Sessions vs. Templates, Blocks vs. Methods

A session in SessionLab represents a workshop or agenda. It's where you outline the flow of activities, allocate time slots, and add detailed information for each part of your event. You can edit sessions you own or work on shared sessions with collaborators.

You may have created a session which is a standard blueprint for a training you run regularly (e.g. a module of a learning program, or a monthly team meeting). In this case, you might like to turn your session into a template.

Templates are sessions designed for reuse in the future. By saving a session into a template, you can make it easier for you and your colleagues to reuse the same session format.

The way to create a Template is to first create a Session, and then save it as a Template.

Sessions consist of blocks you create in the Session Planner. Each block can include details like objectives, instructions, duration, and required materials.

You can type directly into your blocks in the agenda planner to add as much detail about the exercise as you’d like.

Just like you can save Sessions as Templates, you can also save single Blocks as Methods. These Methods live in your Library.

The Library is where all methods / exercises are stored and organised. There is a Library associated to each Worskpace/Team that you are a member of. Additionally, you also have access to methods in the public library.

You can create your own methods directly in the library, or add them to the library from an existing session plan. This way you can build up a collection of activities (methods) to utilise in your planning process.

You can save any individual activity (Block) to the library as a Method, but what if you have a group of blocks in your session which should remain together? You can add this to your library too.

Below you’ll see how a group of blocks looks in your library. Each block within the group is marked with a number and you can click on the sideways arrow to open each block’s detailed information.