{"id":48,"date":"2009-12-14T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/evinkki\/?p=48"},"modified":"2010-02-25T15:01:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T13:01:51","slug":"the-right-tool-for-the-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/evinkki\/2009\/12\/14\/the-right-tool-for-the-task\/","title":{"rendered":"The right tool for the task"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regularly, the eLearning Centre receives support requests from teachers who wish to modify the tasks they have given their students in Moodle, but this is not always possible after the fact. Ideally, teachers plan their course(s) and the course tasks in advance, so that all course materials and activities are present in Moodle at the start of the course timetable. The advantage of this approach is that teachers can reflect on the nature of the activities and what they wish to achieve with them. Moodle has shared<\/em> activities, in which students always see the work of others in their group (like the forum or the chat), and individual<\/em> activities, in which the student\u2019s work is visible only to the teachers (like the assignment and the quiz), and activities that can do both<\/em> (like the database, the glossary and the wiki). It is important to choose the right Moodle activity for the kind of task(s) you have in mind.<\/p>\n

Here is a shortlist of task descriptions and the most suitable Moodle activity for that task. See if you have chosen the best activities for your tasks:<\/p>\n