Add Questions to a Quiz

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How do I add questions to a Quiz? What are the quiz question types? 

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The Quiz activity module allows the teacher to design and set quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types, among them multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in the course Question bank and can be re-used in other Quizzes. Please note it is impossible to edit questions or add questions to a Quiz after attempts have been made on that Quiz.

Use the following steps to add questions to a Quiz. 

Create an Upload File(s) Assignment

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I need to have my students upload files for a grade; how do I do that? Can I use the Assignment like a dropbox? Will the assignment activity let students add files and I can give them back with my corrections?

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The Assignment activity module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it, grade it, and provide feedback. Students can upload multiple files and type notes alongside their submissions. Teachers can return a file as feedback.

Create an Online Text Assignment

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How do I create an assignment that lets the student type directly into Tlearn? I don't want the student to upload a doc but enter text, can I do that?

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The Submission type Online text provides the student with an editor to type directly into Tlearn. The advantage of using the Online text is that it is quick for the student to get started and no need to use a word processing program. However, always be cautious about your internet connection. If the internet goes down, the work students have typed in and not saved might be lost. Consider having the student type their submission on Word and then copy/paste into the Online text editor. Continue reading to see the steps visually.


Create a Quiz

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How do I create a Quiz? Can I create an online exam? What are the quiz question types?

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The Quiz activity module allows the teacher to design and set quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types, among them multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in the course Question bank and can be re-used in other courses. The Moodle quiz module has a large number of options and tools, making it flexible. You can create quizzes with different question types, allow students to have repeated attempts at a question or retake quizzes multiple times, and have the computer score it all. User the following steps to create a Quiz.


Make course visible to students

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How do I make my course available to students? This upgrade looks different from the previous version of Tlearn, how do I turn on my course for students?

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The new version of Tlearn has the Visible setting closer to the top of the Edit settings page. Open your course and click Edit settings in Administration block. Then click drop down menu next to Visible and select Show. Scroll down and click Save changes. Read more to see steps with images.

Moodle 2.6 New Features

New improvments and features will be added to TLEARN (Moodle). These new features will benefit students, faculty and staff and will be available for the Fall semester. Read on to see a preview of these new features.


Page Resource

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How do I group a bunch of links together? Can I put a lot of links in a single location instead of on the course homepage?

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The page resource creates a link to a screen that display many different kinds of content such as plain text, images, audio, video, embedded code, links or a combination of all these. Continue reading to learn how to create a page.


Feedback Activity | Export Data & Delete Responses

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How do I export my responses to Excel? Can I see every students responses? Is there a way I can delete a students entry?

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You can view a graphical summary of the results of each question, along with the option to download the results to Excel. The Excel will give you a summary and a detailed report of all submitted responses. The teacher is also able to see and delete individual responses. Read more to view the tutorials.


Make a Wiki page

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How do I create a new wiki page? Can I create a table of contents for my wiki?

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A wiki is a collection of collaboratively authored web documents. Basically, a wiki page is a web page everyone in your class can create together, right in the browser, without needing to know HTML. A wiki starts with one front page. Each author can add other pages to the wiki by simply creating a link to a page that doesn't exist yet. To create a new page, either type the page name between double square brackets [[page name]] OR you can select New from the Wiki menu in the Navigation block. Continue reading to learn how to make a new wiki page.


Quickmail

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How do I turn on Quickmail? Where is the Quickmail block? How do I send a message to my students with the Quickmail?

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The Quickmail block adds a link to a tool that has a check box list of all students in the course, and a mail composition text area. You can check the students you like, and email those and only those. This enhances the existing communications systems of messaging (one user) and subscribed forums (all subscribers) by allowing teachers to select a specific subset of students. Continue reading to learn how to install the Quickmail block and send your students a message.


News Forum

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What does the News Forum do? How can I send a message to my students?

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The News forum is a special forum for general announcements. This forum is automatically created for each course and for the front page of the Moodle site. By default, it is placed in the top of the center section and only teachers and administrators may add posts or reply to posts. The default settings force every enrolled person to be subscribed to the News forum. As with any forum, emails can be sent to subscribed members of a News forum. Continue reading to learn how to send a message with the News Forum.

Create a Wiki

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How do I create a Wiki? What is a Wiki?

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A wiki is a collection of collaboratively authored web documents. Basically, a wiki page is a web page everyone in your class can create together, right in the browser. A wiki starts with one front page. Each author can add other pages to the wiki by simply creating a link to a page that doesn't exist yet. Continue reading to create a wiki.