Logging on to Moodle Course Format Course Homepage Adding Activity Modules Managing Activity Modules

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1 Logging on to Moodle...2 Course Format...2 Course Homepage...3 People...3 Participants...3 Edit profile...3 Activities...4 Search...5 Administration...5 My courses...5 Latest news...5 Recent activity...5 Adding Activity Modules...6 Managing Activity Modules...6 Updating activity modules...7 Deleting activity modules...7 Moving activity modules...7 Managing the availability of activity modules...7 Creating a New Forum...7 Posting, Replying, Updating, Searching and Viewing Threads...9 To add a new discussion topic:...9 Replying to a message...10 Updating a post...10 Searching discussion forums...10 Changing how you view forum messages...11 Creating and Using Chat...11 Using chat...12 Adding, Viewing and Grading Journal Entries...12 Viewing and grading journal entries...13 Creating a New Quiz...13 Using quiz categories (optional)...15 Creating quiz questions...16 Multiple Choice...16 True/False...17 Short Answer...18 Numerical...19 Random Question...20 Random Short-Answer Matching...20 Embedded Answers (Cloze)...21 Matching...22 Description...22 Assigning marks to quiz questions...23 Specify the order of quiz questions (optional)...24 Creating a Choice Activity...24 Viewing the results of a choice activity...25 Creating a New Assignment...25 Viewing and Marking Assignments...26 Page 1 of 26

2 Logging on to Moodle To log on to Moodle: 1. Go to 2. You will see a list of the courses on the Tenafly Moodle server. Click on Moodle School: Learning in the 21 st Century under Staff Development. 3. You will be asked for your username and password. Enter your network username and password Course Format There are three course formats available in Moodle: Weekly format Topics format Social format The way your course homepage is organized differs according to the course layout you choose. In the Weekly format, your course is organized week by week. Each "box" down the center of your course homepage represents one week and you can associate activity modules with particular weeks in your course. You can set the number of weeks in your course in the Settings area. In the Topics format your course is organized by topic. Each "box" down the centre of your course homepage represents one topic, and you can associate activity modules with particular topics. This course is arranged in the topics format. The Social format is best for courses that are based mostly around discussion. It is oriented around one main forum, the Social forum, which appears on the course homepage: When you request a new Moodle course, the topics format is created by default. You can change your course format in the settings area, so feel free to experiment with the different course formats. Page 2 of 26

3 Course Homepage Your course homepage is the main page in your course. It is the first page that you and your students see when they enter your course. In the weekly and topics course formats, links to the activity modules included in your course are organized by week or by topic down the centre of this page, and a News forum is included by default. In the social format, the main social forum is displayed in the centre of the page. You can change how weeks, topics and activity modules are arranged on your home page using the course editing icons. The course homepage also provides links to a number of course management tools: People Activities Search Administration (only available to teachers) My courses Latest news Recent activity People The People box is located on the left-hand side of your course homepage. There are two items in this box: Participants Edit profile Participants To access the participant s area, click Participants in the People box. You can obtain information about everyone who is enrolled on your course here. Click Activity to display the full activity report for a participant. Activity reports are discussed in detail in the logs section of this course. Click Unenroll to remove a participant from the course. Click Login as to log in to the course as that participant. REMOVE THIS FEATURE? Click Full profile to display the full profile for a participant. Edit profile To open the edit profile form click Edit profile in the People box. Page 3 of 26

4 You can use this form to edit your personal profile and preferences. Most of the settings are self-explanatory, although the following are worth noting: format: This setting determines how that is sent to you is formatted. Choose Plain text format if you wish your s to be sent out as plain text. Choose Pretty HTML format if your program can receive in HTML format. Forum auto-subscribe: You have two choices: Yes when I post, subscribe me to that forum - You will automatically receive copies of each message posted to forums you submit a discussion post to. No don't automatically subscribe me to forums - You won't automatically receive copies of each message posted to forums you post to. New picture: You can add a picture of yourself (or a representation of yourself) here. This picture appears on your profile page and appears beside any posting you make to the discussion forums. The picture formats that you can use are the.jpg and.png formats. To add a picture: 1. Click Browse to locate the picture you would like to add. 2. Locate the file and click Open. If you don't add a picture then the default "smiley icon" will be used. Click Update profile to save any changes you have made to your profile. Activities The Activities box is located on the left-hand side of your course homepage. In the topics and weekly course formats, links to activity modules in your course are arranged by week/topic down the centre of your course homepage. In addition to this, the activities box provides links activity modules currently in use arranged by module type. So for example, you can use this area to access all of the forums on your course or all of the quizzes on your course. Items only appear in this box when they are added to your course, so when you first create your course only forums will appear, since the only activity created by default is the news forum. Creating and using activity modules is discussed in detail in the activities section of this course. Page 4 of 26

5 Search The Search box is located on the left-hand side of your course homepage, and also on each forum page. You can use the search tool to search the forums on your course. Enter the word or words you wish to search for and click Search forums (or press the Enter or Return button on your keyboard). Administration The Administration box is located on the left-hand side of your course homepage. It provides links to Moodle's administrative tools. The administration box is only available to people who are "teachers" on your course. Course administration is discussed in detail in the administration section of this course. My courses The My Courses box is located on the left-hand side of your course homepage. It provides links to each course that you are a teacher of or are enrolled on as a student. Latest news The Latest News box is located on the right-hand side of your course homepage in the topics and weekly formats. It does not appear in the social format. When a new discussion entry is added to the News forum on your course, a link to it automatically appears in the latest news box. If your course is very active it follows that you will have lot of news items, so you can disable this feature in the settings area if you wish. Recent activity The Recent Activity box is located on the right-hand side of your course homepage in the weekly and topics course formats, and on the left-hand side of your course homepage in the social format. This area shows everything that has happened since the last time the viewer logged in to the course, such as new discussion posts, new users, new resources and submitted assignments. This feature helps give a sense of activity in the course although in large or heavily used courses it may slow down the display of your course homepage. You can disable this feature in the settings area if you wish. Page 5 of 26

6 Adding Activity Modules Activity modules are electronic resources that you use to build your Moodle course. The available activity modules are: Assignment: Create and mark assignments Chat: Synchronous communications tool Choice: Get students to vote in class polls Forum: Asynchronous communications tool Journal: Enables students to make notes in a personal journal Quiz: Create practice questions and formal tests Resources: Add electronic resources such as web pages, word processed files, slide shows and video clips Survey: Gather and analyze data on your students learning experience Workshop: A peer assessment module To build a Moodle course you add activity modules to your course homepage. Creating and managing activity modules is discussed in detail in the activity modules section of this course, but, in general, to add an activity module you: 1. Decide on the week/topic you would like to add the activity module to. 2. Select the type of activity module you would like to add from the Add... dropdown list. 3. Fill out the activity module creation form(s). 4. Click Save changes. A link to your new activity will appear on your course homepage. Managing Activity Modules You can use the activity module editing icons to manage activity modules on your course: If you can't see the course editing icons then click Turn editing on. Page 6 of 26

7 This section covers: Updating activity modules Deleting activity modules Moving activity modules Managing the availability of activity modules Updating activity modules To update an activity module: 1. Click the pen icon beside the activity that you want to update. 2. Update the activity module. 3. Click Save changes. Deleting activity modules To delete an activity module: 1. Click the delete icon beside the activity module that you want to delete. 2. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the activity module; click yes. Moving activity modules To move an activity module to a new location: 1. Click the up/down arrow beside the activity that you want to move. 2. Click on the new location for the activity. Managing the availability of activity modules to hide an activity from students, click the open eye icon beside the activity you want to hide. to unhide an activity, click the closed eye icon beside the activity you want to unhide. Creating a New Forum 1. Select Forum from the Add... dropdown list. 2. Fill out the Adding a new forum form: Page 7 of 26

8 Forum name: Add the name of the forum. Forum type: Select the type of forum. There are three different types of forum to choose from: Standard forum for general use - This is a general-purpose open forum. Anyone can start a new topic at any time. Single simple discussion - This type of forum can contain one topic only. This is useful for short, focused discussions. Each person posts one discussion - Each person can post exactly one new discussion topic, and everyone can reply to each topic. Forum Introduction: Add an introduction to your forum. Can a student post to this forum? There are three options: Discussions and replies are allowed - This is the most common option. Choose this if you will want to allow students to start new discussion topics (threads), and also to post replies within those threads. No discussions, but replies are allowed - Choose this option if you only want to permit teachers to start new threads, but you still want to allow students to reply to those threads. No discussions, no replies - This option allows you to restrict students from posting any new threads or replies. Allow posted to be rated: You can choose to allow individual posts to be rated. Use the Users dropdown list to specify whether teachers, or teachers and students can rate posts. Use the Grade dropdown list to decide how posts will be rated: If the forum post is worth a percentage of the overall mark for the course, then select the appropriate percentage. For example, if the post is worth 10% of the overall mark for the course, select "10". If you have created a custom scale in the Grades area the you can choose to use this scale when grading the post. Page 8 of 26

9 You can restrict post ratings to a specified time frame using the From: and To: fields. Force everyone to be subscribed? Course participants can usually choose whether they want to be subscribed to a forum. When a participant is subscribed to a forum they will be sent copies of every post to that forum (as well as being able to browse the messages via moodle). You might want to use this option in a general news forum for example, so that you are sure that all course participants receive any important announcements. 3. Click Save changes to create your forum. A link to your forum will appear on your course homepage. Posting, Replying, Updating, Searching and Viewing Threads To add a new discussion topic: 1. Select the forum you want to add a new topic to. 2. Select Add a new discussion topic Fill out the Your new discussion topic form: Subject: Enter the subject of your discussion. Message: Enter your message. Formatting: Choose the formatting format. Click the question mark icon beside this option to learn more about text formatting. Attachment (optional): To add an attachment to your post, select Browse, locate the file you wish to attach and select Open. 4. Select Save changes. Page 9 of 26

10 Replying to a message To reply to a message: 1. Select the appropriate forum. 2. Open the appropriate discussion. 3. Click on the message you wish to reply to. 4. Select Reply. 5. Edit the Your Reply form. 6. Select Save changes. Updating a post Once you have added a new post you have 30 minutes during which you can update it. To update a forum message: 1. Select the forum where your message resides. 2. Click on your message. 3. Select Edit. 4. Update the Your new discussion topic or Your reply form. 5. Select Save changes. Searching discussion forums You can use the search forums box to search forum messages on your course. The search forums box appears on your course homepage, and also on each of the forum pages. To search the forums on your course: 1. Type the key word(s) you wish to search for in the Search forums box. 2. Click Search Forums (or press the Enter or Return key on your keyboard). 3. Posts that contain the keyword(s) that you specify will be displayed. Click on a post to open it. Page 10 of 26

11 Changing how you view forum messages Each user can personalize how he or she views forum messages. Altering your personal forum view does not affect how other users will see messages. Use the dropdown box in the forums area to choose the display format: The available options are: Display replies in nested form - Displays the original message with replies nested underneath. Display replies flat with newest first - Displays the original message followed by replies in chronological order. Display replies flat with oldest first - Displays the original message followed by each replies in reverse chronological order. Display replies in threaded form - Displays the original message followed by the subject, sender, and date of each reply. Click on a reply to read it. Creating and Using Chat To create a new chat activity: 1. Select Chat from the Add... dropdown menu. 2. Fill out the Adding a new chat form: Name of this chat room: Enter a name for the chat room. Introduction text: This text appears at the entrance to your chat room. Next chat time: Enter the time when the chat room will open. Repeat sessions: You can choose to repeat the chat at specified times. You have four choices: Don't publish any chat times - The chat room is open all the time. Page 11 of 26

12 No repeats - Publish the specified chat time only - The chat only occurs once, at the specified time. At the same time every day - The chat room opens at the same time each day. At the same time every week - The chat room opens at the same time each week. Save past sessions: Select Never delete messages to save all chat sessions, or specify a time frame after which past sessions will be deleted. Everyone can view past chat sessions: Select No if you do not want students to be able to view past chat sessions. Select Yes if you want students to be able to view all past sessions. Select Save changes to create your chat room. A link to your chat room will appear on your course homepage. Using chat 1. Click on the chat you wish to enter. 2. Click Click here to enter the chat now. 3. To "speak", enter your text in the field at the bottom of the chat room, then press the Enter or Return button on your keyboard. Click the help icon in the chat room to learn more about using chat. Adding, Viewing and Grading Journal Entries To add a new journal question: 1. Select Journal from the Add... dropdown list. 2. Fill out the Adding a new journal form: Journal Name: Type the journal name. Journal Question: Add the journal question. Grade: Decide how the journal will be graded: Page 12 of 26

13 If the journal is worth a percentage of the overall mark for the course, then select the appropriate percentage. For example, if the journal is worth 10% of the overall mark for the course, select "10". If you have created a custom scale in the Grades area then you can choose to use this scale when marking the journal. If you do not wish to grade the journal, select No grade. Days available: Specify how long the journal will be available. Always open means that the journal will always be available. The other options mean that students will no longer be able to edit their journal entry after the specified time has elapsed. 3. Select Save changes to save your journal activity. A link to your journal activity will appear on your course homepage. Viewing and grading journal entries To view journal entries: 1. Select the journal you wish to view. 2. Select View journal entries. 3. You can rate each journal entry using the dropdown ratings box (this is optional). 4. Add comments in the feedback area. 5. Select Save all my feedback. Creating a New Quiz To create a new quiz: 1. Select Quiz from the Add... dropdown list. 2. Fill out the Adding a new quiz form: Name: Enter the name of your quiz. Page 13 of 26

14 Introduction: Write an introduction to the quiz. This will appear at the beginning of the quiz. Open the Quiz, Close the Quiz: Enter opening and closing dates for the quiz. Before the opening time, and after the closing time, the quiz will be unavailable to students. Shuffle questions: This option enables you to randomly shuffle the order in which the questions appear to students. This makes it harder for students to copy from each other if they are taking the quiz at the same time in the same location. It is also useful if you are providing practice quiz questions to students. Shuffle answers: This option only applies to questions that have multiple potential answers (such as Multiple Choice or Matching Questions). If you enable this option then the order of the potential answers will be randomly shuffled each time a student attempts the quiz. Attempts allowed: You can allow your students to have one or multiple attempts at a quiz. You might allow one attempt if you are using the quiz as an assessment. If you are using the quiz as a practice tool, then you might select unlimited attempts. Each attempt builds on the last: This option relates to the Attempts allowed option above. If you selected Multiple attempts are allowed, then you can use this setting to display the answer that the student provided on their last attempt the next time they take the quiz. Grading method: This option relates to the Attempts allowed option above. If you selected Multiple attempts are allowed, then there are four different methods that you can use to calculate the student's final grade for the quiz: Highest grade - The final grade is the highest grade out of all attempts. Average grade - The final grade is the average (simple mean) grade of all attempts. First grade - The final grade is the grade obtained on the first attempt (other attempts are ignored). Last grade - The final grade is the grade gained on the most recent attempt. After answering, show feedback: Select Yes or No: Yes - Students will receive question feedback after they submit the quiz. This option is useful for practice questions. No - No feedback will be shown to students. This option is useful for assessment questions. Page 14 of 26

15 In feedback, show correct answers: Select Yes or No: Yes - The feedback will show the correct answer for each question. This option is useful for practice questions. No - The correct answer will not be shown in the feedback. This option is useful for assessment questions. Allow review: Select Yes or No: Yes - Each student will be able to review his or her past attempts at this quiz. This option is only enabled once the quiz is closed. No - Students will not be able to review their attempts at the quiz. Maximum grade: This is the percentage of the overall mark for the course that the quiz is worth. For example, you might set the max grade to 20, because the quiz is worth 20% of the whole course. Although you might have 10 questions in your quiz worth a total of 50 marks, all grades out of 50 will be scaled to the quiz's maximum grade of 20. If you want the quiz to be used purely as a practice tool, set this setting to "No grade". 3. Select Continue to save your quiz. Using quiz categories (optional) You can organize your quiz questions in categories so that you can reuse your questions in different quizzes in your course. You can also "publish" quiz categories, which means that you can make a category (and all questions in it) available to all teachers on the server. If you do not create question categories then all of your questions will be stored in the "default" category. To create a new question category: 1. Select Edit categories. 2. Fill out the Edit categories form: Category: Enter the name of the new category. Category info: Write a short description to the category. 3. Select Save changes. Page 15 of 26

16 4. Select Back to quiz editing. To delete a quiz category: 1. Select Edit categories. 2. Your quiz categories will be displayed. Locate the category you wish to remove and select Delete. 3. If the category you have chosen to delete contains questions you will be prompted to move these to a new category. Select the new category from the dropdown menu and click Move them to this category. 4. Select Back to quiz editing to return to the quiz editing page. Creating quiz questions The question types you can create using Moodle are: Multiple choice - The student selects from one or more possible answers True or False - The student selects from two answers: True or False Short Answer - The student types a word or phrase as his or her answer Numerical - The student enters an numerical answer Matching - The student matches pairs of options from two lists Random Question - A random question is chosen from the category you specify Random Short answer matching - Several random questions are presented together Embedded answers (cloze) - A passage of text with questions embedded within it Description - A description can be used to print some text to be used by the question or questions following it Multiple Choice Multiple choice questions have one or more possible answers. There are two types of multiple choice questions: single answer multiple choice and multiple answer multiple choice. In a single answer multiple choice question, there is only one correct answer. In a multiple answer multiple choice question, there may be multiple correct answers. To create a new multiple choice question: Select the category that you want to add the new multiple-choice question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 1. Select Multiple Choice then click Create new question. Page 16 of 26

17 2. Fill out the Editing a multiple choice question form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Question: Enter your question. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. One or multiple answers: Select One answer only for a single answer multiple choice question. Select Multiple answers allowed for a multiple answer multiple choice question. Available choices: Enter the multiple choice options and feedback. You do not need to fill in all of the choices; those left blank will not be used. Grade: Use this field to weight the possible answers to the question. The total weighting should add up to 100%, and you can assign negative and positive weightings to options. 3. Select Save changes. True/False In a True/False question the student selects from two options: True or False. Only one of the options is absolutely correct. To create a new True/False question: 1. Select the category you want to add the new True/False question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select True/False then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a True/False question form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Page 17 of 26

18 Question: Enter your question. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. Correct answer: Specify whether the statement is true or false. Feedback (true): Enter the feedback you want to display if true is selected. Feedback (false): Enter the feedback you want to display if false is selected. 4. Click Save changes. Short Answer In a short answer question the student types a word or phrase as his or her answer. There may several possible correct answers to the question, and you can assign different grades to each of these. To create a new short answer question: 1. Select the category you want to add the new short answer question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Short Answer then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a short answer question form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Question: Enter your question. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. Case sensitivity: Specify whether the sentence case of the submitted answer should match the answer you specified exactly. For example, if you select No and the correct answer is Moodle, then Moodle, moodle, MOODLE and moodle Page 18 of 26

19 will all be marked as correct. If you select yes, then only Moodle will be marked as correct. Correct answers: Enter the correct answers and feedback. Choices left blank will not be used. Grade: If you enter a number of correct answers to your question, then you can assign different grades to each. The total weighting should add up to 100%, and you can assign negative and positive weightings to options. 4. Select Save Changes. Numerical You can use the numerical question format to create questions that require students to enter numerical answers. To create a new a numerical question: 1. Select the category you want to add the new numerical question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Numerical then click Create new question. Fill out the Editing a Numerical question form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Question: Enter your question. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. Correct answer: Enter the correct answer. Accepted error: Enter the acceptable error range. For example, if the correct answer is 3.5 and you enter an accepted error of.1, the answers from 3.4 to 3.6 would be accepted as correct. Feedback: Enter your feedback. Page 19 of 26

20 3. Click Save changes. Random Question When you put a Random Question into a quiz, then a question will be chosen randomly from the question category you specify. If you make a quiz with, say, 10 random questions, then each student may get a completely different set of 10 questions each time he or she attempts the quiz. You can mix random and non-random questions if you want to ensure that particular questions are always included in your quiz. To add a new random question: 1. Select the category you want to add the random question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Random Question then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a random question form: Category: Select the category you wish the random question to be selected from. Question name: Enter the question name. 4. Click Save Changes. Random Short-Answer Matching In a random short answer question several sub-questions and jumbled up answers are presented at once. There is one correct answer for each sub-question, and the student must select an answer to match each question. Each sub-question is equally weighted to contribute towards the total grade for the question. The sub-questions and answers are randomly drawn from the pool of "Short Answer" questions in the current category, so each attempt on a quiz will have different questions and answers. To create a new random short answer matching question: Page 20 of 26

21 1. Select the category you want to add the Random Short-Answer Matching question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Random Short-Answer Matching then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a Random Short-Answer Matching question form: Question Name: Enter the name of the question. Introduction: Enter an introduction to the question. Number of questions to select: Enter the number of sub questions to use. 4. Click Save Changes. Embedded Answers (Cloze) The embedded answers format is similar to a popular format known as the cloze format. Questions consist of a passage of text that has various questions embedded within it. The question types that you can embed are multiple choice, short answer and numerical. To create a new embedded answers question: 1. Select the category you want to add the Embedded Answers question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Embedded Answers (cloze) then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing an Embedded Answers question form. Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Question: Enter your question. There is currently no graphical interface available for creating these questions. Click the help button on the Editing an Embedded Answers question form to learn more about how to use this question type. Page 21 of 26

22 Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area first. 4. Click Save Changes. Matching In a matching question the student is presented with a list of options that have to be matched in pairs. To create a matching question: 1. Select the category you want to add the new matching question to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Matching then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a Matching question form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the question. Question: Enter your question. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your question, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. Available choices. Enter the matching pairs. 4. Select Save changes. Description Although it is listed as a question type, a description is really a question. A description displays some text without requiring any answers. It can be used to print a descriptive text to be used by a following group of questions. To add a new description: Page 22 of 26

23 1. Select the category you want to add the description to (if you haven't created any categories, select default), then select Show. 2. Select Description then click Create new question. 3. Fill out the Editing a Description form: Category: You can change the question category the question will be added to here. If you haven't created any categories then leave this at default. Question name: Enter the name of the description. Question: Enter your description. Image to display: If you want to display an image in your description, choose one from the dropdown list. Note that if you wish to display an image in your question then you first need to upload it to the files area. 4. Click Save changes. Add questions to your quiz Once you have created quiz questions you can add them to your quiz. To add questions to a quiz: 1. Select the category you want to select a question from the Category dropdown list. If you haven't selected any categories, select Default. 2. Select the questions you want to add using the check boxes next to each question you want to add, or click Add all to add all of the questions in the selected category to your quiz. 3. Click Add selected to quiz. The questions you selected will be added to your quiz. 4. Click Save this whole quiz to save the quiz. Assigning marks to quiz questions You can assign marks to each question in your quiz using the dropdown lists beside each question. Click Save grades to save the marks you have assigned to each question. Page 23 of 26

24 Specify the order of quiz questions (optional) You can choose to present quiz questions in a random order in the Adding a new quiz form. However, if you want your quiz questions to appear in a particular order, then you can specify this using the up and down arrows beside each question. Creating a Choice Activity To create a choice activity: 1. Select Choice from the Add... dropdown list. 2. Fill out the Adding a new choice form: Choice name: Enter the name of your choice activity. Choice text: Add the choice text. Choices 1-6: Add the possible choices. Each choice can have 2-6 options. You don't need to fill in all of the choices; for example, if you only want to have three options, leave choices 4, 5 and 6 blank. Publish Results: You have 3 options: Do not publish results to students - The results of the poll are only available to you; they cannot be viewed by students. Publish anonymous results, do not show student names - If you choose this option then students can see the overall results of the poll, but they will not see who chose what option. Publish full results, showing names and their choices - If you select this option then students can see the results of the poll along with who chose what option. 3. Click Save changes to save your choice activity. A link to your new activity will appear on your course homepage. Page 24 of 26

25 Viewing the results of a choice activity To view the results of a choice activity: 1. Select the choice you want to view. 2. Select View responses. Creating a New Assignment 1. Select Assignment from the Add... dropdown menu. 2. Fill out the Adding a new assignment form: Assignment name: Write the name of the assignment. Description: Write a description of the assignment. Assignment type: There are two different types of assignment: Upload a single file - Choose this option if you want students to submit the assignment as an electronic file. Offline activity - Choose this option if the assignment will be completed offline, but you still want to add student grades to the online grade book. Formatting: Select the text formatting method you will use in the assignment description. You can learn more about text formatting by clicking the question mark icon beside the formatting field. Allow resubmitting: Select Yes or No: No - Students will not be able to resubmit assignments once you have marked them. Yes - Students will be allowed to resubmit assignments after you have marked them. Maximum grade: Decide how the assignment will be graded: Page 25 of 26

26 If the assignment is worth a percentage of the overall mark for the course, then select the appropriate percentage. For example, if the assignment is worth 10% of the overall mark for the course, select "10". If you have created a custom scale in the Grades area then you can choose to use this scale when marking the assignment. If you do not wish to grade the assignment, select No grade. Maximum file size: Set the maximum file size set to 2MB (unless you specifically want students to submit smaller files). Due date: Set the date and time the assignment must be submitted by. 3. Select Save changes to create your assignment. A link to your assignment will now appear on your course homepage Viewing and Marking Assignments To view and mark submitted assignments: 1. Select the assignment you want to mark. 2. Click View submitted assignments. Links to the assignments that have been submitted by each student are displayed. 3. In the feedback dropdown box you can specify a mark for each assignment, and in the comments field you can add feedback. 4. You can change the order of the submitted assignments using the Name, Last modified and Feedback links 5. Click Save all my feedback. Page 26 of 26