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<dd>An assignment is where you set a task with a due date and a maximum grade.
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Students will be able to upload one file to satisify the requirements. The
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date they upload their file is recorded. Afterwards, you will have a single
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page on which ou can view each file (and how late or early it is), and then
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page on which you can view each file (and how late or early it is), and then
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record a grade and a comment. Half an hour after you grade any particular
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student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification. </dd>
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<dt><strong>Choice</strong></dt>
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<dd>A choice activity is very simple - you ask a question and specify a choice
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of responses. Students can make their choice, and you have a report screen
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where you can see the results. I use it to gather research consent from
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my students, but you could use it for quick polls or class votes.</dd>
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<dt><strong>Forum</strong></dt>
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<dd>This module is by far the most important - it is here that discussion
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takes place. When you add a new forum, yu will presented with a choice of
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different types - a simple single-topic discussion, a free-for-all general
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forum, or a one-discussion-thread-per-user.</dd>
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<dt><strong>Journal</strong></dt>
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<dd>Each journal activity is an entry in the whole course journal. For each
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one you can specify an open-ended question that guides what students write,
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will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback. Journals
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are not designed to be continually added to - if you need to do that then
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add more journal activities.</dd>
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<dt><strong>Resource</strong></dt>
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<dd>Resources are the content of your course. Each resource can be any file
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you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple
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text-based pages by typing them directly into a form.</dd>
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<dt><strong>Quiz</strong></dt>
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<dd>This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple
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choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept
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courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically
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marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct
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answers. This module includes grading facilities. </dd>
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<dt><strong>Survey</strong></dt>
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<dd>The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that
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are useful in evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include
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in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the course as an evaluation
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tool (I use one every week in my courses).</dd>
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<p>After adding your activities you can move them up and down in your course
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layout by clicking on the little arrow icons (<img src="../pix/t/up.gif" width="9" height="10">
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<img src="../pix/t/down.gif" width="9" height="10">) next to each one. You
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local site administrator.</p>
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<p>If you have some great ideas for improvements to Moodle, or even some good
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stories, come over to <a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_top">moodle.org</a>
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and join us in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target=_top >Using
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and join us in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target="_top" >Using
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Moodle</a>". We'd love to hear from you, and you can help Moodle improve.</p>
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<p>If you want to contribute to coding new modules, or writing documentation,
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or papers, contact me: <a href="http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1&course=1" target="_top">Martin
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Dougiamas</a> or browse the "bug tracker" site for Moodle, at <a href="http://moodle.org/bugs/" target="_top">moodle.org/bugs</a></p>
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<p>Finally, remember to use the help icons - here is an <a target="helpwindow" href="../help.php?file=index.html">index of all the help files in Moodle</a>.</p>
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<p align="center">Thanks for using Moodle - and good luck with your teaching!</p>
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<p align="CENTER"><font size="1"><a href="." target="_top">Moodle Documentation</a></font></p>