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Activity Results Block

Margarita Berezyanskaya

Last Update 10 days ago

The Activity results block displays the results from activities in the course that are either graded or rated. Most activities display results. For example: forums, assignments, quizzes lessons and workshops.

Using this block is an easy way to add some gamification to your Moodle course. Both learners and instructors in a course can see the rankings of learners in an activity. If you like, you can add more than one Activity Results block to a course to track more than one activity.

Adding an Activity Results Block to a Course

1. At the top of the Course Homepage, click on the Edit mode toggle button in the upper right corner of the screen to activate the editing tools.

Note: The toggle moves to the right, indicating that course editing is now on.

2. Ensure that the Block drawer is visible. If it is not, click on the Open block drawer button.

3. In the Block drawer, click on the Add a block button.

4. The new block appears.

Configuring the Activity Results Block

The default setting places the Activity results block on any type of course main page. To place this block on all course pages:

1. Click on the Edit or vertical dots icon to configure the block.

2. Choose the Configure Activity results block option.

Note: The Configuring a Activity results block page appears and the Block settings section is the first to display.

3. In the Which activity should this block display results from? item, click the drop-down arrow to choose the target activity from the activities available in your course.

4. In the How many of the highest grades should be shown (0 to disable)? item, choose whether you want the highest grades to show and if so, how many.

5. In the How many of the lowest grades should be shown (0 to disable)? item, choose whether you want to display the lowest grades and if so, how many. The default is “0”, which we recommend.

6. The Show groups instead of students (only if the activity supports groups)? item can be set to yes or no, depending on whether the activity was built using Moodle's group function.

7. The Privacy of results item allows you to click the drop-down arrow to choose whether you want the results to reveal student's full names, ID numbers, or be shown as anonymous.

8. The Display grades as item allows you to choose whether you want the results to be displayed as percentages, fractions, or absolute numbers.

9. The Decimal places to display item allows you to choose the number, on a scale of 0-5, the number of decimal places to show in the posted result.

10. Click on the Save changes button.

Using the Where This Block Appears Settings

The default setting places the Activity results block on any type of course main page. Follow these steps to specify the pages Where this block appears in the course.

1. To specify the pages where the block should appear, use the Display on page types drop-down menu. You can choose on Any page, on Any course page (including activities and resource pages) or on Any type of course main page (i.e. the course home page, or topic or section pages) from this menu.

2. Use the Default Region drop-down menu to display the blocks on the left or right column.

3. Using the Default Weight setting, which ranges from -10 to 10, the location of a block can be specified in the side column. Select -10 to set the block at the top; select 10 to set it at the bottom. A zero is neutral.

4. Make sure to click the Save changes button once your choices have been made.

Using the Activities Results Block

Once configured, the Activity Results block will display results for your chosen activity according to your chosen settings. You can subsequently hide this block from your students' view, delete it, or change the activity to a different one.

Resources

Moodle Documents: Activity results block