Activity completion settings

2013-09-16T23:46:55Z

Neilhaskins: /* Require grade */

{{Activity completion}}
==Activity settings==

Depending on the type of activity, there are different completion requirements. For example, a [[Page|Page]] might have the requirement to ''require view''; a [[Quiz|Quiz]] might have the requirement to ''require grade'' while a [[Forum|Forum]] might have the requirement to ''require posts/discussions/replies''.

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File:Activity_completion_settings_common.png|Common settings for most graded activities
File:Forumactivitycompletion.png|Forum activity settings
File:24assignmentsubmit.png|Assignment settings
</gallery>

===Completion tracking===
There are three options:

*''Do not indicate activity completion'' - this will not show checks(ticks)next to the activity
*''Students can manually mark the activity as completed'' - students press the check(tick) to change it. (Note: they can do this even without doing the activity!)
*''Show activity as complete when conditions are met'' - the selected completion criteria must be met before the check(tick) will change style

===Require view===

When this option is turned on, students have to view the activity in order to complete it.

* In most cases, clicking the link is enough to 'view' the activity.
* You should usually not turn on the 'view' condition if you have other requirements - this makes extra work for the server and it's unlikely that a student could meet any other conditions without viewing the activity.

===Require grade===

When this option is turned on, students have to get a grade on the activity in order to complete it. For example, a quiz would be marked completed as soon as the user submits it (so long as it doesn't contain any "essay" questions).

It does not matter how well the student did. Getting any grade will mark the activity completed.

It is possible to distinguish between 'pass' and 'fail' grades so that the activity becomes 'completed, passed' or 'completed, not passed' instead of just 'completed'. These results show a different icon and alternative text.

To set this up, you need to specify the pass value for this activity's individual grade:

# Go to the course gradebook by clicking the 'Grades' link on the course administration block.
# From the 'Choose an action' dropdown, pick 'Categories and items'.
# Click the Edit icon next to the grade item for this activity.
# Turn on 'Show Advanced'.
# Type a grade value (e.g. 5.0) in the 'Grade to pass' box.

Once you have done this, anybody submitting the quiz will receive either the pass or fail completion icon. If the quiz can be taken multiple times, the completion icon will automatically update whenever the grade does.

There is one limitation: this only works if grades are immediately visible to students. The grade must be neither permanently hidden, nor hidden until a certain date. If a grade is hidden then only the standard 'completed' state will be displayed - even once the hidden date has passed.

===Require submission===

This setting appears in assignments and means that an assignment may be considered as completed once the student has submitted - but before the teacher has had time to grade it.

===Expect completed on===

The date is not shown to students and is only displayed in the [[Activity completion report]].

===Require posts===
This setting is seen in forums. For the forum to be classed as "complete" the student must either start a discussion or reply to a discussion. The number of posts they must make can be specified in the box.

===Require discussions===
This setting is seen in forums. For the forum to be classed as "complete", the student must start a discussion topic. The number of posts they must make can be specified in the box.

===Require replies===
This setting is seen in forums. For the forum to be classed as "complete" the student must reply to a discussion. The number of posts they must make can be specified in the box.

==Locked completion options==

If at least one person has completed an activity, completion options are 'locked'. This is because changing these options may result in unexpected behaviour. For example, if somebody has ticked an activity as manually completed, and you then set it to automatic completion, the activity will become unticked - very confusing for the student who had already ticked it!

:''Tip:'' It is best not to unlock options unless you are sure it won't cause problems - for example, if you know that students don't have access to the course yet, so it will only be staff who have marked the activity completed when testing.

==What happens when you unlock==

Once you unlock options and then click 'Save changes', all completion information for the activity will be deleted and, if possible, regenerated according to the new settings.

* If the new completion option is manual, everyone will be set to 'not completed' regardless of any previous setting.
* If it is automatic then, depending on the options chosen, the system may or may not be able to construct a correct current value for everyone.
** The 'viewed' requirement will not work - even if a student has viewed the activity before, it will not be marked completed until they view it again.
** Most other options will be recalculated successfully.

If you change completion options while a student is logged in, they may not see the changes for some minutes.

==Required site settings==
To use activity completion, the feature needs to be enabled for the site by an administrator as follows:
#In ''Administration > Site administration > [[Advanced_features| Advanced features]]'' check the "Enable completion tracking".
# Click the 'Save changes' button

:''Tip:'' The default [[Cron]] trigger for activity completion is every 10 minutes. Students and Teachers often think any course completion should instantly show up in a report.

==Required course settings==

''Administration > Course administration > Edit settings'' and look for the ''Completion tracking'' section.

You must enable this setting.

[[Category: Completion]]

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Quiz module

2012-08-13T16:59:49Z

Neilhaskins: /* Features */

{{Activities}}

The '''Quiz''' activity module allows the teacher to design and build quizzes consisting of a large variety of [[Question types]], including multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in the [[Question bank]] and can be re-used in different quizzes.

[[Image:Quizexample.png]]

* [[Quiz settings]]
* [[Building Quiz]]
* [[Using Quiz]]
* [[Quiz reports]]
* [[Quiz FAQ]]

== Features ==

* Quizzes can be [[Quiz settings|configured]] to allow multiple attempts. Each attempt at a question is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback and/or show the correct answers.
There are many ways to [[Using Quiz|use a quiz]].

* Feedback about performance and self-assessment are important parts of a learning environment. There are several ways to give feedback to students: on each question or overall. The quiz module can display feedback and scores at different times during the quiz, using the review options in the [[Quiz settings]].

* A wide variety of [[Quiz reports]] (in addition to [[Grades]]) are available for use by the teacher. Quiz reports not only can focus on a single student's attempt to answer each question, but also can perform a robust item analysis of a question's validity based upon aggregated student responses.

* A single quiz can automatically select random and/or specific questions from different [[Question bank|categories]] of questions.

* There are different options for [[Editing a quiz|scoring (marks-grades)]] individual questions in a specific quiz, [[Adding/updating_a_quiz#Grades_section|grading attempts]] for a quiz and each [[Question types|question type]].

* The quiz settings allow different [[Adding/updating_a_quiz#Display_section|display methods]]. They can randomize the questions for each student and or randomize the answers for each student.

* The teacher can determine the number of questions on each page of questions the student sees. The teacher can change the position of any question in the quiz. It is possible to put a label with information any place between questions.

* The teacher can [[Quiz settings|choose]] how questions behave during the quiz. It can be like a classic test, where the student gets no feedback while attempting the test, only later. Alternatively, Moodle can reveal the grades and/or feedback to the student during the quiz, and perhaps even give them another chance to answer the question (for fewer marks) having read the feedback.

The about list only mentions a few features of the quiz module and how it works with the question bank. Please follow the links on this page to learn more.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfGlV5WaZE8 Quiz in Moodle 2.0 video]

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