Custom Text Entry Fields: Capture learner input for recall later in course
Capture learner responses in real time — then reuse their words to drive reflection, feedback, and personalized experiences.
What It Is
Custom Text Entry Fields are open-ended input boxes that allow learners to type their own thoughts, answers, or reflections — and have those inputs recalled later in the course. Whether it’s goal-setting, decision-making, or scenario responses, these fields transform one-way training into a two-way dialogue.
Unlike static question types, these fields make learning feel personal, reflective, and interactive — all while reinforcing ownership of ideas.
When to Use It
- In leadership or soft skills training, for personal reflection and mindset anchoring
- For onboarding, where learners set learning goals and revisit them at the end
- In compliance training, where users type justifications for policy decisions or ethical choices
- In sales training, to write responses to customer objections and later review them in context
- For lesson reviews, to capture and summarize takeaways that are echoed at course completion
Why It Works
- Enhances engagement by giving learners a voice in the experience
- Improves retention through active recall and personalized reflection
- Boosts learning outcomes by reinforcing key ideas through repetition of self-generated content
- Increases relevance by tying training content to learners’ own goals and insights
- Delivers better ROI by turning passive learning into reflective, meaningful application
Impact Insight
Imagine your team typing their goals on Slide 2 — and seeing those exact words reflected back during their final self-assessment. That’s ownership, that’s retention, and that’s real behavior change.
Examples in Action
- Healthcare: Learners describe how they would handle a patient interaction — then revisit their response after seeing best-practice models
- Finance: A trainee explains a risky investment decision, then compares their logic to expert feedback
- Retail: A sales associate writes how they’d upsell a product — then receives tailored coaching later
- Education: Teachers outline a classroom goal, then reflect on how well they applied strategies at the end
- Manufacturing: Workers describe safety risks they’ve seen — responses are summarized for peer sharing
Customization Options
- Field types: short answer, long-form text, bulleted input, fill-in-the-blank
- Recall placement: reused in final reflections, pop-up comparisons, certificates, or summary screens
- Design options: lined boxes, notepad visuals, modals, or dialogue-style layouts
- Logic pairing: combine with scoring, branching, or conditional feedback based on input
- Data handling: SCORM/xAPI supported — or disable tracking for private reflections
