LIT2T Leadership Guide

71 TO: TABLE OF CONTENTS Navigation The Navigation block appears on every page of the site. The content that appears in the navigation block depends on the role of the user, which section of the Moodle site they are in and any settings that have been applied globally. PAGE A PAGE module is a single, scrollable screen that an instructor creates with the Moodle HTML editor. It has most of the functionality of a normal HTML webpage. Instructors use this simple POODLL An HTML 5 audio and video recording application that allows teacher5s and students to record media and share it across platforms and on Moodle. WYSYWIG An acronym for What You See Is What You Get. In this case it refers to an HTML editor used to create edulinc course pages. (Stages 2 and 3) Question Bank All quiz questions in a course are stored in the Question bank and they can be re-used in multiple quizzes. Questions in quizzes can be selected randomly from the Question bank. (Stage 3) Questionnaire The Questionnaire activity allows teachers to survey course participants using a variety of question types, which include yes/no, selecting from a drop-down list or from radio buttons, typing in a text box, essay-type, numeric, or choosing from a rating scale. A Questionnaire activity is designed to be used for collecting information from course participants rather than for assessing them. (Stages 2 and 3) Quiz A QUIZ is a test generator. Moodle provides a quiz editor that allows a variety of different quiz types such as multiple choice and cloze. (Stage 3) A RANDOM GLOSSARY ENTRY BLOCK is used to display random entries from a glossary, which usually take the form of dictionary style definitions. However, the flexibility of Moodle’s HTML editor allows course editors to use this block for other purposes such as ‘Quote of the Day’ or a random picture gallery that changes each time the page is refreshed. (Stage 3) Remote RSS Feeds Block The Remote RSS feeds block displays feeds from external websites. As the information on the external site (for example, news headlines or recently-added documents) changes, the Remote RSS block updates to show the latest information. (Stage 3) Restrict Access This is the section of a resource or activity settings page that teachers use to restrict access according to grades, dates, user field information, and Grouping assignment. (Stage 3)