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Dashboard items/widgets offer an effective way to engage users within your Kahootz workspaces.
The items you can add depend on the type of dashboard (My Dashboard or Workspace | Folder) you're configuring.
Here's a full list of items/widgets you can add to each dashboard in Kahootz, along with a brief explanation underneath.
My Dashboard "Configure/Add item" Menu.
Workspace & Folder Dashboard "Configure/Add item" Menu
As shown above, it shows the different items/widgets that can be added to each type of dashboard.
Below are all the widget/item types you can add, with a link (click on the item/widget name) for more details.
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Items / Widget Names |
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> Text and Media |
Explanation |
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Icon Button |
A button that links to an item in a workspace or a specific web URL address. |
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Image Button |
An image that you can also link to a workspace item. |
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Block of text/images inserted into the page using our online editor. |
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Accordion / Carousel |
Formatted information in collapsible sections/Formatted information in a slide format. |
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Ticker |
This allows you to enter "text" that will scroll across your dashboard so users can read. |
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A digital timer to countdown the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds to a specified date. |
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This allows you to upload a video file showing a video player, with optional surrounding explanation text. |
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Video - Existing documents |
Show a video from an existing document in the workspace. |
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Embed videos already hosted on YouTube. |
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Video - Vimeo |
Embed videos already hosted on Vimeo. |
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A horizontal line to split up the page. |
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> Workspace Content |
Explanation |
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Recent Items |
Shows a list of anything added or modified that you can define what item types are shown and select for all workspaces or just one. |
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Recent Activity |
Shows a list of activities in your workspace which you can define what item types are shown and select for all workspaces or just one. |
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Tasks |
Lists all tasks from the current workspace. |
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Upcoming Events |
List of any events from the current workspace or lists all the upcoming events across all your workspaces. |
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A grid showing the days of the month. If you have a calendar in a workspace, dates with events will be highlighted. |
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Shows a rotating carousel of images from a picture album in the workspace. |
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Tag Cloud |
A tag cloud of all tags used in a workspace. |
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Provides details about the workspace, who can see it, and how to contact the manager. |
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Shows clickable thumbnails of the workspace members or managers. |
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Blog Articles |
This allows you to show and link all or some of your blogs articles |
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Search Box |
This allows you to search your workspace directly from this item/widget. |
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> My Content |
Explanation |
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My Workspaces |
Lists all the workspaces you're a member of. |
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My Recent Items |
Shows an ordered list of items you have added or changed. |
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My Recent Activity |
Shows an ordered list of your most recent activity. |
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My Private Messages |
A list of all private messages you have received in any of your roles. |
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My Locked Documents |
Lists the documents in your workspace that you have locked. See our 'document locking' article. |
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My Document Reviews |
Lists only the document review tasks allocated to or created by you. |
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Recommended Workspaces |
Shows a list of recommending workspaces based upon "groups of interest" in your user profile. |
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Integration Items |
Explanation |
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Integrate information from other sites and sources, ask support if you need assistance. |
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Pull information from other sites using a common format - for example, BBC News. |
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X (Twitter) |
Embed a timeline to display tweets on your Dashboard. |
A new “Call to Action” function exists on the dashboard icon and image buttons.
On dashboard buttons, in addition to linking the button to a specific item or URL.
You can now link the button to a function related to your chosen item.
The functions available are:
- Answer the survey
- View the responses
- Add a new entry
- Upload a new version
- Upload a new picture
- Create a new task
- Create a new item
- Upload a document
- Add a new event
- View all comments
- Add a new article
- Start a discussion
Tip: If you wish to apply these items to your 'dashboards' please refer to this KB article.