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Customizing and Creating Content - Stage 2

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Creating a Needs Assessment with a Choice

Margarita Berezyanskaya

Last Update 2 months ago

This activity provides instructions for using the Choice module to create a poll in your course. During Stage 2, you are expected to create a Choice (poll) that you can use as a needs assessment. The example below is for demonstration purposes. You should create a poll that will help you assess your own students' needs. These activities can be used to identify areas of interest, arrive at decision points or find topics that need review.

Exemplar

There are six Choice activities in the Stage 2/3 Exemplar Course:


  • Sample Reading Choice
  • Literacy - Happy Birthday!
  • Job Search
  • Job Search Resources
  • Information Interviews
  • Giving Presentations. 


Sample Reading Choice is an example of a Choice activity that asks students to choose which kind of reading is important to them. The teacher may use this to select the types of reading materials used in the course.

Adding a Choice to Your 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.



Note: Look for editing icons and dashed separation lines on the course page.



2. Hover over the dashed line where the new activity will appear. An Add an activity or resource text overlay appears along with a plus button, click on the button. 



3. The Add an activity or resource pop-up appears.

4. Select Choice in the Activities tab.



5. In the General section, enter a descriptive Name for the Choice activity.


6. Enter a Description (essentially a poll prompt) for the Choice. This prompt should be designed to elicit information about the students that you, as the instructor, can use to plan your lessons. Remember that you can make your Choice more engaging and visually appealing by adding a picture or an audio question, either instead of or in addition to the text.



7. Choose either Display horizontally or Display vertically.



Useful Options for the Choice activity are shown below.



8. In the Options section, enter the choices to offer to students.



9. If more choice Options are required, click on the Add 3 field(s) to form button.


In this case, one additional option is recommended for polls. Include an option that covers any responses you have not listed.


10. Enter the final option.



11. In the Availability section, check the enable boxes and set student access dates and times if required.



12. In the Results section, the instructor controls privacy and the visibility of poll results displayed to students.



13. Click on the Save and return to course button.



14. The Choice link appears on the course main page. Click on it.



The Choice appears to students as below.


 

Video Resources

Creating a Needs Assessment with a Choice

Resources

Moodle Documents: Choice Activity


Moodle Documents: Using Choice


Moodle Documents: Choice FAQ