3. Lesson settings

This page explains the settings involved when first creating a lesson. To add a lesson to your Moodle course page:

  • With the editing turned on, in the section you wish to add your lesson, click the "Add an activity or resource" link and choose Lesson

  • This will take you to the Lesson settings page.

Lesson administration settings

  • General
    • The name you add here will be the link the students click on to get to your Lesson. A description can be added bu this is optional.

  • Appearance
    • Here you can add 'linked media' as an extra resource that will then be displayed in a block on each age of the lesson. You can also set other appearance criteria such as whether or not students see a progress bar.
    • Here you can also set the default number of answer boxes available when you add your question or content pages. For instance, if you are only going to use True/False, you would only need 2. You can change this at any time so it's not crucial.
    • Choose 'Display default feedback' if you want to show a set phrase regardless of their answer. If you have set your own default feedback such as "well done; correct" or "never mind; better luck next time" etc it will appear. If you have not, then Moodle's default feedback will appear.
    • Choose 'Link to an activity' if you want to give students a link to another activity when they reach the end of the lesson.
  • Availability
    • Here you can set a start and end date and time for your Lesson. This allows you to set a time limit on the lesson. If a time limit is set then students will see a countdown counter as they work. The timer does not stop them doing the lesson when the time is up, but correct answers are no longer scored.

  • Flow control
    • Here you can set how students navigation through the lesson.