> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.exiqtive.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Editing a checkpoint > How the checkpoint editor works: starting options, the Video/Article, Quiz, and Inspection tabs, versions, and publishing changes. This page walks through the checkpoint editor itself: what changes depending on how a checkpoint starts, and how each tab works. For checkpoint statuses and other operations (Retire, Archive, Move, bulk actions), see [Checkpoints](/checkpoints/overview). For the article writing tools, see [Editing an article](/checkpoints/editing-an-article). ## Landing on the checkpoint editor You reach the same editor two ways, depending on whether the checkpoint already exists: * **New checkpoint**: creating a checkpoint lands you on it in Draft, with a single editing surface. Nothing is visible to employees until you click **Activate**. * **Existing Active checkpoint**: open it and click **Propose Changes** to get a two-tab view, **Active Checkpoint** and **Proposed Changes**. Make your edits on the Proposed Changes side; employees keep seeing the current Active version until you click **Publish**. Use **Copy content from the active Checkpoint** to start from what's already live instead of from scratch. Click **Save** to save as you go. Changes aren't saved automatically. Save periodically if you're editing over a longer session. Only one person can hold the edit lock at a time. If someone else is already editing, you'll see who (with a live avatar) and can ask to take over. ## Choosing how the checkpoint starts When you create a checkpoint, you pick one of four starting points: Upload a video of up to 5 minutes. The editor opens once it finishes processing. Write the microlearning directly in exIQtive's built-in editor. See [Editing an article](/checkpoints/editing-an-article) for the writing and formatting tools. Skip microlearning and go straight to the inspection criteria. You can add microlearning later from within the checkpoint. This option includes a note field for prep instructions to the employee. Assign the video upload to an employee instead of doing it yourself. The checkpoint waits in a pending-upload state, with reminders, until they deliver it. ## The three tabs: Video/Article, Quiz, Inspection Inside the editor, content is organized into up to three tabs. A mode setting on the checkpoint controls which tabs apply: **Both** (quiz and inspection), **Skip inspection**, or **Skip quiz**. * **Video/Article**: the microlearning itself. For a video, this is also where you generate and manage an AI-suggested breakdown (chapters or steps) from the footage once it's ready. * **Quiz**: the multiple-choice questions an employee answers after completing the microlearning. See [Quizzes for checkpoints](/checkpoints/quizzes). * **Inspection**: the criteria a Coach checks off while observing the employee do the work. Each tab shows a validity indicator, so you can see at a glance whether it has what it needs before you activate or publish. ## Version history Every time you activate or publish, exIQtive creates a new version. Open the version history to see past versions, the publish note for each, and an automatically generated summary of what changed. ## Activate vs. publish | Action | When you use it | What happens | | - | - | - | | **Activate** | The first time, on a brand-new Draft | Creates version 1 and makes the checkpoint live | | **Publish** | On the Proposed Changes side of an existing checkpoint | Adds the next version; employees see the update with no interruption | ## Discarding your edits To throw away what you've started, use **Discard Draft** (or the equivalent on Proposed Changes): * For a checkpoint that was never activated, this deletes it outright. * For proposed changes to an Active checkpoint, it drops your edits and leaves the live version untouched. ## Related Statuses, operations, and bulk actions. Writing and formatting tools. Add or generate quiz questions. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.