OU workshop requests: New teacher options

OU workshop requests: New teacher options

by Tim Hunt -
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The usability thread I just created was mostly from the student's point of view. Here are some things that affect teachers:

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That is, MDL-38899. We want this too.

The ability to limit file type for file upload submissions

Does anywhere else in Moodle do this (e.g. assignment module)? But, when we are getting the student to upload a file, can we have a restriction of which file types. E.g. requring an image. Or requiring a .doc document?

Automatically allocate late submissions

You can re-allocate late submissions, but only by fiddling around with the phases. It would be nice to automate it with a schedule task. This would require MDL-47798. MDL-27238 asks for even more than this, but we don't need to go that far.

Need a clear list of non-submitters that respects group mode

If you are using separate groups, then that makes the list of people who have submitted easy to work with in big courses. However, there is no easy way to see a list of people in one group who have not submitted, and we would like that so tutors can monitor the students in their own group.

Custom activity completion conditions: Submitted and Assessment complete
It would be nice to add a couple of automatic completion conditions for the activity completion system. One that lets you automatically mark the activity complete when you have done your submission, and one that marks it complete when you have done your assessment. (Presumably most of the time you would want to turn on both options, if you were turning this on at all, but probably best to leave them as separate settings.
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In reply to Tim Hunt

Re: OU workshop requests: New teacher options

by David Mudrák -
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Re: The ability to limit file type for file upload submissions

I am not sure it is worth of it. Teachers may easily forget to specify all other alternatives. Such as they expect .doc but they do not realize they would actually be fine with .odt too. The student may have technical issues with particular format. And, which is worse, they can also realize at five-to-twelve (deadline) that they do not fulfil the requirement. If the format is important, it should be one of the assessed criteria. Opinion: I would prefer not to limit it.

Re: Automatically allocate late submissions

MDL-27238 will happen anyway, ideally in Moodle 3.0. But yes, some solution would be nice for earlier versions, too. Opinion: +1

Re: Need a clear list of non-submitters that respects group mode

Yes, this is one of the serious issues we experienced during the Learn Moodle MOOC too. It should be already mentioned in MDL-43280. Opinion: +1

Re: Custom activity completion conditions: Submitted and Assessment complete

Opinion: definitely +1

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Re: OU workshop requests: New teacher options

by Mike Simurdiak -

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MDL-38899

I would also love to see this added.  It would be useful for me to scaffold a lab report for my students as well as have some data tables that they could just fill in.  MDL-38899 has my vote.