Learn@Illinois Moodle - Choosing a Student Response Tool
Do you need to put your students into presentation or discussion groups? Sign up for office hours? Give mid-term feedback? Choosing between the Choice, Feedback, Group Choice, Questionnaire, and Scheduler can be difficult because there is quite a bit of overlap in functionality. This guide should assist you in choosing which is best for your purposes.
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Overview
| Choice | Feedback | Group Choice | Questionnaire | Scheduler | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple questions | Yes | Yes | |||
| Option limits | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Anonymous option | Yes | Yes | |||
| Auto-generated options | Yes | Yes | |||
| Automatically graded | Yes | ||||
| Automatically place students into groups | Yes | ||||
| Can be used with separate groups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Examples
I want my students to sign up for group presentation time slots. There are just 5 options but I don't want more than 3 people to sign up for each.
Choice.
I want my students to sign up for office hours. I want to set up 15 minute time slots with 5 minutes of buffer any Tuesday or Thursday afternoon all semester.
Scheduler.
I want to ask several open and closed-ended questions about the course as midterm feedback. I would like students to be able to respond anonymously, but to receive a grade for completing the survey.
Questionnaire.
I want students to be split into discussion groups. I want each person in the group to choose a different discussion topic. I don't want more than one person in the same group to have the same topic.
Choice.
I want my students to self-select a project group based on topics of interest.
Group Choice.