Instructor Guides

SkillBlox is a free platform with thousands of free, high-quality learning resources that are aligned to subjects that are important to adult learners. Because no single resource works for every learner, SkillBlox was designed to make it easier for teachers to find the materials that meet the needs of their learners. You can create, share, copy, and adapt these activities all in one place. 

The SkillBlox Library is the whole set of activities that have been added to SkillBlox. This includes thousands of free, high-quality learning resources that are aligned to subjects that are important to adult learners.

SkillBlox is a free platform with thousands of free, high-quality learning resources that are aligned to subjects that are important to adult learners. Because no single resource works for every learner, SkillBlox was designed to make it easier for teachers to find the materials that meet the needs of their learners. You can create, share, copy, and adapt these activities all in one place. 

An activity in SkillBlox is a single learning object like a video, simulation, or article. You can add your own activities to SkillBlox or find activities in the SkillBlox Library. Activities are collected together to create blox. 

A Blox is a collection of activities. This might include a reading passage, a vocabulary set, and a comprehension quiz, or it might be a series of videos for your own reference. A Blox could be learner-facing or teacher-facing – either way, a Blox includes materials that meet the needs of learners and is organized in a way that makes sense for your instruction. Explore a sample Blox here.

A Stax is a collection of Blox. You might create Stax to group Blox together that have related topics, learner levels, or anything else that is relevant to your instruction. You can explore a sample Stax here. You can explore a sample Stax here.

Tags are labels that describe how a Blox was designed to be used, including the topics and skills of focus, intended learner levels, and whether it can be completed independently by students.. By tagging your Blox and making it public, you provide key information so others can find it in Explore SkillBlox and know how to use it. 

If a Blox has been tagged as "self-guided", that means it was designed for learners to work through it independently! They don’t require a teacher, coach, or tutor for support to complete the activities. Examples of self-guided Blox are lessons where the learner can complete each activity in order, or a set of activities that learners can use for additional practice, concept extension, or remediation of a topic or skill. .

You can learn how to make a student account by watching our how-to video or reading our step-by-step instructions. Learn more here.

You can learn how to make an instructor account by watching our how-to video or reading our step-by-step instructions. Learn more here.

When creating an account, users must provide an email address for authentication. Starting in January 2025, users will be able to create accounts via their existing Google or Facebook accounts as well. 

Providing feedback on an activity improves SkillBlox for everyone! When a learner provides feedback, they’re sharing information that informs instructors about which activities to include in a Blox. 

Learners provide feedback about how much time spent on an activity, if they liked the activity, if the activity was easy to use, and if it helped them learn. This feedback helps others understand how helpful the activity is and how long it took to complete, so it’s important to be honest when answering.

SkillBlox is a repository of thousands of vetted, freely available activities. When a learner launches an activity, it leads them to the platform of that activity on third-party websites, some of which have advertisements. Adding student notes to an activity can help you clearly provide guidance, as needed, to ensure that learners are accessing the activities you assign appropriately.

Absolutely! We know that many learner only have access to small-screen devices like smartphones and tablets. Right now, SkillBlox is accessible on smartphones and tablets but is not yet optimized. Learners can access materials but the best accessible experience is on a large-screen device like a laptop or computer at this time.

The SkillBlox Library is one way to find thousands of activities aligned to topics and skills relevant to learners. You can learn how to find activities in the SkillBlox Library by watching our how-to video or reading our step-by-step instructions. Learn more here.

You can also use Explore SkillBlox which includes ready-to-go Blox that have been made publicly available by other instructors. Each of these Blox can be shared as is and shared with students. For those Blox that instructors have selected to allow copies, you can make copies and adapt as you see fit for your context. You can Explore Blox by skills, resources used, subjects, academic/language skills, TSTM skills, learner levels, formats, and edtech tools. 

Other instructors can find your Blox when you make them public and tag them. Learn how to make a Blox public and how to tag a Blox in our step-by-step guides.

We know that many students only have access to small-screen devices like smartphones and tablets. Right now, SkillBlox is accessible on smartphones and tablets but is not yet optimized. At this time, we do not recommend building or editing Blox on your phone.