Pins & contexts
Organising pins into contexts
Contexts are per-scene layers learners can switch between — and some are yours alone.
A context is a named group of pins within one scene. Learners can switch contexts to filter what they see — "Safety", "Service", "Equipment".
Contexts belong to a scene
Each scene has its own set. A kitchen scene can be organised by hazard type while the dining room scene is organised by service stage; they do not have to agree. Every scene starts with one default context, so you only think about this when you need to.
Making one while you are placing a pin
You do not have to leave what you are doing. The popover that opens when you drop a new pin can create a context there and then, and the pin lands in it — so realising half-way through a scene that these five pins are really a group of their own costs you nothing.
Hidden contexts
A context can be marked author-only. Its pins are visible to you in the editor and invisible to learners — and they are excluded when the experience is published, not merely hidden afterwards. Nothing in a hidden context is reachable by a learner who knows where to look, which is what makes them safe for staging notes, answer keys and work-in-progress.
Pin numbering closes the gap: if pins 3 and 4 are hidden, learners see an unbroken 1, 2, 3.
Deleting a context
Deleting a context asks what to do with its pins — move them to another context, or delete them with it. It will not silently orphan them.
Contexts and activities
Sort into contexts hands learners your pins and asks them to file each one correctly. If you plan to use it, make the contexts genuinely distinguishable — a sorting task where two categories overlap is a test of guessing.