Adding a Choice:

With Edit mode on, click Add an activity or resource. and choose Choice.

General:

• "Choice name" (required field)
• "Description" You can enter your question or choice here to prompt students.
• "Display description on course page" - Toggles whether or not the description will be displayed on the course page below the link to your choice activity.
• "Display mode for the options" - You may choose whether you want the options to be displayed horizontally or vertically.

Options:

• "Allow choice to be updated" - Participant ability to change their responses.
• "Allow more than one choice to be selected" - To allow for multiple responses.
• "Limit the number of responses allowed" - When the limit to a response is reached, participants may no longer choose the item.
• "Option [n]" - Enter the name of a choice option.
• "Limit [n]" - Limit the number of participants allowed to choose the option. Limit the number of responses allowed must be enabled first to set this option.

Availability:

Set a time and date range for when the Choice activity will be available to users. "Show preview" allows students to preview the activity and see the options before the Choice activity is open for submission.

Results:

• "Publish results" - Toggles if you want results published.
• "Privacy of results" - If the previous option is enabled, results can be set to anonymous or not (show student names and their choices)
• "Show column for unanswered" - Toggles whether or not the column for unanswered choices will be displayed.
• "Include responses from inactive/suspended users" - Toggles whether or not responses from inactive/suspended users are included.

Students are shown how their selections are published/private before making their choice.

For example:

Common module settings

• "Availability" - This setting has 3 options:
  • 'Show on course page' - The activity is available to students (subject to any access restrictions which may be set).
  • 'Hide from students' - The activity is only available to users with permission to view hidden activities (by default, users with the role of teacher or non-editing teacher).
  • 'Make available but now shown on course page' - A link to the activity must be provided from elsewhere, such as from a page resource. The activity would still be listed in the gradebook and other reports.
• "ID number" - An ID number identifies the activity for grade calculation purposes.
• "Force language" - Force the activity to a particular language pack. Only English and French are available on eClass.
• "Group mode" - The group mode defined at course level is the default mode for all activities within the course. Each activity that supports groups can also define its own group mode, though if the group mode is forced at course level, the group mode setting for each activity is ignored. This setting has 3 options:
  • 'No groups' - Students are not segregated into groups.
  • 'Separate groups' - Only group members can see their own group while other groups remain invisible.
  • 'Visible groups' - Group members can see other groups but still work in their own group.
• "Grouping" - A grouping is a collection of groups within a course. If a grouping is selected, students assigned to groups within the grouping will be able to work together.
• "Add group/grouping access restriction" button - Allows access only to students who belong to a specified group, or all groups.

Restrict access:

• See this article.

Activity completion

• "Completion tracking" - Activity completion is tracked, either manually or automatically, based on certain conditions. Multiple conditions may be set if desired. If so, the activity will only be considered complete when ALL conditions are met. A tick next to the activity name on the course page indicates when the activity is complete.
• "Require view"
  • Student must view this activity to complete it - A tick will only appear once the student views the activity.
  • Show as complete when user makes a choice - A tick will only appear once the student makes a choice.
    
• "Expect completed on" - This setting specifies the date when the activity is expected to be completed. The date is not shown to students and is only displayed in the activity completion report.

Tags:

• See this article.

Notes

• Please consider carefully whether you want your choice to be anonymous or not. Choices can be anonymous to both students and instructors or to just students. Please indicate to students exactly who will be able to see their responses for ethical reasons.