The drag & drop question allows students to interactively match items: drag words to definitions, place images in the correct location, sort items into categories, and more. In this article, you’ll learn how to add a drag & drop question to your lesson.
1. Adding a drag & drop question to your lesson
Click + Slide in the top-left corner.
In the slide overview, choose Drag & Drop.
A standard drag & drop question will now be added to your lesson.
In the default setup, you’ll see:
Drag items → these are the boxes with numbers (1, 2, 3…).
Drop targets → these are the boxes with letters (A, B, C…).
Drag items can be linked to a specific drop target.
You can also choose a different layout by clicking on “Layout” in the right-hand menu. These settings only appear when no element on the slide is selected. Click the grey area next to your slide to deselect everything.
2. Linking drag items to drop targets
To indicate which item belongs in which target:
Click a drag item or a drop target.
A toolbar will appear.
In the dropdown menu, choose Select drop target or Select drag item.
Link the item to the correct target.
This tells the system which answers are correct during the lesson.
3. Building your own drag & drop question
You don’t have to keep the suggested layout. You can fully customise the slide to fit your activity.
Adding additional drop zones
Do you want more places where students can drop components?
In the components bar, click Drop zone.
A new target box will appear on your slide.
Move and place it wherever you like.
💡 Tip: You can also add images to drop zones.
Adding additional drag components
The following components on the slide can be turned into drag components:
Text
Image
Hotspot
Audio
Shape
To turn a component into a drag component:
Add a component (e.g. a text box or image).
Select the component.
In the toolbar, choose Select drop target.
Choose one of the options:
Linked to target X → belongs to a specific drop target
Distractor → does not belong to any target
Not a drag item → the component is not part of the drag & drop question
This allows you to easily build exercises such as categorisation tasks, matching questions, or drag-on-map activities.
Extra settings during lesson presentation
There are two additional settings that influence how the drag & drop question behaves during teaching. These settings only appear when no element on the slide is selected. Click the grey area next to your slide to deselect everything.
1. Snap to centre items on drop
When enabled, any drag item placed into a drop target by a student will automatically snap to the centre of that target. When disabled, the item will stay exactly where the student places it.
2. Show drop target outlines during presentation
This setting lets you decide whether students can see the outlines of drop targets while completing the activity.
If the outline is hidden, the targets become invisible: useful in map-based activities, like the example below.
If the outline is shown, the targets are clearly visible, which is helpful when visual guidance is more important.
4. Example: Drag the landmarks to the correct place on the map
In the example shown:
On the right, you see images of famous landmarks as drag components.
On the map of Europe, drop targets are positioned on the correct cities.
Students drag each landmark to the corresponding location.
This type of drag & drop works especially well for:
Geography (cities, countries, rivers, mountains)
History (matching people to eras or places)
Biology (connecting labels to diagrams)
Language (matching words, concepts, or grammar components)
💡 Extra tips
Use contrasting colours or clear shapes when working with many components.
Make drop targets large enough so students can easily place components correctly.
Add one or more distractors for extra challenge.
Test the slide in presentation mode to make sure everything works as expected.