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NextPad

Add an activity to a course

Requirement: the administration has registered the NextPad tools in Moodle. If they are missing from the activity chooser, see Register the tool in Moodle.

Steps

Moodle course in edit mode. Marked are the Edit mode switch, the Add content button in the section Week 2 and the menu item Activity or resource.
Turn on edit mode and add an activity in the right section.
  1. Turn on Edit mode at the top right of the course.
  2. Choose Add content in the right section.
  3. Choose Activity or resource.
Window Add an activity or resource with the search term NextPad. Three results: NextPad Idea collection, NextPad Pad and NextPad Quiz. The idea collection is selected and the Add button is marked.
The search shows the three NextPad tools.
  1. Type NextPad into the search.
  2. Choose NextPad Idea collection. A quiz works the same with NextPad Quiz, a shared text with NextPad Pad.
  3. Choose Add.
Form New External tool. The field Activity name reads: What should we clarify in the next session? The button Save and return to course is marked.
The activity name becomes the question of the collection.
  1. Enter the question of the collection under Activity name. NextPad takes up to 200 characters.
  2. Choose Save and return to course.
Course page without edit mode. The section Week 2 holds the activity What should we clarify in the next session? with the NextPad mark. It is marked.
The activity sits in the course and opens NextPad in a new window.
  1. Click the activity in the course. NextPad opens in a new window.

What the lead sees

NextPad with the idea collection from Moodle. Marked are the line Idea collection · Editing view, the link Back to course and the two moderation buttons next to the first entry.
The lead sees the editing view with the moderation buttons.
  1. Editing view appears above the question. All teachers of the course may moderate.
  2. Back to course leads to the course page in Moodle.
  3. The tick marks an entry as done, the eye hides it. More in Collect and moderate.

What students see

The same idea collection as a student sees it. Marked are the line Idea collection · Take part and an own entry with the note Your entry.
Students see the same collection to take part, without moderation buttons.
  1. Take part appears above the question.
  2. Own entries carry the note “Your entry”. Everyone else sees them without a name.

Good to know

  • NextPad takes the question when the activity starts for the first time. If the name changes in Moodle later, the question stays. It can be changed in NextPad with the pencil.
  • The QR code on the board leads to the activity in Moodle. Whoever scans it signs in to Moodle and then lands in the collection. Guests without a Moodle account cannot get in.
  • Each activity has its own collection. A copy of the activity in another course starts empty.
  • A course collection cannot be deleted from within NextPad. It is not subject to any NextPad deletion period either.

Try it yourself

Create an idea collection with the question from the pictures in a course and start it. Then write an entry with a student test account and compare both views. Switching roles in Moodle is not enough for this: whoever has started the activity once as lead stays lead in NextPad.

What should we clarify in the next session?