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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-{{Choices}}
+{{Choice}}
+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.
-==Select choice==
+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.
-Log in as the course teacher and turn on editing. Then select ''Choice'' from the drop down ''Add an activity'' menu.
+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.
-[[image:Choice_1.gif|frame|left|choose ''choice'' from the menu]]
+==Options==
-<br style="clear:both;">
+;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:
-==Choice name==
+{|
+|[[File:choicesingle1.png|thumb|300px|Choose only one]]
+|[[File:choiceseveral.png|thumb|300px|More than one may be chosen]]
+|}
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
+;Limit the number of responses allowed
-[[image:Choice_2.gif|frame|left|this will become a link on the course page]]
+: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.
-<br style="clear:both;">
-==Choice text==
+'''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!
-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?"
+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.
-[[image:Choice_3.gif|frame|left|what do you want the students to tell you?]]
+;Show available spaces
-<br style="clear:both;">
+: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.
-==Choice 1 ~ Choice 10==
+{|
+|[[File:ChoiceSpaces.png|thumb|300px|Options showing taken and limit]]
+|}
-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.
+Now type in the choices you wish students to make.
-You can fill in any number of these: if you leave some of the options blank, they will not be displayed.
+==Availability==
+Here you can set a start and/or end date for the Choice.
-[[image:Choice_4.gif|frame|none|Choice input text boxes]]
+Enabling Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.
-{{Moodle 1.8}}
+===Results===
-Moodle 1.8 includes a "Add 3 fields to form" button for adding another 3 choices and another 3 and another 3...
+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.
-==Limit the number of responses allowed==
+==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.
+[[File:pchoiceresult.png|center|600px]]
-This option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular option.
+==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]]
-Once Limits have been enabled, each option can be assigned a limit. When the limit is reached then no-one else can select that option. A limit of zero (0) means that no-one can select that option.
+If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:
-If Limits are disabled then any number of participants can select any of the options.
+==Site administration settings==
+A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on  ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,''
-==Restrict answering to this time period==
+The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
-This setting allows you to define a time window within which participants are allowed to make a choice.
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|Read choice responses]]
-To set an open-ended close date just set the time very far in the future.
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:addinstance|Add a new choice]]
-If you don't need this at all then uncheck the box.
-[[image:Choice_5.gif|frame|left|this is optional, of course]]
-<br style="clear:both;">
-==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|frame|left|just a few more parameters]]
-<br style="clear:both;">
-==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.
-'''(orange arrow, above)'''
-==Allow choice to be updated==
-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.
-'''
-(lime green arrow, above)'''
-==Show column for unanswered==
-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.
-'''(purple arrow, above)'''
-==Group mode==
-The group mode can be one of three levels:
-* No groups - There are no sub groups, everyone is part of one big community
-* Separate groups - Each group can only see their own group, others are invisible
-* Visible groups - Each group works in their own group, but can also see other groups
-The group mode can be defined at two levels:
-* Course level - The group mode defined at the course level is the default mode for all activities defined within that course
-* 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)'''
-==Visible to students==
-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.
-'''(black arrow, above)'''
-==See also==
-* [[course/groups|Groups]]
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=59837 More than 10 choices??] forum discussion
-[[Category:Teacher]]
-[[Category: Choice]]
+[[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]

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