Authoring View

The Authoring View is where you see, create, and modify a task's steps: the step viewer on the left, and the step you are editing on the right.

The Authoring View is where you create and modify a task. The screen has two sides. The step viewer on the left shows every step in the task. The panel on the right is where you edit the step you select, on its Content, Data, and Info tabs.

The Authoring View, with the step viewer on the left and the selected step open on its Content tab on the right.

The Authoring View: the step viewer and the selected step

At the top of the step viewer are the task picker, which switches to another task, the two view buttons, Search, and the filter button.

Step View Modes

The step viewer has two modes. You can create and edit steps in either one.

Step List View

The tree button shows the full list of steps, with all of their structure.

The Step List View, selected with the tree button, showing the task's steps.

The Step List View

Step Sorter View

The list button shows the same steps with a four-dot handle to the left of each name. Drag a step by its handle to move it up or down.

The Step Sorter View, selected with the list button, with a four-dot handle to the left of each step name.

The Step Sorter View, with drag handles

Adding a Step

Follow these steps to add a step after an existing step:

  1. Click the + icon to the right of the step.
  2. Enter a title and press Enter. InSkill creates the step, then adds a new step after it automatically.

See Adding Steps to Tasks.

The Step Action Menu

Click the three dots to the right of a step to open the step action menu:

The step action menu, showing Add new, Delete, Unpublish, Copy URL, and Copy Step.

The step action menu

ChoiceWhat it does
Add new > SubtaskAdds a subtask after the step.
Add new > Paste StepPastes a copied step after the step.
DeleteDeletes the step.
UnpublishUnpublishes the step.
Copy URLCopies the URL of the individual step.
Copy StepCopies the step to the clipboard.

The Step Filter

Click the filter button beside Search to show the Filter field, then pick what the step viewer shows: by published state (Unpublished, Published), step type (Information, Observations, Solutions), and the user levels a step is shown to.

The step Filter list, with Published, Type, and roles groups.

The step filter list