Activity module tests

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This page lists current Moodle features in a format suitable for setting up test cases (see Jira as a Test Case Management Software).

Assignment module

1. The Assignment module allows students to submit assignments for the teacher to grade and provide comments.
2. Assignment submissions are date-stamped.
3. Students receive email notification when their assignment submission is graded.
4. The Upload a single file assignment allows a student to upload a file in any format.
5. The Advanced uploading of files assignment allows a student to upload one or more files in any format. Teachers may also upload files, and students may add online notes.
6. The Online text assignment allows students to add and edit text online for the teacher to grade and provide comments. In addition, the teacher may add comments inline and/or edit a student's submission.
7. The Offline activity assignment enables teachers to grade and give comments on an assignment completed offline.
8. The time period in which students can access the assignment may be restricted.
9. Late submissions may be prevented, otherwise they will be marked as late if submitted after the due date.
10. Students can be allowed to resubmit their assignments after grading in order to have the chance to improve their grade.
11. Teachers may choose to receive email notification of assignment submissions.

Chat module

1. The Chat module enables participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion via the web.
2. The module supports smilies e.g. :-), links, HTML code and emoting e.g. /me.
3. Participants can send a sound to other participants by clicking the beep link next to their name.
4. Profile pictures are displayed next to participants' names in the chat window.
5. The chat window auto-scroll may be disabled if desired.
6. A version of the chat window without frames and JavaScript is available.
7. A chat time can be chosen and set to repeat at the same time each day or each week.
8. Past chat sessions can be archived for a specified number of days.
9. Past chat sessions can be made available for everyone to view, or restricted to teachers only.
10. Selected past chat sessions may be deleted by a teacher.

Choice module

1. The Choice module enables a teacher to ask a question and specify a choice of multiple responses.
2. Responses may be displayed horizontally or vertically.
3. The time period in which students can answer the choice may be restricted.
4. The teacher can choose whether to allow students to change their answer or only accept their first answer.
5. The teacher can choose whether results are shown to students after they answer, after the choice activity is closed, always or never.
6. Results may be published anonymously or showing names.
7. The number of participants who can select each response may be limited.
8. A column listing names of students who have not yet answered the choice may be displayed.

Forum module

1. The News forum may be used for announcements. By default, everyone is subscribed and only teachers and admins can post.
2. The Latest News block displays a specific number of recent discussions from the News forum.
3. The single simple discussion forum type enables students to reply to a discussion started by the teacher.
4. The 'Each person posts one discussion' forum type allows students to post exactly one new discussion topic. Everyone can reply to all discussions.
5. The Q & A forum type requires students to post before they can view other students' postings.
6. A forum can be set so that students can choose whether they wish to be subscribed, or subscription can be forced (just initially or forever) or subscriptions can be not allowed.
7. Users can track read and unread forum posts.
8. Forum posts may be rated according to a chosen grading scale. There are five possible aggregation methods for the ratings - average, count, max, min and sum. Ratings may be restricted to posts within certain dates.
9. Students can be blocked from posting in a forum after they post a certain number of posts in a given period. Students are warned as they approach the number.
10. Discussions can be viewed nested, flat or threaded, oldest or newest first.
11. Discussions can be moved between forums in the same course by the teacher.
12. Images attached to forum posts are shown inline.

See also

• Features
• Jira as a Test Case Management Software