When setting up the conditions for adding entries, you can decide whether entries need to be approved, and whether/who to give ratings to entries (if ratings are used for marking).
Steps
Turn editing on using the green button – this button is available top left of screen on the topic homepage
Go to the module where you would like the database to appear
Click the Add an activity or resource link at the bottom of the module
Select Database from Activities tab
In the General section enter a Name for the database and some text in the Description field explaining how the database will be used
Under Entries, select:
o whether the topic coordinator/teacher's approval is required before the entry will display to other students in the database
o whether it is allowed to edit the approved entries (this is disabled if no approval is required)
o whether you will allow comments on entries
o the number of entries required for completion per student for the activity to be considered complete
o the number of entries required before viewing other students’ entries
o the maximum number of entries any student can contribute to the database
If necessary, under Availability, enable the date fields and define the periods for which the database will be available for contributions, and in read-only form (Read only from) if applicable
Timeline block: The 'Available to' date will show to students in the Timeline block.
Set up the Ratings system if you want students to rate entries. You must save the activity before the Roles with permission to ratewill display – ask your eLearning support team to add students (permissions). You can:
o tell FLO how to decide on a final rating (Aggregate type)
o indicate whether to apply a Scale to the ratings
o Restrict ratings to items with dates in the given date range
You can set up activity completion for your database based on the below conditions
Complete the remainder of the page and click Save and display