How to access the Categorise widget

Widgets are the tools with which course administrators create and build the pages of their course.   

The Categorise widget can be used to create multiple categories in which students must classify a list of words or sentences.

In order to access the widget:   

1. Go to the page in your course where you'd like to add this widget.
2. Select Edit mode.
3. In the lefthand widget menu, click on the drop-down menu with the word Core and toggle it to Quiz.
4. Click on the Categorise widget icon. (or you can hold and drag it wherever you'd like on the page).

How to set up the Categorise widget

After adding the widget to your page, you can set it up by following the instructions below:   

1. Click on the Setup tab at the top of the widget.
2. Edit the widget settings.

Title: You can enter a title or instructions for the learners. 

Categories: Here you can set up your categories. Enter the category titles at the top of each column. Underneath, enter the words that belong in that category.

Add item: Click on Add item at the bottom of a category in order to add another word to that category.

Add category: Click on Add category at the bottom right to add another category.

Message displayed when correct: You can change the default "Correct!"   

Message displayed when incorrect: You can change the default "Please try again."  

Completion settings

Completing activities on a page is how learners make progress and receive their certificates or complete the course.  

As the administrator, you can modify how each widget tracks this progress.   

To do this, click on the Completion Settings tab on the widget and choose one of the following options:  

No completion tracking: This widget will not count towards completion.   

Completed when student fills in the blanks correctly: This widget will count as completed as soon as the learner places each word underneath the correct category.