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Managing Database Activities

Margarita Berezyanskaya

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Some Avenue units arrive with pre-made Database activities which serve several purposes. Some are provided to assist instructors to administer needs and goals assessments at the beginning of a course. If the database Approval required setting is set to Yes, student database entries remain private unless the teacher approves them for sharing.


Other databases complement learning activities, and the results can be used in follow-up activities such as group discussion, compiling useful student-generated resources, or serving as a student file storage area. Individual student entries can be viewed by other students or can remain private depending on the Approval required setting.


Databases can also be used to document data about individual learners. By providing learners with surveys that elicit PBLA-oriented responses, the Database module can support PBLA. These database forms can be printed and added to a print-based binder, or they can be kept in digital format.


Instructions for creating your own Database activity form from scratch are available in the following Stage 3 articles:


Exemplars

Sample databases are demonstrated in the Stage 2/3 Exemplar course.


The sample databases include:


  • Needs and Goals – a multilevel needs and goals assessment using checkboxes, drop-down menus, and text-input areas;

  • Learning Style Preferences – gathers information about learning style preferences in your class. (The example is for CLB 4+; courses below CLB 4 use a Poll/Choice activity to report learning style preferences);

  • My Weekly Personal Reflection on Learning – a text-based Database that helps students record their reflections at regular intervals throughout the course;

Student View of a Database Activity

The following steps explain how a student would use a Database in your class. The steps are similar when using other Databases in Avenue courseware.


1. On their course homepage, students click on a Database activity link.



Note: A Database appears with instructions and a variety of options. The Add entry sticky bar appears at the bottom of the screen.



2. To add a Database entry, a student clicks on the Add entry button.

Note: The New entry form appears.

3. Students complete the form based on the database prompts.


4. Students click on the Save button to submit their Database entry.



Note: The new Database entry appears.

5. To see all of the other students' entries that have been approved, a student clicks on the View drop-down and chooses List view. They can also browse the entries using the page numbers below.



Note: To allow students to see a classmate's entry, the teacher must first approve it, by clicking on the Approve thumbs-up icon below the entry in the Database. By approving the entry, it becomes visible to the other students. As a best practice, wait until all students have completed the task before approving entries to reduce the possibility of copying.



6. Using the icons below the Database entries in the list view, students can use the single view icon to see the full details of any entry. They can also edit or remove their own entries. 


7. In the Single view, students can see any entry, and they can edit or delete any of their own entries.


 

Teacher View of Database Activities

The following steps explain how to use an Avenue Database. In Stage 3, you will learn how to create an Avenue Database activity.


1. Go to your course homepage and click on a Database activity.



2. If you would like to add a model or sample Database entry for your students, click on the Add entry button in the Database sticky bar to begin. 



3. Fill out the form and click on the Save or the Save and add another button.



In the View drop-down, select List View or Single View. 

Note: The List View often shows an abbreviated version of entries. Switch to Single View to see complete entries.



Note: If you click the Approve icon in the Single View, that entry will become visible to all users in the course. For many PBLA Database modules, you will not want to approve entries because they are personal in nature. If you want students to see your model entry, approve it to make it visible.



4. In the Single View, you can leave action-oriented feedback for each entry in the Comments area. Click on the Comments link to open the Comments text box, type your comment, and then click on Save Comment to add your feedback for the entry.


 

Resources

Moodle Documents: Database


Moodle Documents : Using the Database