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Moodle Basic Training Videos
Add an Assignment
Description
This interactive guide demonstrates Moodle Fundamentals (Add an Assignment) as
part of the Moodle in 5 series and requires your interaction.
This activity will take approximately 1 minute.
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Instructions
Information caption:
This interactive guide demonstrates how to add a quiz in a Moodle unit. It does not
cover adding questions to the quiz.
The Moodle quiz tool provides a number of options to increase learner engagement
and turn quizzes into useful learning activities.
This guide requires your interaction. There are three types of captions. Each colour
has a different purpose. These are:
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Yellow instruction captions mean you need to perform the action indicated in
the caption
Blue captions provide additional information only
Red captions inform you that the action you performed was incorrect and then
provides further instructions
Instruction caption: When you’re ready click CONTINUE.
Select your Unit
Information Caption: You can select your Unit from My Units in the Navigation
Block.
Instruction Caption: Click on My Units and select MDL2011 from the list.
Information Caption: The Assignment activity will be created in Topic 1 Australian
Flowers, in the Unit.
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Turn editing on
Information caption: Editing has to be turned on in order to edit in the Unit.
Instruction Caption: Select the Turn editing on button
Editing Icons turned on
Information Caption: Notice the editing icons are activated.
Add an Activity Dropdown menu
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Information caption:: Activities and Resources can be selected for Topics from the
drop down menus. To add an Assignment, we will select from the Add an Activity ...
drop down box.
Instruction Caption: Select the Add an activity drop down arrow.
Select Advanced Uploading of Files
Information Caption: The Advanced Uploading of Files option allows students to
send Draft submissions to lecturers before sending the final submission for marking.
Instruction caption: Select Advanced Uploading of Files.
Adding an Assignment page opens
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Information Caption: A name for the Assignment needs to be entered in the
Assignment Name text box
Instruction Caption: Click inside Assignment name text box.
Enter Assignment Name
Instruction caption: Select the Assignment Name text box. Type in Assignment:
Australian Flowers
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Assignment Description
Screen below shows an Assignment Description copied and pasted from a Word
document.
Information Caption: This Assignment Description can be typed in the Description
box. It can also be pasted from an existing Word document.
Availability and Due Dates and times
Information Captions: Enable check boxes have to be checked before the
Availability and Due dates and times are finalised.
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Instruction Caption: Click the Enable check boxes. Then select Availability and due
dates and times from the drop down menus.
Grade Categories
Information caption: Grade Categories have to be set up in Grades before they can
be selected here. For more information on Grade Categories, roll your mouse over
the highlighted label, Grade Category.
Instruction Caption: Maximum grade is selected as 100 from the drop down menu.
Maximum File sizes for uploading
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Information caption: You can set up Maximum file sizes for uploading by selecting
from the drop down menu.
For now we will accept the default file size of 1 MB from the drop down menu for
Maximum size
Common Module Settings
Information caption: Groups and Groupings settings have to be enabled at the Unit
level.
Instruction caption: Select the Group mode drop down menu to see the Group
Mode options and select Tutorial 2 Grouping.
Select Visible Groups
Visible Groups can be selected from the Group Mode drop down menu.
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Information caption: Selecting Visible Groups here allows students to associate
with a certain Group when submitting Group Assignments. They are also able to see
all other Groups.
Instruction caption: Select Visible Groups.
Select Grouping options
Information Caption: The Show Advanced button on the right of the Common
Module Settings has to be selected to Show options for Grouping. The Grouping
options Tute Group 1 and Tute Group 2 have been enabled at the Assignment level.
Instruction caption: Click the drop down menu to select the Tute Group 1 Grouping
option.
Information Caption: The Assignment activity has now been made available to
members of the Tute Group 1 Grouping. The check box Available for Group
members only needs to be checked to make the Assignment activity available to the
Tute Group 1 members only, within the Grouping.
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Activity Completion and Restrict Access Conditions
Information Caption: Activity Completion Conditions can be set for the Assignment.
Information Caption: Restrict Access uses several Conditions, including Grade
Condition, to restrict access to Activties.
Restrict Access Condition
Information Caption: Grade Condition is one of the Restrict Access conditions that
can be used to restrict access to Activities.
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Information Caption: Select the drop down menu for Grade Condition.
To set a Grade Condition for the Assignment, an existing Activity can be selected
from the first drop down menu. This could be set as a hurdle Activity.
Instruction Caption: Select the drop down menu for Grade Condition and select
Quiz: Australian Native Plant Species.
Type Grade Condition for Hurdle Assignment
A Grade Condition can be typed in the box provided. This can be a maximum or a
minimum grade to be achieved.
Instruction Caption: Type 80 as minimum grade to be achieved.
Completion Tracking Conditions
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Information Caption: Completion Tracking has to be enabled at the Unit level, to be
made available here as shown.
Instruction Caption: Click on the drop down menu for the Completion Tracking
options. Select the Show Activity as complete when conditions are met.
Setting the Completion Tracking Condition
Information Caption: Options can be selected for setting conditions for Activity
Completion.
Instruction Caption: Select the Show Activity as Complete when conditions are met
opton from the Completion Tracking drop down menu.
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Setting the Completion Tracking Condition (2)
Information Caption: The condition for the Activity Completion has to be set down
Instruction Caption: Select the Student must receive Grade... check box. Then click
on Save and Return to Unit at the bottom of the page.
More information
Instruction caption: We hope that you found this activity useful.
For further information about Moodle resources click the links below:
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Monash VLE website: www.vle.monash.edu
Moodle Docs: http://docs.moodle.org
Support: www.its.monash.edu.au/contact/servicedesk.html
To provide feedback about this clip, email: vle@monash.edu
Acknowledgements
VLE Project Team, Monash University Library, Staff Development
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