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Lesson settings

2016-08-24T11:43:58Z

Jaswinder singh: /* Common module settings */

{{Lesson}}
=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.
*In the '''General''' section, give your lesson a name, a description if needed, and tick the box if you wish that description displayed on the course page.

==Appearance==
===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 menu===
Choose this when you want to show a list of the content page titles in the Lesson to the student. Only those pages which have "Display in menu?" checked will display. The menu will not display question pages.
===Show more===
Depending on the what the administrator has specified as 'Advanced', other settings will be displayed by clicking a 'Show more' link:

====Linked media====
[[File:pop-up file link.png|thumb|Link to pop-up]]
If you want to include a link to a media file for students to refer to, upload it here. A 'Click here to view' link will be displayed in a block called 'Linked media' on each page of the lesson.

The width and height of the pop-up window may be set by an admin in ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Lesson''.

====Display ongoing score====
Choose this to let students see their score as they work through the lesson.

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

====Maximum Number of Answers====
Here you can set the default number of selection boxes available when you add or edit a question or content page. For instance, if you are only going to use Multiple Choice questions with 3 answers in your lesson, you might select 3. You can change the default here at any time to display more or less question answers or content choices.
:''Note:'' This only impacts the editing screen. Changing from 4 to 2 will not remove or hide any answers previously entered from the student.

====Use default feedback====
Every Moodle site has a standard response (feedback) when a student selects a correct or wrong answer in a lesson. Select "No" if you only what you put as a response for a specific question's answer to display. In this case, when you leave the response to a question blank, the student will not see any comment about their answer. The typical Moodle standard responses are: "That's the correct answer" or "That's the wrong answer".

====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==

===Available from/Deadline===
Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson.

===Time limit===

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.

[[File:lessontimeremaining.png]]

The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but correct answers are no longer scored.
===Show more===
Depending on the what the administrator has specified as 'Advanced', other settings will be displayed by clicking a 'Show more' link:

====Password protected lesson====
*Change to "Yes" and enter the password if you want students only to access it when they know the password.

==Flow control==

===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.

===Show more===
Depending on the what the administrator has specified as 'Advanced', other settings will be displayed by clicking a 'Show more' link:

====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==

Set a grade and grade category here, along with a "Grade to pass" which may be connected with [[Activity completion]] and [[Restrict access]] 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===

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''.

===Show more===
Depending on the what the administrator has specified as 'Advanced', other settings will be displayed by clicking a 'Show more' link:
====Handling of re-takes====
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 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 the minimum number of questions they must answer to receive a grade.

==Common module settings==
See [[Common module settings]]

==Access restrictions==
[[Restrict access]] must be turned on in the site settings for this to appear.
(These settings are collapsed by default)

*Grade - limit to overall grade or specific grade on another activity
*Group - limit to specific group
*Groupings - limit to specific groupings
*User profile - limit based upon user profile fields
*Restriction set - nest restrictions

==Activity completion==
[[Activity completion]] must be turned on in the site settings for this to appear.
(These settings are collapsed by default)
*Completion tracking - 3 options
*Required view
*Required grade
*Required end reached
*Required time spent
*Expected completion on

==User and group overrides==

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:

[[File: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:

[[File:lessonoverrideuser.png]]

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

[[File:lessonoverrideexamples.png]]

==Site administration settings==
{{New features}}

*The administrator can change the lesson's default settings and decide which lesson features to display to teachers in courses, and which features are 'Advanced'.
*Features which have the 'Advanced' box ticked only display when teachesr click a 'Show more' link.
*This is useful for simplifying the lesson for teachers when it is first set up.
*The lesson settings can be reviewed from ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules >Lesson.
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==See also==
*[http://youtu.be/cUDV0WE5ZYY Moodle 2.x Lesson (part 1)] MoodleBites video on YouTube
*[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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Glossary settings

2014-10-13T10:06:33Z

Jaswinder singh: /* Entries shown per page */

{{Glossary}}
==Adding a glossary==
To add a glossary:
#With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your glossary, click the "Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu ) and choose ''Glossary.'' All settings may expanded by clicking the "Expand all" link top right.

==General==

{|
|[[File:glossarydescription.png|thumb|477px|General settings expanded by default]]
|}
===Name===
Give your new glossary a descriptive name.
===Description===
Describe the purpose of the glossary and provide instructions or background information, links etc. Click the icon top left to expand the toolbars, and drag the bottom right of the text box out to expand it.

===Display description on course page===
If this box is ticked, the description will appear on the course page just below the name of the glossary.
===Is this glossary global?===

Administrators can make a global glossary, with entries linking throughout the whole Moodle site. Any course may contain a global glossary, though the best practice is to place a global glossary on the site front page.

===Glossary type===

Here you can decide whether the glossary will be main or secondary. The glossary system allows you to export entries from any secondary glossary to the main one of the course. In order to do this, you should specify which glossary is the main one. You can only have one main glossary per course.

==Entries==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:glossaryentries.png|thumb|300px|Entries settings expanded]]
|}

===Approved by default===
If set to "yes" then new entries appear automatically. If not, then the teacher must approve each one first.
===Always allow editing===
If set to "yes", students can edit their entries at any time. If not, then they can only edit for a certain period (as defined in [[Site policies]]).

===Duplicate entries allowed===
This allows the entry of more than one definition for a given word.
===Allow comments on entries===
Students and teachers can leave comments on glossary definitions. The comments are available through a link at the bottom of the definition.

===Automatically link glossary entries===
If the [[Glossary auto-linking filter]] is enabled by an administrator (see [[Filters]] for further details), then turning this on allows individual entries in this glossary to be automatically linked whenever the concept words and phrases appear throughout the rest of the same course. This includes forum postings, internal resources, week summaries and so on.
{|
|[[Image:Glossaryautolink.png|thumb|400px|An auto-linked word in a forum]]
|}

Note: Enabling linking for the glossary does not automatically turn on linking for each entry - linking needs to be set for each entry individually. If you do not want particular text to be linked (in a forum posting, say) then you should add <nolink> and </nolink> tags around the text. Note that category names are also linked.

==Appearance==
(These settings are collapsed by default)
{|
|[[File:glosssaryappearance.png|thumb|430px|Appearance settings expanded]]
|}

===Display format===

That specifies the way that each entry will be shown within the glossary. The default formats are:

* Simple, dictionary style - This looks like a conventional dictionary with separate entries. No authors are displayed and attachments are shown as links.
* Continuous without author - Like the simple style. Shows the entries one after other without any kind of separation but the editing icons, but only if your theme supports it, you usually have to modify the theme if you want an alternative appearance to the simple setting.
* Full with author - A forum-like display format showing author's data. Attachments are shown as links.
* Full without author - A forum-like display format that does not show author's data. Attachments are shown as links.
* Encyclopedia - Like 'Full with author' but attached images are shown inline.
* Entry list - This lists the concepts as links.
* FAQ - Useful for displaying lists of frequently asked questions. It automatically appends the words QUESTION and ANSWER in the concept and definition respectively.

See [[Glossary FAQ]] for more information on the code for the different display formats.

===Approval display format===
It is possible to set an alternative display format for when entries are approved that can differ from the display format on the course page. This could be useful for instance if a tutor wants to see who made a particular glossary entry before approving it but doesn't want the students' name to be displayed for others on the course page.
===Entries shown per page===
Decide here how many entries to show per page.

===Show alphabet links===
If set to "yes", users can browse the glossary by letters of the alphabet.
===Show 'ALL' link===
If set to "yes", users can browse all the entries at once
===Show 'Special' link===
If set to "yes", users can can browse the glossary by special characters, such as @ and #.
===Allow print view===
This provides a printer-friendly version link for students. (Teachers are always provided with a printer-friendly version link.)

==RSS==
(These settings are collapsed by default and only visible if RSS has been enabled on the site and for the glossary.)
{|
|[[File:glossaryrss.png|thumb|450px|RSS settings expanded]]
|}

===RSS feed for this activity===

This turns RSS on or off. When set to “None,” the RSS feed is disabled. When set to “Concepts with authors,” the RSS feed will send out the glossary entries with the name of the author. When set to “Concepts without authors,” the RSS feed sends out glossary entries without the name of the author.

===Number of RSS recent articles===

This number sets the number of entries that go out via RSS. If this number is set to 5, then the 5 most recent articles will be sent to subscribers. As new entries get added, the oldest entry gets replaced on the RSS feed. If your glossary gets a lot of posts every day, you will want to set this number high.

When RSS is enabled for your glossary, an orange RSS button appears on the main page (in the upper right-hand side). When a user clicks on the RSS button, they see the [[XML]] code displayed, needed by the news-reader. Once a user has the RSS news-feed link, adding it to a reader is simple and will then display Glossary aggregated information, along with other information they subscribe to.

==Grade==
(This setting is collapsed by default)
Choose the category in which this glossary will appear if ratings are enabled.

==Ratings==
(This setting is collapsed by default)

{|
|[[File:glossaryratings.png|thumb|466px|Ratings settings expanded]]
|}

===Roles with permissions to rate===
Glossary entries can be rated using a [[Scales|scale]]. By default, only teachers can rate glossary entries, though students can be given permission to do so if desired from ''Administration>Glossary administration''. This is a useful tool for giving students participation grades. Any ratings given are recorded in the [[Gradebook|gradebook]].

==Common module settings==
(These settings are collapsed by default.)

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.

==Adding a new glossary entry==
See [[Using Glossary]]

==Glossary permissions==
Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Glossary administration > Permissions.''

==Site administration settings==

The glossary module has additional settings which may be changed by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Glossary''.

=== Glossary level default settings ===

* glossary_entbypage - Number of Glossary entries shown per page. Default is set to 10.
* glossary_dupentries - Whether or not the Glossary will allow duplicate entries. Default is set to "No".
* glossary_allowcomments - Whether or not the Glossary will accept user comments on its entries. Default is set to "No".
* glossary_linkbydefault - Whether or not a glossary should be automatically linked. Default is set to "Yes".
* glossary_defaultapproval - Whether or not the Glossary will define the approval status of an entry posted by a student. Default is set to "Yes".
* glossary_enablerssfeeds - Enabling of RSS feeds for all glossaries. Default is set to "No". Note: feeds will still need to be turned on manually in the settings for each glossary.

=== Entry level default settings===

* glossary_linkentries - Whether or not glossary entries should be automatically linked. Default is set to "No".
* glossary_casesensitive - Whether or not an entry is case sensitive when linked. Default is set to "No".
* glossary_fullmatch - Whether or not an entry should match the case in the target text by default when linked. Default is set to "No".

=== Display Formats Setup ===

To hide or show any of these entries, simply click on the "eye" icon next to the entry. Clicking on the "writing hand" icon will take you to the settings page for that entry.

==See also==
*[http://youtu.be/y82WI5DJzkE Moodle 2 Glossary] MoodleBites video on YouTube

[[Category:Site administration]]

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