Workshop module

A Workshop is a course peer assessment activity with many options. This module maybe removed from the standard Moodle in 2.0. The default is to hide it in the site administration block>modules>manage activities Other modules such as assignment have some of its functionality.

Workshop allows participants to assess each other's projects, as well as exemplar projects, in a number of ways. It also coordinates the collection and distribution of these assessments.

Settings

These are the settings for 1.6 but are similar for 1.8 onward. The settings have help buttons. The fields or options in settings in Moodle 1.6.include:

Submission Title, Description,

Grade for Assessments, Grade for Submission, Grading Strategy, 'Number of Comments, Assessment Elements, Grade Bands, Criterion Statements or Categories in a Rubric',

Number of Attachments expected on Submissions, Allow Resubmissions, Number of Assessments of Examples from Teacher, Comparison of Assessments, Number of Assessments of Student Submissions, Weight for Teacher Assessments, Over Allocation, Self Assessment, Assessments must be agreed, Hide Grades before Agreement, League Table of Submitted Work,

Hide Names from Students, Use Password, Password, Password Maximum Size

Start of submissions, Start of assessments, End of submissions, End of assessments, Release Teacher Grades, Group mode, Visible to students.

See also

• Using Moodle Chapter 6: Workshops
• Moodle Workshop Guide by Laura M. Christensen © 2007
• Using Moodle New Workshop Module forum discussion
• Exercise module allows student self assessment and teacher to seperately grade the quality of the assignment and the self assessment.