Good Habits Activity

Activities ::: mod_goodhabits
Maintained by acid pink chacanaJoe Cape
The intention of this plugin is to help track habits over time. Within an e-learning context this may help cultivate behaviours that improve learning outcomes.
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This plugin enables learners to monitor their habits over time. It provides a flexible calendar system that can be customised to track activities on a day-by-day basis, a week-by-week basis, or over a range of days. The entry system is designed to encourage reflection on activities that are related to online learning. This can help reveal trends over time which can shape learners' attitudes and motivation.

This is an activity module, so you must first add it to a course as an administrator or teacher. You can then create Activity Habits to track, which are visible to everyone using the activity. Learners can also create their own personal habits, visible only to themselves. They can also add a break to their habits. For example, to account for holiday time.

A quick guide to using a basic version of this plugin is available here: 

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  • Plugins bot
    Mon, 24 May 2021, 12:10 AM
    Approval issue created: CONTRIB-8559
  • Mary Cooch
    Wed, 18 Aug 2021, 6:50 PM
    Hello there! I am interested in this plugin - but I might have misunderstood something. Is it not possible for a teacher to set up the habits for students to then complete? Or is it only students who can do it themselves? I have tried both as admin and as a teacher in a course to add habits (and show them) but when the student clicks into the activity, she sees nothing and has to create her own?
  • acid pink chacana
    Sat, 21 Aug 2021, 10:40 PM
    Hi Mary, thanks for your interest. It is possible to do as you suggest.

    As an admin, you should see a button within the activity with the text "[Admin] Manage activity habits" (if you don't see this, there is a permissions issue). If you add habits via this button, they will be visible to everyone within the activity. I'd like to know whether this fixes it for you. I would also appreciate any advice as to how this might be made clearer.
  • Mary Cooch
    Fri, 27 Aug 2021, 12:55 AM
    Ah thanks! I did have this button before but I didn't realise what it did! Maybe it should include something like activity habits for everyone/all - so it makes it clear it is not just for you.
  • Mary Cooch
    Fri, 27 Aug 2021, 12:58 AM
    Also -how does a teacher see the student's entries? Thanks!
  • acid pink chacana
    Tue, 31 Aug 2021, 6:42 PM
    Hi Mary. Thanks for your feedback. You can't see student entries at the moment, I'm afraid. I am working on a new release that will include a review feature.

    Initially, this will be a User Select option that will give admin read-only access to the learner's habit calendar. If you have other suggestions, I'd be keen to hear your thoughts.
  • acid pink chacana
    Sat, 4 Sept 2021, 1:55 AM
    @Mary I have just released a new version that includes the review feature, as well as some UI improvements and a more responsive design. You can now interact easily (I hope) with the habit calendar on your phone.
  • Jaime Smith
    Tue, 16 Nov 2021, 12:48 AM
    Can any of this be automated? For example, I'd love to set a habit of logging in every day that could automatically be tracked.
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