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--- en:moodle:activities:choice:start [2022/10/24 22:24] – [Choice] helmke
+++ en:moodle:activities:choice:start [2023/10/18 16:55] (current) – [More about choice] helmke
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 ====== Choice ======
-The **Choice** allows you to ask a question in the Moodle course room with predefined answer choices (one or more answer options). \\
+**Choice** allows you to ask a question in the Moodle course room with predefined response choices (one or more response options). \\
-The results can be displayed directly or shown later in the course room. Individuals' voting behavior can be made visible or anonymous. \\
+The results can be shown immediately, later in the course room, or can remain anonymous for each individual.
-For the assignment of (office hours) appointments you can alternatively use the [[en:moodle:activities:scheduler:start|Planer]] (more elaborate but with more possibilities).
+For the scheduling of (consulting hours) appointments, you can alternatively use "[[en/moodle/activities/scheduler/start|Scheduler]]" (more elaborate but with more possibilities).
 ===== Procedure =====
 Create a list of topics and decide how many students may choose the same topic. \\
 Your students choose independently. See the list of students with their respective topics at a glance.
-==== Voting: Distribute topics or dates ====
+==== Choice: Distribute topics or dates ====
-. Switch on the edit mode in the upper right corner: Click cogwheel and "**Turn on edit**". \\
+. Switch on the edit mode in the upper right corner. \\
-. go to "**Add material or activity**", the dialog box opens. \\
+. Click on "**Add an activity or resource**", the dialog box opens. \\
-. select the "**Choice**" option.
+. Select the "**Choice**" option. \\
+. set the following **settings**: \\
-//(You may see these buttons in your course room)//.
-You can change the view here: Click personal settings (profile picture top right), Settings > Course settings > Activate activity selection by checking the box.
-{{:de:moodle:activities:vote:aktivitaet_oder_material-anlegen.png?200|}}
-. set the following **settings**:
 ==== General ====
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 Is the name that will be displayed on the course page and is mandatory to fill in.
   * **Description**
-Here you explain the purpose of your choice. The description should include the question you want the course participants to vote on. Furthermore, you can state as information:
+Here you explain the purpose of your choice. The description should include the question you want the course participants to response on. Furthermore, you can state as information:
-  * whether choice will be anonymous or by name
+  * whether responses will be anonymous or by name
   * whether results will be published
-  * whether indicated choices may be withdrawn
+  * whether indicated responses can be withdrawn
   * **Display mode**
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 ==== Options ====
-  * **Allow selection to be changed**.
+  * **Allow choice to be updated**.
-Select "Yes" allows participants to change their voting choices. If "No" is selected, only one choice will be allowed.
+Select "Yes" allows participants to change their response choices. If "No" is selected, only one choice will be allowed.
-  * **Allow more than one selection**
+  * **Allow more than one choice to be selected**
 Select "Yes" participants can select more than one option. If "No" is selected, only one choice is possible.
+  * **Limit the number of responses allowed**
-{{:de:moodle:activities:vote:aktivitaetenauswahl_optionen.png?600|}}
+With the option "Limit the number of responses allowed" you can define how many participants are allowed to choose a selection option. \\
+Example: A topic is to be worked on by two students. Set the "Limit" to 2.\\
-  * **Limit the number of responses in choice options**
-The "Limit number of responses in choice options" option allows you to specify how many participants are allowed to vote for a choice option. \\
-Example: A paper topic is to be worked on by two students. Activate "Upper limit" here and set it to 2.
   * Option 1: Enter the text for the first selection option here.
-  * Upper limit 1: Enter here how often "Option 1" may be selected.
+  * Limit 1: Enter how often "Option 1" may be selected.
-  * Option 2 (and more...): Enter more options.
+  * Option 2 (and more...): Define more options.
-You need more selection options? Click on the "Add 3 fields to the form" button.
+You need more selection options? Click on the "Add 3 field(s) to form" button.
-<WRAP center round important 90%>If you have group mode enabled for your course, the caps per group will apply. So, if the upper limit is "2", 2 people from each group could choose one option.</WRAP>
+<WRAP center round important 90%>**Do not activate group mode!** If you have activated the group mode for your course, the limits apply per group. So, with a limit of "2", 2 people from each group could choose one option.</WRAP>
 ==== Results ====
   * **Publish Results**: Whether and when to show results to students.
-  * **Show results anonymously**: Only available if results are shown. Either results with or without names.
+  * **Privacy of results**: Only available if results are shown. Either results with or without names.
-  * **Show participants without answer**: "Yes" shows an additional column with participants who have not yet voted.
+  * **Show column for unanswered**: "Yes" shows an additional column with participants who have not yet responsed.
-  * **Include results from inactive/blocked users**: (probably does not apply)
+  * **Include responses from inactive/suspended users**: (probably doesn't apply)
+<WRAP center round important 90%>To edit "Choice" afterwards, switch to the main page of the course and click on the three dots on the right side of the activity and select "Edit settings".</WRAP>.
-<WRAP center round important 90%>To edit the choice afterwards, switch to the main course page and click on the screw icon behind the vote.</WRAP>.
+==== View (and save) choice responses ====
-==== View (and save) choice results ====
+Click on "Choice", you will see the view that your students also receive. With one exception: you will see the number of responses (so far zero). Click on the text "Show X responses" to see an overview of the responses. Click on the buttons at the bottom of the page to save e.g. an Excel spreadsheet with the result of the responses locally.
-Click on the choice, you will see the view that your students also get. With one exception, you will see the number of votes (previously zero).
-Click on the text "Show X Responses" to see an overview of the votes.
-Click on the buttons at the bottom of the page to save, for example, an Excel spreadsheet locally with the results of the choice.
-{{:de:moodle:activities:vote:abstimmung_antwortenzeigen.png?600|}}
 ==== Reset choice ====
-The "Reset course" function can be used to reset individual activities (without logging off users). \\
+The "Reset course" function can be used to selectively reset individual activities (without deregistering users).
-To do so, select the option "Delete all choices" in the choice section only (only visible if there are choices in the course room). Check again in the overview which elements will be reset.
+To do this, select the option "Delete all responses" (only visible if there are responses in the course room).
+Check again in the overview which elements will be reset.
-==== More on choice ====
+==== More about choice ====
-Documentation and explanatory video on [[https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/Choice_activity|moodle.org-choice]]
+Documentation and explanatory video at [[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Choice_activity|moodle.org, "Choice activity"]]