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# Missing Word
## The Missing Word template enables an immersive learning experience. Here's how it's effective.
Key Takeaway: Missing Word is a versatile template which is easy to configure and has a variety of applications.
In this article, we will be going over how to use the *Missing Word* template, and three different ways it can be put to use in your own custom learning content.
Throughout the article, we will be demonstrating how to reinforce the example phrase “The use of short lessons delivered over mobile means employees can access lessons at times which suit them”.
#### Configuring a Missing Word template
When you add a *Missing Word* template, there are two areas that you need to configure; the **Title** field and the **Words** field. Text entered into the **Title** field creates the sentence that is to be reinforced, and words entered into the **Words** field appear below this sentence. If EdApp detects a match between a word in the **Words** Are and a word in the text input to the **Title** field, then it will automatically make that text go “missing”, and replace it with a blank space for a word to be dragged into.
The words input in the **Word** field don’t have to be words included in the **Title** field. Because of this, decoy words can be configured to add an extra challenge to the question.
While *Missing Word* may seem like a simple template, don’t be confused by the ease of configuration. It has a variety of applications, and is a staple *Interactive* template, seeing a lot of use in a variety of the custom microlessons made in EdApp’s rapid creator tool.
It's important to know that this template would not be suitable for use with certain languages that do not have inter-word spacing, such as Chinese, as there would be no blank space between words to drag it into.
Read on to cover three different uses of the *Missing Word* template.
#### Classic Missing Word.
Used to reinforce keywording in a sentence, *Classic Missing Word* asks learners to drag in words to complete gaps in a sentence. This use of the template forces learners to focus on the words you make go missing, effectively bolding and underlining them in their minds.
“The use of \*\*SHORT\*\* lessons delivered over \*\*MOBILE\*\* means employees can access lessons at times which \*\*SUIT\*\* them”.
*Classic Missing Word* is great for reinforcing the key words in a message you want employees to remember.
#### Missing Word: True or False
To make a *Missing Word: True or False* variant, you need only make one word go missing from the statement you configured in the **Title** field (for best use, make it a word which defines the whole meaning of the sentence e.g. “can” or “should”). From here, add another word which has the opposite meaning of the original missing word. The learner must then drag in the word which makes the sentence “correct”.
When creating a Missing Word: True or False variant, it can be worthwhile to update the prompt to be more relevant to the current use case e.g. “Drag in the correct word”.
The best use of *Missing Word: True or False* is for when you would like to put a fun variant on the “True or False” formula (if you have already used one or two *Multiple Choice* templates already in the lesson).
#### Missing Word: Multiple Choice
*Missing Word: Multiple Choice* is set up in a similar way to *Missing Word: True or False.* In this *Missing Word* variant, you set part of the sentence to go missing, and create decoy words to provide one or two different options as to what would make the correct sentence.
Just like in *Missing Word: True or False,* *Missing Word: Multiple Choice* is best used for spicing up the way your learners are progressing through content in their lesson to maintain engagement (introducing a drag interaction to complement existing tap or swipe mechanics).
#### Summary
*Missing Word* is a template which is easy to configure and applicable to a variety of different scenarios. There are three core uses for the template. These are: – *Classic Missing Word* – *Missing Word: True or False* – *Missing Word: Multiple Choice*
How do you use the *Missing Word* template? Let us know on [hello@edapp.com](mailto:hello@edapp.com), and be sure to show us how you’ve used each variant of the *Missing Word* template mentioned in this article!
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