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=Lesson administration settings=


{{Lesson}}
This page explains the settings involved when first creating a lesson.
To add a lesson to your Moodle course page:
*With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your lesson, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and choose ''Lesson'' All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.


To add a Lesson:
*As an editing teacher for a course, click "Turn Editing On", and go to the topic or week section in which you want to create the Lesson.
*From the dropdown menu labeled "Add an activity", select "Lesson". This will take you to the Lesson settings page titled "Adding a new Lesson" page.


==Lesson administration settings==
==General==
{|
|[[File:addlessontitle.png|thumb|274px|General settings expanded by default]]
|}


===General===
===Name===
*''Note: Click the "Show  Advanced"  button to the right if you don't see all the options below.'' 
Whatever you type here will form the link learners click on to view the lesson so it is helpful to give it a name that suggests its purpose.  
====Name====
*The name you add here will be the link the students click on to get to your Lesson.


====Time limit====  
==Appearance==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:lessonappearance.png|thumb|404px|Appearance settings expanded]]
|}
===File pop===
If you want to include a link to a file on the lesson page for students to refer to, upload it here.
===Progress bar===
Choose this to show a bar at the bottom of the page showing how far into the lesson the student has got.
===Display ongoing score===
Choose this to let students see their score as they work through the lesson.
===Display left menu===
Choose this if you want to show a list of the pages in the Lesson so a student can see what is coming up.
===Minimum grade to display menu===
Choose this if you want the student to go through the lesson once and get a grade before they can (on review) see and navigate through all the different pages.
===Slideshow===
Please note that slideshow mode currently does not work for Moodle 2. There is a tracker issue and patch here MDL-36673
===Maximum Number of Answers===
Here you can set the default number of answer boxes available when you add your question or content pages. For instance, if you are only going to use True/False, you would only need 2. You can change this at any time so it's not crucial.
===Use default feedback===
Choose this if you want to show a set phrase regardless of their answer. If you have set your own default feedback such as "well done; correct" or "never mind; better luck next time" etc it will appear. If you have not, then Moodle's default feedback will appear.
 
===Link to next activity===
Choose this to give students a link to another activity when they reach the end of the lesson. ''(Note: this can also be achieved using [[Conditional activities]])''
==Availability==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:lessonavailability.png|thumb|470px|Availability settings expanded]]
|}
===Available from/Deadline===
Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.
===Time limit===  
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
*This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson. Students will see a count down counter as they work.The timer does not stop them doing the the lesson when the time is up, but  correct answers are no longer scored.
This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson. Students will see a countdown counter as they work. The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but  correct answers are no longer scored.
====Available from/Deadline====
*Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.
===Maximum Number of Answers===
*Here you can set the default number of answer boxes available when you add your question or content pages. For instance, if you are only going to use True/False, you would only need 2. You can change this at any time so it's not crucial.


===Password protected===
===Password protected lesson===
*Change to "Yes"  and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.
*Change to "Yes"  and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.


===Grade===
==Prerequisite lesson==
*Set a grade and grade category here.
(These setings are collapsed by default)
 
{|
===Grade options===
|[[File:prereqlesson.png|thumb|460px|Prerequisite lesson settings expanded]]
====Practice lesson====
|}
*Use this if you don't need the lesson to be scored/graded but just need students to work through some pages.
 
====Custom Scoring====
*Use this to give a particular number score (negative or positive) to each answer
 
====Re-takes allowed====
*Choose this if you want your students to be able to do the lesson more than once.
 
====Handling of re-takes====
*If you allow your students to re-take the lesson, then decide here if the grade for all lesson attempts is the mean or the maximum.
 
:Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson. Re-takes by students are ignored.
 
====Display ongoing score====
*Choose this to let students see their score as they work through the lesson.


===Flow Control===
===Dependent on===
This allows access to the lesson to be dependent on students' performance in another lesson in the same course. ''(Note: this can also be achieved with [[Conditional activities]])''
===Time spent===
Decide here how long you want the student to have spent in the chosen previous lesson
===Completed===
Check this box if you want the student to have completed a previous lesson (according to [[Activity completion]] settings)
===Grade better than===
Enter the grade  from the previous lesson which you want the student to have exceeded before they can attempt the current lesson.


*''Note: Click the "Show  Advanced" toggle button to the right if you don't see all the options below.'' 
==Flow control==
*[[Using Lesson]] gives examples of how these settings may be put to best effect.
(These settings are collapsed by default)
====Allow Student Review====
{|
*This puts a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the student to navigate through the lesson again from the start. Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.
|[[File:flowcontrol.png|thumb|450px|Flow control settings expanded]]
|}


====Provide option to try a question again====
===Allow Student Review===
This puts a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the student to navigate through the lesson again from the start.  Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.
===Provide option to try a question again===
*This displays a button after an incorrectly answered question so that the student can try again (but not get credit for it)
*This displays a button after an incorrectly answered question so that the student can try again (but not get credit for it)
 
:''TIP:'' Leave this off if you are using essay questions. 
:''TIP:'' Leave this off if you are using essay questions.  
===Maximum Number of Attempts===
====Maximum Number of Attempts====
*Decide here how many times you want students to be able to attempt each question. When they reach the maximum, they will be taken automatically to the next page.
*Decide here how many times you want students to be able to attempt each question. When they reach the maximum, they will be taken automatically to the next page.
 
===Action after a Correct Answer===
====Action after a Correct Answer====
Choose here where you want a student to be sent to if they get a question right. See [[Using Lesson]] for more details on this setting. The options are:
*Choose here where you want a student to be sent to if they get a question right. See [[Using Lesson]] for more details on this setting. The options are:
**the next part of the Lesson (default setting)
**the next part of the Lesson (default setting)
**a random, unexpected page
**a random, unexpected page
**a random page which they have not yet answered.
**a random page which they have not yet answered.
===Number of pages to show===
You only need this if you have set "Action after a correct answer" to show an unseen or unanswered page. Otherwise, all pages will be seen


====Display default feedback====
==Grade==
*Choose this if you want to show a set phrase regardless of their answer. If you have set your own default feedback such as "well done; correct" or "never mind; better luck next time" etc it will appear. If you have not, then Moodle's default feedback will appear.
(These settings are collapsed by default.)
====Progress bar====
{|
*Choose this to show a bar at the bottom of the page showing how far into the lesson the student has got.
|[[File:lessongrade.png|thumb|450px|Grade settings expanded]]
|}


====Display left menu====
Set a grade and grade category here.
*Choose this if you want to show a list of the pages in the Lesson so a student can see what is coming up.
====Display left menu only if grade greater than ...%====
*Choose this if you want the student to go through the lesson (and get a grade) once and then, on review, to be able to see and navigate through all the different pages.


=== Minimum Number of Questions ===
===Practice lesson===
*Set here the minimum number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score.Students will  be told how many they have answered and how many more they need to answer.
Use this if you don't need the lesson to be scored/graded but just need students to work through some pages. Set this to Yes to have the same ungraded type Lesson in earlier versions of Moodle.
*If you are using Content pages, then set this to 0.
*If you use this setting, then add some explanatory text at the start of the lesson so the student knows how many questions they must answer as a minimum. (They may answer more.)


===Number of Pages to Show===
===Custom Scoring===
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.)
Use this to give a particular number score (negative or positive) to each answer
===Re-takes allowed===
Choose this if you want your students to be able to do the lesson more than once.
====Handling of re-take====
If you allow your students to re-take the lesson, then decide here if the grade for all lesson attempts is the mean or the maximum.


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.  
:Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson. Re-takes by students are ignored.
 
===Minimum Number of Questions===
===Slideshow===
Set here the minimum number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. Students will be told how many they have answered and how many more they need to answer.
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.  See site administration settings below for more information.
*If you are using Content pages, then set this to 0.
 
*If you use this setting, then add some explanatory text at the start of the lesson so the student knows how many questions they must answer as a minimum. (They may answer more.
===Link to an activity===
You may pick another activity link that will appear on the end of lesson page that shows the student their score.
 
==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.See site administration settings below concerning width and height.
 
== Dependent on ==
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.
 
:''Note:''  This feature was developed before but is similar to the site wide "Restrict access" feature below. 
 
:''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.


==Common module settings==
==Common module settings==
(These settings are collapsed by default.)


*Groupings: Groups must be turned on in the course
See [[Common module settings]]
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
==Restrict access/Activity completion==
*Visible (moved from Access Control section)
(These settings are collapsed by default)
*ID number
*Grade category


==Restrict access==
The Restrict access and Activity completion settings are visible if [[Conditional activities]] and [[Activity completion]] have been enabled in the site and the course.
This group of settings will show when the site administrator has activated two advanced settings in Site administration > Advanced settings. For more information see:
*[[Completion tracking]] = marks activity complete based upon criterion.
*[[Conditional activities]] - controls entry into the lesson based upon criterion.


==Site administration settings==
==Site administration settings==


The lesson module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.
The lesson module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.
'''NOTE:''' ''The slideshow settings below do not work. See MDL-36673''


===Slideshow width===
===Slideshow width===
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*Variable name: lesson_maxhighscores, Default: 10
*Variable name: lesson_maxhighscores, Default: 10


===Maximum number of answers/branches===
===Maximum number of answers===
Default maximum number of answers/branches per page for site
Default maximum number of answers per page for site
*Variable name: lesson_maxanswers, Default: 4.
*Variable name: lesson_maxanswers, Default: 4.


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==See also==
==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]
*[http://youtu.be/cUDV0WE5ZYY Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 1)]  MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[[Lesson defaults]] - site wide defaults in Moodle 2.0
*[http://youtu.be/Mfj-8w-Ze0A Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 2)] MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[http://youtu.be/jXjqHtgC9c0 Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 3)]  MoodleBites video on YouTube


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[[fr:Ajouter/modifier une leçon]]
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[[ja:レッスンの設定]]
[[es:Configuraciones de lección]]

Latest revision as of 00:50, 5 June 2014

Lesson administration settings

This page explains the settings involved when first creating a lesson. To add a lesson to your Moodle course page:

  • With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your lesson, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and choose Lesson All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.


General

General settings expanded by default

Name

Whatever you type here will form the link learners click on to view the lesson so it is helpful to give it a name that suggests its purpose.

Appearance

(These settings are collapsed by default)

Appearance settings expanded

File pop

If you want to include a link to a file on the lesson page for students to refer to, upload it here.

Progress bar

Choose this to show a bar at the bottom of the page showing how far into the lesson the student has got.

Display ongoing score

Choose this to let students see their score as they work through the lesson.

Display left menu

Choose this if you want to show a list of the pages in the Lesson so a student can see what is coming up.

Minimum grade to display menu

Choose this if you want the student to go through the lesson once and get a grade before they can (on review) see and navigate through all the different pages.

Slideshow

Please note that slideshow mode currently does not work for Moodle 2. There is a tracker issue and patch here MDL-36673

Maximum Number of Answers

Here you can set the default number of answer boxes available when you add your question or content pages. For instance, if you are only going to use True/False, you would only need 2. You can change this at any time so it's not crucial.

Use default feedback

Choose this if you want to show a set phrase regardless of their answer. If you have set your own default feedback such as "well done; correct" or "never mind; better luck next time" etc it will appear. If you have not, then Moodle's default feedback will appear.

Link to next activity

Choose this to give students a link to another activity when they reach the end of the lesson. (Note: this can also be achieved using Conditional activities)

Availability

(These settings are collapsed by default)

Availability settings expanded

Available from/Deadline

Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.

Time limit

Lesson Timer.png

This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson. Students will see a countdown counter as they work. The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but correct answers are no longer scored.

Password protected lesson

  • Change to "Yes" and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.

Prerequisite lesson

(These setings are collapsed by default)

Prerequisite lesson settings expanded

Dependent on

This allows access to the lesson to be dependent on students' performance in another lesson in the same course. (Note: this can also be achieved with Conditional activities)

Time spent

Decide here how long you want the student to have spent in the chosen previous lesson

Completed

Check this box if you want the student to have completed a previous lesson (according to Activity completion settings)

Grade better than

Enter the grade from the previous lesson which you want the student to have exceeded before they can attempt the current lesson.

Flow control

(These settings are collapsed by default)

Flow control settings expanded

Allow Student Review

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

Provide option to try a question again

  • This displays a button after an incorrectly answered question so that the student can try again (but not get credit for it)
TIP: Leave this off if you are using essay questions. 

Maximum Number of Attempts

  • Decide here how many times you want students to be able to attempt each question. When they reach the maximum, they will be taken automatically to the next page.

Action after a Correct Answer

Choose here where you want a student to be sent to if they get a question right. See Using Lesson for more details on this setting. The options are:

    • the next part of the Lesson (default setting)
    • a random, unexpected page
    • a random page which they have not yet answered.

Number of pages to show

You only need this if you have set "Action after a correct answer" to show an unseen or unanswered page. Otherwise, all pages will be seen

Grade

(These settings are collapsed by default.)

Grade settings expanded

Set a grade and grade category here.

Practice lesson

Use this if you don't need the lesson to be scored/graded but just need students to work through some pages. Set this to Yes to have the same ungraded type Lesson in earlier versions of Moodle.

Custom Scoring

Use this to give a particular number score (negative or positive) to each answer

Re-takes allowed

Choose this if you want your students to be able to do the lesson more than once.

Handling of re-take

If you allow your students to re-take the lesson, then decide here if the grade for all lesson attempts is the mean or the maximum.

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

Minimum Number of Questions

Set here the minimum number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. Students will be told how many they have answered and how many more they need to answer.

  • If you are using Content pages, then set this to 0.
  • If you use this setting, then add some explanatory text at the start of the lesson so the student knows how many questions they must answer as a minimum. (They may answer more.

Common module settings

(These settings are collapsed by default.)

See Common module settings

Restrict access/Activity completion

(These settings are collapsed by default)

The Restrict access and Activity completion settings are visible if Conditional activities and Activity completion have been enabled in the site and the course.

Site administration settings

The lesson module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson.

NOTE: The slideshow settings below do not work. See MDL-36673

Slideshow width

Sets the width of the slideshow only when this feature is enabled in a Lesson's "Change settings".

  • Variable name: lesson_slideshowwidth, Default 640.

Slideshow height

Sets the height of the slideshow only when this feature is enabled in a Lesson's "Change settings".

  • Variable name: lesson_slideshowheight, Default 480.

Slideshow background colour

Background colour to for the slideshow if it is enabled.

  • Variable name: lesson_slideshowbgcolor, Default #FFFFFF.

Popup window width

Sets the width of the popup displayed for a linked media file

  • Variable name: lesson_mediawidth, Default 640.

Popup window height

Sets the height of the popup displayed for a linked media file

  • Variable name: lesson_mediaheight, Default 480.

Show close button:

Displays a close button as part of the popup generated for a linked media file

  • Variable name: lesson_mediaclose, Default No.

Number of high scores displayed

Sets the number of high scores to display

  • Variable name: lesson_maxhighscores, Default: 10

Maximum number of answers

Default maximum number of answers per page for site

  • Variable name: lesson_maxanswers, Default: 4.

Action after correct answer

The default action to take after a correct answer

  • Variable name: lesson_defaultnextpage, Default: Normal - follow lesson path

See also

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