Create Activities (give tasks to students)

Other available activities

These activities are not that commonly used, but may be useful for some cases.
Some of them are not easy to use so these are not enabled by default - you need to request them if you are interested and want to use these.

Active (Guided) Quiz (need to be requested)

The Active quiz activity enables an instructor to create and administer quizzes in real-time. 
A time limit may be set to automatically end the question, or the instructor can manually end the question and move on to the next one. Instructors can monitor group or individual participation, real-time responses of the participants and the question being polled.

Each quiz attempt is marked automatically like a regular quiz and the grade is recorded in the gradebook. 

Scheduler

The scheduler activity helps you in scheduling appointments with your students.

Teachers specify time slots for meetings, students then choose one of them on Moodle. Teachers in turn can record the outcome of the meeting - and optionally a grade - within the scheduler.

Group scheduling is supported; that is, each time slot can accommodate several students, and optionally it is possible to schedule appointments for entire groups at the same time.


Scorm package (needs to be requested)

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. You need to have this content (edited by you with other desktop software or downloaded from a repository), it cannot be built directly in Moodle, this activity just shares it.


Wordcloud (needs to be requested)

The Wordcloud module allows users to create collaborative word clouds with several useful features:

  • Configurable minimum and maximum number of words per student
  • Words can be edited or deleted by users with the appropriate capability
  • Wordcloud visuals can be exported as .png files
  • Wordcloud data can be exported as .csv files
  • Supports user groups: each group can have its own wordcloud
  • Clouds are updated live

Group Choice

The Group Choice module allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a course. Teachers can select which groups are available and set the maximum number of students allowed in each group.

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