Choice settings: Difference between revisions

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Choice administration settings

With the editing turned on, choose from the dropdown Add an Activity the option Choice.

Name

A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.

Introduction text

Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"

Limits

Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice. When that number has been reached, no one else can select that choice.

Warning!! If you unintentionally check this box but don't add a number then your students won't be able to select any choices and will get confused :)

Options

Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
You need a minimum of 2 for it to work. You can leave other options blank or click "Add 3 fields to form" to add more options.
If Limits is disabled, then any number of participants can select any of the options.

New feature
in Moodle 2.1! In Moodle 2.1.2 onwards, a choice activity may be created with only one option.

Restrict answering

If you check this box you can set an "open and close" date for your choice.
If you leave it, they can respond at any time. Hint:

Miscellaneous settings

Display mode

Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.

Publish results

This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:

- never see the results of the choice
- see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
- see the results only after the closing date of the choice
- always see the results

Privacy of results

If "Publish" was chosen above, then this dropdown in unlocked. You can decide whether to show names of students or merely the number who responded but without names.

Allow choice to be updated

If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.

Show column for unanswered

If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.

Other settings

There are the usual Common module settings and - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings Conditional activities.

Choice module capabilities

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- '''Note for Contributors'''
+{{Choice}}
- This page should explain what can be seen on the <u>moodlesite.com/course/mod.php</u> page
- when adding a choice
+==Choice administration settings==
+*With the editing turned on, choose from the dropdown ''Add an Activity'' the option ''Choice''.
-When creating or editing a choice activity, you will have to fill in the following data:
+[[File:Choice.png]]
-==Choice name==
+===Name===
+*A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
+===Introduction text===
+*Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"
-==Choice text==
+===Limits===
+*Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice. When that number has been reached, no one else can select that choice.
-Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"
+'''Warning!!''' If you unintentionally check this box but don't add a number then your students won't be able to select any choices and will get confused :)
-==Choice 1 ~ Choice 10==
+===Options===
+*Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
+*You need a minimum of 2 for it to work. You can leave other options blank or click "Add 3 fields to form" to add more options.
+*If ''Limits'' is disabled, then any number of participants can select any of the options.
-Here is where you specify the options that participants have to choose from. In our example, the numbered options could be e.g. "blue", "green", "red", "yellow", etc.
+{{New features}}In Moodle 2.1.2 onwards, a choice activity may be created with only one option.
-You can fill in any number of these: if you leave some of the options blank, they will not be displayed.
+[[File:Choicesetup.png]]
-==Limit the number of responses allowed==
+===Restrict answering===
+*If you check this box you can set an "open and close" date for your choice.
+*If you leave it, they can respond at any time. '''Hint''':
-This option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular option.
+===Miscellaneous settings===
+====Display mode====
+*Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.
-Once Limits have been enabled, each option can be assigned a limit. When the limit is reached then no-one else can select that option. A limit of zero (0) means that no-one can select that option.
+====Publish results====
-If Limits are disabled then any number of participants can select any of the options.
+*This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
-==Restrict answering to this time period==
+**never see the results of the choice
+**see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
+**see the results only after the closing date of the choice
+**always see the results
-This setting allows you to define a time window within which participants are allowed to make a choice.
+====Privacy of results====
-To set an open-ended close date just set the time very far in the future.
+*If "Publish" was chosen above, then this dropdown in unlocked. You can decide whether to show names of students or merely the number who responded but without names.
-If you don't need this at all then uncheck the box.
+====Allow choice to be updated====
-==Display Mode==
+*If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.
+'''
-This setting allows you to choose how the choices will be displayed to the participants: horizontally, or vertically.
+====Show column for unanswered====
-'''Hint''': In most cases, if there are only a few choices with little text, they may be positioned horizontally. However, if there are more than 5-6 choices or if the text of the choices is longer than 2-3 words, it should be better to display them vertically.
+*If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.
-==Publish results==
+===Other settings===
+There are the usual [[Common module settings]] and  - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings [[Conditional activities]].
-This setting determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
+==Choice module capabilities==
-* never see the results of the choice
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
-* see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
-* see the results only after the closing date of the choice
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|Read choice responses]]
-* always see the results
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
-==Privacy of results==
+[[de:Abstimmung anlegen]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
-If the choice results are shown to students, this setting determines whether the results will be anonymous.
+[[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]
-==Allow choice to be updated==
-If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.
-==Show column for unanswered==
-If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.
-===Group mode===
-The group mode can be one of three levels:
-* No groups
-There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
-* Separate groups
-Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible
-* Visible groups
-Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups
-The group mode can be defined at two levels:
-* Course level
-The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course
-* Activity level
-Each activity that supports groups can also define its own grouping mode. If the course is set to [[Force group mode|"force group mode"]] then the setting for each activity is ignored.
-==Visible to students==
-You can hide the activity from students by selecting "Hide" here. It is useful if you wouldn't like to make the activity available immediately.

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