CADO resource

About the CADO resource

A CADO resource is a curriculum report (aka a "CADO" = Course Assessment and Delivery Outline) automatically generated from a regular Moodle course. Along with other custom data the CADO is able to display a course schedule with weeks or topics matched against assessment dates and activity information. The CADO absorbs information from course topics, activity modules and from three CADO-specific text areas and one site-specific text area. Assessment details are taken from the forum, assignment and quiz activities that have completion enabled. They include descriptions, due dates, completion criteria, grading rubrics and user groupings. Custom activity related information can be added using the tags system. CADOs have an inbuilt approval workflow available. Different roles can be set up to generate, compare or approve the CADOs, with alerts and messaging at the completion of each stage in the workflow. By default, a teacher can generate and compare CADOs, and a manager can approve CADOs. Upon CADO approval, students may view the CADO on the course page, and further editing is disabled.

Multiple CADOs can be generated in a course, taking into account user groupings and current course activity settings. CADOs can be compared, within the same course or across different courses, with section differences highlighted visually.

All the terminology within the report, including "CADO", is able to be customized using Moodle's language settings.

Adding a CADO

A teacher can add a CADO by choosing it from the "Add an activity or resource" link.

Settings

Name

Use a descriptive name for the CADO as it will form the link the students will click on to access it. It will also be used when CADOs are selected to be compared, together with the course name.

Text boxes

The three separate text boxes enable three places for comments specific to the CADO to appear in the final report. There is one additional comment placeholder that is able to be set in the site settings for the entire site. Use the custom text in the CADO settings to provide information about what is distinctive in the course delivery for this student grouping. For example, consider including:

• location information such as campus and lecture room
• teacher information such as tutors, appointment times, contact details
• general course information such as a curriculum framework and course bibliography

The three places available are:

• immediately after CADO heading
• after the schedule and before the activity details
• after the activity details and site comment, at the end of the page

Click "Show editing tools" to display the rich text editor and drag the bottom right of the text box out to expand it.