This activity allows you, as an instructor, to ask your students a single question with a selection of possible answers, however…

Did you know the Choice activity can be used:

• As a quick poll.
• As a discussion starter.
• To allow students to vote on a direction for the course.
• For students to select a project topic from a list.
• To sign up for a group.
• As a project check-in/tracker.

You can choose to show the results:

• After students have answered.
• After a certain date.
• Not at all.
• With student names showing or anonymously.

To create a Choice activity for students to choose a project/research topic, or choose a group to work in:

1. From the Add an activity or resource menu, select Choice.
2. Name the activity and enter your directions as the description.
3. Set the Allow choice to be updated to No.
4. Select Yes, to Limit the number of responses allowed for each choice.
5. Fill in your options and the limit number.
6. Choose how you want the results shown.
7. Save when finished.

To use Choice for project progress check-in, use these settings:

• Allow choice to be updated = yes.
• Limit the number of responses = no.
• You can set these for when the project starts and is due if you wish.
• Publish results = Do not publish results to students.

For more detailed instructions, check out our Moodle: Choice Activity tutorial.