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Moodle Forums, Chats and Quizzes• Forums and Chats

• It is in forums 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 of formats, and can include attachments.

• A Standard forum for general use • Each person posts one discussion Forum • A single discussion Forum • A Q and A Forum

• More information available on Moodle Docs

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Moodle Forums, Chats and QuizzesStandard Forum for General UseThis forum allows everyone to choose whether to subscribe or

not  Force everyone to be subscribedShow/edit current subscribersUnsubscribe from this forum

• This is a standard forum without restrictions and with ratings turned on. It has an RSS feed enabled if you want to monitor it that way.

• If you have a question about forums then you could have a look at the Moodle documentation .

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Moodle Forums, Chats and Quizzes Each Person Posts one discussion This forum allows everyone to choose whether to subscribe or not

 Force everyone to be subscribedShow/edit current subscribersSubscribe to this forum

•  • In this forum each person can only post one discussion. However,

anyone can then reply to any of the discussions. • If you have a question about forums then you could read the

Teacher Manual, have a look at the Documentation Project or ask questions in the Using Moodle course.

• If you wish to experiment with forums then have a look at the Teachers' Hands-on Playground.

• This forum allows each person to start one discussion topic.

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A single discussion

There are no separate discussions here - just one big thread. Ratings are turned on too, but students can only see your own ratings. If you have a question about forums then you could read the Teacher Manual, have a look at the Documentation Project or ask questions in the Using Moodle course. If you wish to experiment with forums then have a look at the Teachers' Hands-on Playground.

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Moodle Forums, Chats and Quizzes• The Chat module allows participants to have a real-

time synchronous discussion via the web. This is a useful way to get a different understanding of each other and the topic being discussed.

• A repeating chat with public session logs

• An open chat event

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• A repeating chat with public session logs• Click here to enter the chat now• (Version without frames and JavaScript)• Next scheduled session: Monday, 28 April 2008,

03:00 PM (Server's local time)• This chat is set to occur as the same time every day.

It could also have been every week, or not to repeat at all. Note that the times in Moodle are always adjusted to the timezone of the user viewing it.

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• An open chat event

This is a chat room with no fixed time. The session logs have not been made available.

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Moodle Forums, Chats and Quizzes• Quizzes• This module allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests,

consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions and more. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers.

• A short quiz about Moodle (With 2 Minute Timer ) • Example Listening Quiz • A quiz with a password • The Algebra and Pythagoras Quiz

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• A quiz with a password• This quiz requires a password to use it.

The password in this case is firewall.

Of course normally you would not publish the password like this, but reveal it in class or in some other way !!

• Grading method: Highest grade• Quiz opens: Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 09:00 AM• Quiz closes: Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 09:00 AM• 1 Students have made 1 attempts

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