Dataform setup
- Building an activity
- Activity settings
- Activity administration
- Activating RSS
- Activity workflow
- Applications
General options
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Available from
The time from which participants may enter the activity.
Due
The due date (and time) participants are expected to complete the requirements of the activity.
With this setting, the dataform remains accessible after the specified time, but the entry 'time modified' will be highlighted if later than the specified time.
Required entries
The number of entries each student is required to enter before the database activity can be considered complete. The student will see a reminder message if s/he has not submitted the required number of entries.
Entries required before viewing
The number of entries the student needs to submit before s/he can see entries by other students. If the student has not submitted the required number of entries, s/he will only see the entry page and not the list or single view pages.
Note: If entries are required before viewing, the database auto-linking filter should be disabled. This is because the database auto-linking filter can't determine whether a user has submitted the required number of entries.
Maximum entries
The maximum number of entries the student can submit before s/he is blocked. This prevents people from spamming the system, either in the hope that one entry is good enough or, on a public site, as a way of advertising.
Comments
Enables commenting on entries. The comments field appears on the single view template when this is enabled.
Require approval?
Allows you to require each entry to be approved by someone with the appropriate role before other users can view it.
RSS articles
Enables you to publish an RSS feed of entries in the dataform. The option here sets the number of entries available in the feed.
Note: RSS feeds need to be enabled by your system administrator.
Allow posts to be rated?
Lets you allow posts to be rated, which will enter a score in the gradebook for the student’s submissions in the database. The grade is set using the dropdown menu below this option.
Common module settings
See Common module settings for more information. Essentially you can set how different Groups in the course see or interact with each other and set an ID for grading purposes in this area.
Site administration settings
The dataform has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Dataform.
Enabling RSS feeds
RSS feeds must first be enabled in Settings > Site administration > Server > RSS.
