Choice settings: Difference between revisions

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This page explores in more detail the settings for the Choice activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.

Note that if you want to edit an existing choice, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take, e.g. 'Edit settings'.

General

In the Description, ask the question or make the statement from which students must make a choice. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.

Display mode for the options relates to the display of the results. If you have only a few choices, choose to display the results horizontally; if you have a large number, choose to display them vertically.

Options

Allow choice to be updated: Students can change their mind and change their selection.
Allow more than one choice to be selected: If this is enabled then the checkboxes display as squares instead of round (radio) buttons:

Choose only one

More than one may be chosen

Limit the number of responses allowed: 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!

Note: If you use the choice in group mode, then any limit set is per group. For example, if the limit is set to 5, then 5 members of each group can select the option. If there are 3 groups, this would mean that up to 5 x 3 = 15 participants could select the option.

Show available spaces: If you do limit the number of responses allowed and this is enabled, then the limit for each option and the number of responses for it so far is shown to the participants.

Options showing taken and limit

Now type in the choices you wish students to make.

Availability

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

Enabling 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: This simply means 'display results to students'.
Show column for unanswered: This might be useful if you need to quickly check who has not yet made a selection
Include responses from inactive/suspended users: This might or might not be useful to you depending on your organisation's policies.

Downloading results

A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then on the next screen 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, Activity completion, Tags and Competencies

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

Site administration 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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 {{Choice}}
-==Choice administration settings==
+This page explores in more detail the settings for the Choice activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.
-*With the editing turned on, choose from the"Add an activity or resource" link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) the option ''Choice''. To see all the settings expanded, click "Expand all" top right.
+Note that if you want to edit an existing choice, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take, e.g. 'Edit settings'.
 ==General==
+In the Description, ask the question or make the statement from which students must make a choice. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.
-{|
+Display mode for the options relates to the display of the results. If you have only a few choices, choose to display the results horizontally; if you have a large number, choose to display them vertically.
-|[[File:choicegeneral26.png|General settings expanded by default]]
-|}
-===Choice name===
+==Options==
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
+;Allow choice to be updated
+:Students can change their mind and change their selection.
+;Allow more than one choice to be selected
+:If this is enabled then the checkboxes display as squares instead of round (radio) buttons:
-===Description===
-Type the description of the choice activity here. Click the icon on the left to expand the toolbars and drag the bottom right of the text box out to expand it. 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?" There is also an option to display the choice description on the course page below the link to the activity.
-====Display mode for the options====
-*Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.
-==Options==
 {|
-|[[File:choiceoptions25.png|Options settings expanded by default]]
+|[[File:choicesingle1.png|thumb|300px|Choose only one]]
+|[[File:choiceseveral.png|thumb|300px|More than one may be chosen]]
 |}
-===Allow choice to be updated===
+;Limit the number of responses allowed
+: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.
-*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.
+'''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!
-'''
-===Limit the number of responses===
-*Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice. When that number has been reached, no one else can select that choice.
-'''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 :)
+Note: If you use the choice in group mode, then any limit set is ''per group''. For example, if the limit is set to 5, then 5 members of each group can select the option. If there are 3 groups, this would mean that up to 5 x 3 = 15 participants could select the option.
-===Option===
+;Show available spaces
-*Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
+:If you do limit the number of responses allowed and this is enabled, then the limit for each option and the number of responses for it so far is shown to the participants.
-*You can leave other options blank or click "Add 3 fields to form" to add more options.
-*If ''Limits'' is disabled, then any number of participants can select any of the options.
-==Availability==
-(These settings are collapsed by default)
 {|
-|[[File:choiceavailability26.png|Availability expanded]]
+|[[File:ChoiceSpaces.png|thumb|300px|Options showing taken and limit]]
 |}
-===Restrict answering===
+Now type in the choices you wish students to make.
-*If you check this box you can set an "open and close" date for your choice.
-*If you leave it, they can respond at any time.
-==Results==
+==Availability==
-(These settings are collapsed by default)
+Here you can set a start and/or end date for the Choice.
-{|
-|[[File:choiceresults26.png|450px|Results expanded]]
-|}
-===Publish results===
+Enabling Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.
-*This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
+===Results===
+Think carefully about whether (and how) you wish student to see the responses.
+;Publish
+:This simply means 'display results to students'.
+;Show column for unanswered
+:This might be useful if you need to quickly check who has not yet made a selection
+;Include responses from inactive/suspended users
+:This might or might not be useful to you depending on your organisation's policies.
-**never see the results of the choice
+==Downloading results==
-**see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
+A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then on the next screen selecting from ODS, Excel or text format.
-**see the results only after the closing date of the choice
+[[File:pchoiceresult.png|center|600px]]
-**always see the results
-===Privacy of results===
+==Other settings==
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common module settings]], [[Restrict access]],  [[Activity completion]], [[Tags]] and [[Competencies]]
-*If "Publish" was chosen above, then this dropdown in unlocked. You can decide whether to show names of students or merely the number who responded but without names.
+If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:
+==Site administration settings==
+A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on  ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,''
-===Show column for unanswered===
+The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:
-*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.
-==Common module settings==
-These settings are collapsed by default. See [[Common module settings]]for more information.
-==Restrict access/Activity completion==
-(These settings are collapsed by default)
-These settings are visible if [[Conditional activities]] and [[Activity completion]] have been enabled in the site and the course.
-==Choice module capabilities==
 *[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
 *[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
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 *[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
 *[[Capabilities/mod/choice:addinstance|Add a new choice]]
 [[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]

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