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Creating a Choice Activity

Learn how to let your students vote on topics using a Choice activity.

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions for creating a Choice activity in a Moodle course.

Procedure

  1. Turn Edit mode on.

    Edit mode toggle switch.

  2. Click the + sign in the section in which you would like to add the activity. Then click Activity or resource.

    Plus sign icon with activity or resource link displayed.

  3. Select the Choice tile.

    Choice tile in activity chooser.

  4. Name the activity, type the question in the description box, and click Display description on course page box (optional).

    Description box with title and instructions.

  5. Choose how you want the options displayed.

    Dropdown menu with Display horizontally highlighted.

  6. Decide if students should be able to change their answer or make more than one choice.

    Options section menu open displaying three options.

  7. Fill in the response choices.

    Response choices.

  8. Set other activity criteria as you normally would.

    List of activity settings options.

  9. Save your changes.

    Save button.

  10. The activity will display on your course page.

    Activity as shown on course page.

  11. This is how the activity displays for the students if you choose Display horizontally.

    Horizontal display.

  12. This is how the activity displays for the students if you choose Display vertically.

    Vertical display.

  13. Click the Responses tab to see student choices.

    Responses tab highlighted.

    Record of responses.
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