The model in one paragraph
A course is a list of lessons. A lesson is a vertical stack of blocks. A block is one piece of content: a paragraph, an image, a quiz, a drag-and-drop exercise, your own HTML. Learners see one lesson per page and move through them in order. On top of that, a course has an overview page (a landing page shown before the lessons) and a set of downloadable resources.The editor
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Title bar
The menus — File, Edit, View, Insert, Course, Help — plus the course
name, undo and redo, your account chip, and the Preview and Export buttons.The course name is clickable: it renames the course. A dot beside it means unsaved changes.
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Left panel — three tabs
Ctrl B hides and shows the panel. The Design tab can also be popped out into its own larger
window.3
Canvas
The lesson you are editing, drawn as a stack of authoring cards. Select a block by clicking it;
reorder with
Alt ↑ / Alt ↓, duplicate with Ctrl D, delete with Del.Blocks can be grouped: select several, then Edit ▸ Group blocks. A group renders as one
seamless bordered field for learners, which is how you build a call-out or a sidebar.4
Inspector
Everything about the selected block: its title, its width, whether it is required, and every
setting specific to its type.
Ctrl Shift I hides and shows it.5
Status strip
Along the bottom: the file name, lesson and block counts, the export format, and a live list of
validation notices — an empty text block, an image without alt text, a quiz with no correct
answer marked. None of them prevent an export; all of them are things a learner would notice.
What launch looks like
Compose does not open the editor at launch. You see:- Sign in — if you have no session. Sign-in happens in your browser, see Accounts.
- The welcome screen — recent courses with their titles and lesson counts, the Mauvely news feed, and buttons for New course, From a template and Open.
- The editor — once a course is open.
Undo, redo and autosave
Every change goes through one undo stack (Ctrl Z / Ctrl Shift Z, and Ctrl Y also
works). Consecutive edits of the same kind — typing into one field, dragging one slider — collapse
into a single undo step rather than one per keystroke.
Autosave is on by default and runs a few seconds after you stop editing. It only applies to a
course that has been saved at least once; a brand-new untitled course waits for you to choose a
location.
Where to go next
Courses and lessons
Structuring a course, the overview page, downloadable resources.
Blocks
The content blocks and the settings every block shares.
Interactive blocks
Quizzes, drag and drop, branching, hotspots, interactive video.
Design tab
Presets, colours, logo, typography, shape.