All forms of added security will make it harder to access something (intended or not); it's another hoop to jump though and some students may not be able to reliably jump through those hoops. You'll need to keep a balance of accessibility and security in mind when adding security measures of any kind. Mix it [...]
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These steps require that you have completion tracking enabled in your course. A common activity in Moodle is to require that a student start a discussion (new thread of conversation) and then reply to two peers. You can force students to do this before moving onto the next activity or topic/section of a course. This [...]
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For preventing date-based late access to any resource or activity (not needed for assignment activities or quiz activities, and as of 3.8 no longer needed for forum activities as they have a built in feature for this (cutoff date and close date, respectively).) Locate the Activity or section/topic in your course that you want to [...]
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For preventing date-based early access to any resource or activity (not needed for assignment activities as it has a built in feature for this.) Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the Turn editing on option. Locate the Activity or section/topic in your course that you want to [...]
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To be done after you have enabled completion tracking on all relevant activities for your course- this is not something you can enable in a course that you're working on only a week ahead of the class. The block does NOT update immediately and changes to a student's progress will update every few minutes. Expand [...]
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You can bulk apply settings to ALL activities but your completion tracking options may be limited to none or manual check-off only. We suggest using this process one type of activity/tool at a time for the most control and best results. Enter the course in question that already has completion tracking enabled Locate the Actions [...]
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Completion tracking must be enabled for this option to be available. This is ideal for Forums, Assignments, Databases and other interactive activities, it can also be applied to read-only resources to ensure a student at LEAST opens a page or URL or Book. If you can't find a good way to automate this, consider using [...]
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Completion tracking must be enabled for this option to be available. Ideal for students tracking progression through coursework such as completing readings or assigned tasks handled outside of Moodle. For items handled in Moodle you might instead automate this process so an activity checks off after meeting requirements. View of student-markable completion tracking with editing turned [...]
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Enabling Completion Tracking in a course allows the instructor to put check boxes next to work for students. It will have no effect on their grade. It will also not be track-able on a course-level without further configuration. (They just get the visual confirmation of check boxes, which can be helpful for students in managing and planning [...]
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Restrict Access is a Moodle plugin that can be applied to Activities and Resources and used to limit access based on group, password, completion tracking, date/time, and more. ApplyGradeTroubleshootApply Applying Restrict Access to an Activity or Resource Restrict Access gives teachers some extra control over resources and activities that don't have built in due-dates such [...]
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Working with Quizzes in Moodle Quizzes are one of the more unusual activities in Moodle and have some added depth of functionality which makes them seem a bit more complicated. They take a while to set up but are often very low maintenance afterwards as many question types are or can be self-grading. You can [...]
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Assignments have specific instructions on how to provide an extension for students. Quizzes can also accommodate extended times, due dates, number of attempts, and unique passwords for students who need it. NOTE: Moodle uses the terminology Quiz to describe all types of exams. Log in to Moodle and navigate to the desired course. Enter the [...]
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Your initial course quiz settings can be overridden to set special quiz access for individuals or for groups of students. For example, an individual student can be given unlimited time to take an otherwise timed quiz, such as when a student has a Disability Services accommodation. Use the Unlimited Test Time User role for that [...]
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