Within your course, "activity" refers to a specific type of asset that you use to evaluate student performance, such as a quiz or homework. An activity may or may not be gradable.
Activity types are like templates that define the functionality and preferences of an activity created using that type. You can think of an activity type as a way to standardize activities that are used for a similar teaching strategy. For example, you can use the activity type "Homework" to create one or more "homework" activities.
Your course creates activity types using a specific behavioral mode that determines the student experience and how the activity functions.
Activity types in your course might include any or all of the following:
Student Activity Manual (SAM) activity
Extra practice activity
Practice test
Test
Instructor activity
Oral practice activity
eText activity
Video activity
LiveChat activity
Games
Web activity
Add Study plan (Readiness check)
Add Discussion Topic
Add Link
Add Page
You can customize activity type names on the course Preferences > Activities page, so the names of activity types in your course may differ from those shown in the preceding list. You create and edit most activities the same way, regardless of the activity's type or name.
Note: The process of creating and editing readiness check pre-tests and post-tests is not the same as the process of creating and editing other course activities. For more information, see Add and edit study plans.
You create activities from the Add Course Materials menu, which appears on the Course Materials Library and My Course toolbar.
Notes
Although you can add activities to the Course Materials Library or My Course list, it is strongly recommended that you create all activities in the Course Materials Library and then move them to the My Course list where you can set appropriate scheduling.
If you do add an activity directly to the My Course list, you will be prompted to save the new activity to the Course Materials Library. In this case, navigate to and select the Course Materials Library folder where you want to save the activity and then click Add and Close.
Another option for creating course materials is to use Course Materials Wizard. To access the wizard, select Course Materials from the menu bar. This wizard lets you add assignments by taking you to the Course Materials Library, copy materials from another course using the Course Materials Library, and manage your content library. Refer to Using the Course Materials Wizard for more information.