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davosmith / moodle-checklist

Checklist plugin for Moodle - allows a teacher to create a checklist for their students to tick-off
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Checklist module

==Introduction== This is a Moodle plugin that allows a teacher to create a checklist for their students to work through. The teacher can monitor all the student's progress, as they tick off each of the items in the list. Note: This is the Moodle 3.9+ version (other versions are available for Moodle 1.9 and above).

Items can be indented and marked as optional or turned into headings; a range of different colours can be used for the items. Students are presented with a simple chart showing how far they have progressed through the required/optional items and can add their own, private, items to the list.

==Changes==

==Installation== The checklist block and grade report are separate, optional plugins that can be downloaded from: http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_checklist http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=gradeexport_checklist

  1. Unzip the contents of file you downloaded to a temporary folder.
  2. Upload the files to the your moodle server, placing the 'mod/checklist' files in the '[moodlefolder]/mod/checklist', (optionally) the 'blocks/checklist' files in the '[moodlefolder]/blocks/checklist' folder and (optionally) the 'grade/export/checklist' files in the '[moodlefolder]/grade/export/checklist' folder.
  3. Log in as administrator and click on 'Notifications' in the admin area to update the Moodle database, ready to use this plugin.

==Problems with automatic update?==

Whilst automatic updates are working fine in all situations I have tested, there have been some reports of these not updating check-marks correctly on some sites. If this is the case on your site, one thing to try, before contacting me:

==Adding a checklist block== (Optional plugin)

  1. Click 'Turn editing on', in a course view.
  2. Under 'blocks', choose 'Checklist'
  3. Click on the 'Edit' icon in the new block to set which checklist to display and (optionally) which group of users to display.

==Exporting checklist progress (Excel)== (Optional plugin)

  1. In a course, click 'Grades'
  2. From the dropdown menu, choose 'Export => Checklist Export'
  3. Choose the checklist you want to export and click 'Export Excel' If you want to change the user information that is included in the export ('First name', 'Surname', etc.), then edit the file 'grade/export/checklist/columns.php' - instructions can be found inside the file itself.

==Usage== Click on 'Add an activity' and choose 'Checklist'. Enter all the usual information. You can optionally allow students to add their own, private items to the list (this will not affect the overall progress, but may help students to keep note of anything extra they need to do).

You can then add items to the list. Click on the 'tick' to toggle an item between required, optional and heading Click on the 'edit' icon to change the text. Click on the 'indent' icons to change the level of indent. Click on the 'move' icons to move the item up/down one place. Click on the 'delete' icon to delete the item. Click on the '+' icon to insert a new item immediately below the current item.

Click on 'Preview', to get some idea of how this will look to students. Click on 'Results', to see a chart of how the students are currently progressing through the checklist.

Students can now log in, click on the checklist, tick any items they have completed and then click 'Save' to update the database. If you have allowed them to do so, they can click on 'Start Adding Items', then click on the green '+' icons to insert their own, private items to the list.

If you allow a checklist to be updated by teachers (either exclusively, or in addition to students), it can be updated by doing the following:

  1. Click 'Results'
  2. Click on the little 'Magnifying glass' icon, beside the student's name
  3. Choose Yes / No for each item
  4. Click 'Save'
  5. (Optional) Click 'Add comments', enter/update/delete a comment against each item, Click 'Save'
  6. Click 'View all Progress' to go back to the view with all the students shown.

==Further information== Moodle plugins database entry: http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_checklist Report a bug, or suggest an improvement: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/CONTRIB/component/10608

==Contact details== Any questions, suggested improvements to: Davo Smith - moodle@davosmith.co.uk Any enquiries about custom development to Synergy Learning: http://www.synergy-learning.com