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Create a Dialogue Activity in Moodle

Overview

This page tells you how to set up an activity using the Dialogue tool, a two-way text-based communication tool, and how to open a dialogue with a student.

When to use

You might use Dialogue for private conversations between students and teachers, between you and all the members of a specific group, or between specific students.

For other communication options, see the Communicate with students in Moodle page.

Benefits

The benefits of using the Dialogue tool include:

  • Conversation is private.
  • Conversation takes place within the context of the Moodle course.
  • All exchanges are logged.
  • The tool is similar to email in that you can add attachments, conduct multiple exchanges, a time-stamped history is kept etc.
  • Users can set up email notification of new dialogue in their Moodle profile.
  • A teacher can initiate individual dialogues with all members of a group at one time.

Guide

Step by step instructions

  • Set up a Dialogue activity
  • Open a Dialogue with a student

Set up a Dialogue activity

To set up a Dialogue activity to allow student-to-teacher or student-to-student communication:

  1. On the course home page, click Turn editing on Turn editing on, and in the appropriate section, click Add an activity or resource, select Dialogue from the pop-up list.

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  2. On the Adding a new Dialogue page, enter a Dialogue name and some Description text indicating how the dialogue is to be used.
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  3. Select the maximum attachment size.

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  4. Set the maximum number of attachments to a dialogue post

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  5. Check whether you wish to use course groups.  This will restrict students from opening dialogues with instructors and members of groups they belong to.

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  6. Complete the remainder of the page and click Save and return to course.

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Open a Dialogue with a student

  1. On the course home page, in the relevant section, click the link for the dialogue activity.

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  2. On the dialogue page, click the Create button.

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  3. On the dialogue page, enter the student you want to Open a dialogue with—or expand the Bulk open rule if you want to begin with multiple participants.

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  4. Enter a Subject line for the dialogue, and text for the opening message uploading any attachments, then click Send or Save draft.

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With thanks to Macquarie University for permission to adapt their iLearn resources.

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Further assistance

If you experience technical or other issues, consult the Where to get help page.

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