The Moodle feature “Available for group members only” was just
activated last week on our Moodle server, and it could save us all lots of time
maintaining Moodle courses. With this
addition any resource or activity can be visible only to a group of students
enrolled in a Moodle course rather than all students.
Often I find myself
teaching two sections of a course, and often there are small changes in the
lessons for each section because of the composition of classes or external
factors like assemblies and fire drills.
In the past I’ve maintained two parallel and virtually identical Moodle courses
to be able to make those minor modifications when needed. With “Available for group members only” I can
now use a single Moodle course for the students in both sections and show
specific resources (or activities) to only one section of students when needed.
Here’s how it
works...
