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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Assignment Type</B></P>
+
+<P>There are different types of assignments</P>
+
+<P><B>Offline activity</B> - this is useful when the assignment is performed outside
+of Moodle. Students can see a description of the assignment, but can't upload files or anything.
+Teachers can grade all students though, and students will see notifications of their grades.
+
+<P><B>Upload a single file</B> - this type of assignment allows all students to upload a
+single file, of any type. This might be a Word processor document, or an image, a
+zipped web site, or anything you ask them to submit. Teachers can grade submitted
+assignments online.
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Resubmitting assignments</B></P>
+
+<P>By default, students cannot resubmit assignments once the teacher has graded them</P>
+
+<P>If you turn this option on, then students will be allowed to resubmit assignments
+ after they have been graded (for you to re-grade). This may be useful if the
+ teacher wants to encourage students to do better work in an iterative process.</P>
+
+<P>Obviously, this option is not relevant for offline assignments.</P>
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Recent Activity</B></P>
+
+<P>Moodle can display "recent activity" on the course home page.
+
+<P>This shows the everything that has happened in the course since
+the last time the viewer logged in to the course, including
+new posts, new users, submitted journals etc.
+
+<P>It is highly recommended you leave this feature enabled in
+your courses, as it helps give a sense of activity in the course.
+Knowing what everyone else is doing also helps to promote a
+collaborative atmosphere in the class.
+
+<P>You might want to disable this feature for extremely large or
+heavily used courses, as it may slow down the display of
+the course page.
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Language Editing</B></P>
+
+<P>To edit languages on this page the files need to be writable
+ by the web server process.
+
+<P>Within some of the strings you will notice <B>$a</B> and <B>$a->something</B>.
+
+<P>These represent variables that will be replaced by names or other words from
+ within Moodle.
+
+<P>When there is only one variable, the $a form is used. When there are two or
+ more variables, then each one has a name.
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Activity Modules</B></P>
+
+<P>Moodle contains a wide range of activity modules that can be used to
+ build up any type of course.</P>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/forum/icon.gif"> <B>Forums</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>This activity can be the most important - it is here that most discussion takes place.
+ Forums can be structured in different ways, and can include peer rating of each posting.
+ The postings can be viewed in a variety for formats, and can include attachments.
+ By subscribing to a forum, participants will receive copies of each new posting
+ in their email. A teacher can impose subscription on everyone if they want to.
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/journal/icon.gif"> <B>Journals</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>This module is a very important reflective activity. The teacher
+ asks the student to reflect on a particular topic, and the student can
+ edit and refine their answer over time. This answer is private and
+ can only be seen by the teacher, who can offer feedback and a grade
+ on each journal entry. It's usually a good idea to have about one
+ Journal activity per week.</P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/resource/icon.gif"> <B>Resources</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>Resources are content: information the teacher wants to bring into the
+ course. These can be prepared files uploaded to the course
+ server; pages edited directly in Moodle; or external web pages
+ made to appear part of this course.</P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/assignment/icon.gif"> <B>Assignments</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>Assignments allow the teacher to specify a task that requires students
+ to prepare digital content (any format) and submit it by uploading it
+ to the server. Typical assignments include essays, projects, reports
+ and so on. This module includes grading facilities.</P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/quiz/icon.gif"> <B>Quizzes</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>This module allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests, consisting of
+ multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These
+ questions are kept in a categorised database, and can be re-used
+ within courses and even between courses. Quizzes can allow
+ multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the
+ teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers.
+ This module includes grading facilities.</P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/choice/icon.gif"> <B>Choices</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>A choice activity is very simple - the teacher asks a question and specifies a
+ choice of multiple responses. It can be useful as a quick poll to
+ stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on
+ a direction for the course; or to gather research consent.
+</UL>
+
+<P><IMG VALIGN=absmiddle SRC="<?=$CFG->wwwroot?>/mod/survey/icon.gif"> <B>Surveys</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>The Survey module provides a number of verified survey instruments that
+ have been found useful in assessing and stimulating learning in
+ online environments. Teachers can use these to gather data from their
+ students that will help them learn about their class and reflect
+ on their own teaching.</P>
+</UL>
+
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Quiz attempts</B></P>
+
+<P>Students may be allowed to have multiple attempts at a quiz.
+
+<P>This can help make the process of taking the quiz more of
+ an educational activity rather than simply an assessment.
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Question categories</B></P>
+
+<P>Rather than keeping all your questions in one big list,
+ you can create categories to keep them in.
+
+<P>Each category consists of a name and a short description.
+
+<P>Each category can also be "published", which means
+ that the category (and all questions in it) will be
+ available to all courses on this server, so that
+ other courses can use your questions in their quizzes.
+
+<P>Categories can also be created or deleted at will.
+ However, if you try to delete a category containing
+ questions, then you will be asked to specify another
+ category to move them to.
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Show correct answers</B></P>
+
+<P>If you enable correct answers, then the
+feedback will show also show the correct answer
+for each question (highlighted in a bright colour).
+</P>
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Feedback</B></P>
+
+<P>If you enable quiz feedback, then students will receive
+ question feedback on every answer (right or wrong).</P>
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Grading method</B></P>
+
+<P>When multiple attempts are allowed, there are different ways
+ you can use the grades to calculate the student's final
+ grade for the quiz.
+
+<P><B>Highest grade</B><P>
+<UL>
+<P>The final grade is the highest (best) grade in any attempt.
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Average grade</B><P>
+<UL>
+<P>The final grade is the average (simple mean) grade of all attempts.
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>First grade</B><P>
+<UL>
+<P>The final grade is the grade gained on the first attempt (other attempts are ignored).
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Last grade</B><P>
+<UL>
+<P>The final grade is the grade gained on the most recent attempt only.
+</UL>
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Maximum grade</B></P>
+
+<P>The maximum grade you set for a quiz is what all grades
+ are scaled to.
+
+<P>For example, you might set the max grade to 20, because the
+ quiz is worth 20% of the whole course.
+
+<P>Even though you might have 10 questions in your quiz
+ worth a total of 50 marks, all grades out of 50 will be
+ "scaled down" to the quiz max grade of 20.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Multiple Choice questions</B></P>
+
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent
+ chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice
+ questions - single answer and multiple answer.
+
+<P>Single-answer questions allow one and only one answer to be chosen.
+ Generally all the grades for such a question should be positive.
+
+<P>Multiple-answer questions allow one or more answers to be chosen - each answer
+ may carry a positive or negative grade, so that choosing ALL the options
+ will not necessarily result in good grade. If the total grade is negative
+ then the total grade for this question will be zero. Careful, it is
+ possible to create questions that have scores greater than 100%.
+
+<P>Finally, each answer (right or wrong) should include feedback - this feedback
+ will be shown to the respondent next to each of their answers (if the quiz
+ itself is configured to show feedback).
+</P>
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Creating a new question</B></P>
+
+<P>You can add a variety of different types of questions to a category:</P>
+
+<P><B>Multiple Choice</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent
+ chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice
+ questions - single answer and multiple answer.
+<P>More info: <? helpbutton("multichoice", "", "quiz") ?></P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Short Answer</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent
+ types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers,
+ with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case.
+</P>
+<P>More info: <? helpbutton("shortanswer", "", "quiz") ?></P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>True/False</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent
+ selects from two options: True or False.
+</P>
+<P>More info: <? helpbutton("truefalse", "", "quiz") ?></P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Random</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>(Not yet implemented) Allows you to select a number of other questions from
+ which one gets randomly selected each time a student attempts the quiz.
+</P>
+<P>More info: <? helpbutton("random", "", "quiz") ?></P>
+</UL>
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Random question</B></P>
+
+
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Short Answer questions</B></P>
+
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent
+ types a word or short phrase.
+
+<P>There may be several possible correct answers, each with a different
+ grade. If the "Case sensitive" option is selected, then you can
+ have different scores for "Word" or "word".
+
+<P>Answers are compared exactly, so be careful with your spelling!
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Opening and closing the quiz</B></P>
+
+<P>You can specify times when the quiz is accessible for people to make attempts.
+
+<P>Before the opening time, and after the closing time, the quiz will be unavailable.
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>True/False questions</B></P>
+
+
+<P>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent
+ chooses from True or False.
+
+<P>If feedback is enabled, then the appropriate feedback message is
+ shown to the respondent after answering the quiz. For example,
+ if the correct answer is "False", but they answer "True" (getting
+ it wrong) then the "True" feedback is shown.
+</P>
--- /dev/null
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>About the Richtext HTML editor</B></P>
+
+<P>Availability: <B>
+<? if (!$CFG->htmleditor) {
+ print_string("htmleditordisabledadmin");
+ } else if (!$USER->htmleditor) {
+ print_string("htmleditordisabled");
+ } else if (!can_use_richtext_editor()) {
+ print_string("htmleditordisabledbrowser");
+ } else {
+ print_string("htmleditoravailable");
+ }
+?>
+</B></P>
+
+<P>The Richtext HTML editor provides a word-processor interface embedded in your web page to allow you to edit text in an intuitive way, and produces normal HTML code.
+
+<P>In addition to formatting text, this editor provides a number of extra features you may find useful.
+
+<P><B>Paste text in from other Applications</B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>You can cut and paste rich text from other Windows applications such as Microsoft Word
+ straight into this editor, and your formatting will be preserved. Just use the normal cut and paste
+ menus in your web browser (or Control-C and Control-V).
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Inserting images <img border="0" hspace="10" src="lib/rte/images/icon_ins_image.gif"></B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>If you have images that are already published on a web site and accessible via a URL, you can include these images in your texts using the "Insert Image" button.
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Inserting Tables <img border="0" hspace="10" src="lib/rte/images/icon_ins_table.gif"></B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>To add layout to your texts, you can use the "Insert Tables" button in the toolbar.
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>Inserting Links <img border="0" hspace="10" src="lib/rte/images/icon_ins_link.gif"></B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>To make a new link, first type the text that you want to be a link. Then select it and click the link button in the toolbar. Type the URL you want to link to and it's done!
+</UL>
+
+
+<P><B>Inserting smilies (emoticons) <img border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/smiley.gif" width="15" height="15"></B></P>
+<UL>
+<P>To embed these small icons in your text, click on the smiley icon in the toolbar. A dialog will pop up that allows you to select from the following smiley icons. (Alternatively, you can just type the corresponding code straight into your text and it will be converted later when your text is displayed).
+
+ <table border="1">
+ <tr valign="top">
+ <td>
+ <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="10">
+ <tr>
+ <td><img border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/smiley.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>smile</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>big grin</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-D</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/wink.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>wink</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>;-)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/mixed.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>mixed</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-/</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/thoughtful.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>thoughtful</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>V-.</FONT></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/tongueout.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>tongue out</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-P</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/cool.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>cool</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>B-)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/approve.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>approve</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>^-)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/wideeyes.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>wide eyes</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>8-)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/surprise.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>surprise</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>8-o</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="10">
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/sad.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>sad</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-(</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/shy.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>shy</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>8-.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/blush.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>blush</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-I</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/kiss.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>kisses</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:-X</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/clown.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>clown</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>:o)</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/blackeye.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>black eye</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>P-|</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/angry.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>angry</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>8-[</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/dead.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>dead</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>xx-P</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/sleepy.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>sleepy</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>|-.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><img alt border="0" hspace="10" src="pix/s/evil.gif" width="15" height="15"></td>
+ <td>evil</td>
+ <td NOWRAP><FONT FACE=Courier>}-]</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </table>
+
+</UL>
+
+
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+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Formatting text</B></P>
+
+<P>When writing text in Moodle there are currently two formats you can choose
+ to produce your text, depending on your expertise and the type of browser
+ you are using.
+
+<P><B>Usually you can just leave this setting alone and things should
+ work as you expect</B>.
+
+<P><B>1. Moodle auto-format</B></P>
+
+<UL>
+<P>This format is best for when you are using normal web forms for entry
+ (instead of the Richtext HTML editor). Just type text normally, as if you
+ were sending an email.
+
+<P>When you save your text, Moodle will do a number of things to automatically
+ format your text for you.
+<P>For example, URLs such as
+ <A HREF="http://yahoo.com/">http://yahoo.com</A> or even
+ <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/">www.yahoo.com</A> will be turned into links.
+<P>Your line breaks will be retained, and blank lines will start new paragraphs.
+<P>Smiley characters such as :-) will automatically become their graphical equivalents.
+<P>You can even embed HTML code if you want to and it will be retained.
+<P ALIGN=RIGHT><? helpbutton("text", get_string("helptext")) ?> More info about Moodle auto-formatting.</P>
+</UL>
+
+<P><B>2. HTML format</B></P>
+
+<UL>
+<P>This format assumes the text is pure HTML. If you are using the
+ HTML editor to edit text then this is the default format - all
+ the commands in the toolbar are producing HTML for you.
+
+<P>Even if you are not using the Richtext HTML editor, you can use HTML code
+ in your text and it should come out exactly as you intended.
+
+<P>Unlike the Moodle auto-format, no automatic formatting is performed.
+<P ALIGN=RIGHT><? helpbutton("html", get_string("helphtml")) ?> More info about HTML</P>
+<P ALIGN=RIGHT><? helpbutton("richtext", get_string("helprichtext")) ?> More info about the Richtext HTML editor</P>
+</UL>
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