Full Lesson Example

When the project began, none of the styling was in place. It was bare-bones text. As the project neared the end and it came down to finding conflicting css rules between the interactive activities and the core css, putting the Canvas located course page side by side with the build helped to get the final refinements down to a close enough match to feel offline development could give a good feel for what the final lesson would look like even from local development conditions.

  Interactive Activities Templates/tests

You might be interested to know that this was actually the first part built. It was a project unto itself, initially.

• Button Tabs Vertical Activity Test - Interactive ordering activity component testing
• CidiLabs Flipcards Test - Interactive flipcard component testing
• Match Items Activity Test - Interactive matching activity component testing
• Modals Activity Test - Interactive modal component testing
• Order Items Activity Test - Interactive ordering activity component testing
• Select All Activity Test - Interactive select all activity component testing
• Sort Items Activity Test - Interactive sort items activity component testing

  Individual Component Test Pages

Systematic core component development with isolated tests:

• Bootstrap Foundation Test - Bootstrap grid and core containers
• dp-header System Test - Header styling, spacing, and visual hierarchy (Phase 3 Priority)
• dp-has-icon Component Test - Icon + text layout with circular blue icons
• dp-hr-plain Component Test - Horizontal rule styling for section separation
• Typography Test (.lead and .dp-lead) - Lead paragraphs and quote styling
• Code Styling Test - Inline code and code block styling
• Responsive Behavior Audit - Canvas-compatible responsive testing
• dp-callout Component Test - Callouts and card-based content blocks
• dp-panels Accordion Test - Expandable accordion panels and content organization
• dp-image System Test - Image galleries, figures, and responsive image styling

  Development Progress

Track our systematic development of Canvas styling:

✅ Phase 1: Core Foundation (COMPLETE! 🎉)

• ✅ Bootstrap 5.3.0 foundation integrated
• ✅ Core container system (.dp-wrapper, .dp-content-block, .dp-header)
• ✅ Layout classes (.dp-column-container, .dp-has-icon)
• ✅ Typography classes (.lead, .dp-lead, .dp-heading)
• ✅ Visual elements (.dp-hr-plain)
• ✅ Essential responsive behavior with Canvas patterns

✅ Phase 2: Interactive Components (COMPLETE! 🎉)

• ✅ dp-callout System - Card-based callouts with icon emphasis
• ✅ dp-panels System - Accordion panels with TSTC brand colors
• ✅ dp-image System - Galleries, figures, rounded corners, borders, shadows, and popup functionality
• ✅ Advanced form elements - Interactive components handled in separate CidiLabs Activities project
• ✅ Modal dialogs and overlays - dp-popup-image system implemented

✅ Phase 3: Polish & Enhancement (COMPLETE! 🎉)

• ✅ Header styling system - Enhanced dp-header visual elements and layout
• ✅ Content breathing room - Improved spacing via dp-wrapper, dp-flat-sections, or variation-1 classes
• ✅ h4.dp-has-icon system - Smaller section headings with FontAwesome icons and subtle underlines
• ✅ Callout title bar refinements - Enhanced dark styling and visual consistency
• ✅ CSS architecture optimization - Resolved conflicts between core and activities stylesheets
• ⏳ Quick Snippet templates for Activities - In progress

🎯 Phase 4: Advanced Features & Optimization (PLANNING)

• ⏳ Integration with AI content analysis workflows - Details coming soon
• ⏳ Foundation for automated HTML optimization - Details coming soon
• ⏳ Scalable system for pedagogical content improvement - Details coming soon
• ⏳ Community adoption by instructional design teams - Details coming soon