Keywords: lesson, branching, questions, learning package.
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Even those who are very comfortable working directly online might find it useful to note down on paper the direction they want their lesson pages to go inor a digital whiteboard the overall plan and design for the lesson pages, rather than having to remember and visualise the navigation in their head.
Meeting the baseline
The UCL E-Learning Baseline suggests the following for Structure :
- 1.2 Minimise cognitive load - Avoid overloading the front page by placing content off the main page in Pages, Books, Folders, Lessons and by hiding unused items.
The Orientation category suggests that you should:
- 2.2 Explain participation requirements:
- Identify which activities are compulsory and optional.
- Provide an indicator of effort (such as timings or page counts) for all compulsory tasks.
- Explain how students are expected to use UCL and external e-learning tools. This PowerPoint Induction template provides a starting point. Wholly online courses tool. Some courses might provide this information as a screen-cast video, with a voice over.
- Link to instructions for any e-learning tools that students are expected to use.
- 2.8 Outline the Intended Learning Outcomes for every activity and resource in the description and provide a clear overview of what the student is expected to do.
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The only required setting for a Lesson is the name (i.e. what appears in the Moodle course). While many of the settings are important to consider, you may want to revisit them once your lesson is created, rather than worrying about them from the start. Click the 
icon icon to see contextual help for that setting if you're unsure.
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- Log into Moodle, got to the course you want to add the Lesson to and Turn Editing on.
- In the topic you wish to add the Lesson to, click Add an activity or resource.
- From the menu Select Lesson, then click Addadd a lesson to your course page, turn on the edit mode toggle in the top-right of your page.
- With the edit mode toggle on, choose the + icon to add items anywhere in a section. Simply click on the course page, in the section wherever you want to add your activity. This will open up the activity chooser, allowing you to select your activity or resource. You can still add content from the bottom of any section, as you did in the previous version. To do so, click add an activity or resource to open the activity chooser.
- Select lesson.
- Give the Lesson a name (as mentioned above you can always come back to the other settings later).
- Scroll Click save and display to see the bottom and click 'Save and display'lesson or save and return to course to save and return to the main course page.
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Further guidance on the Lesson activity is available from Moodle Docs. If you find any inaccurate or missing information you can even update this yourself (it's a communal wiki). If you have a specific question about the tool please contact the Digital Education team. |
Caution
- None at this time.
Examples and case studies
- None at this time.
Questions & Answers
Q. Can I import questions to a Moodle Lesson?
A. If you have some questions in the allowed formats, you can import them to use in your lesson by clicking the Import questionsQuestions link.
Further information
- None at this timeSee Moodle Docs.