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'''Note for Contributors'''
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This page should explain what can be seen on the <u>moodlesite.com/mod/lesson/view.php</u> page
(the page where the teacher views the lesson)


The normal teacher view of a lesson shows all the text in the lesson and can be quite a long page. For a much more compact view of the lesson just press one of the "Move Page" links. That lists just the page titles and gives a useful view to check the structure of the lesson. Note that the page you click on is not shown in the list .
{{Lesson}}
In an existing lesson, there are 2 basic lesson views types for a teacher: preview and edit. There are several variations of these views which depend upon the needs of the teacher and the version of Moodle. A lesson must have at least one page before it can be viewed. This page will not cover [[Grades]] in the course administration block, that will give a teacher another view of how students did in the lesson.  


== When the lesson already has content ==


There are three main ways in which the teacher can view a lesson after the first page(s) has been added:
* Navigation view - Preview tab
* Expanded - Edit tab
* Collapsed - Edit tab


Navigational tabs for the teacher were added in Moodle 1.6 .  The views can be selected by clicking on a tab.


== The Flash Card Lesson ==
[[Image:Lesson_Tabs_Expanded_short-1_6.JPG]]


The Lesson module can be used as a type of Flash Card assignment. The student is shown some information (optional) and a question in basically a random order. There is no set beginning and no set end. Just a set of Cards shown one after another in no particular order.
=== Expanded Edit View ===
In the expanded view, the teacher sees the pages in the edit order. There is the page title, an edit or action bar,  a view of the page content, and more information about the jumps.
[[Image:Lesson Edit Expanded 1 9.JPG|center]]
The action bar next to the page title, allows the teacher to move, edit, preview or delete the page.


In the Lesson module the cards are pages. Correct answers jump to the Next Page, wrong answers stay on the same page.


There are two very similar variants of Flash Card behaviour. The option "Show an unseen page" never shows the same page twice (even if the student did not answer the question associated with the Card/Page correctly). The other option is "Show an unanswered page" which shows the student pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.
Here is a detail showing a single content (branch table) page.
[[Image:Lesson Edit Expanded single page.JPG|thumb|center|500px]]


When using either of these Flash Card lessons the teacher can decide to use either all the Cards/Pages in the lesson or just a (random) sub-set. This is done through the "Number of Pages (Cards) to show" parameter when setting up the lesson.
Notice the blue links that repeat at the top bottom for page insertions.  These separate every page in the expanded view.
[[Image:Lesson_insert_page_types_circle1.GIF]]


In fact, this type of lesson is very similar to a random ordered Quiz, the difference is that the questions are shown one page at a time. Further extra text can be included with each question.
===Tree or collapsed view===
[[Image:Lesson Edit Collapsed 1 9.JPG|center]]


In the collapsed view, the teacher sees the pages in edit order, with the page title, type of question and where the jumps will take the student.  It also has some edit-action functions to the right. In either the collapsed or expanded edit view, the pages are presented what is called the edit (logical) order.


== Types of questions available within a lesson ==
[[Image:Lesson Edit Collapsed edit functions.JPG|center]]


== Multichoice Questions ==
These action functions allow the teacher to move, edit, preview, delete or add a page type (pull down menu).


This is the default question type. Multichoice questions are popular questions where the student is asked to choose one answer from a set of alternatives. The correct answer takes the student further into the lesson, the wrong answers do not. The wrong answers are sometimes called the distractors and the utility of these questions often rely more on the quality of the distractors than either the questions themselves or their correct answers.
===Preview or Navigation order ===
There are several ways a teacher can see how a lesson's [[Navigation Page Order|navigation order]] "works" from a student's perspective. Remember that jumps make the Lesson module adaptive or individualize based upon a student's choices. Preview tab is a way to view some of the adaptive nature of compiled lesson. The Preview tab will start the lesson at the first page in the edit order. While there are exceptions, the lesson will then appear in the navigational order seen by students when they make a choice.


Each answer can optionally have a response. If no response is entered for an answer then the default reponse "That's the Correct Answer" or "That's the Wrong Answer" is shown to the student.
Another way to view the lesson is to click on the preview icon which is part of the action bar which is next to every page in the edit mode.  This will start the lesson at that page.


It is possible to have more than one correct answer to a multichoice question. The different correct answers may give the student different responses and jump to different (forward) pages in the lesson but do not vary in their grades, (that is, some answers are not more correct than others, at least in terms of grade.) It is possible for all the answers to be correct and they might take the student to different (forward) parts of the lesson depending on which one is chosen. (Although it's probably neater to use a Branch Table to accomplish this).
:''TIP:'' navigation view will often depend upon the choices the student makes.  In lessons with more complicated structures, each student maybe presented with a different navigation view.


:''TIP:'' If, in the lesson settings, the teacher has chosen to '''display the left menu''', the student will see that menu on the left hand side.  This menu is visible only when teacher is in the navigation view.  The teacher sees if currently using the All pages view or the Tree view.


== Multichoice Multianswer ==
== When the lesson has no content ==
When adding a new lesson activity to a course,  Moodle will first ask the creator to decide on the settings of the lesson (see [[Lesson settings]].  Next Moodle will ask how you want to start editing your lesson.  When in doubt, start by adding either a question page or content (branch table) page from the menu shown below. 


[[File:Lesson initial page add.png|thumb|center|New lesson, after settings]]   


There is variant of Multichoice questions called Multichoice Multianswer questions. These require the student to select all the correct answers from the set of answers. The question may or may not tell the student how many correct answers there are. For example "Which of the following were US Presidents?" does not, while "Select the two US presidents from the following list." does. The actual number of correct answers can be from one up to the number of choices. (A Multichoice Multianswer question with one correct answer is different from a Multichoice question as the former allows the student the possibility of choosing more than one answer while the latter does not.)
:''TIP:'' It is a good idea to first create the majority of a lesson's pages with content and/or questions  page format.   And then if desired, add [[Jumps|jumps]] to those pages and then add [[Lesson_Pages#Navigation_Pages|navigational pages]] that create [[Lesson_Pages#Branches_and_clusters|classic branches or clusters]]''.


Again the correct answers are flagged using forward jumps, the wrong answers by same page or backward jumps. When there is more than one correct answer the jumps should all go to the same page, similarily with the wrong answers. If that is not the case a warning is given on the teacher's view of the lesson. The correct response, if required, should be given on the first correct answer and the wrong response, if required, should be on the first wrong answer. Responses on the other answers are ignored (without warning).


''Settings > Lesson administration > Edit settings > Flow control group''


Here's an example, Which of the following are Mammals?
==Review of Flow control settings==
[This question uses the "default" responses]
In the Flow control group of settings, please note:
*"Allow student review" setting applies to the review of a whole Lesson, whereas
*"Provide option to try a question again" setting applies to the review of an individual question page. When the student does not select the correct answer, 'Provide option to try a question again" setting will display 2 buttons.  One will direct the student back to the question and the other to continue.
*"Maximum number of attempts" is designed to prevent a student from being stuck on "This page" where they continually put or select the wrong answer.  It will override other settings, such as review or the option to try the question again.  When exceeded, it will not allow a score to be recorded for that question.


   
===Case 1 ===
The teacher wants the student to be able to attempt any question no more than 3 times and be given the chance to answer the question again. The teacher wants the student to see the response attached to their answer. 


:Flow control settings
::Allow student review'''Yes'''
::Provide option to try a question again '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''3'''
::Display default feedback '''No'''
::Number of pages to show '''0'''
::Slideshow '''No'''


answer[0] A Dog
:Student selects wrong answer and will see:
:: "Response for the wrong answer" (if any is shown)
:: "Yes, I'd like to try again" button
:: "Continue" button.


:Student selects correct answer and will see:
answer[1] An Ant
:: "Response for the correct answer" (if any is shown)
:: "Continue" button


   
===Case 2 ===
answer[2] A Buttercup
The teacher wants to allow the student 3 attempts at all questions but not see any feedback except the site default feedback for wrong answers.
*Flow control settings
::Allow student review '''No'''
::Provide option to try a question again '''Yes'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''3'''
::Display default feedback '''No'''
::Number of pages to show '''0'''
::Slideshow '''No'''


   
*Student selects wrong answer and will see:
answer[3] A Cow
::''Not quite. Would you like to try again?'' as text over the
::"Yes, I'd like to try again" button
::'"No, I just want to go on to the next question" button


== Short Answer ==
:''Note:'' If the wrong answer jump is set to "This page" and the number of attempts is under the maximum, then the student will return to the question, regardless if they select "No, I just want to go on".  
In a Short Answer question the student is prompted for a short piece of text. This is checked against one or more answers. Answers can be either correct or wrong. Each answer can optionally have a response. If no response is entered for an answer then the default reponse "That's the Correct Answer" or "That's the Wrong Answer" is shown to the student. If the text entered does not match any of the answers then the answer is wrong and the student is shown the default wrong response.  


By default the comparisons ignore the case of the text. There is an option to make the comparisons case sensitive.
*Student selects correct answer and will see:
:: "Your answer: {gives the student's answer)"
:: Response attached to the correct answer (if any)


There is a fundemental problem with this type of question. If you ask a question like "Who wrote Elergy written in a Country Churchyard?" as a Short Answer question it's fine for the students who know the anwser. But how about those who do not? To avoid those students getting stuck in a loop the Lesson module has a "Maximum number of Attempts" parameter which sets an upper limit on the number of times a student can attempt a question. The default value is 5 times. (This can be reduced to 1 if you wanted students to have only one attempt at each question.)
=== Case 3 ===
"Speed bump for speed clickers". Teacher only wants the student to get once chance to record an answer on any question.  They will will only see the response the teacher provides for any question, or the default feedback if no response has been set for the answer the student selected.  


There is a slight complication here . The "Maximum number of Attempts" mechanism relies on looking at the record of attempts. That is fine for students as their attempts are all recorded. However, when a teacher looks at a lesson their attempts are not recorded. (The attempts are used to calculate grades and as teachers aren't interested in their own grades...) So teachers are not subject to the number of answers limit. But they should know the answers, shouldn't they!
*Flow control settings
::Allow student review'''No'''
::Provide option to try a question again  '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''1'''
::Display default feedback '''Yes'''
::Number of pages to show '''0'''
::Slideshow '''No'''


*Student selects wrong answer and will see:
:: "Response for the wrong answer" (if any is shown)
:: "Yes, I'd like to try again" button
:: "Continue" button.


== True / False ==
: ''Note:'' When teacher sets the Jump to "This page" for a wrong answer, they will return to the page but their score will not change.


The True/False question is a special case of the Multichoice question.The student is prompted to choose which is the correct option. With this type of question you should be able to average 50% by guessing
* Student
::"Response for the correct answer" (if any is show)
::"Continue" button


===Case 4 ===
Example of Slideshow here
===Case 5 ===
Example of Unseen question here


== Matching Questions ==
== See also ==


Matching questions are much more interesting than the last type of question. They can make quite powerful and flexible questions. They consist of a list of names or statements which must be correctly matched against other list of names or statements. For example "Match the Capital with the Country" with the two lists Japan, Canada, Italy and Tokyo, Ottawa, Rome. It is possible to have repeated entries in one of the lists but care should be taken to make the repeats identical. For example "Identify the type of these creatures" with the lists Sparrow, Cow, Ant, Dog and Bird, Animal, Insect, Animal.
*[[Lesson samples]] down loadable and on line demonstrations of the Lesson module.
*[[Grades]] See how individuals and the class answered the questions (must not be a practice lesson)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq3das503-Q Creating a Decision-Making exercise (role play) using a Lesson]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]


When creating this type of question the items for the first list go into the Answer boxes and items for the second list go into the Response boxes. Once created a more sensible labelling scheme is shown. When the student successfully matches the items the jump on the first answer is used. An unsuccessful answer jumps to the page on the second answer. The question does not support custom responses, the student is told how many matches are correct or if all the matches are correct.
[[fr:Afficher une leçon]]
 
[[de:Lektion_ansehen]]
 
== Numerical Question ==
 
This type of question requires a number as the answer. In it's simplest form it requires just one answer to be specified. For example "What is 2 plus 2?" with the answer 4 given a forward jump. However, it is better to specify a range because the internal rounding of numerical values can make single numeric comparisons rather hit or miss. Thus, if the question were "What is 10 divided by 3" it would be necessary to give the answer as Minimum:Maximum, that is two values separated by a colon. Thus if 3.33:3.34 is given as the acceptible range for the answer, then the answers 3.33, 3.333, 3.3333... would all be taken as correct answers. "Wrong" answers would include 3.3 (less than the minimum) and 3.4 (greater than the maximum).
 
More than one correct answer is allowed and the answers can be either single or pair of values. Note that the order in which the answers are tested is Answer 1, Answer 2... so some care needs to taken if the desired response is to appear. For example the question "When was Larkin born?" could have the single value of 1922, the exact answer, and the pair of values 1920:1929, the 20's, as the less exact answer.The order in which these values should be tested is, obviously, 1922 then 1920:1929. The first answer might have the response "That's exactly right" while the other answer's response might be "That's close, you've got the right decade, it is was actually 1922."
 
Wrong answers can be given but depending on their actual range, care should be taken to place them after the correct answers. For example in adding the wrong answer 3:4 to the "10 divided by 3" question it needs to come after the correct answer. That is the answers are ordered 3.33:3.34 (the "correct" answer) then 3:4 (the "wrong" answer, but not wildly wrong answer!).
 
 
== Branch Tables ==
 
 
Branch tables are simply pages which have a set of links to other pages in the lesson. Typically a lesson may start with a branch table which acts as a Table of Contents. Each link in a branch table has two components, a description and the title of the page to jump to. A branch table effectively divides the lesson into a number of branches (or sections). Each branch can contain a number of pages (probably all related to the same topic).
 
The end of a branch is usually marked by an End of Branch page. This is a special page which, by default, returns the student back to the preceeding branch table. (The "return" jump in an End of Branch page can be changed, if required, by editing the page.)
 
There can be more than one branch table in a lesson. For example, a lesson might usefully be structured so that specialist points are sub-branches within the main subject branches. (Thus the name used is Branch Table rather than Table of Contents page.)
 
The number of links shown when setting up or editting a branch table is set by the "Number of Answers/Branches". This parameter can be changed on the fly by simply clicking on the Update the Lesson button at the top of the teacher's page and changing the value.
 
It is important to give students a means of ending the lesson. This might be done by including an "End Lesson" link in the main branch table. This jumps to the (imaginary) End of Lesson page. Another option is for the last branch in the lesson (here "last" is used in the logical ordering sense) to simply continue to the end of the lesson, that is, it is not terminated by an End of Branch page.
 
When a lesson includes one or more branch tables it is advisable to set the "Minimum number of Questions" parameter to some reasonable value. This sets a lower limit on the number of pages seen when the grade is calculated. Without this parameter a student might visit a single branch in the lesson, answer all its questions correctly and leave the lesson with the maximum grade!
 
Further, when a branch table is present a student has the opportunity of re-visiting the same branch more than once. However, the grade is calculated using the number of unique questions answered. So repeatedly answering the same set of questions does not increase the grade. (In fact, the reverse is true, it lowers the grade as the count of the number of pages seen is used in the denominator when calculating grades does include repeats.) In order to give students a fair idea of their progress in the lesson, they are shown details of how many questions they are answered correctly, number of pages seen, and their current grade on every branch table page. (This is one other thing teachers don't get to see - sorry!)

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In an existing lesson, there are 2 basic lesson views types for a teacher: preview and edit. There are several variations of these views which depend upon the needs of the teacher and the version of Moodle. A lesson must have at least one page before it can be viewed. This page will not cover Grades in the course administration block, that will give a teacher another view of how students did in the lesson.

When the lesson already has content

There are three main ways in which the teacher can view a lesson after the first page(s) has been added:

  • Navigation view - Preview tab
  • Expanded - Edit tab
  • Collapsed - Edit tab

Navigational tabs for the teacher were added in Moodle 1.6 . The views can be selected by clicking on a tab.

Lesson Tabs Expanded short-1 6.JPG

Expanded Edit View

In the expanded view, the teacher sees the pages in the edit order. There is the page title, an edit or action bar, a view of the page content, and more information about the jumps.

Lesson Edit Expanded 1 9.JPG

The action bar next to the page title, allows the teacher to move, edit, preview or delete the page.


Here is a detail showing a single content (branch table) page.

Lesson Edit Expanded single page.JPG

Notice the blue links that repeat at the top bottom for page insertions. These separate every page in the expanded view. Lesson insert page types circle1.GIF

Tree or collapsed view

Lesson Edit Collapsed 1 9.JPG

In the collapsed view, the teacher sees the pages in edit order, with the page title, type of question and where the jumps will take the student. It also has some edit-action functions to the right. In either the collapsed or expanded edit view, the pages are presented what is called the edit (logical) order.

Lesson Edit Collapsed edit functions.JPG

These action functions allow the teacher to move, edit, preview, delete or add a page type (pull down menu).

Preview or Navigation order

There are several ways a teacher can see how a lesson's navigation order "works" from a student's perspective. Remember that jumps make the Lesson module adaptive or individualize based upon a student's choices. Preview tab is a way to view some of the adaptive nature of compiled lesson. The Preview tab will start the lesson at the first page in the edit order. While there are exceptions, the lesson will then appear in the navigational order seen by students when they make a choice.

Another way to view the lesson is to click on the preview icon which is part of the action bar which is next to every page in the edit mode. This will start the lesson at that page.

TIP: navigation view will often depend upon the choices the student makes. In lessons with more complicated structures, each student maybe presented with a different navigation view.
TIP: If, in the lesson settings, the teacher has chosen to display the left menu, the student will see that menu on the left hand side. This menu is visible only when teacher is in the navigation view. The teacher sees if currently using the All pages view or the Tree view.

When the lesson has no content

When adding a new lesson activity to a course, Moodle will first ask the creator to decide on the settings of the lesson (see Lesson settings. Next Moodle will ask how you want to start editing your lesson. When in doubt, start by adding either a question page or content (branch table) page from the menu shown below.

New lesson, after settings
TIP: It is a good idea to first create the majority of a lesson's pages with content and/or questions page format. And then if desired, add jumps to those pages and then add navigational pages that create classic branches or clusters.


Settings > Lesson administration > Edit settings > Flow control group

Review of Flow control settings

In the Flow control group of settings, please note:

  • "Allow student review" setting applies to the review of a whole Lesson, whereas
  • "Provide option to try a question again" setting applies to the review of an individual question page. When the student does not select the correct answer, 'Provide option to try a question again" setting will display 2 buttons. One will direct the student back to the question and the other to continue.
  • "Maximum number of attempts" is designed to prevent a student from being stuck on "This page" where they continually put or select the wrong answer. It will override other settings, such as review or the option to try the question again. When exceeded, it will not allow a score to be recorded for that question.

Case 1

The teacher wants the student to be able to attempt any question no more than 3 times and be given the chance to answer the question again. The teacher wants the student to see the response attached to their answer.

Flow control settings
Allow student reviewYes
Provide option to try a question again No
Maximum number of attempts 3
Display default feedback No
Number of pages to show 0
Slideshow No
Student selects wrong answer and will see:
"Response for the wrong answer" (if any is shown)
"Yes, I'd like to try again" button
"Continue" button.
Student selects correct answer and will see:
"Response for the correct answer" (if any is shown)
"Continue" button

Case 2

The teacher wants to allow the student 3 attempts at all questions but not see any feedback except the site default feedback for wrong answers.

  • Flow control settings
Allow student review No
Provide option to try a question again Yes
Maximum number of attempts 3
Display default feedback No
Number of pages to show 0
Slideshow No
  • Student selects wrong answer and will see:
Not quite. Would you like to try again? as text over the
"Yes, I'd like to try again" button
'"No, I just want to go on to the next question" button
Note: If the wrong answer jump is set to "This page" and the number of attempts is under the maximum, then the student will return to the question, regardless if they select "No, I just want to go on".
  • Student selects correct answer and will see:
"Your answer: {gives the student's answer)"
Response attached to the correct answer (if any)

Case 3

"Speed bump for speed clickers". Teacher only wants the student to get once chance to record an answer on any question. They will will only see the response the teacher provides for any question, or the default feedback if no response has been set for the answer the student selected.

  • Flow control settings
Allow student reviewNo
Provide option to try a question again No
Maximum number of attempts 1
Display default feedback Yes
Number of pages to show 0
Slideshow No
  • Student selects wrong answer and will see:
"Response for the wrong answer" (if any is shown)
"Yes, I'd like to try again" button
"Continue" button.
Note: When teacher sets the Jump to "This page" for a wrong answer, they will return to the page but their score will not change.
  • Student
"Response for the correct answer" (if any is show)
"Continue" button

Case 4

Example of Slideshow here

Case 5

Example of Unseen question here

See also

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