AUTHOR™ provides a variety of different elements to speed your development.  

An Information Element is the simplest of the Element types as it has no Interactions or Response sections (the Information dialog has only one tab - an Information tab). 

The Lesson will execute each of the actions in the Action list in turn, then moves on to the next element.  If you want the lesson to wait (at the end of the element) you should place a Pause action at the bottom of the Action list.

A General Element has no pre-determined settings in the Interaction tab of the dialog.  The Response section of a General Element must test specifically for the Interactions (and their Values) defined in the Interaction tab.  A General Element is normally used when none of the other specific element types (such as Multiple Choice, True/False, etc.) fulfil the requirements of the element being developed.

The Common uses of the General Element are Drag/Drop questions and Hot Spot Interactions.

A Multiple Choice Element automates the selection of one or more answers from the Interactions displayed on the Lesson screen.  To operate correctly, there must be two or more interactions in the Interaction list.

A True/False Element automates the selection of either a True or False Interaction displayed on the Lesson screen.  Generally when creating an Element of this type you would have only two button/fields, one representing True and another representing False.

A Yes/No Element generally has only two button/fields defined in the Interaction list. One representing the response of Yes, and the second representing No. You can also define the correct answer on the Interaction tab by clicking the Yes or No option buttons.

A Short Answer Element provides an automated element to test the content of a Text Input field.