Choice activity settings
  • 01 Feb 2022
  • 2 minutes to read

Choice activity settings


Article Summary

When you add a choice activity to a course you can configure the following settings.

SettingDescriptionNotes

Name

This will appear on the course page next to the choice icon.

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Description

A description of the choice activity; this might include what learners have to do. 

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Display description on course page

Use the text editor to add a description and select whether to display the description on the course page.

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Display mode

Choose whether the responses are displayed horizontally or vertically.

A small number of responses looks better displayed horizontally and a large number of responses and/or long responses look better displayed vertically.

Allow choice to be updated

If you want to allow trainees to change their minds after they’ve answered, set this to Yes. Otherwise, trainees will be able to answer the question only once.

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Allow more than one choice to be selected

If this is set to Yes then users may select more than one choice. The check boxes display differently according to whether this is set to Yes or No.

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Limit the number of responses allowed

This option allows you to limit the number of participants that can select each particular option. Each option can set a limit if limits have been enabled. When the limit is met no other users can select that option. A limit of zero (0) means the choice cannot be selected. If there are no limits then any number of participants can choose any options.

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Allow responses from

Set the date and time from which the choice activity will be available,

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Allow responses until

Set the date and time until which the choice activity will be open for responses. 

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Show preview

Allow learners to preview the available options before the choice is opened for submission.

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Publish results

You have four options for revealing the results of the choice to trainees:

  • Do not publish results to learners
  • Show results to learners immediately after they answer
  • Show results to learners only after the choice is closed (if you’ve set a closing time above)
  • Always show results to learners

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Privacy of results

Depending upon your Publish results setting, you can choose whether to display trainees names with their response in the results.

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Show column for unanswered

This option determines whether trainees will see the number of people who haven’t answered the question when they see the choice results.

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Include responses from inactive/suspended users

This option determines if responses made by users that have been suspended or unenrolled are shown.

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Common module settings

See common module settings to learn more.

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Restrict access

See restricting access to learn more.

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Activity completion

See activity completion to learn more.

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Tags

See tags to learn more.

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