Activity chooser: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:06, 24 March 2023

What is the activity chooser?

The activity chooser appears when Edit mode is on and you click into Add an activity or resource at the bottom of each section. Watch the YouTube video Activity chooser to see it in action.

Icon colours

The activity icons are coloured according to their function in the course. Standard icons are coloured as follows:

Green = communication
Pink = assessment
Blue = content
Red(orange) = collaboration.

Each item has a star icon, for favouriting, and an information icon leading to more information and documentation.

The activity chooser has tabs for different views. Which tabs you see depend on the administrator's settings (see Admin settings below) and can include:

Starred - any activity or resource you (the teacher) star as a favourite or frequently used activity
All - all Activities and Resources together
Activities - only Activities
Resources - only Resources
Recommended - items the administrator has chosen in Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Recommended activities

MoodleNet

If the administrator has enabled integration with MoodleNet then optionally a link to MoodleNet can be added to the footer of the activity chooser by selecting MoodleNet from Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser settings.

Admin settings

From Site administration > Courses >Activity chooser > Activity chooser settings, the administrator can define the default tabs for the activity chooser in courses.
From Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Recommended activities, the administrator can select items which will then appear in a Recommended tab in the activity chooser.

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 {{Managing a Moodle course}}
-==What is the Activity chooser?==
+==What is the activity chooser?==
-{{New features}}
-A new feature in Moodle 2.3, the ''Activity chooser'' appears when the editing is turned on and the teacher clicks the link "Add an activity or resource" in the course section where they wish to add content:
-[[File:addactres.png]]
+The activity chooser appears when Edit mode is on and you click into Add an activity or resource at the bottom of each section. Watch the [https://youtu.be/Gkf9zvCYPRA YouTube video Activity chooser] to see it in action.
-The Activity chooser displays the available resource and activity options:
+[[File:actchoose4.png|500px]]
-[[File:activity chooser.png]]
+===Icon colours===
+The activity icons are coloured according to their function in the course. Standard icons are coloured as follows:
+*Green = communication
+*Pink = assessment
+*Blue = content
+*Red(orange) = collaboration.
+Each item has a star icon, for favouriting, and an information icon leading to more information and documentation.
-By clicking the radio button of an item, the teacher can read helpful information about that resource or activity and can then select it by clicking the "Add" button or double-clicking the radio button.
+[[File:starfave.png|starfave.png]]
+The activity chooser has tabs for different views. Which tabs you see depend on the administrator's settings (see Admin settings below) and can include:
+*Starred - any activity or resource you (the teacher) star as a favourite or frequently used activity
+*All - all [[Activities]] and [[Resources]] together
+*Activities - only [[Activities]]
+*Resources - only [[Resources]]
+*Recommended - items the administrator has chosen in ''Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Recommended activities''
+===MoodleNet===
+If the administrator has enabled integration with [https://moodle.net MoodleNet] then optionally a link to MoodleNet can be added to the footer of the activity chooser by selecting MoodleNet from Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser settings.
+[[File:41moodlenet.png]]
-The Activity chooser may be turned on or off in ''Settings>Course administration''.
+==Admin settings==
+*From ''Site administration > Courses >Activity chooser > Activity chooser settings'', the administrator can define the default tabs for the activity chooser in courses.
-[[File:onoff.png]]
+*From ''Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Recommended activities'', the administrator can select items which will then appear in a Recommended tab in the activity chooser.
+[[es:Selector de actividad]]
-If it is turned off, then the standard "Add an activity" and "Add a resource" drop down menus appear instead.
+[[de:Aktivitäten-Auswahl]]
-==See also==
-[[Course homepage]]

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