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Latest revision as of 18:59, 16 August 2017

A teacher can add a Choice activity in a course when editing is turned on by clicking an 'Add an activity or resource' link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and selecting Choice.

Activity settings

To see all the settings expanded, click the link "Expand all" top right

Give the choice a name (which students see on the course page) and a description. You add the actual question in the description box for example: How well do you do feel you understand module 2?"

Clicking the question mark icon next to any setting you don't understand will display extra help.

Options

This 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.

Type the selections you wish to appear next to the radio buttons in the options fields.

Options settings expanded by default

Setting 'Allow choice to be updated' will allow students to change their mind after they have voted. The default No means they cannot change their first selection.

If you allow more than one choice to be selected, the checkboxes will display differently to alert students that they can make more than one selection:

Choose only one

More than one may be chosen

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!

Availability

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

Ticking the 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' simply means 'display to students'.

Showing a column for unanswered may be useful if you need to quickly check who has not entered a choice.

Downloading results

A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then 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 and Activity completion

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

Site 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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+A teacher can add a Choice activity in a course when editing is turned on by clicking an 'Add an activity or resource' link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and selecting ''Choice''.
-==Choice administration settings==
+==Activity settings==
-*With the editing turned on, choose from the dropdown ''Add an Activity'' the option ''Choice''.
+To see all the settings expanded, click the link "Expand all" top right
-[[File:Choice.png]]
+Give the choice a name (which students see on the course page) and a description. You add the actual question in the description box for example: ''How well do you do feel you understand module 2?"
+Clicking the question mark icon [[File:helppopup.png]]next to any setting you don't understand will display extra help.
-===Name===
+===Options===
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
+This 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.
-===Introduction text===
+Type the selections you wish to appear next to the radio buttons in the options fields.
-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?"
-[[image:Choice_3.gif|thumb|what do you want the students to tell you?]]
-===Limits===
+{|
-Enabling this option allows you to limit the number of participants who can select each particular choice.
+|[[File:newchoicemulti.png|thumb|center|400px|Options settings expanded by default]]
+|}
+Setting 'Allow choice to be updated' will allow students to change their mind after they have voted. The default No means they cannot change their first selection.
-===Option 1; Option 2 etc 1===
+If you allow more than one choice to be selected, the checkboxes will display differently to alert  students that they can make more than one selection:
-*Specify here the options that participants have to choose from. They will become radio buttons when the choice is saved.
-*You need a minimum of  2 for it to work. 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.
-[[image:Choice_4.gif|thumb|Choice input text boxes]]
+{|
+|[[File:choicesingle1.png|thumb|500px|Choose only one]]
+|[[File:choiceseveral.png|thumb|500px|More than one may be chosen]]
+|}
-There is an "Add 3 fields to form" button for adding another 3 choices and another 3 and another 3...
+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. '
-A choice activity can also have a single option.
+''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 allowed===
+===Availability===
-Once Limits have been enabled, each choice can be assigned a limit. When the limit is reached then no-one else can select that choice. A limit of zero (0) means that no-one can select that option.
+Here you can set a start and/or end date for the Choice.
-==Restrict answering to this time period==
+Ticking the Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.
-This setting allows you to define a time window within which participants are allowed to make a choice.
-To set an open-ended close date just set the time very far in the future.
+===Results===
+Think carefully about whether (and how) you wish student to see the responses. 'Publish' simply means 'display to students'.
-If you don't need this at all then uncheck the box.
+Showing a column for unanswered may be useful if you need to quickly check who has not entered a choice.
-[[image:Choice_5.gif|thumb|this is optional, of course]]
+====Downloading results====
+A teacher may download the results of a Choice activity by clicking the 'View... responses' link and then selecting from ODS, Excel or text format.
-==Miscellaneous settings==
+===Other settings===
-===Display Mode===
+Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common  module settings]], [[Conditional activities| Restrict access]] and [[Activity completion]]
-This setting allows you to choose how the choices will be displayed to the participants: horizontally, or vertically.
+If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:
-'''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)
+==Site settings==
-[[image:Choice_6.gif|thumb|just a few more parameters]]
+A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on  ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,''
-===Publish results===
+The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|Read choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:addinstance|Add a new choice]]
-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)'''
-==Common module settings==
-===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)'''
-==Choice responses==
-[[Image:Choice_responses.jpg|thumb|left|Choice responses]]Choice responses can be viewed by teachers and non-editing teachers (i.e. users with the capability [[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|mod/choice:readresponses]] allowed) via the "View x responses" link at the top right of the choice page.
-Choice responses can be downloaded in ODS, Excel or text format.
-Choice responses can be deleted/reset by teachers and non-editing teachers (i.e. users with the capability [[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|mod/choice:deleteresponses]] allowed).
-==Choice permissions==
-The following capabilities are related to choices:
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|mod/choice:downloadresponses]]
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|mod/choice:deleteresponses]]
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|mod/choice:readresponses]]
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|mod/choice:choose]]
-[[de:Abstimmung anlegen]]
+[[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]

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