Adding+Activities

=Adding Activities=

To add a new activity, turn on editing, go to the week (or topic or section depending on the course format) of the screen where you want to add it. Click on the drop-down button to see for the choices that you have. In Add Activity you have Assignment, Forum, Chat, Quiz and a couple of other options. You can play with each of these activities to see how they work. Below you can find short descriptions of the **Activity** choices that you have. As an example, we choose **Quiz**. You will be automatically taken to the Quiz setting menu, where you can write a description of the Quiz and set your preferences and user permissions. After you press the **Save your changes** button, you can add your questions file or **Create new questions** of different types: Multiple Choice, True/False, Small Answers, etc. Here you can find more information about the types of **Activities** you can add:

An assignment is where you set a task with a due date and a maximum grade. Students will be able to upload one file to satisify the requirements. The date they upload their file is recorded. Afterwards, you will have a single page on which you can view each file (and how late or early it is), and then record a grade and a comment. Half an hour after you grade any particular student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification.
 * Assignment**

A choice activity is very simple - you ask a question and specify a choice of responses. Students can make their choice, and you have a report screen where you can see the results. It can be used to gather research consent from your students, or just for quick polls or class votes.
 * Choice**

This module is by far the most important - it is here that discussion takes place. When you add a new forum, you are presented with a choice of different types - a simple single-topic discussion, a free-for-all general forum, or a one-discussion-thread-per-user.
 * Forum**

Resources are the content of your course. Each resource can be any file you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple text-based pages by typing them directly into a form. [|Click here] for more info about how to upload files.
 * Resource**

This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in a categorised database, and can be used in other courses as well. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers. This module includes grading facilities.
 * Quiz**

The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that are useful in evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments. They can be given to students early in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the course as an evaluation tool. After adding your activities you can move them up and down in your course layout by clicking on the little arrow icons next to each one. You can also delete them using the cross icon **X**, and re-edit them using the edit icon.
 * Survey**