if necessary and toggle **Enable comments**.

Once you're happy with everything, click **Publish**.