More Common Activities
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Forum (Discussion) | An online discussion forum. Discussions in a discussion forum are not real-time. Probably the most common activity you'll do in Moodle. | |
| Assignment | Where you may submit your assignments in Moodle. Sometimes you will upload a single file. Other times you will upload multiple files. Still other times you will type directly on the page. Rarely this will just be a place-holder so that an item will appear in the Moodle gradebook. | |
| Wiki | A group-edited collaborative document (or series of documents). | |
| Quiz | What it sounds like. | |
| Questionnaire | Like a quiz, but not graded. | |
Less Common Activities
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Adaptive Quiz | A quiz whose questions get progressively more difficult or easier depending on whether the previous question was answered correctly. | |
| Blog | A site for you to write and reflect. May be visible to the entire class, to everyone with an account to sign in to Moodle at AMBS, or possibly to the entire world, depending on how the instructor sets it up. | |
| Chat | A live, online text chat. If your instructor uses this ask them to use Google Chat instead. Seriously. | |
| Choice | A one-question questionnaire. | |
| Database | A student-populated database (e.g., In a database for a course on Film and Theology the instructor may create fields for Movie Title, Director, Year, and Theological Theme. Students would populate the database with specific examples.) | |
| Glossary | A student-edited and -created list of terms and their definitions. | |
| Journal | Like a blog, but between the instructor and you. | |
| Lesson | A guided way to work through certain course material. May include some quiz-type questions as you progress. |
Resources
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Audio (mp3) file | ||
| Book | Like a lesson (see above), but without any student input. | |
| Excel file | ||
| Folder | Will contain one or more documents. | |
| PDF (Adobe) file | ||
| PowerPoint file | ||
| Text Page | A link to a page of text (within Moodle) | |
| URL (website) | A link to a website (not necessarily within Moodle) | |
| Video (m4v) file | ||
| Word file |
Discussion Toolbar
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Toggle Toolbars | Show more editing icons to format your discussion post | |
| Insert/Edit Link | Create a link to a webpage from your post | |
| Remove Link | Remove a link to a webpage from your post |
Course Progression Icons
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Automatic progress (incomplete) | Activities or resources with this box will be automatically marked as complete once certain conditions are met. | |
| Automatic progress (complete) | ||
| Manual progress (incomplete) | Activities or resources with this box can be marked as complete by students. | |
| Manual progress (complete) |
Editing Icons
| Icon | Name | Description |
| Assign roles | Click to assign a role to a user for this activity (e.g., make a student the teacher for one discussion) | |
| Collapse | Icon shows that a submenu or section is open. Click to hide (collapse) that submenu or section. | |
| Delete | Delete the currently selected item. | |
| Duplicate | Make a copy of the currently selected item. | |
| Edit (rename) | Rename an activity or resource without viewing full settings. | |
| Hide | Icon indicates that an object is visible. Click to make it unavailable to students. | |
| Indent | Indent a label or activity. | |
| Move | Move an object elsewhere on the page by clicking and dragging this icon. | |
| Outdent | Outdent a label or activity. | |
| No groups | Icon shows that the activity is shared by the entire class (all students can see all other students work). Click to apply group mode (if you use groups in your course). | |
| Expand | Icon shows that a submenu or section is available but hidden. Click to view (expand) that submenu or section. | |
| Separate groups | Icon shows that each group has their own activity and cannot see the work of other groups for that activity. | |
| Settings | Sometimes opens a submenu; sometimes goes to a settings page. | |
| Show | Icon indicates an object is unavailable (hidden) to students. Click to make it available. | |
| Visible groups | Icon shows that each group has their own activity, but can view (not edit) the work of other groups. |