Teaching with Moodle

I personally prefer to hide them but I know some teachers who with very good reason say that they show the conditions so that learners know exactly what they need to do in order to access the activity/resource. For me the problem comes when for example you have an end of course quiz which is dependent on twenty other activities being completed - I would prefer to state in its descriptoin that you have to do all the other activities and hide the criteria rather than clutter up the page.
I would probably say on reflection that if you want to give your learners a clear picture of what they must do then it is probably better to display them, but  if you want an element of suprise , or to not overload them in advance, or for people doing any kind of gamification than hiding is obviously necessary.
Mary (retired teacher but still a teacher)

I had my restriction unhidden until I learned it confused the students who mis-understood what the restriction said. I then hidden all of them, in every course.
I do however, in the course email notifications and course description page state that there are X number of activities in the ABC course and each activity must be completed in sequence.

Kind Regards.

If I hide an activity, it is likely that some of my students will not see it when it becomes visible.