MEC Student Engagement & Collaboration Tools 3

Question 1

Which Moodle feature allows a teacher to embed a BigBlueButton (or other virtual classroom) session directly within a course?

Accepted Answer

External tool (LTI) activity

Answer

The External Tool (LTI) activity integrates third-party tools like BigBlueButton into Moodle courses using the LTI standard.

Question 2

In a Moodle Workshop, what happens during the 'Assessment phase'?

Accepted Answer

Students evaluate each other's submissions using teacher-defined criteria

Answer

During the Assessment phase, students review and grade their peers' submissions according to the criteria set by the teacher.

Question 3

A Moodle teacher wants to create a structured debate where two student groups post arguments in sequence. Which activity best supports this?

Accepted Answer

Forum with Q&A format

Answer

The Q&A forum format requires students to post their own response before seeing others', making it useful for structured debate.

Question 4

What is the role of 'Subscription mode' in a Moodle forum set to 'Optional subscription'?

Accepted Answer

Students choose whether to receive email notifications for the forum

Answer

Optional subscription means students can independently decide whether to receive email notifications for new forum posts.

Question 5

Which Moodle collaborative tool tracks version history so students can see what changes were made and by whom?

Accepted Answer

Wiki

Answer

Moodle's Wiki maintains a full version history, showing each edit along with the student who made it.

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