MEC Student Engagement & Collaboration Tools 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Moodle activity allows students to rate each other's forum posts using a star-based scale?
- Peer assessment
- Forum ratings (Correct answer)
- Workshop
- Glossary comments
Correct answer: Forum ratings
Moodle forums support ratings where students or instructors can rate posts using scales defined by the teacher.
Question 2: A teacher wants students to collaboratively build a glossary where all class members can add and edit definitions. Which Moodle setting enables this?
- Secondary glossary with student contributions enabled (Correct answer)
- Main glossary with editing by students allowed
- Wiki with glossary format
- Database activity with glossary template
Correct answer: Secondary glossary with student contributions enabled
Secondary glossaries allow student contributions, whereas the main glossary is typically controlled by the teacher.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of the 'Separate Groups' mode in a Moodle forum?
- Students see all posts but can only reply to their group
- Students can only see and interact with posts from their own group (Correct answer)
- Teachers see only their assigned group's posts
- Groups compete for the highest number of posts
Correct answer: Students can only see and interact with posts from their own group
In Separate Groups mode, students can only view and participate in discussions with members of their own group.
Question 4: Which Moodle tool is best suited for conducting a quick, anonymous poll during a live class session?
- Quiz (timed)
- Choice activity (Correct answer)
- Feedback activity
- Survey module
Correct answer: Choice activity
The Choice activity lets teachers quickly post a question with multiple options and can be configured for anonymous responses.
Question 5: In Moodle's Chat activity, how can a teacher make a chat session available to students at a recurring weekly time?
- Set the chat to 'No set times' and announce manually
- Use the 'Repeat sessions' option set to 'At the same time every week' (Correct answer)
- Schedule via the Calendar block only
- Create a new Chat activity each week
Correct answer: Use the 'Repeat sessions' option set to 'At the same time every week'
The Chat activity's 'Repeat sessions' setting can schedule recurring weekly sessions automatically.
Question 6: A teacher notices that a student has not posted in any forum for two weeks. Which Moodle report would most directly reveal this inactivity?
- Course completion report
- Activity completion report
- Logs (All activities)
- Participation report (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Participation report
The Participation report shows per-student activity counts for a specific module, making it easy to spot non-participants.
Question 7: What does enabling 'Force subscribe' on a Moodle forum do?
- Forces all posts to go through teacher approval
- Automatically subscribes all enrolled students and prevents unsubscribing (Correct answer)
- Sends a forced notification to the admin
- Locks the forum so only teachers can post
Correct answer: Automatically subscribes all enrolled students and prevents unsubscribing
Force subscribe ensures every student receives email notifications for all forum posts and cannot opt out.
MEC Student Engagement & Collaboration Tools 2
Which Moodle activity allows students to rate each other's forum posts using a star-based scale?