What is a task?
Tasks are interactive elements within a course that give learners a chance to practice or demonstrate their skills and knowledge.
Task types
There are over 20 different types of tasks available from multiple choice, fill in the blanks, matching and many, many more.
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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.
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.
Other tasks, such as essays and uploading videos, need to be marked by a facilitator using a marking template .
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:
Many ways with tasks blog post - A process for coming up with a range of task ideas including a Task cheat sheet to help you get started quickly.
Task Types - A list of all our task types with articles for each task type which have a range of different examples of how you can use a given task type.
Ideas for blended learning - Different strategies for how you might choose to integrate your online and offline learning.
The iQualify templates - Course templates with a range of ideas for tasks.
Using a multiple choice task as a checklist or open-ended task - How authors can set up multiple choice and/or choice matrix as checklists or open-ended tasks.