Choice settings: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:50, 19 March 2019

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!

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.

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.

Students will now see how the results of a choice will display as they are making their selection:

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?"
-===Name===
+Clicking the question mark icon [[File:helppopup.png]]next to any setting you don't understand will display extra help.
-A short name of the choice (e.g. "Favourite colour"). This will be displayed on the course's homepage.
-===Introduction text===
+===Options===
-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?"
+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.
-===Limits===
+Type the selections you wish to appear next to the radio buttons in the options fields.
-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 :)
+{|
+|[[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.
-[[File:Choicesetup.png]]
+{|
+|[[File:choicesingle1.png|thumb|500px|Choose only one]]
+|[[File:choiceseveral.png|thumb|500px|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. '
-===Restrict answering===
+''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!
-*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. '''Hint''':
-===Miscellaneous settings===
+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.
-====Display mode====
-*Choose "horizontally" if you only have three or four choices maximum; choose "vertically if you have a large number of choices.
-====Publish results====
+===Availability===
+Here you can set a start and/or end date for the Choice.
-*This determines whether (and when) the students will be able to view the results of the choice activity. They may:
+Ticking the Show preview will mean that students can view the choices before the time when they are allowed to make their selection.
-* never see the results of the choice
+===Results===
-* see the results only after they have given the answer themselves
+Think carefully about whether (and how) you wish student to see the responses. 'Publish' simply means 'display to students'.
-* see the results only after the closing date of the choice
-* always see the results
+Showing a column for unanswered may be useful if you need to quickly check who has not entered a choice.
-====Privacy of results====
+Students will now see how the results of a choice will display as they are making their selection:
-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.
+[[File:ChoiceResultsDisplay35.png|thumbcenter|300px]]
+====Downloading results====
-====Allow choice to be updated====
+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.
-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.
-'''
-====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.
 ===Other settings===
-There are the usual [[Common module settings]] and  - if admin has enabled them - the Restrict access settings [[Conditional activities]].
+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]]
-==Site administration settings==
+If your Choice activity doesn't display as you wish, check the site settings below:
-==Choice permissions==
+==Site settings==
-The following capabilities are related to choices:
+A description for the Choice may or may not be obligatory depending on  ''Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings,''
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|mod/choice:downloadresponses]]
+The following capabilities relate to the Choice activity:
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|mod/choice:deleteresponses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:downloadresponses|Download choice responses]]
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|mod/choice:readresponses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:deleteresponses|Delete choice responses]]
-*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|mod/choice:choose]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:readresponses|Read choice responses]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:choose|Record a choice]]
+*[[Capabilities/mod/choice:addinstance|Add a new choice]]
-[[de:Abstimmung anlegen]]
+[[de:Abstimmung konfigurieren]]
+[[es:Configuraciones de elección]]
 [[fr:Ajouter/modifier un sondage]]

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