Database activity settings: Difference between revisions

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This page explores in more detail the settings for the Database activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.

General

In the Description, provide instructions for students. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.

Entries

Approval required?: If set to "yes", the entry will only be visible to everyone once a teacher has checked and approved it; Entries waiting for approval can be shown as highlighted to the teacher and also to the user who added the entry (new in Moodle 3.0).; If approval required is set to "yes", the teacher can choose whether approved entries can still be edited or not.; Allow comments on entries===; If set to "yes", users will be able to comment on database entries.
Entries required before viewing===: Select here how many entries you wish the student to add before they are allowed to see entries by other people. Note: If entries are required before viewing, the database auto-linking filter should be disabled. This is because the database auto-linking filter can't determine whether a user has submitted the required number of entries.; Maximum number of entries===; Select here the maximum number of entries you wish students to make.

Availability

Availability dates allow you to specify when the database will be available for students to view and contribute to.

If you want to define a period when students can view entries in the database but can't add their own, you can do it with the Read only dates.

If you set both Availability and Read only dates, the Availability settings override the Read only. So if a database has 'read only' from 1st January, and 'available from' 1st February, students will not be able to view its content during January.

Ratings

If you enable Ratings then a Scale dropdown will appear, Grade category and Grade to pass. The Grade to pass may be connected with Activity completion and Restrict access to prevent students accessing the next activity until they have reached the required grade in the database activity.

RSS

This is disabled by default and only visible if RSS is enabled site wide.

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings, Restrict access, Activity completion, Tags and Competencies

Save and display

Once you have specified the settings for your database, see Building Database for help configuring the fields.

Site administration settings

Database activity defaults and additional settings may changed by an administrator in Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Database.

Database activity capabilities

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-{{Databases}}
+{{Database}}
+This page explores in more detail the settings for the [[Database activity]] once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.
-Creating or editing a Database activity module is straight forward.
+==General==
+In the Description, provide instructions for students. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.
-# Turn on course editing, select Databases from the "Add an activity" pull down menu
+==Entries==
-# Set the name, description and other settings ([[Adding/editing a database#Database_settings|see below]]
+;Approval required?
-# Define the [[Database fields|fields]]
+:If set to "yes", the entry will only be visible to everyone once a teacher has checked and approved it
-# Define the [[Database templates|templates]]
+:Entries waiting for approval can be shown as highlighted to the teacher and also to the user who added the entry (new in Moodle 3.0).
-# [[Viewing a database|View the lists]] and results of data entry.
+:If approval required is set to "yes", the teacher can choose whether approved entries can still be edited or not.
+:Allow comments on entries===
+:If set to "yes", users will  be able to comment on database entries.
+;Entries required before viewing===
+:Select here how many entries you wish the student to add before they are allowed to see entries by other people. ''Note'': If entries are required before viewing, the database auto-linking filter should be disabled. This is because the database auto-linking filter can't determine whether a user has submitted the required number of entries.
+:Maximum number of entries===
+:Select here the maximum number of entries you wish students to make.
+==Availability==
+Availability dates allow you to specify when the database will be available for students to view and contribute to.
-*TIP: Consider using a [[Database presets]] via an import.
+If you want to define a period when students can view entries in the database but can't add their own, you can do it with the Read only dates.
+If you set both Availability and Read only dates, the Availability settings override the Read only. So if a database has 'read only' from 1st January, and 'available from' 1st February, students will not be able to view its content during January.
+==Ratings==
+If you enable [[Ratings]] then a Scale dropdown will appear, Grade category and Grade to pass. The Grade to pass may be connected with [[Activity completion]] and [[Restrict access]]  to prevent students accessing the next activity until they have reached the required grade in the database activity.
+==RSS==
+This is disabled by default and only visible if RSS is enabled site wide.
+==Other settings==
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common  module settings]], [[Restrict access| Restrict access]],  [[Activity completion]], [[Tags]] and [[Competencies]]
-[[Image:Database_1.gif|center|thumb|550 px|Give your database a name and a description]]
+==Save and display==
+Once you have specified the settings for your database, see [[Building Database]] for help configuring the fields.
-[[Image:Database 2 v19.png|center|thumb|550 px||Set additional parameters]]
+==Site administration settings==
-==Database settings==
-*Title
-*Description
-*Available from and to - default is disabled
-*Viewable from and to - default is disabled
-*Required entries - how many entries must a student make
-*Entries required before viewing
-*Maximum entries
-*Comments - allow student comments
-*Require approval
-*Allow posts to be rated?
-**Grade - scale used on ratings
-*Common Module settings
-**Group mode
-**Grouping
-**Available for group members only(Advanced element)
-**Visible
-**ID number
+Database activity defaults and additional settings may changed by an administrator in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Database''.
-==See also ==
+==Database activity capabilities==
-* [[Database permissions]]
-[[Category:Database]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:approve|Approve unapproved entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:comment|Write comments]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:exportallentries|Export all database entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:exportentry|Export a database entry]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:exportownentry|Export own database entry]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:managecomments|Manage database activity comments]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:manageentries|Manage database activity entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:managetemplates|Manage templates]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:manageuserpresets|Manage all template presets]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:rate|Rate entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:viewallratings|View all raw ratings given by individuals]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:viewalluserpresets|View presets from all users]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:viewanyrating|View total ratings that anyone received]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:viewentry|View entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:viewrating|View the total rating you received]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:writeentry|Write entries]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/data:addinstance|Add a new database activity]]
-[[ru:Добавление/редактирование базы данных]]
+[[de:Datenbank konfigurieren]]
-[[fr:Créer une base de données]]
+[[fr:Paramètres de la base de données]]
 [[ja:データベースの追加/編集]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de actividad BasedeDatos]]

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