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Lesson Pages

2011-06-04T14:12:06Z

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{{Lesson}}
'''Please refer to [[TOC_with_notes#Lesson|these notes]] before editing this page.'''

The intent of this page is to give a slightly different context for teachers concerning lesson pages. Teachers can add 10 different types of pages to a Lesson. 6 basic question types and a Content page (before Moodle version 2.0 these were called a Branch Table page). There are 3 navigation "pages" called Cluster, End of Cluster, and End of Branch which give special attributes to a series of pages. Students will only see Question and Content page types.

The unique feature in the Lesson module a jump which determines what happens when the student makes a choice.

== Overview Lesson Pages ==
{{Moodle 1.8}}
There are two basic types of Lesson pages: Choice and Navigation. Most pages offer the student choices, "question pages" (related to [[Quizzes]]) are the most common. Moodle calls another type of choice page a "Content page". Navigation pages create additional robust features that impact a student's choices and might be considered more advanced features. "End of Branch", "Cluster" and "End Cluster" are the Navigational pages seen by the teacher but can not be seen by the student.

This article will cover the generic format for these types. We will focus upon the Choice pages format as seen by the teacher in edit mode. A Question page has all the elements of a Content page, plus a few more features.

*Choice pages could also be called a: "View page", "Student page", or "Seen page". Generally we will refer to the specific page type, like "True/False question".
*Navigation pages are not seen by the student, including anything in the content area..

== Content Pages (Branch tables) ==
Content pages (Pre 2.0 Moodle they were called Branch pages) have content and buttons at the bottom that students can select. Content pages can serve as neutral pages that are never scored for grade or lesson completion calculations.

The basic parts of a Content page are: Page Title, Page Content, Description(#) and Jump(#). In the edit mode there is an edit toolbar filled with icons directly below the Page Title. At the bottom of the edit mode screen are buttons to redisplay, save or cancel. Small yellow buttons with question marks are help links.

The number of choices (descriptions or answers) can be changed in edit mode as needed by the "Updating the Lesson" button in edit mode. The Maximum number of answers/jumps default is 4, but can range from 2 to 20.

:''TIP:''Teachers may discover that they can not edit a 10 answer question they created, because they changed the lesson setting back to a smaller number.

::'''NOTE: In Moodle 2.0, "Branch Table" pages are renamed "Content Pages".'''

[[Image:Lesson Branch Table Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|600px|Content page, Teacher in edit tab, expanded view]]

==== Page Title ====
In general, the Page Title is used to locate the page. For example, it can be used in jumps or seen in edit modes by the teacher. The title can also be seen by the student in any choice page.

==== Page Content ====
It is one thing to participate in distance education as a student or teacher. It is quite
another to manage and provide leadership for a distance education program.
Management of distance education requires a rather different perspective of the
topic. This chapter will describe the functions of a distance education manager
and explore the current issues that an administrator will need to address. The
terms distance education administrator and distance education manager will be used
interchangeably.

While the concept of leading a distance education organization is implied in the
role of administrator or manager, there is a growing body of literature that differentiates
the leader from the manager. This chapter will focus on managing, but the role
of leader should not be ignored. Figure 12–1 shows the pyramid of competencies
needed by the distance learning leader. The pyramid has the broad base of knowledge
about distance education at the bottom and is topped by a clear vision for distance
education within the organization. Simonson (2004) defined the distance learning
leader as:

A distance learning leader is a visionary capable of action who guides an organization’s
future, its vision, mission, goals, and objectives. The leader guides the organization and
its people who have faith in the leader, and have a clear understanding and acceptance of
the organization’s worthwhile and shared vision and goals. A distance learning leader has
competence in knowing, designing, managing, leading, and visioning distance
education. (p. 48)

==== Descriptions ====
Descriptions are the choices the student must make. In a content page these show up as buttons below the page. They can be arranged vertically or horizontally in any content page. While you can turn on the HTML editor, you will not be able to insert a picture in a button description or make the text bold.

Leaving description 1 blank, will automatically give the student one choice: "continue" with the flow set to next page. This is a Moodle default setting.

==== Jumps in General====
[[Jumps]] determine what happens after a student makes a choice.

Jumps can be divided into two types - Relative Jumps and Absolute Jumps. The default navigation using the relative jumps is Next Page and This Page. The destination of the Next Page jump is the next page in the logical order of the lesson. Absolute jumps specify the actual page to show next by specifying of the page's Title.

There is a pull down menu which lists the relative jumps like "next page", "this page" "previous page" and some special navigation pages we will discuss later. There will probably be many absolute page jumps listed in a nearly completed lesson. The teacher selects the page listed in the pull down menu that the student will jump to after their choice, and after seeing the response. See [[Jumps]] for more details.

[[Image:Lesson Branch Table student view 2m.png|thumb|center|500px|Content (Branch Table) page, Student view, showing parts]]

== Questions - Choice Pages ==
Question pages have content and something for the student to answer or select. There can be a specific text response for each specific answer. Question pages can be scored/graded [[Lesson_module#Grading|(see lesson grading)]] in several ways. These last two features make them different from Branch pages.

There are many [[Lesson question types|types of questions]] the teacher can select in a Lesson. The help button next to Question type gives a good description of each. The question types are on tabs.

:''TIP:'' Be sure to select the question type before starting your question or you could lose your work when you try to change it later.
:''TIP:'' Often you can start a question, save it, then change it's type without losing your content section. 
[[Image:Lesson Question MC Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|500px|Multiple Choice question, Edit view, expanded, custom scoring on]]

==== Title & Content ====
THE DISTANCE LEARNING LEADER

==== Answer ====
Answers are the choices the student must make. In a question, these can take different forms and show up below the content section page. Each of the question types has its own type of answer. The help button next to Answer offers a good description of each type. The most common is multiple choice. We will use this type in our examples.

The order of the answers will appear to be random to the students. In other words, two students looking at the same question, will see the answers in a different order. Unlike a Quiz, there is no Lesson setting to turn off the "shuffle".

When form permits, a good practice is to always enter the correct answer(s) first. Moodle does not like skipped answers.

There is also the ability to use all the content editing tools in each of the answers. For example, one answer could be a picture, another text. Normally it is turned off, but checking the box and pressing the redisplay button at the bottom of the page in edit mode, will turn it on.

The default answer for a question when answer 1 is blank is "continue".

====Responses in Questions====
Every question can have a default or teacher designed response for an answer. Different types of questions use the response field differently. There is a Lesson setting that can turn off the [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Display_default_feedback|default response]].

Each answer can have a unique response in a multiple choice, short answer, numeric question. There can only be a correct and wrong answer response for multianswer and matching question types. Teachers can create individualized responses when they grade essay questions.

:''TIP'': If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect, then in the Lesson Settings, set [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#The_Maximum_Number_of_Attempts_.28by_a_Student.29|Maximum number of attempts]] to "1" and [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Display_default_feedback|Display default feedback]] to "no".

:''TIP:'' This task is a little easier for those who import questions, just enter the &nbsp; as the response and you will achieve the desired effect in the Lesson.

*In earlier versions without the display feedback option, a default response message will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. Of course you can always enter your own response for every or any answer. However if you want no visible message displayed after the answer, then make sure your enter the special character called a non-breaking space as response in text mode. You will type this in text mode: &nbsp; (Ampersand nbsp semicolon).

==== Jumps in Questions ====
Jumps determine what happens after a student makes a choice. See [[Jumps]] for more details. Their use is the same as the Branch page jump. Make sure you check lesson settings and flow control to see what will happen if you don't put in an answer or jump for a correct answer.

Usually the presentation mode default for a question with all blank answers is "Next Page". The default for Correct answer is "Next Page. For a wrong answer the default is "This Page." Each answer can have a unique jump in all question types, except for multianswer and matching question that only allow single jump for a correct answer and one for any wrong answer.

See [[Lesson_module#The_Flash_card_lesson| Lesson Flash Card]] or [[Clusters]] for features that create random navigational orders for the student.

==== Score ====
The score is used with "custom scoring". It serves as the basis for grading each specific answer. It can be a positive or negative number. The default is 1 for a correct answer and 0 for a wrong answer. It is possible to use other scoring methods which ignore this value. See - link- for a better description of grading and scoring a lesson.

==== Other ====
There are several buttons at the bottom. Save and Cancel should explain themselves. Redisplay is used after the "use HTML Editor" box is checked on the answer.
[[Image:Lesson Question MC student view 1.png|thumb|center|400px|Multiple Choice question, student view]]

= Navigation Pages =
There are 3 navigational pages which can be added by the teacher. These provide special special effects and might be considered advanced features. They are not seen by the students and are only used by the teacher.

==Branches and clusters overview==
A teacher may think of a single lesson as being made up of a series of ideas. For example, a lesson of 40 pages might have 4 different parts to it. These parts are generally referred to as branches or [[Clusters|clusters]]. These parts are a series of pages in the logical (edit) order. In their simplest form, they do not overlap one another in the lesson.

The term "branch" that refers to a series of pages can be confusing. For the sake of discussion, there are two types. The ordered branch sends the student to a specific page every time. The classic branch uses the more advanced navigation page called "End of Branch". The classic branch offers the teacher a way to randomize what the student sees next in a series of pages.

A "cluster" is a group of pages, similar to a classic branch and could also be considered an advanced feature. A cluster group starts with a "cluster" page and ends with a "end cluster" page.
* For example, either a cluster or classic branch might be used for a mini quiz to reinforce other lesson segments.

==Cluster Pages - Start and End ==
Clusters are a series of question or branch pages used by relative jumps for special effects. For example, the teacher can send a student to a question they have not seen before. "A cluster" is defined by the pages that appear between the Start Cluster page and End Cluster page in the logical order. Typically, the pages in "a cluster" are question pages. The page content for a Start and End Cluster are not visible to the student. Using an End Cluster page by itself can act as a hidden redirect page from the students perspective.

See also the MoodleDoc page on [[Clusters]].

==End of Branch Page ==
This special navigation page only has 1 jump and the page content is not seen by the student. Inserting an "End of Branch" page creates some new relative jumps for the teacher to use in a series of Lesson pages. These relative jumps are "Random Branch", "Unseen question within a branch" and "Random question within a branch". The series is defined by a Content page and an End of Branch page that follows it someplace in the logical order.

Usually the single jump in the End of Branch links to the start of the series. If Lesson expects to find an End of Branch and does not, then it will use all the pages in the logical order to the end of the Lesson.

Please note that Content (Branch Table) pages do not require an End of Branch page. See also [[Adding_a_content_page| adding content page]].

[[Image:Lesson End of Branch Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|300px|End of Branch example, Teacher in edit, expanded mode]]

==End of Lesson Page==
This page is created by the Lesson Module and can not be edited by the teacher. It is seen by the student when they finish the lesson. This is also the page where a button linking to the [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Link_to_activity|next activity]] will appear.

[[Image:End of Lesson page student 1.png|center|thumb|200px|Example End of Lesson page, student view, with link to next activity]]

The teacher can send a student to this page by using a "end of lesson" jump.
[[Image:Lesson Jump pulldown end of lesson 2.png|thumb|center|Jump pull down menu]]

= Tips & Suggestions =
*Planning is important, in presenting a classroom lesson or in Moodle lesson. We suggest to check your work from the students perspective available in Moodle. There are several ways to do this [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. For those new to Moodle, we strongly suggest to learn the way you teach. Start simple and build upon your successes.
*Looking for title page, a static page, description page or page that just holds information? Use a Branch table page and only add content. Or use a Multiple Choice question page and only add content with no answers. Lesson will automatically place a continue button at the bottom of the page when the student views this kind of question page.
*Continue button. Some sites like to modify this button. It is possible to change the word "Continue" to another word by [[Language editing|editing the local language]]. However it will take an [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=52338#p449760 adjustment in the code] to change the speed of the automatic advance past the continue or to visually skip it.
*In more complicated lessons, use boxes and arrows to map out the lesson.

= See Also =
*[[Jumps]] More details
*[[Lesson_module]]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/lesson/view.php?id=2321 Demo Lesson] - One demonstration of a Moodle Course, all about Moodle of course
*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch10_lessons.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 10: Lessons] - a PDF document which could be a little outdated but still useful
*[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Adding_a_question_page Adding a question page]
*[http://moodle.org/help.php?file=index.html Index of Help Files] - Very Useful, organized by grouping topics with similar uses. For example "Reading and Writing" contains text formatting.

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Lesson Pages

2011-06-04T14:11:17Z

Btuncay: /* Page Content */

{{Lesson}}
'''Please refer to [[TOC_with_notes#Lesson|these notes]] before editing this page.'''

The intent of this page is to give a slightly different context for teachers concerning lesson pages. Teachers can add 10 different types of pages to a Lesson. 6 basic question types and a Content page (before Moodle version 2.0 these were called a Branch Table page). There are 3 navigation "pages" called Cluster, End of Cluster, and End of Branch which give special attributes to a series of pages. Students will only see Question and Content page types.

The unique feature in the Lesson module a jump which determines what happens when the student makes a choice.

== Overview Lesson Pages ==
{{Moodle 1.8}}
There are two basic types of Lesson pages: Choice and Navigation. Most pages offer the student choices, "question pages" (related to [[Quizzes]]) are the most common. Moodle calls another type of choice page a "Content page". Navigation pages create additional robust features that impact a student's choices and might be considered more advanced features. "End of Branch", "Cluster" and "End Cluster" are the Navigational pages seen by the teacher but can not be seen by the student.

This article will cover the generic format for these types. We will focus upon the Choice pages format as seen by the teacher in edit mode. A Question page has all the elements of a Content page, plus a few more features.

*Choice pages could also be called a: "View page", "Student page", or "Seen page". Generally we will refer to the specific page type, like "True/False question".
*Navigation pages are not seen by the student, including anything in the content area..

== Content Pages (Branch tables) ==
Content pages (Pre 2.0 Moodle they were called Branch pages) have content and buttons at the bottom that students can select. Content pages can serve as neutral pages that are never scored for grade or lesson completion calculations.

The basic parts of a Content page are: Page Title, Page Content, Description(#) and Jump(#). In the edit mode there is an edit toolbar filled with icons directly below the Page Title. At the bottom of the edit mode screen are buttons to redisplay, save or cancel. Small yellow buttons with question marks are help links.

The number of choices (descriptions or answers) can be changed in edit mode as needed by the "Updating the Lesson" button in edit mode. The Maximum number of answers/jumps default is 4, but can range from 2 to 20.

:''TIP:''Teachers may discover that they can not edit a 10 answer question they created, because they changed the lesson setting back to a smaller number.

::'''NOTE: In Moodle 2.0, "Branch Table" pages are renamed "Content Pages".'''

[[Image:Lesson Branch Table Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|600px|Content page, Teacher in edit tab, expanded view]]

==== Page Title ====
In general, the Page Title is used to locate the page. For example, it can be used in jumps or seen in edit modes by the teacher. The title can also be seen by the student in any choice page.

==== Page Content ====
It is one thing to participate in distance education as a student or teacher. It is quite
another to manage and provide leadership for a distance education program.
Management of distance education requires a rather different perspective of the
topic. This chapter will describe the functions of a distance education manager
and explore the current issues that an administrator will need to address. The
terms distance education administrator and distance education manager will be used
interchangeably.

While the concept of leading a distance education organization is implied in the
role of administrator or manager, there is a growing body of literature that differentiates
the leader from the manager. This chapter will focus on managing, but the role
of leader should not be ignored. Figure 12–1 shows the pyramid of competencies
needed by the distance learning leader. The pyramid has the broad base of knowledge
about distance education at the bottom and is topped by a clear vision for distance
education within the organization. Simonson (2004) defined the distance learning
leader as:

A distance learning leader is a visionary capable of action who guides an organization’s
future, its vision, mission, goals, and objectives. The leader guides the organization and
its people who have faith in the leader, and have a clear understanding and acceptance of
the organization’s worthwhile and shared vision and goals. A distance learning leader has
competence in knowing, designing, managing, leading, and visioning distance
education. (p. 48)

==== Descriptions ====
Descriptions are the choices the student must make. In a content page these show up as buttons below the page. They can be arranged vertically or horizontally in any content page. While you can turn on the HTML editor, you will not be able to insert a picture in a button description or make the text bold.

Leaving description 1 blank, will automatically give the student one choice: "continue" with the flow set to next page. This is a Moodle default setting.

==== Jumps in General====
[[Jumps]] determine what happens after a student makes a choice.

Jumps can be divided into two types - Relative Jumps and Absolute Jumps. The default navigation using the relative jumps is Next Page and This Page. The destination of the Next Page jump is the next page in the logical order of the lesson. Absolute jumps specify the actual page to show next by specifying of the page's Title.

There is a pull down menu which lists the relative jumps like "next page", "this page" "previous page" and some special navigation pages we will discuss later. There will probably be many absolute page jumps listed in a nearly completed lesson. The teacher selects the page listed in the pull down menu that the student will jump to after their choice, and after seeing the response. See [[Jumps]] for more details.

[[Image:Lesson Branch Table student view 2m.png|thumb|center|500px|Content (Branch Table) page, Student view, showing parts]]

== Questions - Choice Pages ==
Question pages have content and something for the student to answer or select. There can be a specific text response for each specific answer. Question pages can be scored/graded [[Lesson_module#Grading|(see lesson grading)]] in several ways. These last two features make them different from Branch pages.

There are many [[Lesson question types|types of questions]] the teacher can select in a Lesson. The help button next to Question type gives a good description of each. The question types are on tabs.

:''TIP:'' Be sure to select the question type before starting your question or you could lose your work when you try to change it later.
:''TIP:'' Often you can start a question, save it, then change it's type without losing your content section. 
[[Image:Lesson Question MC Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|500px|Multiple Choice question, Edit view, expanded, custom scoring on]]

==== Title & Content ====
The title and content sections are the same as for a branch page. Again, the page title can be important, don't give away the answer!

In some learning situations, the teacher will put lesson material in the [[Page content| page content]]. At the bottom of the content section, they put the question the student must answer. In other lessons, the question will be the content.

==== Answer ====
Answers are the choices the student must make. In a question, these can take different forms and show up below the content section page. Each of the question types has its own type of answer. The help button next to Answer offers a good description of each type. The most common is multiple choice. We will use this type in our examples.

The order of the answers will appear to be random to the students. In other words, two students looking at the same question, will see the answers in a different order. Unlike a Quiz, there is no Lesson setting to turn off the "shuffle".

When form permits, a good practice is to always enter the correct answer(s) first. Moodle does not like skipped answers.

There is also the ability to use all the content editing tools in each of the answers. For example, one answer could be a picture, another text. Normally it is turned off, but checking the box and pressing the redisplay button at the bottom of the page in edit mode, will turn it on.

The default answer for a question when answer 1 is blank is "continue".

====Responses in Questions====
Every question can have a default or teacher designed response for an answer. Different types of questions use the response field differently. There is a Lesson setting that can turn off the [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Display_default_feedback|default response]].

Each answer can have a unique response in a multiple choice, short answer, numeric question. There can only be a correct and wrong answer response for multianswer and matching question types. Teachers can create individualized responses when they grade essay questions.

:''TIP'': If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect, then in the Lesson Settings, set [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#The_Maximum_Number_of_Attempts_.28by_a_Student.29|Maximum number of attempts]] to "1" and [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Display_default_feedback|Display default feedback]] to "no".

:''TIP:'' This task is a little easier for those who import questions, just enter the &nbsp; as the response and you will achieve the desired effect in the Lesson.

*In earlier versions without the display feedback option, a default response message will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. Of course you can always enter your own response for every or any answer. However if you want no visible message displayed after the answer, then make sure your enter the special character called a non-breaking space as response in text mode. You will type this in text mode: &nbsp; (Ampersand nbsp semicolon).

==== Jumps in Questions ====
Jumps determine what happens after a student makes a choice. See [[Jumps]] for more details. Their use is the same as the Branch page jump. Make sure you check lesson settings and flow control to see what will happen if you don't put in an answer or jump for a correct answer.

Usually the presentation mode default for a question with all blank answers is "Next Page". The default for Correct answer is "Next Page. For a wrong answer the default is "This Page." Each answer can have a unique jump in all question types, except for multianswer and matching question that only allow single jump for a correct answer and one for any wrong answer.

See [[Lesson_module#The_Flash_card_lesson| Lesson Flash Card]] or [[Clusters]] for features that create random navigational orders for the student.

==== Score ====
The score is used with "custom scoring". It serves as the basis for grading each specific answer. It can be a positive or negative number. The default is 1 for a correct answer and 0 for a wrong answer. It is possible to use other scoring methods which ignore this value. See - link- for a better description of grading and scoring a lesson.

==== Other ====
There are several buttons at the bottom. Save and Cancel should explain themselves. Redisplay is used after the "use HTML Editor" box is checked on the answer.
[[Image:Lesson Question MC student view 1.png|thumb|center|400px|Multiple Choice question, student view]]

= Navigation Pages =
There are 3 navigational pages which can be added by the teacher. These provide special special effects and might be considered advanced features. They are not seen by the students and are only used by the teacher.

==Branches and clusters overview==
A teacher may think of a single lesson as being made up of a series of ideas. For example, a lesson of 40 pages might have 4 different parts to it. These parts are generally referred to as branches or [[Clusters|clusters]]. These parts are a series of pages in the logical (edit) order. In their simplest form, they do not overlap one another in the lesson.

The term "branch" that refers to a series of pages can be confusing. For the sake of discussion, there are two types. The ordered branch sends the student to a specific page every time. The classic branch uses the more advanced navigation page called "End of Branch". The classic branch offers the teacher a way to randomize what the student sees next in a series of pages.

A "cluster" is a group of pages, similar to a classic branch and could also be considered an advanced feature. A cluster group starts with a "cluster" page and ends with a "end cluster" page.
* For example, either a cluster or classic branch might be used for a mini quiz to reinforce other lesson segments.

==Cluster Pages - Start and End ==
Clusters are a series of question or branch pages used by relative jumps for special effects. For example, the teacher can send a student to a question they have not seen before. "A cluster" is defined by the pages that appear between the Start Cluster page and End Cluster page in the logical order. Typically, the pages in "a cluster" are question pages. The page content for a Start and End Cluster are not visible to the student. Using an End Cluster page by itself can act as a hidden redirect page from the students perspective.

See also the MoodleDoc page on [[Clusters]].

==End of Branch Page ==
This special navigation page only has 1 jump and the page content is not seen by the student. Inserting an "End of Branch" page creates some new relative jumps for the teacher to use in a series of Lesson pages. These relative jumps are "Random Branch", "Unseen question within a branch" and "Random question within a branch". The series is defined by a Content page and an End of Branch page that follows it someplace in the logical order.

Usually the single jump in the End of Branch links to the start of the series. If Lesson expects to find an End of Branch and does not, then it will use all the pages in the logical order to the end of the Lesson.

Please note that Content (Branch Table) pages do not require an End of Branch page. See also [[Adding_a_content_page| adding content page]].

[[Image:Lesson End of Branch Edit expanded 1.png|thumb|center|300px|End of Branch example, Teacher in edit, expanded mode]]

==End of Lesson Page==
This page is created by the Lesson Module and can not be edited by the teacher. It is seen by the student when they finish the lesson. This is also the page where a button linking to the [[Adding/editing_a_lesson#Link_to_activity|next activity]] will appear.

[[Image:End of Lesson page student 1.png|center|thumb|200px|Example End of Lesson page, student view, with link to next activity]]

The teacher can send a student to this page by using a "end of lesson" jump.
[[Image:Lesson Jump pulldown end of lesson 2.png|thumb|center|Jump pull down menu]]

= Tips & Suggestions =
*Planning is important, in presenting a classroom lesson or in Moodle lesson. We suggest to check your work from the students perspective available in Moodle. There are several ways to do this [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. For those new to Moodle, we strongly suggest to learn the way you teach. Start simple and build upon your successes.
*Looking for title page, a static page, description page or page that just holds information? Use a Branch table page and only add content. Or use a Multiple Choice question page and only add content with no answers. Lesson will automatically place a continue button at the bottom of the page when the student views this kind of question page.
*Continue button. Some sites like to modify this button. It is possible to change the word "Continue" to another word by [[Language editing|editing the local language]]. However it will take an [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=52338#p449760 adjustment in the code] to change the speed of the automatic advance past the continue or to visually skip it.
*In more complicated lessons, use boxes and arrows to map out the lesson.

= See Also =
*[[Jumps]] More details
*[[Lesson_module]]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/lesson/view.php?id=2321 Demo Lesson] - One demonstration of a Moodle Course, all about Moodle of course
*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch10_lessons.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 10: Lessons] - a PDF document which could be a little outdated but still useful
*[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Adding_a_question_page Adding a question page]
*[http://moodle.org/help.php?file=index.html Index of Help Files] - Very Useful, organized by grouping topics with similar uses. For example "Reading and Writing" contains text formatting.

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Lesson settings

2011-06-04T14:05:37Z

Btuncay: /* Name */

{{Lesson}}
'''Please refer to [[TOC_with_notes#Lesson|these notes]] before editing this page.'''

This page is about lesson settings that can be changed by the teacher. These settings can be found when in a lesson by clicking the "Update the Lesson" button, or in 2.0 in the [[Settings block]]>Lesson administration>settings. There are excellent help files once Lesson settings window has been open.

After selecting lesson with the "Add activity" pull down menu, Moodle will first show the lesson settings page. At any point in the design or compilation of the lesson, it is possible (almost desirable in some cases) to edit the lesson settings.

After reviewing the lesson settings and saving them, you (the teacher) will jump back to the page list with its insert, edit, move or delete potentials.

There are differences between various Moodle versions. We will try to show these settings in 1.9 order, and are starting to make notes about the new 2.0 order, sections and functions.

== General ==
In later versions of Moodle there is a "Show or Hide Advanced" toggle button(s). This is meant to reduced the amount of shown features for most teachers.

===Name===

THE DISTANCE LEARNING LEADER

===Time limit===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
Allows teacher to set a time limit on the lesson. Students are shown a count down counter and the time is recorded in the database. The timer does not evict a student from the lesson when the time is up, but does not score a question after the time limit reaches 0:00:00. The time in the database is checked each time a student submits a question.

===The Maximum Number of Answers / Branches in a Lesson===
This value determines the maximum number of answers the teacher can see and use when editing a lesson or a page. The default value is 12. This is a useful feature in older versions of Moodle that have no collapsed view. This value can reduce the number of screens a teacher might see in the lesson edit mode.

This parameter also sets the maximum number of buttons with descriptions and jumps that can be seen by the teacher in a Content (Branch Table) page.

It is safe to change the value of this parameter at any time. It only effects what the teacher sees, not the data. For example, a teacher starting to enter a series of multiple choice questions with 6 answers, might set this value to 6. Then when the teacher starts to enter a series of questions with 2 answers, they might set this value to 2 because they don't need to see 4 blank answers for every question in the design phase.

In a similar manner, changing the value does not effect what the student sees when they view a content page, nor does it change previous information put in by the teacher.

===Advanced general options===
Password protecting a lesson is an advanced option in Moodle 2.0 (Moved from Flow control or Access control section in earlier version).

== Grade Options ==

===Practice Lesson===
A practice lesson will not show up in the Gradebook. A practice lesson can not be a dependent lesson.

===Custom Scoring===
This will allow you to put a numerical point value on each answer. Answers may have negative values or positive values. Imported questions will automatically be assigned 1 point for correct answers and 0 for incorrect, though you may change this after the import.

===Maximum Grade===
This value determines the percentage of the score of this lesson which will be used to calculate the overall score in the gradebook. The range is 0 to 100%. This value can be changed at any time during the lesson. Any change has an immediate effect in the Grades page and on the grades shown to the students in various lists.
*When the grade is set to 0 the Lesson does not appear in any of the Grades pages. Also at end of the lesson, the student will see their score (#y of #x) and that they received a grade of 0%. This should be a clue that the lesson is not part of their grade for the course.

===User can re-take===
This setting determines whether the students can take the lesson more than once or only once. The teacher may decide that the lesson contains material which the students ought to know thoroughly. In which case repeated viewing of the lesson should be allowed. If, however, the material is used more like an exam then the students should not be allowed to re-take the lesson.

When the students are allowed to re-take the lesson, the grades shown in the Grades page are either their average grade over the re-takes or their best grade for the lesson. The next parameter determines which of these two grading alternatives is used.

Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson, subsequent re-takes by students are ignored.

By default this option is Yes, meaning that students are allowed to re-take the lesson. It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances will this option be set to No.

===Handling of Re-takes===
When students are allowed to re-take the lesson, this option allows the teacher to show the grade for the lesson in, for example, the Grades page, as either the mean, this is average, of the grades over the first and subsequent tries or as the grade from the students' best tries.

This option can be changed at any time.

===Display ongoing score===
This setting will allow the student to see their current score.

== Flow Control ==

===Allow Student Review===
This will place a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the to student navigate through the lesson again from the start. Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.

===Display Review Button===
This will display a button after an incorrectly answered question, allowing a student to re-attempt it.

:''TIP:'' It is not compatible with essay questions, so leave this off if you are using essay questions. Sometimes this setting will override any "display default feedback" lesson setting, where the default feedback will always be displayed when the review button is shown.

===The Maximum Number of Attempts (by a Student)===
This value determines the maximum number of attempts a student (not a teacher) will have to answer any question in the lesson. Once reached, the student will not see the question again.

The default value is 5. Smaller values may discourage the student from trying different answers about a question. Larger values may lead to frustration when the student "does not get it". For example with a short answer or numerical question, the student is not given an opportunity to try different answer choices. This value provides an escape route to the next page in the lesson.

Setting this value to 1 gives the students just single chance to answer each question. This would be similar to a question in the Quiz module.

:''Note:'' this value is student global parameter and that it applies to all the questions in the lesson regardless of their type. However it does not apply to teachers checking of questions or navigating through the lesson. Checking the number of attempts relies on values stored in the database and question attempts by teachers are not recorded. The teacher should after all know the answers! So teachers should switch their roles to that of a student to observe this feature.

===Action after a Correct Answer===
The usual action is to follow the jump as specified in the answer. In most cases this will probably show the Next Page of the lesson. The student is taken through the lesson in a logical way, beginning at the start and ending at the end. (In 2.0 this is an Advanced feature.)

However, the lesson module can also 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.

This option allows two very similar variants of Slide show (Flash Card) behavior. 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 non-default option "Show an unanswered page" allows the student to see pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.

In either of these Flash Card-type 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.

'''If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect''': in the Lesson Settings, set Maximum number of attempts: to 1. Please note, however, that a message "correct / incorrect" will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. If you do not want this (default) feedback message to be displayed then enter your own feedback message (i.e. "continue", "---", etc.) In case you want no visible message displayed then enter a non-breaking space as feedback, so you'll have to put a # after the answer which may be ~3 and write & n b s p ; after that.(without spaces between these characters) To find out how Moodle works - you may export a sample of your questions with GIFT and check them out!

===Display default feedback ===
{{Moodle 1.7}}
Feedback to a specific answer to a question can appear on the next page after the student makes a choice and submits it. The question, the student's answer and the feedback appear on a page with a continue button at the bottom. This lesson setting controls what appears as the feedback response and if the page appears at all.

When this option is set to Yes, the standard default response will appear. In most lessons, when this is set to yes, Lesson first looks for the teachers custom feedback and if it does not find one, will put in the default feedback. It is possible to change the words used in the standard [[Language editing|default feedbacks]] for the entire MoodleSite.

Selecting No, will only show the teacher's supplied feedbacks for each specific answer. If the teacher has not entered a response for a specific answer, then the feedback page is not displayed and the student will immediately go to the page that the specific answer's jump is set to.

:''TIP:'' Under some versions of Moodle, other lesson settings may cause the default feedback to appear, even when the teacher has supplied their own feedback. Changing the "Review button" lesson setting to "No" will show the teachers custom feedback.

===The Minimum Number of Questions in a Lesson===
This value determines the '''minimum''' number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. It does not force students to answer that many questions in the lesson. When a lesson contains one or more [[Adding a branch table| branches]], the teacher should normally set this parameter.

For example, setting this parameter to 20, will ensure that grades are given as though the students have seen at least this number of questions. Take the case of a student who only looks at a single branch in a lesson with 5 pages and answers all the associated questions correctly. This student then choose to end the lesson (assuming there is that option in the "top level"Branch Table, a reasonable enough assumption). If this parameter was set to 0 their grade would be 5 out of 5, that is 100%. However, with it set to 20 their grade would be reduced to 5 out of 20, that is 25%. In the case of another student who goes through all the branches and sees, say, 25 pages and answers all but two of the questions correctly, then their grade would be 23 out of 25, that is 92%.

If this parameter is used, the teacher might want to add a statement on the opening page of the lesson. For example, if the teacher set the value to 20 they might say:

:In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least ''20'' questions. You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than ''20'' questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted ''20''.

When this parameter is set to a value more than 0, students are told how many questions they have attempted and how many they are expected to attempt.

===Number of Pages to Show===
This setting only works when "Action after correct answer" is set to "Show an unseen page" or "Show an unanswered page". Lesson will then show a specific number of random pages to a student. For example, setting this to 10, will show 10 random pages and then bring the student to the end of the lesson with their grade. (In 2.0 this is an Advanced feature.)

If this parameter is set to a number greater than the number of pages in the lesson then the end of the lesson is reached when all the pages have been shown. When set to the default of 0 (zero), all pages are shown.

===Some Flow control scenarios & their implications===
;General Note:In the ''Flow control'' settings section of a Lesson, please note that the ''Allow student review'' setting applies to the review of a whole '''''lesson''''', whereas the ''Display review button'' setting applies to the review of an individual '''''question'''''. The ''Display review button'' setting will display, if a question is wrongly answered, the 2 buttons: '''''Yes, I'd like to try again''''' and '''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''.
*'''case #1'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''Yes'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''1'''
:wrong choice->
::''Not quite. Would you like to try again?''
::'''''Yes, I'd like to try again'''''
::'''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''
::negative feedback not displayed
:correct choice-> positive feedback displayed
:;Note:There is a bug here: it should not be possible for the student to re-try a question when ''Maximum number of attempts'' has been set to '''1'''.
*'''case #2'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''Yes'''
::Maximum number of attempts > 1 (e.g. '''5''')
:wrong choice ->
::''You have 4 attempt(s) remaining''
::''Unfortunately you cannot earn this one point, because your response was not correct. Would you like to keep guessing, just for the sheer joy of learning (but for no point credit)?''
::'''''Yes, I'd like to try again'''''
::'''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''
:correct choice-> positive feedback displayed
;Note for #1 and #2:Setting ''Display review button'' to '''Yes''' means that a student will never be able to score points on a question ''after an initial wrong choice has been made''.
*'''case #3'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''1'''
:wrong choice->
::negative feedback displayed
::student can '''''only''''' move on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
:correct choice->
::positive feedback displayed
::student moves on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
*'''case #4'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts > 1 (e.g. '''5''')
:wrong choice->
::''You have 4 attempt(s) remaining''
::negative feedback displayed
::student can retry question ''and score points''
::'''''Continue'''''
:correct choice->
::positive feedback displayed
::student moves on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
===Advanced flow control options===
In Moodle 2.0 some existing features settings were moved to "Advance features".
*Action after correct answer - "Normal", "Show unseen", "Show unanswered"
*Display left menu only if grade greater than - select number from 0% - 100% (Note: moved from "Lesson formatting")
*Number of pages to show- Number of pages to show when slideshow is enabled
*Slideshow - Yes/No (Note: moved from "Lesson formatting")
*Link to and activity - pull down list with all course activities (Mote: moved from "Other")

== Lesson formatting ==

===Slide Show===
This enables the display of the lesson as a slide show, with a fixed width, height, and custom background color. A CSS based scroll bar will be displayed if the width or height of the slide is exceeded by the content of a page. Questions will 'break out' of the slide show mode, only content (branch tables) pages will be shown in a slide by default. Buttons labeled with the default for "Next" and "Previous" will be shown at the far right and left of the slide if that option is chosen on the page. Other buttons will be centered below the slide. You can also decide on the width, height and the background colour of the slide show. (In 2.0 moved to Advanced flow control options, with width, height and backgrounds part of [[Lesson defaults]])

===Display Left Menu===
This will show a list of the pages (Branch Tables) in the lesson. Question pages, cluster pages, etc. will not be shown by default (you may choose to show question pages by checking that option on the question).

By specifying a grade greater than 0, the user taking the Lesson must have a grade equal to or greater than the grade set in order to view the Left Menu. This allows Lesson designers to force users to go through the entire lesson during the user's first attempt. Then, if a user retakes the Lesson after meeting the required grade, s/he can see the Left Menu to help with review.

===Progress bar===
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion. Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.

:''Tip:'' While calculating the percent completed, Content and Question pages that are answered correctly count toward Lesson progress. While calculating the total number of pages in the Lesson, clusters and pages within clusters only count as a single page and End of Cluster and End of Branch Table pages are excluded. All other pages count toward the total number of pages in the Lesson.

== Access control ==
This section features have been moved to other sections in 2.0.

===Password Protected Lesson===
This will not allow a student to access the lesson unless they type the password. (See Advanced general options in 2.0)

=== Dependent on ===
In Moodle 1.6 a lesson can be dependent upon another lesson. There are 3 possible dependencies which can be use separately or in combination with each other. Time Spent (minutes) refers to how long the student was in the lesson on their last attempt (it is not cumulative). Completed means the student has attempted one question. Grade as a percentage of a specific lesson means just that.
:''TIP:'' When dependency does not seem to work when it is set to "Completed" on another lesson, you must have a question for lesson to recognize that it is complete. Put a multiple choice question at the end of the lesson and ask: "In this lesson you learned A, B, and C." Do not put in an answer or a jump. The student will see "Continue" at the end and go to the end of the lesson and fulfill the requirement of completing the lesson. The dependent on lesson can not be a practice lesson.

(Note: "Dependent on" has it's own section in 2.0)

===Available from & deadline dates===
Determine the dates for the opening and closing of the lesson. For example in Moodle 1.7 it is possible to close the course in the year 2020. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "General options" section).

== Other ==
This section is not found in 2.0 and settings moved to other sections.

===Link to activity===
A pull down menu will allow the teacher to create a link to another activity when the lesson is finished. This link will appear as a button on the [[Lesson_Pages#End_of_Lesson_Page|"end of lesson page"]], with links to grades or back to the homepage of the course. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "Flow Control" section.)

===Pop-up to file or web page===
At the start of the lesson, this creates a popup window. For example this might be a music file, an agreement or text which the student can refer while in the lesson. (Note: in 2.0 this has it's own section, width and height are site administration settings [[Lesson defaults]] in 2.0)

===Number of High Scores Displayed===
Type a number to limit how many of the top scores are displayed .A list of the high scores for the lesson will be shown. Students who get a high score can choose a custom name to list their score by. High scores do not display if the "Practice lesson" option is turned On. (This setting discontinued in 2.0)

===Use this lesson's settings as defaults===
Select yes before Saving the lesson, and the settings you have chosen for this lesson will be the default settings for the next time you create a lesson for this course. In 2.0 see [[Lesson defaults]]

===Visible to users===
Allows you to show or to hide the lesson from students. This can also be done from the course home page by the hide/unhide icon next to the Lesson's name, when editing is turned on. (Moved to

==Common module settings==

*Groupings: Groups must be turned on in the course
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
*Visible (moved from Access Control section)
*ID number
*Grade category

==Save the settings and add the the first page in a Lesson==

After you decide on the lesson settings (above), you are taken to the lesson and you are asked which of the following you want to do now: import questions, add a Content (Branch Table) page or add a Question Page. To read more about adding pages go to: [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. If you would like more information about lesson pages in general go to [[Lesson Pages]] or select something from the index at the top of this page or one of the overall indexes below.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]
*[[Lesson defaults]] - site wide defaults in Moodle 2.0

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Lesson settings

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{{Lesson}}
'''Please refer to [[TOC_with_notes#Lesson|these notes]] before editing this page.'''

This page is about lesson settings that can be changed by the teacher. These settings can be found when in a lesson by clicking the "Update the Lesson" button, or in 2.0 in the [[Settings block]]>Lesson administration>settings. There are excellent help files once Lesson settings window has been open.

After selecting lesson with the "Add activity" pull down menu, Moodle will first show the lesson settings page. At any point in the design or compilation of the lesson, it is possible (almost desirable in some cases) to edit the lesson settings.

After reviewing the lesson settings and saving them, you (the teacher) will jump back to the page list with its insert, edit, move or delete potentials.

There are differences between various Moodle versions. We will try to show these settings in 1.9 order, and are starting to make notes about the new 2.0 order, sections and functions.

== General ==
In later versions of Moodle there is a "Show or Hide Advanced" toggle button(s). This is meant to reduced the amount of shown features for most teachers.

===Name===
Lesson name. HTML code will not work in 1.9 in this field.

THE DISTANCE LEARNING LEADER

===Time limit===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
Allows teacher to set a time limit on the lesson. Students are shown a count down counter and the time is recorded in the database. The timer does not evict a student from the lesson when the time is up, but does not score a question after the time limit reaches 0:00:00. The time in the database is checked each time a student submits a question.

===The Maximum Number of Answers / Branches in a Lesson===
This value determines the maximum number of answers the teacher can see and use when editing a lesson or a page. The default value is 12. This is a useful feature in older versions of Moodle that have no collapsed view. This value can reduce the number of screens a teacher might see in the lesson edit mode.

This parameter also sets the maximum number of buttons with descriptions and jumps that can be seen by the teacher in a Content (Branch Table) page.

It is safe to change the value of this parameter at any time. It only effects what the teacher sees, not the data. For example, a teacher starting to enter a series of multiple choice questions with 6 answers, might set this value to 6. Then when the teacher starts to enter a series of questions with 2 answers, they might set this value to 2 because they don't need to see 4 blank answers for every question in the design phase.

In a similar manner, changing the value does not effect what the student sees when they view a content page, nor does it change previous information put in by the teacher.

===Advanced general options===
Password protecting a lesson is an advanced option in Moodle 2.0 (Moved from Flow control or Access control section in earlier version).

== Grade Options ==

===Practice Lesson===
A practice lesson will not show up in the Gradebook. A practice lesson can not be a dependent lesson.

===Custom Scoring===
This will allow you to put a numerical point value on each answer. Answers may have negative values or positive values. Imported questions will automatically be assigned 1 point for correct answers and 0 for incorrect, though you may change this after the import.

===Maximum Grade===
This value determines the percentage of the score of this lesson which will be used to calculate the overall score in the gradebook. The range is 0 to 100%. This value can be changed at any time during the lesson. Any change has an immediate effect in the Grades page and on the grades shown to the students in various lists.
*When the grade is set to 0 the Lesson does not appear in any of the Grades pages. Also at end of the lesson, the student will see their score (#y of #x) and that they received a grade of 0%. This should be a clue that the lesson is not part of their grade for the course.

===User can re-take===
This setting determines whether the students can take the lesson more than once or only once. The teacher may decide that the lesson contains material which the students ought to know thoroughly. In which case repeated viewing of the lesson should be allowed. If, however, the material is used more like an exam then the students should not be allowed to re-take the lesson.

When the students are allowed to re-take the lesson, the grades shown in the Grades page are either their average grade over the re-takes or their best grade for the lesson. The next parameter determines which of these two grading alternatives is used.

Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson, subsequent re-takes by students are ignored.

By default this option is Yes, meaning that students are allowed to re-take the lesson. It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances will this option be set to No.

===Handling of Re-takes===
When students are allowed to re-take the lesson, this option allows the teacher to show the grade for the lesson in, for example, the Grades page, as either the mean, this is average, of the grades over the first and subsequent tries or as the grade from the students' best tries.

This option can be changed at any time.

===Display ongoing score===
This setting will allow the student to see their current score.

== Flow Control ==

===Allow Student Review===
This will place a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the to student navigate through the lesson again from the start. Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.

===Display Review Button===
This will display a button after an incorrectly answered question, allowing a student to re-attempt it.

:''TIP:'' It is not compatible with essay questions, so leave this off if you are using essay questions. Sometimes this setting will override any "display default feedback" lesson setting, where the default feedback will always be displayed when the review button is shown.

===The Maximum Number of Attempts (by a Student)===
This value determines the maximum number of attempts a student (not a teacher) will have to answer any question in the lesson. Once reached, the student will not see the question again.

The default value is 5. Smaller values may discourage the student from trying different answers about a question. Larger values may lead to frustration when the student "does not get it". For example with a short answer or numerical question, the student is not given an opportunity to try different answer choices. This value provides an escape route to the next page in the lesson.

Setting this value to 1 gives the students just single chance to answer each question. This would be similar to a question in the Quiz module.

:''Note:'' this value is student global parameter and that it applies to all the questions in the lesson regardless of their type. However it does not apply to teachers checking of questions or navigating through the lesson. Checking the number of attempts relies on values stored in the database and question attempts by teachers are not recorded. The teacher should after all know the answers! So teachers should switch their roles to that of a student to observe this feature.

===Action after a Correct Answer===
The usual action is to follow the jump as specified in the answer. In most cases this will probably show the Next Page of the lesson. The student is taken through the lesson in a logical way, beginning at the start and ending at the end. (In 2.0 this is an Advanced feature.)

However, the lesson module can also 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.

This option allows two very similar variants of Slide show (Flash Card) behavior. 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 non-default option "Show an unanswered page" allows the student to see pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.

In either of these Flash Card-type 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.

'''If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect''': in the Lesson Settings, set Maximum number of attempts: to 1. Please note, however, that a message "correct / incorrect" will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. If you do not want this (default) feedback message to be displayed then enter your own feedback message (i.e. "continue", "---", etc.) In case you want no visible message displayed then enter a non-breaking space as feedback, so you'll have to put a # after the answer which may be ~3 and write & n b s p ; after that.(without spaces between these characters) To find out how Moodle works - you may export a sample of your questions with GIFT and check them out!

===Display default feedback ===
{{Moodle 1.7}}
Feedback to a specific answer to a question can appear on the next page after the student makes a choice and submits it. The question, the student's answer and the feedback appear on a page with a continue button at the bottom. This lesson setting controls what appears as the feedback response and if the page appears at all.

When this option is set to Yes, the standard default response will appear. In most lessons, when this is set to yes, Lesson first looks for the teachers custom feedback and if it does not find one, will put in the default feedback. It is possible to change the words used in the standard [[Language editing|default feedbacks]] for the entire MoodleSite.

Selecting No, will only show the teacher's supplied feedbacks for each specific answer. If the teacher has not entered a response for a specific answer, then the feedback page is not displayed and the student will immediately go to the page that the specific answer's jump is set to.

:''TIP:'' Under some versions of Moodle, other lesson settings may cause the default feedback to appear, even when the teacher has supplied their own feedback. Changing the "Review button" lesson setting to "No" will show the teachers custom feedback.

===The Minimum Number of Questions in a Lesson===
This value determines the '''minimum''' number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. It does not force students to answer that many questions in the lesson. When a lesson contains one or more [[Adding a branch table| branches]], the teacher should normally set this parameter.

For example, setting this parameter to 20, will ensure that grades are given as though the students have seen at least this number of questions. Take the case of a student who only looks at a single branch in a lesson with 5 pages and answers all the associated questions correctly. This student then choose to end the lesson (assuming there is that option in the "top level"Branch Table, a reasonable enough assumption). If this parameter was set to 0 their grade would be 5 out of 5, that is 100%. However, with it set to 20 their grade would be reduced to 5 out of 20, that is 25%. In the case of another student who goes through all the branches and sees, say, 25 pages and answers all but two of the questions correctly, then their grade would be 23 out of 25, that is 92%.

If this parameter is used, the teacher might want to add a statement on the opening page of the lesson. For example, if the teacher set the value to 20 they might say:

:In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least ''20'' questions. You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than ''20'' questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted ''20''.

When this parameter is set to a value more than 0, students are told how many questions they have attempted and how many they are expected to attempt.

===Number of Pages to Show===
This setting only works when "Action after correct answer" is set to "Show an unseen page" or "Show an unanswered page". Lesson will then show a specific number of random pages to a student. For example, setting this to 10, will show 10 random pages and then bring the student to the end of the lesson with their grade. (In 2.0 this is an Advanced feature.)

If this parameter is set to a number greater than the number of pages in the lesson then the end of the lesson is reached when all the pages have been shown. When set to the default of 0 (zero), all pages are shown.

===Some Flow control scenarios & their implications===
;General Note:In the ''Flow control'' settings section of a Lesson, please note that the ''Allow student review'' setting applies to the review of a whole '''''lesson''''', whereas the ''Display review button'' setting applies to the review of an individual '''''question'''''. The ''Display review button'' setting will display, if a question is wrongly answered, the 2 buttons: '''''Yes, I'd like to try again''''' and '''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''.
*'''case #1'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''Yes'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''1'''
:wrong choice->
::''Not quite. Would you like to try again?''
::'''''Yes, I'd like to try again'''''
::'''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''
::negative feedback not displayed
:correct choice-> positive feedback displayed
:;Note:There is a bug here: it should not be possible for the student to re-try a question when ''Maximum number of attempts'' has been set to '''1'''.
*'''case #2'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''Yes'''
::Maximum number of attempts > 1 (e.g. '''5''')
:wrong choice ->
::''You have 4 attempt(s) remaining''
::''Unfortunately you cannot earn this one point, because your response was not correct. Would you like to keep guessing, just for the sheer joy of learning (but for no point credit)?''
::'''''Yes, I'd like to try again'''''
::'''''No, I just want to go on to the next question'''''
:correct choice-> positive feedback displayed
;Note for #1 and #2:Setting ''Display review button'' to '''Yes''' means that a student will never be able to score points on a question ''after an initial wrong choice has been made''.
*'''case #3'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts '''1'''
:wrong choice->
::negative feedback displayed
::student can '''''only''''' move on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
:correct choice->
::positive feedback displayed
::student moves on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
*'''case #4'''
:Flow control
::Display review button '''No'''
::Maximum number of attempts > 1 (e.g. '''5''')
:wrong choice->
::''You have 4 attempt(s) remaining''
::negative feedback displayed
::student can retry question ''and score points''
::'''''Continue'''''
:correct choice->
::positive feedback displayed
::student moves on to next page/question
::'''''Continue'''''
===Advanced flow control options===
In Moodle 2.0 some existing features settings were moved to "Advance features".
*Action after correct answer - "Normal", "Show unseen", "Show unanswered"
*Display left menu only if grade greater than - select number from 0% - 100% (Note: moved from "Lesson formatting")
*Number of pages to show- Number of pages to show when slideshow is enabled
*Slideshow - Yes/No (Note: moved from "Lesson formatting")
*Link to and activity - pull down list with all course activities (Mote: moved from "Other")

== Lesson formatting ==

===Slide Show===
This enables the display of the lesson as a slide show, with a fixed width, height, and custom background color. A CSS based scroll bar will be displayed if the width or height of the slide is exceeded by the content of a page. Questions will 'break out' of the slide show mode, only content (branch tables) pages will be shown in a slide by default. Buttons labeled with the default for "Next" and "Previous" will be shown at the far right and left of the slide if that option is chosen on the page. Other buttons will be centered below the slide. You can also decide on the width, height and the background colour of the slide show. (In 2.0 moved to Advanced flow control options, with width, height and backgrounds part of [[Lesson defaults]])

===Display Left Menu===
This will show a list of the pages (Branch Tables) in the lesson. Question pages, cluster pages, etc. will not be shown by default (you may choose to show question pages by checking that option on the question).

By specifying a grade greater than 0, the user taking the Lesson must have a grade equal to or greater than the grade set in order to view the Left Menu. This allows Lesson designers to force users to go through the entire lesson during the user's first attempt. Then, if a user retakes the Lesson after meeting the required grade, s/he can see the Left Menu to help with review.

===Progress bar===
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion. Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.

:''Tip:'' While calculating the percent completed, Content and Question pages that are answered correctly count toward Lesson progress. While calculating the total number of pages in the Lesson, clusters and pages within clusters only count as a single page and End of Cluster and End of Branch Table pages are excluded. All other pages count toward the total number of pages in the Lesson.

== Access control ==
This section features have been moved to other sections in 2.0.

===Password Protected Lesson===
This will not allow a student to access the lesson unless they type the password. (See Advanced general options in 2.0)

=== Dependent on ===
In Moodle 1.6 a lesson can be dependent upon another lesson. There are 3 possible dependencies which can be use separately or in combination with each other. Time Spent (minutes) refers to how long the student was in the lesson on their last attempt (it is not cumulative). Completed means the student has attempted one question. Grade as a percentage of a specific lesson means just that.
:''TIP:'' When dependency does not seem to work when it is set to "Completed" on another lesson, you must have a question for lesson to recognize that it is complete. Put a multiple choice question at the end of the lesson and ask: "In this lesson you learned A, B, and C." Do not put in an answer or a jump. The student will see "Continue" at the end and go to the end of the lesson and fulfill the requirement of completing the lesson. The dependent on lesson can not be a practice lesson.

(Note: "Dependent on" has it's own section in 2.0)

===Available from & deadline dates===
Determine the dates for the opening and closing of the lesson. For example in Moodle 1.7 it is possible to close the course in the year 2020. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "General options" section).

== Other ==
This section is not found in 2.0 and settings moved to other sections.

===Link to activity===
A pull down menu will allow the teacher to create a link to another activity when the lesson is finished. This link will appear as a button on the [[Lesson_Pages#End_of_Lesson_Page|"end of lesson page"]], with links to grades or back to the homepage of the course. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "Flow Control" section.)

===Pop-up to file or web page===
At the start of the lesson, this creates a popup window. For example this might be a music file, an agreement or text which the student can refer while in the lesson. (Note: in 2.0 this has it's own section, width and height are site administration settings [[Lesson defaults]] in 2.0)

===Number of High Scores Displayed===
Type a number to limit how many of the top scores are displayed .A list of the high scores for the lesson will be shown. Students who get a high score can choose a custom name to list their score by. High scores do not display if the "Practice lesson" option is turned On. (This setting discontinued in 2.0)

===Use this lesson's settings as defaults===
Select yes before Saving the lesson, and the settings you have chosen for this lesson will be the default settings for the next time you create a lesson for this course. In 2.0 see [[Lesson defaults]]

===Visible to users===
Allows you to show or to hide the lesson from students. This can also be done from the course home page by the hide/unhide icon next to the Lesson's name, when editing is turned on. (Moved to

==Common module settings==

*Groupings: Groups must be turned on in the course
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
*Visible (moved from Access Control section)
*ID number
*Grade category

==Save the settings and add the the first page in a Lesson==

After you decide on the lesson settings (above), you are taken to the lesson and you are asked which of the following you want to do now: import questions, add a Content (Branch Table) page or add a Question Page. To read more about adding pages go to: [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. If you would like more information about lesson pages in general go to [[Lesson Pages]] or select something from the index at the top of this page or one of the overall indexes below.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]
*[[Lesson defaults]] - site wide defaults in Moodle 2.0

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