Create and edit Bloom's taxonomy-based activities

The Bloom's taxonomy-based activity behavioral mode presents students with questions based on their Bloom’s Taxonomy classification. You can either specify the questions or have the course randomly select questions based on an analysis of student records and needs.

Get started

1. Add the activity.
2. As you enter activity details on the Activity Details page, select Bloom's Taxonomy-based for Behavioral Mode.
3. Complete the activity by following the steps provided in this topic.

When creating or editing your activity, you can use various navigation options to move between pages at any time. However, you may need to complete certain information prior to opening another page. In this case, a message appears at the top of the screen directing you to enter the required information.

Add activity questions

You can manually select questions from the Question Bank or you can have the application randomly select the questions for you based on the parameters you provide. You can also create new questions.

Note: You cannot add file upload, project builder, or SCO question types to a Bloom's taxonomy-based activity.

To manually select questions from the Question Bank:

1. From the Add questions menu on the activity Questions page, click Select manually.
2. From the Select questions window, select the questions you want to include in the activity. You can select available questions directly from the Question Bank or View Questions by Learning Objectives.

   Note: The View Questions by Learning Objectives option is not available in all courses. If you do not see this option, it means that your material is not aligned to defined learning objectives. Within a course, this option is only available if Learning Objectives is selected on the course Preferences > Course Tools page. Instructor must enable this feature for teaching assistants.

3. Click Add and Close.

To randomly select questions from the Question Bank:

1. From the Add questions menu on the activity Questions page, click Randomly select.
2. From the Select questions window, select the folder that contains questions you want to include in the activity.
3. Click Add and Close. The following options appear on the Questions page.
   • Total: Enter the total number of questions you want to include in the activity. Note that the number you enter should not exceed the total number of questions in the question folder you selected. You must include at least one question.
   • Suggest difficulty: Click this option to automatically distribute questions for each Bloom's taxonomy-based classification. Alternately, you can manually enter the number of questions you want to assign to each difficulty level.
4. To save the question distribution, click Set.

To create new questions for your activity:

1. From the Add questions menu on the activity Questions page, click Create New Question.
2. From the Select Question Type window, select the question type you want to create. Note that you cannot select file upload, project builder, or SCO question types for this activity.
3. Follow the steps in the sections that follow to create and save the appropriate question type.

   Note: When you create a new asset from the My Course list on the Course Materials > Add from Library page or from any other Course Materials page, you are prompted to save a copy of the new asset in the Course Materials Library. This library is the repository for all course resources. Navigate to and select the folder where you want to store the new asset, and then click Add and Close.

   After you add questions to the Questions page, the available question and section information appears.

After you add questions to the Questions page, the available question and section information appears. You can:

• Add, order, and rename the sections.
• Set preferences for the section.

• Click Save and Continue to move to the next page.

HelpLinks

On the HelpLinks page, include any material, web, or eText links you want to include to help students complete the activity. For details, see Add activity HelpLinks.

Messages

On the Messages page, include any beginning messages, ending messages, or activity directions you want to display with the activity. For details, see Add activity messages.

Grades

On the Grades page, select the activity grade schema. For details, see Define a grade schema for an activity.

Feedback

On the Feedback page, select the activity feedback schema and add any related study material. For details, see Provide activity feedback.

Teaching Support

On the Teaching Support page, you can provide instructors with notes, additional materials, web, and eText links to help them best use the asset or activity. For details, see Add and edit teaching support.

Preferences

On the Preferences page, define the activity preferences you want. For example, you can set the activity's process, features, presentation, and feedback options. For details, see Set preferences for an activity.

Edit activities

To edit activities:

1. Select Edit from the activity's options menu.
2. Make your changes.
3. Click Save.

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