Creating Choice

Welcome! In this tutorial, you will learn how to create “Choice.”

This feature allows you to set a up a quick poll for student decision making, voting and topic selection.

Step 1.

To create a chat, turn on “Editing on.”
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Click on “Add an activity or resource” button.
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Step 2.

Select “Choice” and click on “Add” button.

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Step 3. General information

Fill out the General form to create “Choice.”

  • Choice name: Type a title of the poll.
  • Description: Write a description about the poll
  • Display description on course page: Tick the check box to display the description on course page.
  • Display mode for the options: Select the display mode for the options (horizontal vs. vertical)

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Step 4. Options

After providing general information about Choice, set up “Options.”

  • Allow choice to be updated: Set to default, “No”
  • Limit the number of responses allowed: You can limit the number of responses allowed for each option. Set to default, “No.”
  • Option 1- Option 5: Enter options for the poll
  • Add 3 field(s) to form: Click on “Add 3 field(s) to form if you want to add options more than 5.

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Click on “Save and display” to check the display mode.

Step 5. Check the display mode.

The following image shows a student view of this Choice.

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For further information

You can watch a video tutorial.

 

For Support
If you encounter difficulty during any part of these tasks, please e-mail us at moodle@iastate.edu for assistance, or stop by 306 Ross during our scheduled support hours.

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