I could see where this would be helpful. It would also encourage teachers to give some thought as to the commitment each activity will consume and perhaps help economize activities to make the best use of time.
A few thoughts:
1. Perhaps this type of metadata could be added to a separate data table for modules, like that used for additional fields for users. This would give a more flexible path for adding meta-data than modifying existing tables.
2. The assignment module could be patched for this by using one of the unused var fields in the assignment table, although you probably want something more general.
3. I assume that time would be stored in seconds, even if input or displayed in another format.
4. Is there a way to do this that does not add one more item to input when teachers created an activity -- perhaps it is enabled as an option, etc? It might be an issue for classes that don't use the feature. The level of choices, much like course settings, is beginning to get quite onerous.
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Add a 'Time required' field to activities
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