Course Management 

Journal Module 

This activity can be very important when reflective activity is encouraged, either connected 

with a certain coruse topic or as part of another 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 (discussed in Learner Management section of manual).          

It s usually a good idea to have about one Journal activity per week. 

Journal properties setup allows you to create a description for the activity, determine 

whether the student entry carries a grade or assessment, and set a time period in days or 

weeks for when entries can be submitted. 

Lesson Module 

A lesson delivers content in an interesting and flexible way. It consists of a number of 

pages. Each page normally ends with a question and a number  of  possible  answers            

(Fig. 22). Depending on the student s choice of answer they either progress to the next 

page or are taken back to a previous page. Navigation through the lesson can be straight 

forward or complex, depending largely on the structure of the material being presented. 

Lessons are a great way to assess practical knowledge of a subject, and with creative use 

of Moodle's HTML editor very effective simulations can be built.  

Fig. 22 

Lesson module allows you to add entire lessons that guide the student based on the      

student's answers. It might be helpful to think of a Lesson activity as a kind of flowchart. 

The student reads some content. After the content, you ask the student some questions. 

Based on the answers the student gives, the system sends the student to another page in 

the Lesson. For example, if a student chooses question one, then the system might go to 

page 3. If the student chooses answer two, the system goes to page 1. If the student        

answers question 3, the system goes to page 5 etc. Lessons  are  very  flexible,  but  do       

require some set up.  

To add a Lesson, select Lesson from the 

Add an activity menu on the course 

homepage. This action will take you to the 

Lesson editing properties page (Fig. 22a). 

Fill in the Name of the lesson. Next, select 

the maximum grade to be given for the 

whole lesson (a number from 0 100). 

Fig. 22a 

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