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*When a teacher has created a Choice activity, the student is presented with a number of radio buttons. They click one to make their selection.
*When a teacher has created a Choice activity, the student is presented with a number of radio buttons. They click one to make their selection.
*Depending on the teacher's settings, the student may then be able to see the results either anonymously or with names or not see anything.
*Depending on the teacher's settings, the student may then be able to see the results either anonymously or with names (via the "View xxx responses" link) or not see anything.
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Revision as of 14:37, 14 November 2011


What the student sees

  • When a teacher has created a Choice activity, the student is presented with a number of radio buttons. They click one to make their selection.
  • Depending on the teacher's settings, the student may then be able to see the results either anonymously or with names (via the "View xxx responses" link) or not see anything.

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What the teacher sees

Educational Benefits of using Choice

Pedagogically, the choice activity can be used to provide an opportunity to share starting points through which learners are encouraged to think about and articulate existing knowledge and understandings of a topic. For example, you can ask students to make ‘choices’ about a statement such as “in learning to become a teacher, the most significant issue for me is” (giving the following choices): trust, theoretical underpinnings, communication or delivering materials to students.

This has two benefits: firstly, it forces participants to engage with their choice and think, in advance of a further related activity (you might wish to follow up such a choice activity with a forum discussion or a reflective activity like the online text assignment), about the context and consequences of this choice. Secondly, it allows tutors and students to gain a better understanding of existing views/understandings/knowledge related to the question, idea or concept at hand in the Choice activity.

The choice activity in Moodle only allows a participant to select one choice from a variety of options (that you provide), but you may set the activity so that participants can change their choices. You can also set the activity so that it ‘closes’ or ‘locks down’ on a specific date, making all choices final from that point on. This allows participants to change their minds several times before a final date.

See also

Using Moodle forum discussions: