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Activity Types

AActivities briefare explanationthings ofthat you want the students to do in your online classroom. Unlike Resources, which are how instructors giving information to students, Activities are typically students giving information/feedback/etc. to the instructor.

The activities below are available to all instructors. Some activity typesblocks, youlike EdPuzzle or Perusall, are dependent on the resources used in your course. 

Assignment

Allows students to turn in digital assignments, like documents, images, or media. 

 

Big Blue Button

An online video conferencing option to support synchronous classroom activities.

  • Assignment: allows students to turn in digital assignments, like documents, images, or media. 
  • Big Blue Button: an online video conferencing option to support synchronous classroom activities.
  • Chat: supports synchronous text-based chatting within the online classroom. 
  • Choice: posts a single multiple-choice question for students to answer.
  • Database: the instructor creates a database that students can add toentries your Moodle course.

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    • AssignmentEdPuzzle
    • BigEternal Bluetool: used Buttonwith some external websites and curricular tools.
    • Feedback: a way to collect student feedback on a lesson or other learning experience.
    • Forum: supports asynchronous text-based discussions.
    • Glossary: students collaborate on a list of definitions or other resources.
    • H5P:
    • ChatLesson: a combination of content and assessments that can be differentiated and graded.
    • Choice
    • Database
    • Eternal tool
    • Feedback
    • Forum
    • Glossary
    • Lesson
    • Pearson MyLab & Mastering LinkLink: used with some Pearson textbooks
    • Perusall
    • QuizQuiz: 
    • SCORM package
    • Survey
    • Wiki
    • Workshop