Choice settings: Difference between revisions

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A teacher can add a Choice activity in a course when editing is turned on by clicking an 'Add an activity or resource' link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and selecting Choice.

Activity settings

To see all the settings expanded, click the link "Expand all" top right

Give the choice a name (which students see on the course page) and a description. You add the actual question in the description box for example: How well do you do feel you understand module 2?"

Clicking the question mark icon next to any setting you don't understand will display extra help.

Options

If you have only a few choices, choose to display them horizontally; if you have a large number, choose to display them vertically.

Type the selections you wish to appear next to the radio buttons in the options fields.

Options settings expanded by default

Setting 'Allow choice to be updated' will allow students to change their mind after they have voted. The default No means they cannot change their first selection.

If you allow more than one choice to be selected, the checkboxes will display differently to alert students that they can make more than one selection:

Choose only one

More than one may be chosen

If learners are free to choose any option, leave 'Limit' at the default 0. If you want to restrict them to selecting a particular number, enter that number in the 'Limit' box. '

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!

Availability

Here you can set a start and end date for the Choice.

New feature
in Moodle 2.9!

Ticking the Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.

Results

Think carefully about whether (and how) you wish student to see the responses. 'Publish' simply means 'display to students'.

Showing a column for unanswered may be useful if you need to quickly check who has not entered a choice.

Downloading results

A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then selecting from ODS, Excel or text format.

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings, Restrict access and Activity completion

If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:

Site settings

A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,

The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:

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-{{Improve}}
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-Log in as the course teacher and turn on editing. Then select ''Choice'' from the drop down ''Add an activity'' menu.
+A teacher can add a Choice activity in a course when editing is turned on by clicking an 'Add an activity or resource' link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and selecting ''Choice''.
-[[image:Choice_1.gif|thumb|choose ''choice'' from the menu]]
-==General==
-===Choice name===
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
-[[image:Choice_2.gif|thumb|this will become a link on the course page]]
-===Choice 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?"
-[[image:Choice_3.gif|thumb|what do you want the students to tell you?]]
-==Limits==
-Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice.
-==Choice 1 ~ Choice 10==
-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.
-You can fill in any number of these: if you leave some of the options blank, they will not be displayed. When Limits is disabled then any number of participants can select any of the options.
-[[image:Choice_4.gif|thumb|Choice input text boxes]]
-There is an "Add 3 fields to form" button for adding another 3 choices and another 3 and another 3...
-===Limit the number of responses allowed===
-Once Limits have been enabled, each choice can be assigned a limit. When the limit is reached then no-one else can select that choice. A limit of zero (0) means that no-one can select that option.
-==Restrict answering to this time period==
-This setting allows you to define a time window within which participants are allowed to make a choice.
-To set an open-ended close date just set the time very far in the future.
-If you don't need this at all then uncheck the box.
-[[image:Choice_5.gif|thumb|this is optional, of course]]
-==Miscellaneous settings==
-===Display Mode===
-This setting allows you to choose how the choices will be displayed to the participants: horizontally, or vertically.
-'''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. (red arrow, below)
-[[image:Choice_6.gif|thumb|just a few more parameters]]
-===Publish results===
-This setting 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
-'''(teal arrow, above)'''
-===Privacy of results===
-If the choice results are shown to students, this setting determines whether the results will be anonymous.
+==Activity settings==
+To see all the settings expanded, click the link "Expand all" top right
-'''(orange arrow, above)'''
+Give the choice a name (which students see on the course page) and a description. You add the actual question in the description box for example: ''How well do you do feel you understand module 2?"
-===Allow choice to be updated===
+Clicking the question mark icon [[File:helppopup.png]]next to any setting you don't understand will display extra help.
-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.
+===Options===
-'''
+If you have only a few choices, choose to display them horizontally; if you have a large number, choose to display them vertically.
-(lime green arrow, above)'''
-===Show column for unanswered===
+Type the selections you wish to appear next to the radio buttons in the options fields.
-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.
+{|
+|[[File:newchoicemulti.png|thumb|center|400px|Options settings expanded by default]]
+|}
+Setting 'Allow choice to be updated' will allow students to change their mind after they have voted. The default No means they cannot change their first selection.
-'''(purple arrow, above)'''
+If you allow more than one choice to be selected, the checkboxes will display differently to alert  students that they can make more than one selection:
-==Common module settings==
+{|
-===Group mode===
+|[[File:choicesingle1.png|thumb|500px|Choose only one]]
+|[[File:choiceseveral.png|thumb|500px|More than one may be chosen]]
+|}
-The group mode can be one of three levels:
+If learners are free to choose any option, leave 'Limit' at the default 0. If you want to restrict them to selecting a particular number, enter that number in the 'Limit' box. '
-* No groups - There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
+''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!
-* Separate groups - Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible
+===Availability===
-* Visible groups - Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups
+Here you can set a start and end date for the Choice.
-The group mode can be defined at two levels:
+{{New features}}
+Ticking the Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.
+===Results===
+Think carefully about whether (and how) you wish student to see the responses. 'Publish' simply means 'display to students'.
-* Course level - The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course
+Showing a column for unanswered may be useful if you need to quickly check who has not entered a choice.
-* 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.
-'''(pink arrow, above)'''
+====Downloading results====
+A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then selecting from ODS, Excel or text format.
-===Visible to students===
+===Other settings===
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common  module settings]], [[Conditional activities| Restrict access]] and [[Activity completion]]
-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.
+If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:
-'''(black arrow, above)'''
+==Site settings==
+A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on  ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,''
-==See also==
+The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:
-* [[Groups]]
+*[[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]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:addinstance|Add a new choice]]
-[[de:Abstimmung anlegen]]
+[[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]

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