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This page is about lesson settings that can be changed by the teacher. Some settings maybe shown by clicking on "These settings can be changed when in a lesson by the ''[[Settings block]] > Lesson administration > Edit settings''.  There are excellent help files once Lesson settings window has been open.
=Lesson administration settings=


When creating a new lesson with the "Add activity" pull down menu, Moodle will first show the lesson settings page.  
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.


After reviewing the lesson settings and saving them, you (the teacher) will jump back to the page list with its insert, edit, move or delete potentials.  See [[Building Lesson]] for more help.


== General ==
==General==
There is a "Show or Hide Advanced" toggle button(s) that is found in many other activities.   Remember to click on this button to see features. 
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===Name===
===Name===
Lesson name. HTML code will not work in this field.
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.


===Time limit===  
===Description===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
Allows teacher to set a time limit on the lesson. Students are shown a count down counter and the time is recorded in the database. The timer does not evict a student from the lesson when the time is up, but does not score a question after the time limit reaches 0:00:00. The time in the database is checked each time a student submits a question.


===The Maximum Number of Answers / Branches in a Lesson===
Add a description of your lesson here.
This value determines the maximum number of answers the teacher can see and use when editing a lesson or a page. The default value is 12.  This is a useful feature in older versions of Moodle that have no collapsed view.  This value can reduce the number of screens a teacher might see in the lesson edit mode.


This parameter also sets the maximum number of buttons with descriptions and jumps that can be seen by the teacher in a Content (Branch Table) page.
===Display description on the course page===
If this box is ticked, the description will appear on the course page just below the name of the lesson.


It is safe to change the value of this parameter at any time. It only effects what the teacher sees, not the data. For example, a teacher starting to enter a series of multiple choice questions with 6 answers, might set this value to 6.  Then when the teacher starts to enter a series of questions with 2 answers, they might set this value to 2 because they don't need to see 4 blank answers for every question in the design phase.
==Appearance==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
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|[[File:lessonappearance.png|thumb|404px|Appearance settings expanded]]
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===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.
* For lessons containing '''only''' ''Content pages'', once a lesson has been taken to the end, if that same lesson is re-taken, the progress bar will not be "reset", i.e. it will show a 100% progress from page 1!


In a similar manner, changing the value does not effect what the student sees when they view a content page, nor does it change previous information put in by the teacher.
* For lessons containing ''Question pages'' and set to "Re-take" '''Yes''', the progress bar is always "reset" at 0% upon re-take.


===Password protected===
* Note that the Lesson Progress bar only works correctly for lessons with a "straightforward" navigation, such as page 1 -> page 2 -> page n -> end of lesson. It is not guaranteed to work with pages "jumping all over the place".
Change to "Yes"  and enter the password if you want to protect the lesson


== Grade Options ==
===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===


===Practice Lesson===
Slideshow height, width and background colour are set for the whole site by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.
A practice lesson will not show up in the Gradebook.  A practice lesson can not be a dependent lesson.


===Custom Scoring===
===Maximum Number of Answers===
This will allow you to put a numerical point value on each answer in a question page. Answers may have negative values or positive values. Imported questions will automatically be assigned 1 point for correct answers and 0 for incorrect, though you may change this after the import.  
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.


===Re-takes allowed===
===Link to next activity===
This setting determines whether the students can take the lesson more than once or only once. The teacher may decide that the lesson contains material which the students ought to know thoroughly. In which case repeated viewing of the lesson should be allowed. If, however, the material is used more like an exam then the students should not be allowed to re-take the lesson.
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)
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|[[File:lessontimelimit.png|thumb|470px|Availability settings expanded]]
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===Available from/Deadline===
Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.
===Time limit===
{{New features}}
This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson which can now be seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks. Students will see a countdown counter in a block as they work.


===Handling of re-takes===
[[File:lessontimeremaining.png]]
When the students are allowed to re-take the lesson, the grades shown in the Grades page are either their average grade over the re-takes or their best grade for the lesson. The next parameter determines which of these two grading alternatives is used.


:Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson, subsequent re-takes by students are ignored.
The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but  correct answers are no longer scored.


===Display ongoing score===
===Password protected lesson===
This setting will allow the student to see their current score.
*Change to "Yes"  and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.


== Flow Control ==
==Prerequisite lesson==
Please see [[Using_Lesson#Some_Flow_control_scenarios_.26_their_implications|Some flow control scenarios]] for some examples that use these settings.
*''Note: You will only see this setting if you have a course with prerequisite lessons upgraded from an earlier version of Moodle.''
===Allow Student Review===
*You will see a warning that prerequisites are due to be removed completely.
This will place 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.
*Please use access restrictions instead. See [[Conditional activities]] for more information.


===Display Review Button===
==Flow control==
This will display a button after an incorrectly answered question, allowing a student to re-attempt it.
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:flowcontrol.png|thumb|450px|Flow control settings expanded]]
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:''TIP:'' It is not compatible with essay questions, so leave this off if you are using essay questions.  Sometimes this setting will override any "display default feedback" lesson setting, where the default feedback will always be displayed when the review button is shown.
===Allow Student Review===
This puts a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the students to navigate through the lesson again from the start.
:Note that the students will not be able to ''change'' their answers, only ''view'' them.


===The Maximum Number of Attempts (by a Student)===
===Provide option to try a question again===
This value determines the maximum number of attempts a student (not a teacher) will have to answer any question in the lesson. Once reached, the student will not see the 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.
'''''Note:''''' this setting works in combination with the above setting, or independently.  


The default value is 5. Smaller values may discourage the student from trying different answers about a question. Larger values may lead to frustration when the student "does not get it".  For example with a short answer or numerical question, the student is not given an opportunity to try different answer choices. This value provides an escape route to the next page in the lesson.  
*When 'provide an option to try again' is set to No, students will be able to retake the question as many times as it is set here, with a score penalty.


Setting this value to 1 gives the students just single chance to answer each question. This would be similar to a question in the Quiz module.
*When 'provide an option to try again' is set to Yes, then students will be able to retake the question as many times as it set here without a score penalty. In this case an extra dialogue appears.


:''Note:'' this value is student global parameter and that it applies to all the questions in the lesson regardless of their type. However it does not apply to teachers checking of questions or navigating through the lesson. Checking the number of attempts relies on values stored in the database and question attempts by teachers are not recorded. The teacher should after all know the answers!  So teachers should switch their roles to that of a student to observe this feature.
Consequently when the relevant jump 'this page' is used in wrong answer while the 'provide an option to try again' is set to No and 'maximum number of attempts' is set to 1, a student that will answer wrongly will be moved into the next page, since he/she has the change to try the question just once.  


===Action after correct answer===
'''''Tip:''''' Ensure you check lesson using a real student account, as the teacher preview or the 'switch role to student' may not give you the exact picture.
"Normal", "Show unseen", "Show unanswered"


===Action after a Correct Answer===
===Action after a Correct Answer===
The usual action is to follow the jump as specified in the answer. In most cases this will probably show the Next Page of the lesson. The student is taken through the lesson in a logical way, beginning at the start and ending at the end. (In 2.0 this is an Advanced feature.)
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


However, the lesson module can also be used as a type of Flash Card assignment. The student is shown some information (optional) and a question in basically a random order. There is no set beginning and no set end. Just a set of Cards shown one after another in no particular order.
==Grade==
(These settings are collapsed by default.)
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This option allows two very similar variants of Slide show (Flash Card) behavior. The option "Show an unseen page" never shows the same page twice (even if the student did not answer the question associated with the Card/Page correctly). The other non-default option "Show an unanswered page" allows the student to see pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.
Set a grade and grade category here, along with a "Grade to pass" which may be connected with [[Activity completion]] and [[Conditional activities]] such that a student will not be able to access a follow up activity until they have obtained the required grade in the lesson.


In either of these Flash Card-type lessons the teacher can decide to use either all the Cards/Pages in the lesson or just a (random) sub-set. This is done through the "Number of Pages (Cards) to show" parameter.
===Practice lesson===
'''New in 2.9:''' Practice lessons are now saved; this means they will appear in the reports .You must enable the "Retakes allowed" setting if you want students to be able to attempt a practice lesson several times.


'''If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect''': in the Lesson Settings, set Maximum number of attempts: to 1. Please note, however, that a message "correct / incorrect" will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. If you do not want this (default) feedback message to be displayed then enter your own feedback message (i.e. "continue", "---", etc.) In case you want no visible message displayed then enter a non-breaking space as feedback, so you'll have to put a # after the answer which may be ~3 and write & n b s p ; after that.(without spaces between these characters) To find out how Moodle works - you may export a sample of your questions with GIFT and check them out!
'''Note''': If you are upgrading from an earlier version, be aware that all practice lessons will have " Re-takes allowed" set to "Yes" . If you are restoring  a practice lesson made before this change, you may need to modify the "Re-takes allowed" setting if needed.


===Display default feedback ===
===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.
:Note that this setting only applies to lessons containing ''Question pages''. Lessons consisting '''only''' of ''Content pages'' can be re-taken even if 'Re-takes allowed' is set to ''No''.
====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.


Feedback to a specific answer to a question can appear on the next page after the student makes a choice and submits it. The question, the student's answer and the feedback appear on a page with a continue button at the bottom. This lesson setting controls what appears as the feedback response and if the page appears at all.
:Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson. Re-takes by students are ignored.


When this option is set to Yes, the standard default response will appear.  In most lessons, when this is set to yes, Lesson first looks for the teachers custom feedback and if it does not find one, will put in the default feedback. It is possible to change the words used in the standard [[Language editing|default feedbacks]] for the entire Moodle Site.
===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.


Selecting No, will only show the teacher's supplied feedbacks for each specific answer.  If the teacher has not entered a response for a specific answer, then the feedback page is not displayed and the student will immediately go to the page that the specific answer's jump is set to.
==Common module settings==
 
(These settings are collapsed by default.)
:''TIP:'' Under some versions of Moodle, other lesson settings may cause the default feedback to appear, even when the teacher has supplied their own feedback.  Changing the "Review button" lesson setting to "No" will show the teachers custom feedback.
 
===Progress bar===
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion.  Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.
 
:''Tip:'' While calculating the percent completed, Content and Question pages that are answered correctly count toward Lesson progress. While calculating the total number of pages in the Lesson, clusters and pages within clusters only count as a single page and End of Cluster and End of Branch Table pages are excluded. All other pages count toward the total number of pages in the Lesson.
 
===Display left menu options===
This will show a list of the pages (Branch Tables) in the lesson. Question pages, cluster pages, etc. will not be shown by default (you may choose to show question pages by checking that option on the question).
 
By setting a grade greater than 0, the user taking the Lesson must have a grade equal to or greater than the grade set in order to view the Left Menu. This allows Lesson designers to force users to go through the entire lesson during the user's first attempt. Then, if a user retakes the Lesson after meeting the required grade, s/he can see the Left Menu to help with review.
 
=== Minimum Number of Questions ===
This value determines the '''minimum''' number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score.  It does not force students to answer that many questions in the lesson.  When a lesson contains one or more [[Adding a branch table| branches]], the teacher should normally set this parameter.
 
:For example, setting this parameter to 20, will ensure that grades are given as though the students have seen at least this number of questions. Take the case of a student who only looks at a single branch in a lesson with 5 pages and answers all the associated questions correctly. This student then choose to end the lesson (assuming there is that option in the "top level"Branch Table, a reasonable enough assumption). If this parameter was set to 0 their grade would be 5 out of 5, that is 100%. However, with it set to 20 their grade would be reduced to 5 out of 20, that is 25%. In the case of another student who goes through all the branches and sees, say, 25 pages and answers all but two of the questions correctly, then their grade would be 23 out of 25, that is 92%.
 
If this parameter is used, the teacher might want to add  a statement on the opening page of the lesson.  For example, if the teacher set the value to 20 they might say:
 
:In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least ''20'' questions. You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than ''20'' questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted ''20''.
 
When this parameter is set to a value more than 0,  students are told how many questions they have attempted and how many they are expected to attempt.
 
===Number of Pages to Show===
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.)
 
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.
 
===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.
 
== Lesson formatting ==


===Slide Show===
'''New in 2.9''': The Lesson activity now supports groups and groupings.  
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. (In 2.0 moved to Advanced flow control options, with width, height and backgrounds part of [[Lesson defaults]])


===Progress bar===
See [[Common module settings]]
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion.  Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.


:''Tip:'' While calculating the percent completed, Content and Question pages that are answered correctly count toward Lesson progress. While calculating the total number of pages in the Lesson, clusters and pages within clusters only count as a single page and End of Cluster and End of Branch Table pages are excluded. All other pages count toward the total number of pages in the Lesson.
==Restrict access/Activity completion==
(These settings are collapsed by default)


== Access control ==
*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 section features have been moved to other sections in 2.0.
*Note that in addition to the standard activity completion conditions, the Lesson also has 'Require end reached' and 'Require time spent' criteria . {{New features}}
*To learn more about the Lesson completion conditions, see [[Activity completion settings]].


===Password Protected Lesson===
==User and group overrides==
This will not allow a student to access the lesson unless they type the password. (See Advanced general options in 2.0)
{{New features}}
When a lesson has been created, it is possible to overrride certain settings for individuals and groups. The settings for this are located in the Lesson administration block:


===Available from & deadline dates===
[[File:lessonoverrides.png]]
Determine the dates for the opening and closing of the lesson.  For example it is possible to close the course in the year 2020. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "General options" section).


===Link to activity===
It is possible to override passwords, availability/deadline, time limits and question retries and lesson retakes.
A pull down menu will allow the teacher to create a link to another activity when the lesson is finished.  This link will appear as a button on the [[Lesson_Pages#End_of_Lesson_Page|"end of lesson page"]], with links to grades or back to the homepage of the course. (Note: in 2.0 this is part of "Flow Control" section.)
Selecting one of the options, for example 'User' will display a button to click. From the next screen you can choose the user or group to override and the settings you wish to override:
 
===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. (Note: in 2.0 this has it's own section, width and height are site administration settings [[Lesson defaults]] in 2.0)
 
===Use this lesson's settings as defaults===
Select yes before Saving the lesson, and the settings you have chosen for this lesson will be the default settings for the next time you create a lesson for this course. In 2.0 see [[Lesson defaults]]
 
== 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.
 
:''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==


*Groupings: Groups must be turned on in the course
[[File:lessonoverrideuser.png]]
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
*Visible (moved from Access Control section)
*ID number
*Grade category


==Save the settings and add the the first page in a Lesson==
When the override is saved, it is displayed on a screen along with any other overrides previously set:


After you decide on the lesson settings (above), you are taken to the lesson and you are asked which of the following you want to do now: import questions, add a Content (Branch Table) page or add a Question Page. To read more about adding pages go to: [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. If you would like more information about lesson pages in general go to [[Lesson Pages]] or select something from the index at the top of this page or one of the overall indexes below.
[[File:lessonoverrideexamples.png]]


==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 ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.


===Slideshow width===
===Slideshow width===
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===Number of high scores displayed===
===Number of high scores displayed===
Sets the number of high scores to display
'''NOTE''': This feature is currently broken. Its future is being discussed in MDL-49581
*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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Latest revision as of 19:50, 15 November 2015

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.

Description

Add a description of your lesson here.

Display description on the course page

If this box is ticked, the description will appear on the course page just below the name of the lesson.

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.

  • For lessons containing only Content pages, once a lesson has been taken to the end, if that same lesson is re-taken, the progress bar will not be "reset", i.e. it will show a 100% progress from page 1!
  • For lessons containing Question pages and set to "Re-take" Yes, the progress bar is always "reset" at 0% upon re-take.
  • Note that the Lesson Progress bar only works correctly for lessons with a "straightforward" navigation, such as page 1 -> page 2 -> page n -> end of lesson. It is not guaranteed to work with pages "jumping all over the place".

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

Slideshow height, width and background colour are set for the whole site by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > 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.

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

New feature
in Moodle 2.9!

This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson which can now be seconds, minutes, hours, days or weeks. Students will see a countdown counter in a block as they work.

lessontimeremaining.png

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

  • Note: You will only see this setting if you have a course with prerequisite lessons upgraded from an earlier version of Moodle.
  • You will see a warning that prerequisites are due to be removed completely.
  • Please use access restrictions instead. See Conditional activities for more information.

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 students to navigate through the lesson again from the start.

Note that the students will not be able to change their answers, only view them.

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.

Note: this setting works in combination with the above setting, or independently.

  • When 'provide an option to try again' is set to No, students will be able to retake the question as many times as it is set here, with a score penalty.
  • When 'provide an option to try again' is set to Yes, then students will be able to retake the question as many times as it set here without a score penalty. In this case an extra dialogue appears.

Consequently when the relevant jump 'this page' is used in wrong answer while the 'provide an option to try again' is set to No and 'maximum number of attempts' is set to 1, a student that will answer wrongly will be moved into the next page, since he/she has the change to try the question just once.

Tip: Ensure you check lesson using a real student account, as the teacher preview or the 'switch role to student' may not give you the exact picture.

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, along with a "Grade to pass" which may be connected with Activity completion and Conditional activities such that a student will not be able to access a follow up activity until they have obtained the required grade in the lesson.

Practice lesson

New in 2.9: Practice lessons are now saved; this means they will appear in the reports .You must enable the "Retakes allowed" setting if you want students to be able to attempt a practice lesson several times.

Note: If you are upgrading from an earlier version, be aware that all practice lessons will have " Re-takes allowed" set to "Yes" . If you are restoring a practice lesson made before this change, you may need to modify the "Re-takes allowed" setting if needed.

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.

Note that this setting only applies to lessons containing Question pages. Lessons consisting only of Content pages can be re-taken even if 'Re-takes allowed' is set to No.

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.)

New in 2.9: The Lesson activity now supports groups and groupings.

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.
  • Note that in addition to the standard activity completion conditions, the Lesson also has 'Require end reached' and 'Require time spent' criteria . New feature
    in Moodle 2.9!

User and group overrides

New feature
in Moodle 2.9!

When a lesson has been created, it is possible to overrride certain settings for individuals and groups. The settings for this are located in the Lesson administration block:

lessonoverrides.png

It is possible to override passwords, availability/deadline, time limits and question retries and lesson retakes. Selecting one of the options, for example 'User' will display a button to click. From the next screen you can choose the user or group to override and the settings you wish to override:

lessonoverrideuser.png

When the override is saved, it is displayed on a screen along with any other overrides previously set:

lessonoverrideexamples.png

Site administration settings

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

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

NOTE: This feature is currently broken. Its future is being discussed in MDL-49581

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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