Manage items in
the course website
Restrict access to an activity, resource or topic
In each activity or resource on the course site, you can define an access restriction, allowing access only to those who meet certain conditions. For example: activity availability only at certain times; access only to members of a certain group; only users who have completed a previous activity, and more.
How to set access restriction?
1. Enter the activity for which you would like to restrict access (the instructions refer to "activity" but are also suitable for resources, topics, etc.).
2. Enter "Settings" in the top menu of the activity.
3. Scroll down and click on "Restrict access"
4. In the window that opens, click on "Add restriction...".
5. In the panel that opens, choose the type of restriction you want:
The new activity cannot be started before the previous activity is completed
The activity will be available to students only from a certain date until a certain date (you must add a deadline "from" and then in the scrolling panel change to "until" and select the date)
If there are activities that are defined with a grade (such as an exam / assignment), it can be defined that the new activity cannot be started before receiving an X grade in the previous activity
If a grouping or group is defined on the course website, it can be defined that only their members will see the activity/resource
It is possible to define that an activity will be available only for certain students by adding the user/email of the relevant students.
6. After clicking on the desired restriction, it must be defined according to the sections:
For example, by selecting date: on the date and time you set, students will have access to the item. Until then, it will be locked to them.
For example, by selecting group: in the window that opens, select the group you want to connect with the activity. The members of the group you choose will be the only ones who can perform the activity.
*To set access restriction for a group or grouping they must exist previously in the course. For instructions on creating groups, click here.
7. By clicking on the eye icon you will completely hide the item from the students. If the eye is open, the students will be able to see the item and restrictions.
And that is how it looks from the lecturer point of view:
Reports on quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities
On the Moodle course website, several reports of student activity are available for the lecturers: such as forums, assignments, quizzes, and H5P activities.
How to download the reports to the computer?
1. Enter the course website
2. Click on "Reports" in the in the course's top menu.
3. In the menu that opens, click on one of the options to get the following information:
For example:
Summary of each student's activity in each forum - this option will display each student's interactions in forum activities
Summary of each student's activity in each assignment - this option will display each student's submissions in all the assignments
Summary of each student's activity in each quiz - this option will display each student's attempts in all quizzes
H5P video modules (including attempts reviews links) - this option will show the attempts of each student in the H5P activities
4. On the new page a table that summarizes the list of submissions for each student is displayed. In this case, an example of "Summary of each student's activity in each assignment" is shown. The table will show status "Submitted", "Not submitted" and "Raised draft" for each student.
5. To download the report, click on the scrolling panel "Download table data as" and select "Format Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xlsx)".
Click the "Download" button and save the file in the desired location.
Restoration of items on the course site
Items deleted on the course site can be restored by clicking on the "Recycle bin" button and selecting the items you want to restore.
How to recover deleted items?
1. Go to the course website where items have disappeared and click on "more" in the upper management bar of the course.
2. In the menu that opens, select "Recycle bin"
3. The deleted items and their deletion date will appear on the new page, next to the item name
4. Click on the button in the "Restore" column to restore it.
Perform operations on several items at once (Mass actions block)
Main actions that can be performed in items: show, hide, delete, duplicate, move to another section, indent (this action only exists in the course format "Collapsed Topics").
How to perform operations on several items at once?
1. Enable "Edit mode" on the upper right corner of the page.
2. In the right menu, click on "Add a block".
3. Select the option "Mass actions".
4. The "Mass actions" block will appear on the right.
5. Now, for each of the items on the site, a check box will be added on the left side. The action you select in the "Mass actions" block will apply to all the selected items at once, for example "Hide", "Indent" or "Move to section".
6. In order to perform an action on all the items on the course site, you must click on "Select all" in the "Mass actions" block on the right. To cancel the selection, click "Deselect all".
7. To select all the items in a certain topic, in the scroll box, select "select all in section" and then select the desired topic.
