We have now gone over all the fundamentals you need to create a lesson. Before we move on, we should test what we have created to make sure it is working properly.
- Currently you should be on the Edit tab for the lesson you created. To the left of the Edit tab is the Preview tab. These are located at the top of the page. Click on the Preview tab.
- You will now be on the 1st page of the lesson, which was the content page we created. You will see the two choices displayed horizontally below the content as we specified earlier. See the following screenshot:
- Select the first choice, Grab the fire extinguisher and look for smoke.
- Now you will be on the question page. This is correct. We created this jump in the previous section. Select an answer and see if you get the response we created earlier in the question page.
You just set up a scenario based lesson on fire safety. In the process, you learned the basic tools needed to create a lesson: how to create a content page, how to create a question page, and how to create lesson jumps. You can now use these tools to develop any lesson you would like. Maybe start by taking the example lesson we just created and fill in all the content and questions needed to train employees on your company's Emergency Action Plan or Fire Prevention Plan.
In the Moodle lesson module, you have the option of adding a cluster. A cluster is a group of question pages from which a random question page can be selected. The default is an unseen question within a cluster jump. We did not go into this with our example, but it could be a useful tool for creating flash cards. Flash cards would be a useful study tool for employees preparing for a compliance exam.
The unseen question within a cluster jump would keep randomly selecting a question that has not yet been seen by the user until it has gone through all the questions.
Take a moment and think of a useful purpose for flash cards at your company and create a flash card lesson module. Go on have a go!