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Create a Content Module

This page covers how to create a new Content Module in Activator, starting from the Content Modules dashboard through to the authoring canvas.

The Content Modules dashboard

When you click Content Modules in the Activator left navigation, you land on the Content Modules dashboard. From here you can see the existing modules in your tenant.

Each module in the dashboard shows:

  • Thumbnail — a visual preview of the module.

  • Module name — the name given when the module was created.

  • Metadata — product, country, tags, and other classification.

  • Actions — edit and delete, when available. Which actions you see depends on your role and whether you own the module.

To open an existing module, click its thumbnail or title. This takes you into the authoring canvas in edit mode.

[Screenshot to add: Content Modules dashboard with thumbnails, metadata, and actions]

Starting a new module

From the dashboard, start a new module. You are prompted to choose how to begin:

  • Create from scratch — start with an empty authoring canvas. You fill in each field manually.

  • Upload a PDF — upload a PDF source document. The authoring canvas opens in two-column mode with the fields on the left and the PDF on the right. You can mark text manually from the PDF or use Autoscan to populate fields automatically.

[Screenshot to add: Create module prompt showing from-scratch vs upload PDF]

Selecting the content module type

After choosing how to begin, you are prompted for:

  • Content module type — the schema that defines which fields the module contains. For example, one type might include Headline, Paragraph, References, and Image; another might include multiple paragraphs and no image at all. Available module types vary by tenant configuration and are managed by administrators.

  • Module name — a descriptive name for the module.

  • Metadata — product, country, tags, and other classification. Some metadata is set here; the remainder is completed during the publish wizard.

[Screenshot to add: Content module type selection and initial metadata]

You are then taken into the Module Authoring Canvas to work on the module content.