Graphical tool for creating custom multimedia task guidance procedures

A computer system to create a structured series of graphical widgets on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computer system, the graphical widgets forming part of a multimedia guidance procedure, the system comprising:

• a processor device;
• and
• a memory operably coupled to the processor device and storing computer-executable instructions causing:
• receiving an author's input, via a GUI, for populating multimedia content into a UI card design pattern that groups related information in a flexible-size container visually resembling a playing card for at least a portion of a multimedia guidance procedure as part of a workflow creation tool;
• converting at least a portion of the author's input into one or more search parameters for a search query that is compatible with at least one of a search engine, a public database query, a private database query, or a combination thereof;
• and
• associating the one or more search parameters with a search field that has been inserted into the flexible-size container.