Choice settings: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:27, 26 October 2014

Choice administration settings

With the editing turned on, choose from the dropdown Add an Activity the option Choice.

Name

A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.

Introduction text

Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"

New feature
in Moodle 2.2! There is also an option to display the Choice description on the course page below the link to the activity. See the screencast Moodle 2.2 - Show descriptions for a demonstration by developer Sam Marshall.

Limits

Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice. When that number has been reached, no one else can select that choice.

Warning!! If you unintentionally check this box but don't add a number then your students won't be able to select any choices and will get confused :)

Options

Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
You can leave other options blank or click "Add 3 fields to form" to add more options.
If Limits is disabled, then any number of participants can select any of the options.

Restrict answering

If you check this box you can set an "open and close" date for your choice.
If you leave it, they can respond at any time. Hint:

Miscellaneous settings

Display mode

Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.

Publish results

This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:

- never see the results of the choice
- see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
- see the results only after the closing date of the choice
- always see the results

Privacy of results

If "Publish" was chosen above, then this dropdown in unlocked. You can decide whether to show names of students or merely the number who responded but without names.

Allow choice to be updated

If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.

Show column for unanswered

If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.

Other settings

There are the usual Common module settings and - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings Conditional activities.

Choice module capabilities

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-{{Choices}}
+{{Choice}}
+==Choice administration settings==
+*With the editing turned on, choose from the dropdown ''Add an Activity'' the option ''Choice''.
-==Choice name==
+[[File:Choice.png]]
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
+===Name===
+*A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
-==Choice text==
+===Introduction text===
+*Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"
-Type the description of the choice activity here. It should contain the question that you want your students to answer. An example of the choice text could be "What is your favourite colour?"
+{{New features}}There is also an option to display the Choice description on the course page below the link to the activity. See the screencast [http://www.screencast.com/t/ieLFs7To0e Moodle 2.2 - Show descriptions] for a demonstration by developer Sam Marshall.
-==Choice 1 ~ Choice 10==
+===Limits===
+*Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice. When that number has been reached, no one else can select that choice.
-Here is where you specify the options that participants have to choose from. In our example, the numbered options could be e.g. "blue", "green", "red", "yellow", etc.
+'''Warning!!''' If you unintentionally check this box but don't add a number then your students won't be able to select any choices and will get confused :)
-You can fill in any number of these: if you leave some of the options blank, they will not be displayed.
+===Options===
+*Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
+*You can leave other options blank or click "Add 3 fields to form" to add more options.
+*If ''Limits'' is disabled, then any number of participants can select any of the options.
-==Limit the number of responses allowed==
+[[File:Choicesetup.png]]
-This option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular option.
+===Restrict answering===
+*If you check this box you can set an "open and close" date for your choice.
+*If you leave it, they can respond at any time. '''Hint''':
-Once Limits have been enabled, each option can be assigned a limit. When the limit is reached then no-one else can select that option. A limit of zero (0) means that no-one can select that option.
+===Miscellaneous settings===
+====Display mode====
+*Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.
-If Limits are disabled then any number of participants can select any of the options.
+====Publish results====
-==Restrict answering to this time period==
+*This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
-This setting allows you to define a time window within which participants are allowed to make a choice.
+**never see the results of the choice
+**see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
+**see the results only after the closing date of the choice
+**always see the results
-To set an open-ended close date just set the time very far in the future.
+====Privacy of results====
-If you don't need this at all then uncheck the box.
+*If "Publish" was chosen above, then this dropdown in unlocked. You can decide whether to show names of students or merely the number who responded but without names.
-==Display Mode==
+====Allow choice to be updated====
-This setting allows you to choose how the choices will be displayed to the participants: horizontally, or vertically.
+*If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.
+'''
-'''Hint''': In most cases, if there are only a few choices with little text, they may be positioned horizontally. However, if there are more than 5-6 choices or if the text of the choices is longer than 2-3 words, it should be better to display them vertically.
+====Show column for unanswered====
-==Publish results==
+*If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.
-This setting determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
+===Other settings===
+There are the usual [[Common module settings]] and  - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings [[Conditional activities]].
-* never see the results of the choice
+==Choice module capabilities==
-* see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
-* see the results only after the closing date of the choice
-* always see the results
-==Privacy of results==
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|Read choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
-If the choice results are shown to students, this setting determines whether the results will be anonymous.
+[[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
-==Allow choice to be updated==
+[[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]
-If this is set to "Yes", students can change their mind after they have voted. If it's set to "No", students cannot change their choice.
-==Show column for unanswered==
-If set to "Yes", this will display a column showing how many participants have not answered the choice activity yet. If set to "No", the results will only include the participants who have already voted.
-===Group mode===
-The group mode can be one of three levels:
-* No groups
-There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
-* Separate groups
-Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible
-* Visible groups
-Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups
-The group mode can be defined at two levels:
-* Course level
-The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course
-* Activity level
-Each activity that supports groups can also define its own grouping mode. If the course is set to [[Force group mode|"force group mode"]] then the setting for each activity is ignored.
-==Visible to students==
-You can hide the activity from students by selecting "Hide" here. It is useful if you wouldn't like to make the activity available immediately.
-[[Category:Teacher]]

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