M01d - Activity explains how to add, remove and configure activities.
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The assignment activity module enables a teacher to communicate tasks, collect work and provide grades and feedback.
Students can submit any digital content (files), such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, or audio and video clips. Alternatively, or in addition, the assignment may require students to type text directly into the text editor. An assignment can also be used to remind students of 'real - world' assignments they need to complete offline, such as art workartwork, and thus not require any digital content. Students can submit work individually or as a member of a group.
When reviewing assignments, teachers can leave feedback comments and upload files, such as marked-up student submissions, documents with comments, or spoken audio feedback. Assignments can be graded using a numerical or custom scale or an advanced grading method such as a rubric. Final grades are recorded in the gradebook.
See the Assignment miniguide for more information.
Assignment (Turnitin)
- Assessment
As above, this assignment type is for the submission of assignment through Turnitin. Once linked, the The Turnitin Assignment activity allows instructors to assess and provide feedback for student's written work using the assessment tools available within Turnitin's Document ViewerFeedback Studio document viewer.
See the Turnitin section for more information.
Custom Certificate
Assessment
The Certificate module creates Moodle Custom Certificates create customised PDF certificates for your students and is completely customisable. You can add borders, watermarks, seals and even show grade information. A Certificate can be revealed to students based on their achieving particular grades in different activities, and/or achieving an overall course grade, and/or them spending a minimum number of minutes in the course.
/wiki/spaces/MoodleResourceCentre/pages/31865637 See the Certificate miniguide for more information.
Chat
Collaboration 
Communication
The Chat activity enables module participants to have a real - time synchronous discussion in a Moodle course. This is a useful way to get a different understanding of each other and the topic being discussed – the . The mode of using a chat room is quite different from the asynchronous forums. The Chat activity contains a number of features for managing and reviewing chat discussions.
See the Chat miniguide for more information.
Choice
Administration
The Choice activity allows you to ask a question and set up radio buttons which students can click to make a selection from a number of possible responses. They can choose one or more option options and they can update their selection if you allow them. Choices can be useful as quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course, or to gauge progress.
A choice activity may be used:
- As a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic
- To quickly test students' understanding
- To facilitate student decision - making, for example allowing students to vote on a direction for the course
See the Choices Group Choice miniguide for more information.
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The database activity module enables participants to create, maintain and search a collection of entries (i.e. records). The structure of the entries is defined by the teacher as a number of fields. Field types include checkbox, radio buttons, dropdown menu, text area, URL, picture and uploaded file.
The visual layout of information when listing, viewing or editing database entries may be controlled by database templates. Database activities may be shared between courses as presets and a teacher may also import and export database entries.
If the database auto-linking filter is enabled, any entries in a database will be automatically linked where the words or phrases appear within the course.
A teacher can allow comments on entries. Entries can also be rated by teachers or students (peer evaluation). Ratings can be aggregated to form a final grade which is recorded in the gradebook.
Database activities have many uses, such as:
- A collaborative collection of web links, books, book reviews, journal references etc.
- For displaying student - created photos, posters, websites or poems for peer comment and review.
See the Moodle.org guides Database miniguide for more information.
Forum
Collaboration Assessment Communication Administration
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- A social space for students to get to know each other
- For course announcements (using a news forum with forced subscription)
- For discussing course content or reading materials
- For continuing online an issue raised previously in a face-to-face session
- For teacher-only discussions (using a hidden forum)
- A help centre where tutors and students can give advice
- A one-onto-one support area for private student-teacher communications (using a forum with separate groups and with one student per group)
- For extension activities, for example ‘brain teasers’ for students to ponder and suggest solutions
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The HotPot module allows teachers to distribute interactive learning materials to their students via Moodle and view reports on the students' responses and results. .
A single HotPot activity consists of an optional entry page, a single elearning online learning exercise, and an optional exit page. The elearning online learning exercise may be a static web page or an interactive web page which offers students text, audio and visual prompts and records their responses. The elearning online learning exercise is created on the teacher's computer using authoring software and then uploaded to Moodle.
A HotPot activity can handle exercises created with the following authoring software:
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- For self-directed learning of a new topic
- For scenarios or simulations/decision - making exercises
- For differentiated revision, with different sets of revision questions depending upon answers given to initial questions
See the Lessons miniguide for more information.
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- As course exams
- As mini tests for reading assignments or at the end of a topic
- As exam practice using questions from past exams
- To deliver immediate feedback about performance
- For self-assessment you are planning to use quizzes for credit - bearing assessment you must refer to our guidance for online exams.
See the Quiz miniguide for more information.
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Teachers specify time slots for meetings, students then choose one of them on Moodlethe slots. Teachers in turn can record the outcome of the meeting - , and optionally a an optional grade - , within the scheduler.
Group scheduling is supported; that is, each . Each time slot can accommodate several students, and optionally it is possible to schedule group appointments for entire groups at the same time.
See the Scheduler miniguide for more information.
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A SCORM package is a collection of files which are packaged according to an agreed standard for learning objects. The SCORM activity module enables SCORM or AICC packages to be uploaded as a zip file and added to a course.
Content is usually displayed over several pages, with navigation between the pages. There are various options for displaying content in a pop-up window, with a table of contents, with navigation buttons etc.
SCORM activities generally include questions, with grades being recorded in the gradebook.
SCORM activities may be used:
- For presenting multimedia content and animations
- As an assessment tool See the Moodle.org guides for more information.tool
Moodle is only compatible with SCORM version 1.2.
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The Survey module provides a number of verified survey instruments that have been found useful in assessing and stimulating learning in online environments. Teachers can use these to gather data from their students that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own teaching. However for end - of - module evaluations you may prefer to use the questionnaire to create your own survey questions (or indeed use one of the standard questionnaires which ELE have set up).
See the Moodle.org guides for more information.
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Wiki
Collaboration Assessment
The wiki activity module enables participants to add and edit a collection of web pages. A wiki can be collaborative, with everyone being able to edit it, or individual, where everyone has their own wiki which only they can edit.
A history A history of previous versions of each page in the wiki is kept, listing the edits made by each participant.
Wikis have many uses, such as:
- For group lecture notes or study guides
- For members of a faculty to plan a scheme of work or meeting agenda together
- For students to collaboratively author an online book, creating content on a topic set by their tutor
- For collaborative storytelling or poetry creation, where each participant writes a line or verse
- As a personal journal for examination notes or revision.
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See the Wiki miniguide for more information.
Workshop
Collaboration Assessment
The workshop activity module enables the collection, review and peer assessment of students' work.
Students can submit any digital content (files), such as word - processed documents or spreadsheets, and can also type text directly into a field using the text editor.
Submissions are assessed using a multi-criteria assessment form defined by the teacher. The process of peer assessment and understanding the assessment form can be practised in advance with example submissions provided by the teacher, together with a reference assessment. Students are given the opportunity to assess one or more of their peers' submissions. Submissions and reviewers may be anonymous if required.
Students obtain two grades in a workshop activity - a . A grade for their submission and a grade for their assessment of their peers' submissions. Both grades are recorded in the gradebook.