📍 How to create a Labelled Diagram activity

The Labelled Diagram template is one of the most effective tools for visual learning. It allows you to take any image—from a map of the world to the anatomy of a flower—and turn it into an interactive identification challenge.

IN THIS ARTICLE:

• How is the Labelled Diagram activity played?
• How and what do you type into Edit content for Labelled Diagram?
• Where can I find some more examples?

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How the activity is played

The activity displays your chosen image with several empty "target" spots and a bank of labels.

• The Interaction: The student clicks and drags the text labels onto the corresponding pins on the image.

• The Goal: Match every label to its correct location.

• Instant Feedback: Depending on your settings, students see immediately if they've placed a pin correctly.

• The Result: On the final screen, students can review their accuracy and submit their scores to the Leader board.

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Creating your Labelled Diagram

1. Click Create Activity and choose Labelled Diagram.

   
    

2. Click the image icon to upload the diagram you want to use (e.g., a skeleton, a periodic table, or a photo of a circuit).

3. Place Your Pins:

   • Click Add a label. A numbered pin will appear on your image.

   • Drag and drop the pin to the specific part of the image you want to identify.

   • Type the name of that part into the corresponding text box.

4. Click Add a label or press Enter to place the next pin.

5. Click Done to save your activity.

   
    

6.  Scroll down to Visuals to add a creative style to your activity, or tailor the difficulty in the Options panel below the activity:

   

   • Timer
     • None: No time limit is enforced, allowing students to complete the quiz completely at their own pace without clock pressure.
     • Count up: Displays a stopwatch that tracks exactly how long it takes for a student to complete the activity.
     • Count down: Sets a strict time limit (e.g., 5 minutes). The activity ends automatically if the countdown clock reaches zero.
   • Random
     • Different layout each play: Randomises the positioning and layout of the items on the screen every time the activity is launched, preventing students from relying purely on spatial memory.
     • Always the same layout: Keeps the visual organisation fixed in the same configuration for every single attempt.
   • Shuffle labels after move
     • Don't shuffle: Keeps the choice labels in their existing positions after an item has been interacted with or moved.
     • Shuffle: Automatically mixes and randomises the order of the remaining labels immediately after a user makes a move, increasing the visual tracking challenge.
   • End of game
     • Show answers: Allows students to review a complete breakdown of all the correct answers at the conclusion of their session.
   • Saving options
     • Apply to this activity: Saves these specific choices only for the activity you are currently editing.
     • More: Click this drop-down to find:
       • Set as default for template: Saves these settings as your "go-to" configuration for every future activity you create using this template.
       • Revert to default: Clears custom changes and returns the options panel back to your previously saved personal defaults.
       • Revert to author's setting: Restores the activity parameters back to the original layout configured by the initial community creator.

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Need Inspirations?

Some examples of Labelled diagram quiz activities have been created by our users and shared with the Wordwall resource community.