Add Activity
To add a new activity, simply
go to the week (or topic or section depending
on the course format) of the screen where you
want to add it.
Please, click on the drop-down
button to see for the choices that you have.
In Add Activity you have Assignment, Forum,
Chat, Quiz and a couple of other options
You can play with each of these
activities to see how they work. Below you can
find short descriptions of the
Activity choices that
you have.
As an example, we choose
Quiz. You will be
automatically taken to the Quiz setting menu,
where you can write a description of the Quiz
and set your preferences and user permissions.
After you press the Save
your changes button, you can add your
questions file or Create
new questions of different types: Multiple
Choice, True/False, Small Answers, etc.
Here you can find more information
about the types of Activities
you can add:
Assignment
An
assignment is where you set a task with a due
date and a maximum grade. Students will be able
to upload one file to satisfy the requirements.
The date they upload their file is recorded.
Afterwards, you will have a single page on which
you can view each file (and how late or early
it is), and then record a grade and a comment.
Half an hour after you grade any particular
student, Moodle will automatically email that
student a notification.
Choice
A
choice activity is very simple - you ask a question
and specify a choice of responses. Students
can make their choice, and you have a report
screen where you can see the results. It can
be used to gather research consent from your
students, or just for quick polls or class votes.
Forum
This
module is by far the most important - it is
here that discussion takes place. When you add
a new forum, you are presented with a choice
of different types - a simple single-topic discussion,
a free-for-all general forum, or a one-discussion-thread-per-user.
Resource
Resources
are the content of your course. Each resource
can be any file you have uploaded or can point
to using a URL. You can also maintain simple
text-based pages by typing them directly into
a form.
Click here for more info about how to upload
files.
Quiz
This
module allows you to design and set quiz tests,
consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and
short answer questions. These questions are
kept in a categorized database, and can be used
in other courses as well. Quizzes can allow
multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically
marked, and the teacher can choose whether to
give feedback or to show correct answers. This
module includes grading facilities.
Survey
The
survey module provides a number of predefined
survey instruments that are useful in evaluating
and understanding your class. Currently they
include the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments.
They can be given to students early in the course
as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the course
as an evaluation tool.
After adding your activities
you can move them up and down in your course
layout by clicking on the little arrow icons
next to each one. You can also delete them using
the cross icon X,
and re-edit them using the edit icon.