○ Activities and what you can and cannot change after publishing
In this article, you will find a detailed list of settings for each activity that you can and cannot change after the template is published.
Click on one of the following activity types to scroll to the heading:
- Lesson
- Assignment
- Documentation
- Assessment
- (Video) Hand-in assignment
- Scan
- 360º feedback
- Questionnaire
- Survey
- Form and reflection
- External activity (LTI)
- SCORM
- Certificate
- Webinar
General settings
The following settings can be found in (almost) all activities:
Not adjustable:
- Make questions MemoTrainable after the assignment has been finished
However, it is always possible to make questions MemoTrainable afterwards via the 'Extra MemoTrainable Questions' tab
Adjustable:
- Estimated activity duration
- Allow learners to make notes in this activity
- Discussions are allowed in this activity
- Explanation at the start and the end of the activity
- External ID
Lesson
Activity content
Adjustable:
- Add new questions/content parts
- Hide published questions/content parts
- Move questions/content parts to section
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Learners score the essay questions themselves
- Instructors score the essay questions
Adjustable:
- Activity can be reassessed
If 'Instructors score the essay questions is turned on. - Show an indication for evaluation questions that there is no right or wrong answer
- Allow learners to edit their given answers to evaluation questions
- Allow learners to make notes in this activity
- Lesson is printable
Assignment
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Add new questions
- Hide published questions
Adjustable:
- Ask questions in random order
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Learners mark the essay questions themselves
- Instructors mark the essay questions
- Back to alter answers allowed
- Skip questions
- Back to overview (continue later)
- Show learner ranking on result page
- Feedback mode
Adjustable:
- Activity can be reassessed
If 'Instructors mark the essay questions' is turned on
Documentation
Activity content
Adjustable:
- Add content parts
- Deselect content parts
- Move content parts to section
Properties
Adjustable:
- Discussions are allowed in this activity
- Documentation is printable
Assessment
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Based on exam terms:
- Add new questions
- Hide published questions
Adjustable:
- Fixed questions:
- Add new questions
- Hide published questions
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Amount of attempts and settings
- Score
- Show check button
- Navigation during activity
- Learners mark essay questions themselves
- Instructors mark the essay questions
Adjustable:
- Advice texts
- Feedback type
- Maximum duration
- Activity can be reassessed
If 'Instructors mark the essay questions' is turned on.
(video) Hand-in assignment
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Instructors assess and complete the activity
- External assessor allowed
- Add numeric score to assessment
- Learners complete the activity themselves
Adjustable:
- Description
- Support files
- Participants can see each other's files
- Discussions are allowed in the hand-in assignment
- Activity can be reassessed
If 'Instructors assess and complete the activity' is turned on - Learner is allowed to edit the handed in version
If 'Learners complete the activity themselves' is turned on - Canvas size
Scan
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Add new questions/content parts
- Hide published questions/content parts
Adjustable:
- Move questions/content parts to section
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Measures to create a profile
Adjustable:
- Learners can add comments
- Show profile score at the result page
- Profile name and subscription
360º feedback
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Add new questions/content part
- Hide published questions/content part
Adjustable:
- Move questions/content parts to section
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Measures of the profile
Adjustable:
- Learners can add comments
- Assessor assesses anonymously
- External assessor allowed
- Show assessors in instructor export
- Profile name and description
- Invitation settings
Questionnaire
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Add new questions/content part
- Hide published questions/content part
Adjustable:
- Move questions/content parts to section
Properties
Adjustable:
- Learners can add comments Back to top
Survey
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Survey linked to the activity
Properties
Adjustable:
- Other settings within the activity
Form and reflection
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- Add new questions/content part
- Hide published questions/content part
Properties
Not adjustable:
- The learner is responsible for completing the activity
- The instructor is responsible for completing the activity
Adjustable:
- The learner can invite instructors to receive feedback on given answers
Provided that the checkbox 'The learner is responsible for completing the activity' is checked. - The instructor can reopen the activity
Provided that 'The instructor is responsible for completing the activity' is checked. - Show feedback in instructor export
External activity (LTI)
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Link
- LTI key en secret, custom parameters
- Send the admin role to the tool provider
- Show 'Continue' after completion
- Base the completion of this activity on progress and set the threshold
- Launch in a pop-up
- Frame size
- Discussions are allowed
- Assessment possible
- Activity can be reassessed
Adjustable:
- Include this activity in the advice
SCORM
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- (De)select SCORM package
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Discussions are allowed
Adjustable:
- Display options
Certificate
Activity content
Not adjustable:
- (De)select PDF file
Properties
Adjustable:
- Display activity score on certificate
- Limited certificate validity
- Send notification to learner
- Calculate expiry based on expiry date of longest valid certificate
- Only if it has not expired yet
Webinar
Properties
Not adjustable:
- Assessment possible
- Activity can be reassessed
Adjustable:
- Link
Not adjustable in the template, but in the settings of the course - Include this activity in the advice