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An overview of tasks
An overview of tasks

As an author, you can add tasks to your course to engage and assess learners.

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Written by Caitlin Foran
Updated over a week ago

What is a task?

Tasks are interactive elements within a course that give learners a chance to practice or demonstrate their skills and knowledge.

Example label with drag and drop task where learners can drag labels onto an image.

Task types

There are over 20 different types of tasks available from multiple choice, fill in the blanks, matching and many, many more.

Thumbnail for multiple choice task with the question: What is shorthand for Carbon? Ca, Cu C

Thumbnail for numberline task showing a numberline from 0 to 50 and an item: 25kg, being dragged into place.

Thumbnail for cloze matching task with the sentence: The quick [blank] fox [blank] over the [blank] dog. And the blanks show dotted outlines where items can be dragged and dropped.

Thumbnail for Image with dropdown task showing a diagram of the solar system with spaces to be labelled via dropdown menus.

Thumbnail for Audio recording task

Thumbnail for Short Text task with blank space for learners to write their response in

Thumbnail for freedraw task with the sun and four planets with one planet circled and and arrow pointing to it.

Thumbnail for math cloze task showing 3 math question and space to write into.

And more!

Check out Task types to see the whole range.

How do I create a task?

Tasks are added into a page of a course by an author. For video and/or written instructions, check out How to create a task.

Each particular task type also has a help article with instructions for that specific task type, so be sure to search our Knowledge base for the how-to.

A screenshot of searching for "hotspot task" in our Knowledge base.

How is a task marked?

Some tasks, such as multiple choice and matching, let you set a correct answer, so the task can be automarked by the system.

Screenshot showing an example of fill in the blank task where learner has only answer one answer correct out of 3.

Other tasks, such as essays and uploading videos, need to be marked by a facilitator using a marking template .
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Image of facilitator marking and what the different sections are: Task, Learner's response, and Facilitator marking.

How else can I use tasks?

Our tasks are incredibly, incredibly versatile. Read on to see some of the ways you can use them in your course authoring.

Create quizzes

Quizzes let you have a bunch of tasks in the one element. Quizzes also have a few more settings available such as being timed or limited to a set number of attempts.

Add randomisation

You can add variations to a task and learners will get just one of those task variations at random when they visit the page. This can be used to enhance assessment rigour or set up A/B testing of a task.

Copy and re-use to save time

Throughout a course, tasks can be copied and re-used with the click of a button. This can save authors a lot of time.

Edit while the course is live

If you spot a mistake or need to make an improvement on a task - no worries! Your tasks can still be edited once your course is live - giving you the flexibility to update as needed.

And much, much more!

There are so many task types and you can use them in such a range of ways, sometimes even bending them a little to suit your will. For more ideas on how you can use tasks, be sure to check out these resources:

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