Common module settings
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On the settings page for many modules, there is a section called "Common module settings". This refers to settings that are common to many modules.
Example - assignment activity
Assignment activity has two items and a point of information in the common module settings
Group mode
When course group mode is turned on, the group mode can be one of three levels: no groups, separate groups or visible groups.
- No groups
- There are no groups and all students submit their assignments in one Assignment area
- Separate groups
- Students submit their assignments within a separate Group based submission area and teachers/trainers can sort submissions by Group or view All Participants.
- Visible groups
- All students submits their assignment within a single Assignment area but may choose which Group to associate their submission with before uploading. Teachers/trainers can sort submissions by Group or view All Participants.
Visible
Choose whether to Show or Hide the assignment
ID number
Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the assignment for grade calculation purposes. If the activity is not included in any grade calculation then the ID number field can be left blank. )
Common module settings are used in
- Adding/editing assignments
- Adding/editing a chat
- Adding/editing a database
- Adding/editing a forum
- Adding/editing a glossary
- Adding/editing lessons
- Adding/editing a quiz
- Adding/editing a wiki
- Groupings
- Grade export
- mod/mediasite/mod
- Roles tutorial - viewhiddenactivities
