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MooTyper is an Activity module. A course admin, manager, or teacher creates the activity and prepares it for use by selecting the keyboard layout and lessons to use.  It can be set up to present a series of exercises from a lesson or to present one selected exercise from a lesson as a typing exam. Once set up, students can then start to type the current exercise. When a student finishes an exercise his achievement is saved into a database, so the teacher can then view grades.
MooTyper is an Activity module. A course admin, manager, or teacher creates the activity and prepares it for use by selecting the mode, the lesson, keyboard layout, and all the other settings to use.  
MooTyper currently, has three activity modes.
  Practice mode allows a student to delete the results of an exercise attempt, and try it over. In Lesson mode, students must must proceed from one exercise to another. Only an admin, manager, or teacher can delete an exercise result, and let the student try again. In Practice or Lesson mode, MooTyper can be set up to present a series of exercises from a lesson, or in Exam mode, present one selected exercise from any lesson as a typing exam.  
Once set up, students can then start to type the current exercise. When a student finishes an exercise his achievement is saved into a database, so the teacher can then view individual student progress.


==To use==
==To use==
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# Decide whether you want to set Tags under Tags.
# Decide whether you want to set Tags under Tags.
# Decide whether you want to set Course Competencies and Upon activity completion: under Competencies Competencies.
# Decide whether you want to set Course Competencies and Upon activity completion: under Competencies Competencies.
# Click Save and display.
==Setup==
# After completing the steps in, To use, you  should see a page with a link to, Setup, which you should click.
#


==Examples==
==Examples==
The screenshot below shows an example of a MooTyper activity being used to allow students to practice typing.  
The screenshot below shows an example of a MooTyper activity being used to allow students to practice typing.  
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Revision as of 17:15, 24 June 2020

MooTyper is an Activity module. A course admin, manager, or teacher creates the activity and prepares it for use by selecting the mode, the lesson, keyboard layout, and all the other settings to use. MooTyper currently, has three activity modes.

Practice mode allows a student to delete the results of an exercise attempt, and try it over. In Lesson mode, students must must proceed from one exercise to another. Only an admin, manager, or teacher can delete an exercise result, and let the student try again. In Practice or Lesson mode, MooTyper can be set up to present a series of exercises from a lesson, or in Exam mode, present one selected exercise from any lesson as a typing exam. 

Once set up, students can then start to type the current exercise. When a student finishes an exercise his achievement is saved into a database, so the teacher can then view individual student progress.

To use

  1. Login and navigate to your Moodle course.
  2. Turn editing on.
  3. Go to the topic you would like to add the MooTyper activity to, then from the Add an activity drop down, seletect MooTyper (assuming your installation has the plugin installed.)
  4. Add a title for the MooTyper activity. e.g. MooTyper - Practice - Lesson 13
  5. Decide whether you want to enable Open time or Close time and set them accordingly.
  6. At this point you can set Options, but it is more convenient to wait and do them on the next page.
  7. Decide whether you want to set Group mode, under Common module settings.
  8. Decide whether you want to set Access restrictions under Restrict access.
  9. Decide whether you want to set Completion tracking under Activity completion.
  10. Decide whether you want to set Tags under Tags.
  11. Decide whether you want to set Course Competencies and Upon activity completion: under Competencies Competencies.
  12. Click Save and display.

Setup

  1. After completing the steps in, To use, you should see a page with a link to, Setup, which you should click.

Examples

The screenshot below shows an example of a MooTyper activity being used to allow students to practice typing. Moodle mootyper.png