Glossary of ILIAS tools

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blog

Blogs enable the writing of individual posts or grouped posts. Posts can be tagged by keywords and are sorted by date. Through the subscription function, interested persons can be informed about the blogs trends. Blogs are a good tool to realize freely styled writing formats and to document learning processes.

Tutorials

Create a blog

In your course or your group click on “Add New Item” and select “Blog”.
Enter a name for the blog.

Create a blog bost

To add a blog post, enter a title and select “Add Posting”.
A red border lets you recognize that your blog post is in the author state. By clicking on the grayish marked section, you can edit your blog post.
Choose from the list the element you would like to add.
After editing the element which you have selected, save the post by “Save and Return”.

Determine contributors

Under the tab “Blog-Contributors” enter the usernames in the field “User”.
Choose a role. “Blog Author” are able to add posts. “Blog Editor” can also edit posts.
Afterwards click on the button “Add”.

Publish a blog post

By clicking on “Preview”, you can look at the blog post in preview mode.
Click on “Actions” and subsequently on the button “Publish Posting” to publish your post.

Tag keywords on a blog post

Click on “Edit Keywords” in the right section.
Enter the desired keywords. By clicking on the “+” button, further keywords can be added.
After entering the keywords, click on “Save”. The keywords are now displayed in the right section of your blog.

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booking pool

The booking pool enables the reservation of items with or without a timetable, for instance to reserve presentation topics or to borrow an item. Anonymous and publicly visible reservations are possib…

Tutorial

Allocate topics with the booking pool

Especially at the beginning of the semester, topics for papers and group projects are often distributed. This often takes up valuable attendance time. Learn here how you can digitally outsource this task using technical means.

In the video you see how to create a booking pool. Since it is in German, please follow the English description below.

Explanatory video on topic allocation with the booking pool

Create a booking pool

Especially in the beginning of the semester, topics of presentations and group projects are assigned. This often occupies valuable time. Here you can learn to outsource these tasks by using technical means.

Choose “Add New Item” and then the option “Booking Pool”.
Enter the title of the booking pool and add a description.
Confirm the input and create the booking pool by clicking on “Add Booking Pool”.

Set up a booking pool for the allocation of topics and papers

In the tab “Settings” select the type “No Schedule”.
In the selection area “Limit number of bookings” you can determine how many bookings may be made by one person.
Optionally you can determine if users are able to see who made which reservation by checking the box “Public Reservations”.
Click on “Save” to save the settings.

Add objects to a theme

Click on the tab “Booking Objects”.
Add an item to each topic. Therefore select the button “Add Object” and enter the title of the topic and a description.
Optionally you can add files by clicking on the button “Select File”.
Determine how many persons are allowed to sign for that topic in the selection area “Nr of Items”.
If you wish that an information text appears after the booking, enter your text in the section “Post Booking Information".
Confirm the entry by clicking on “Save”.

Put the booking pool online

Under the section “Settings” check the box next to “Online”.
Click on the button “Save”.

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chat

Tip: If you want to use the chat and do other things in ILIAS at the same time, open the chat in a separate window or tab. This is usually done by right-clicking on the object.

Chats enable synchronous communication on the ILIAS interface. They are suitable for consultations and live sessions.

Tip: If you would like to use the chat and the ILIAS interface simultaneously, open the chat in a separate browser window or tab. Typically this can be done by a right click on the item.

Tutorial

In the video you see how to use the chat. Since it is in German, please follow the English description below.

Click on “Add New Item” and select “Chat Room”.
Enter the name of the chatroom and select “Add Chat Room”.
Under “Settings” select the desired specifics of the chatroom. Confirm these by clicking on “Save”.
In the tab “View” you can now see the chat room. For sending a message, enter the message text in the intended field and click on “Send”.

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content page

A content page is an ILIAS object available since the update to version 5.4. The content page is created on course, group or folder level. It is equivalent to a page in the learning module, with the …

Content pages offer many advantages:
They are easy to create: previously, to show content on a separate page, you usually had to create a complete learning module.
They can replace accordions in the course overview and thus reduce barriers (simply provide a link back to the course at the bottom of the page)

Content pages are suitable for numerous purposes, e.g.:
Provision of the semester schedule or literature index
Provision of handouts on course and examination achievements
Since videos and other media can also be integrated, you can also make preparatory content for the session available here.

Content pages are created in the same way as other ILIAS objects by clicking on "Add new object". The page editor works in the same way as in the other areas.

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data collection

Data collections enable the joint creation and editing of tables. For that various formats for fields are provided. Filling the table happens in a clear entry-form mode. Single entries can be evaluated and anonymously or personally collected. Data collections are ideally suited for clearly structured, homogeneous articles, e. g. in form of a digitized herbarium. The data collection also offers a subscription function as well as the option to clearly present entries in a self-structuring page.

Tutorial

Create a data collection

Since the video is in German, please follow the English description below.

Click on “Add New Item” and select “Data Collection”.
Choose a name for the data collection and click “Add Data Collection”.

Create a field

Since the video is in German, please follow the English description below.

At first, a standard table will be created. Within each table you can create fields. A field is like the headline of a table's column. The rows are then filled by the participants.
There is a broad variety of fields. The field "text entry" is a very commonly used field type. In the video you can see that even within the different field types you will get a palette of options for each type. Furthermore, you can declare fields as obligatory and disable double entries.
Within the register "content" you can fill a table yourself or have it filled collaboratively by your group members.

Create a selection menu

Since the video is in German, please follow the English description below.

In order to create a selection menu (for example drop-down-menu) you can either create a text selection field or a separate table for reference.
The main advantage of using a referenced table (i.e. a table whose content is integrated in yet another table via a reference field) is the variety of writing permissions that are available. This enables a broad network of interconnected tables.

The single view

Since the video is in German, please follow the English description below.

Single views are like bulk letters, they consist of parts that are identical for each entry and parts that will adapt depending on the entry they refer to.
In the overview of the tables you can switch to the views menue of a single table by clicking on "Actions". In there you can switch to the single view. Attention: Since the update to ILIAS 7 you can only navigate to this menue by cfirst clicking on the standard view and then choosing the register "Single".
In the menu you find the regular page editor plus certain placeholders for the fields which are indicated by brackets. After inserting a place holder it will be displayed in green colour.
As soon as the single view is activated, you can see a magnifying glass in the content register of your table. By clicking on it you will see the single view of the entry you chose. You can now browse through the entries like through a book by cling the button "next entry".

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etherpad

The etherpad enables the simultaneous editing of a document. In a chat it is possible to exchange information via text. Each author has a color which indicates authorship. The etherpad offers a few basic formatting options but no table or picture insertion. The development can be tracked in the development player, where time lapses and markings for particular parts are available as well. The written text can be exported in several formats.

Since the Video is in German, please follow the English description below.

Create a new Etherpad

Click on “Add New Item” and select “Etherpad”.
Enter the name for the etherpad in the line “Title” and enter an optional description in the intended text field.
Confirm the input by clicking on “Add Etherpad”.

Putting the Etherpad online

Select the "Online" checkbox in the Properties” tab to put the Etherpad online start using it.
Confirm the input by clicking on "Save".

Changing the author colour

Under the tab “Etherpad” click on the color-marked selection area.
Select your name.
By clicking on the colored marking, you activate the color field and now choose a desired color and click on “Speichern” (save).

Timeslider function and file import and export

To get an overview of the development history of your etherpad, click on top of the right section on the watch symbol.
By clicking on the button left to the timeslider function, you can import and export data or export the etherpad as one of the listed formats.

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exercise

Exercises help organizing tasks and submissions: you can set the timing for submissions, give feedback via text, email, or file, change the passing status and grades, organize your notes on submissions, and offer sample solutions. This object also offers a peer feedback function that automatically assigns peers and presents the criteria and timing for feedback. You will also receive an overview of given feedback.

Handout - Die Übung

Tutorials Lecturers

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create an exercise

Select the „Add New Item“ button and then choose „Exercise“.
Type in a name for the Exercise and click „Add Exercise “.

Creating an exercise Unit - Text Delivery

Select „Text“ from the drop-down menu in your exercise editing mode and then click „Add Assignment“.
Type in a title and work instructions for the assignment in the corresponding fields. After that, click „Save“ to confirm your entry.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and clicking and then on „View“.

Creating an exercise Unit - File Delivery

Select „Upload“ from the drop-down menu in your exercise editing mode and then click „Add Assignment“.
Type in a title and work instructions for the assignment in the corresponding fields. After that, click „Save“ to confirm your entry.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and then on „View“. Students can upload files for this assignment by clicking on „Hand In“.

Creating an exercise Unit - File Delivery as a Team

Select „Team Upload “from the drop-down menu in your exercise editing mode and then click „Add Assignment“.
Type in a title and work instructions for the assignment in the corresponding fields. You should also determine which group-forming method is suitable for your case: „Participants Self-Organise Forming Teams“ or „Teams are formed by Tutors“. After this step, click „Save“ to confirm your entry.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and then on „View“.
When the self-organising option was picked, students can create a team by clicking on “Create Team”. Further, group members can then be added by clicking “Manage Team”. To submit the team assignment file, click on “Hand In”.
Teaching staffs can view and change the students’ team allocation by clicking on the “Submission and Grades” tab.

Creating an exercise unit - submitting a blog

Select „Team Upload “from the drop-down menu in your exercise editing mode and then click „Add Assignment“.
Type in a title and work instructions for the assignment in the corresponding fields. After that, click „Save“ to confirm your entry.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and then on „View“.
In this type, students can create a new blog or choose an existing one and submit it.
The submitted blog can be updated or exchanged until the deadline.

Create an exercise unit - Submit a portfolio

Select „Portfolio “from the drop-down menu in your exercise editing mode and then click „Add Assignment“.
Type in a title and work instructions for the assignment in the corresponding fields. Additionally, you can determine if the students should create the portfolio from scratch by clicking “Without Portfolio-Template” or with a specific portfolio template by clicking on “With Portfolio-Template”. After that, click „Save“ to confirm your entry.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and then on „View“.
In this view, students can create a new portfolio or choose an existing one and submit it.
The submitted portfolio can be updated or exchanged until the deadline.

Add a deadline

Firstly, select the “Edit” tab to access the editing mode and then click “Edit” on the specific assignment which should have a deadline.
You can then determine a “Start Time” and a “Deadline” for the assignment in the corresponding fields.
You can also add a “Grace Period” to determine until when submissions can still be accepted. It is important to note that “Peer-Feedback” can only start after the end of the “Grace Period”. After that, click “Save” to confirm your entry.

Add a file to the work instruction

Firstly, select the “Edit” tab to access the editing mode and then click “Edit” on the desired assignment.
Click on the “Instruction Files” tab.
You can select and upload a file in the corresponding field.
You can see how your assignment looks like from the viewers‘ point of view by first clicking on „Back“ and then on „View“. Here, students can download your file.

Deposit a sample solution

Firstly, select the “Edit” tab to access the editing mode and then click “Edit” on the desired assignment.
Unten auf der Seite können Sie die Musterlösung aktivieren.
You can upload a file here and determine if students should be able to access the file after the deadline or after the submission. After that, click “Save” to confirm your entry.

Set up peer feedback

Firstly, select the “Edit” tab to access the editing mode and then click “Edit” on the desired assignment.
At the bottom of the side, the “Peer-Feedback” option can be activated.
After saving, a new “Peer-Feedback” tab will appear. Click on the “Peer-Feedback” tap to access its configurations.
In this tab, you can determine configurations for the Peer-Feedback. This include for example: how many feedbacks should be given and received, when students should receive the feedback, determining a Feedback Deadline, in which form the feedback should be given, and if a certain criteria catalogue should be followed. After that, click “Save” to confirm your entry.

The Levy and Notes tab

In the exercise select the tab “Submissions and Grades”.
In this list overview you can click on “Actions” and “Download Submissions”. This way you can look at submissions and download them.
In the column “Grade” you can directly grade the submissions. Confirm your entries by clicking on “Save All”.
You can modify the list clicking on “Columns” and add columns. Confirm your selection by clicking on “Refresh”.
By clicking on the “Action” button you can give feedback via email, text or using a file.

View a list of all text submissions

Select the tab “Submissions and Grades” in the submission area and choose “List of all submissions”.

Download all submitted files

Select the tab “Submissions and Grades” and in the submission area choose “Download all Submissions”.

Show peer groups

Select the tab “Exercises” in the exercise area and click on “Edit”.
Click on “Show Peer-Groups”.

Manage peer feedback

To see given peer feedback, switch to the tab “Submissions and Grades”.
Select the exercise of which you want to see the feedback.
Click on “Actions” and “Show Given Peer Feedback” to see which feedback was given and received.
If the feedback concerns a text submission you can select the tab “Submissions and Grades” and use the tool “List All Submissions”. Click on “Show Peer Feedback” and select the feedback you want to see.

Tutorials Students

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Submit file

To submit a file, open the exercise and select the task.
Click on “Upload File” and choose the file you want to upload.
Click on “Upload” to confirm your selection.

Submit text

To submit a text in an exercise, open the exercise and select the task.
Click on “Edit Text” and fill in your text.
You can save your changes while working on it or finish the process by clicking on "Safe and Return”.
It is recommended to create the text offline in a text processing program and then copy/paste it, to prevent being logged out of ILIAS accidentally.

Submit Portfolio/Blog

To submit a portfolio, open the exercise and select the task and select “Submit Portfolio”.
You can create a new portfolio or use an already existing one. Probably your are going to use an “Existing Portfolio”.
Select an existing portfolio and click on “Save”.
By clicking on "Submit" you can ensure that you really want to hand in the portfolio. By clicking on “Download” you can see what the file actually looks like.

Giving feedback on file

Open the exercise and select the task you want to give feedback on. Click on the button “Give Feedback”.
Now you see a list of the people you can give feedback to. Select a person and click on “Edit”.
By clicking on “Download” you can download the file the selected person handed in.
Now you can give feedback by the set standards.
Confirm your entry by clicking on “Save”.

View feedback received

Open the exercise and select the task you want to see feedback on.
Select the button “Show Received Feedback”.

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file

With a file object you can provide files of any kind, do low threshold version management and with the aid of file descriptions create overviews. Files can be used for providing material as well as f…

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flashcard training

Flashcard Training is a study tool for content memorization. By "migrating" memorized terms through five compartments, the long term memory is stimulated and study effectiveness increased. Flashcard Training is a wide-spread study tool which can be used on portable devices. By using this centralized system, teachers can ensure the quality of Flashcards for all students.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a learning card training

To create a Flashcard Training click on “add new item“ . Choose "Flashcards Training".
Name the Flashcard Training under "Title".
Confirm your input by clicking on "Add Flashcards Training".
A Flashcards Training has to be linked to a Glossary. To make this connection, first choose the Glossary for which you are creating a Training under "Glossary Selection"
Tick the box next to "Online" to publish your Flashcards.
Select from "Glossary training mode" the way in which the cards will be shown.
Confirm by clicking „Save“.

Learning with the learning card training

By clicking on "Fill Startbox" the first 20 Cards can be prepared for training. By clicking "Start training” you can start studying.
Terms are now displayed in a predetermined pattern.
By clicking on "Definition" you can check whether you correctly memorized a term.
By clicking "Known" the card is moved to the next compartment.
By clicking "Difficult" the card remains in the compartment it is in.
By clicking "Not Known" the card is sent back to the first compartment.
Whenever cards have left the first compartment, it can be refilled by clicking "Startfach wieder nachfüllen" (refill first compartment).

Updating terms in flashcard training

When you have made changes to the Glossary, you can update the Flashcards from the Settings page of the Flashcard Training.
Change tab to „Properties“ and click the button "Update Cards from Glossary”.

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Forum

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In a forum you can jointly sort questions and answers by topic. Furthermore, there is a subscription function. Forums can be used to document and analyze questions and exchanges and therefore offer statistical, moderating and evaluation functions. Forums can facilitate the exchange of the students among each other or with lecturers, especially in online courses with low or even no presence. Furthermore, collections of questions in form of a FAQ can perspectively minimize the administrative effort.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a forum

Click on “Add New Item” and select “Forum”.
Choose a name for the forum and select “Add Forum”.

Forum - Create a topic

Under the tab “Threads” select the button “New Thread”, to create a new topic.
Name your thread and enter your first post in the text field “Posting”.
With “Add Attachment” you can choose if you would like to add a file. Activating “Notifications” will cause an email to your inbox for every change that will be made in the thread.
Confirm your input by clicking on “Create”.

Forum - Post view

English

Under the tab “Thread” select a topic by clicking on it. The posts of the topic are now presented.
By clicking on “Add Posting”, you create a new post of the topic you selected.
Select “Reply”, to answer to a specific post.
By clicking on the bell symbol in the right section at the head of the view, you can decide whether you would like to receive notifications on this thread.
If you are a moderator of a forum, you can highlight single topics.
For that select the topic in the thread overview by checking the box on the left side of each topic.
Afterwards select the option “Make Threads Sticky” in the drop-down menu.
Confirm your input by clicking on “Execute”. Afterwards the selected topics are highlighted.

Forum - Settings

Under the tab “Settings” you can adjust the forums’ settings.
Click on “Save” to confirm the adjustments for the forum.

Forum - Add Moderator

Select the tab “Moderators”.
Enter the usernames in the intended text field and select “Add”.
Alternatively you can add users of the current group as moderators. Therefore select the button “Add Users Of Current Group/Course” and select a user. By checking the box on the left of the displayed names and by clicking “Add” you add the selected users as moderators.

Forum - Statistics

Select the tab “Statistics”.
Now you can see which persons wrote posts in the forum and how many post each person wrote.

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glossary

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A Glossary is a tool with which one can add definitions to terms. A term can have multiple definitions. Definitions can be created via the Text-Media-Editor which allows multimedia-based elements to be part of that definition. Glossaries are well suited to provide definitions of technical or specific terms or to display results of a students' research work.
Additional functionality of glossaries:

glossaries can be combined (glossary collections)
glossaries can be linked to Learning modules so that terms of the glossary are being recognized and respective definitions are being provided
glossaries are the basis for flashcard training

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a glossary

Click „Add New Item“ and select „Glossary“.
Name your glossary.
Confirm your input by clicking „Add Glossary“.

Create a term

Change tab to "Terms".
Put the term in the provided text box.
Confirm your input by clicking „Add New Term“.
To add a definition for this newly created term click the bar that is located below the new term and select "Insert Text”.
Once you completed editing your term, you can get a preview of your glossary by clicking „Glossary“.

Add another definition

For adding an additional definition to an existing term, change tab to "Terms" and click the button „Actions“ that is located next to the relevant term. Select "Add Definition".
Type in your definition that is to be added.
By clicking „Glossary“ you return to the glossary overview.

Presentation and print view in the glossary

Select "Presentation View” you get an overview of the glossary's terms.
From there you can get a print view by clicking "Print View”.
Now you can print a glossary or parts of it.

Link a glossary to a learning module

The learning module's functionalities include recognizing and connecting a glossary's terms with correlative words of the Learning module.
Navigate to the learning module's settings.
Select "Glossaries".
Click "Add" and select the glossary that is to be linked.
Confirm your input by clicking "Yes”.

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group

By forming groups it is possible to manage learning groups, e.g. sending mails to members of a group, sharing files within the group, enabling students to use ILIAS-Objects, dividing the group into s…

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interactive video

Interactive Videos are objects that can be created for courses or groups. Both files and URLs can be used to create these objects. With Interactive Videos you can have questions posed at certain time stamps or let students leave private or public comments. Interactive Videos can even be referenced in Learning modules.

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learning module

A Learning module is an interactive multimedia book, divided into chapters and pages. This opens a lot of possibilities for the presentation and linking of (interactive) content. A Learning module can be used as a learning unit by itself or as part of a course (using links). Thanks to its wide range of functionality it can be used as a stand-alone tool for the creation of a virtual learning environment.
You can have a learning module function quite like a stand-alone website. It can even export its HTML code for use on other platforms.

Learn how to use Interactive Learning modules with this interactive Learning Module.

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learning objective driven course view

A learning objective driven course is primarily a presentation style for courses. Instead of being sorted by meetings or being unsorted, content is categorized by learning objectives determined by th…

Name and description
Test questions comprising one or more tests
Content of the ILIAS-course that is assigned to the learning goal (learning modules, web links, files, in short: everything that is part of the course)

Learing objective descriptions give students an overview of the goals to be reached in this course.
By assigning specific test questions, teachers transparently communicate expectations.
This structure makes it possible to connect content and learning objectives
Individual progression bars give visual feedback to students about what they have accomplished and how much they still have to do

Depending on your scenario there are different ways in which you can determine the progress. In each case you create test questions but there are different kinds of initial and final tests. In the setup of a learning objective driven course you choose one option each from the respective sets.

Entry test (optional)

Initial Test

Comprehensive placement test
- covering all objectives
- separate placement test for each objective
Comprehensive achievement test
- covering all objectives
- separate achievement test dor each objective
No initial test

Learning content

Content

Students receive visual feedback on their individual progress within the learning objective. Objectices that have not been met can be worked on accordingly.

Final test

Final Test

Final test covering all objectives
Separate final test for each objective

Difference between placement and achievement tests:

The progress bar of a placement test is grey instead of red/green.
Objectices are thus taken more as suggestions.
Technically, a learning objective does not count as completed when a placement test has been passed.

The option "Comprehensive final test covering all objectives" shuffles the questions of all learning objectives of a given course. Answering these questions can be more difficult because the explicit context of a learning objective is missing.

Making a difference between entry and final exams is only necessary if the questions of the two tests are different ones. If exams are used as a tool for self-evaluation, setting up final exams suffices.

Preview learning objectives after diagnostic test

Preview learning objectives after qualifying test

More info on the learning objectives:
The progress bar is only visible to learners. Teachers can only derive progress from the test results.More info on the learning objectives:

Further information regarding learning objectives:
The individual progress bar can only be seen by the respective student. Teachers can determine learning progress by test results only.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

What is a learning goal oriented course?

Create a learning goal oriented course

How to create a learning objective driven course

After you have created a course, switch to the tab "Settings". There you can set a course to be a "Learning Objectives-Driven Course".
Scroll to "Course Presentation" and select option "Learning Objectives-Driven Course". Confirm your changes by clicking „Save“.
A new tab appeared: "Learning Objectives". Here you can set the structure of your study goal oriented course.

Learning Objective Settings

In a course that contains learning objectives that build on one another, it is recommended to create final tests for every learning objective. In this case an initial test is not necessary.
Confirm your input by clicking „Save“.

Create learning objectives

Change to the tab "Learning Objectives" and enter a name for your learning objective in the respective text box. By clicking "+" or "-" you can set the number of learning objectives for your course.
Confirm your input by clicking „Save“.
You will see a site for test attribution. By clicking "Learning Objectives" once again below the tab's name you can change the learning objective's details: Click the button that is located below the column „Actions“ and select "Edit". Add a description to your learning objective and confirm your input by clicking „Save“.

Assigning tests or test questions to learning objectives

To add tests to your learning objectives, click the button "Final Test" that is located below "Learning Objectives". Here you can decide between creating a new test or choosing one that you have created before.
In the learning objectives overview you can add a final test by clicking on the blue arrow on the right hand side and choosing "Assign Questions of Final Test".
The process of referring an exam may be easier when you select "Use Exisiting Test". The drop-down menu displays an overview of the course's already existing exams.
Select the test that you want to link from the list of existing tests.
Select the learning objective that you want your selected exam be referred to.
Confirm your input by clicking „Save“.

Assign materials to learning objectives

When looking at the "Learning Objectives" overview, you can assign study material to the learning objectives.
Click the button below the column „Actions“ and select the option "Assign Material". Then a list of all of the course's content is being displayed.
After assigning study materials to a learning objective, confirm your input by clicking „Save“.

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LiveVoting

Live Voting lets you pose questions to class and have them be answered pseudonymically via mobile devices.

Live Voting lets you pose questions to class and have them be answered pseudonymically via mobile devices.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a Voting

Click on “Add New Item” and then choose “LiveVoting” from the list.
Assign a title to the LiveVoting and confirm your entry by clicking on “Add”.
Now you have a container that can be filled with various questions.

Create a multiple choice question

To add questions to your LiveVoting, click on the “Content” tab. Afterwards, choose the “Manage” sub-tab and then click on the “Add Question” button.
You now have a selection of five question types. In this video, we would deal with Single/Multiple Choice questions. Choose “Single/Multiple Choice” to select this question type. Then, click on “Select Type” to confirm your entry.
Assign a title (please note that this is not the question itself). Write the question in the corresponding field below the title.
You can create a multiple-choice question out of a single-choice question by clicking on the “Multiple Selection” check-box.
In the “Options” field below, you can insert or delete an answer option by clicking on the plus and minus symbols. You can determine the order of the answer options by utilizing the arrows.
Click on “Create” to confirm your entry.

Create a text question

Create a priority question

To add questions to your LiveVoting, click on the “Content” tab. Afterwards, choose the “Manage” sub-tab and then click on the “Add Question” button.
You now have a selection of five question types. In this video, we would deal with priority-sorting questions. Choose “Priorities” to select this question type. Then, click on “Select Type” to confirm your entry.
Assign a title (please note that this is not the question itself). Write the question in the corresponding field below the title.
Determine how many columns for possible answers should be displayed.
In the “Options” field below, you can insert or delete an answer option by clicking on the plus and minus symbols. You can determine the order of the answer options by utilizing the arrows.
Click on “Create” to confirm your entry.
Each participant allocates points according to the prioritization level (the least important: one point, second-least important: two points, etc). In the end, the points from all participants will be summed to gain an overview of the accumulated points of each category and where the participants’ entire priorities lie.

Create an order question

To add questions to your LiveVoting, click on the “Content” tab. Afterwards, choose the “Manage” sub-tab and then click on the “Add Question” button.
You now have a selection of five question types. In this video, we would deal with order-sorting questions. Choose “Correct Order” to select this question type. Then, click on “Select Type” to confirm your entry.
Assign a title (please note that this is not the question itself). Write the question in the corresponding field below the title.
Determine how many columns for possible answers should be displayed and if the system should shuffle the order of the options.
In the “Options” field below, you can insert or delete an answer option by clicking on the plus and minus symbols. You can determine the order of the answer options by utilizing the arrows.
Click on “Create” to confirm your entry.
After answering the question, only the number of participants that answer the question correctly and wrongly will be displayed on the presentation screen.

Create a guessing question

To add questions to your LiveVoting, click on the “Content” tab. Afterwards, choose the “Manage” sub-tab and then click on the “Add Question” button.
You now have a selection of five question types. In this video, we would deal with estimation questions. Choose “Number Range” to select this question type. Then, click on “Select Type” to confirm your entry.
Assign a title (please note that this is not the question itself). Write the question in the corresponding field below the title.
Then, you should determine if the estimation answer should be in percentage and how the answers should be displayed (Option 1: numbers in ascending order, Option 2: including mean, median, and mode, Option 3: estimation area will be divided automatically into segments, which will then be displayed as a bar chart).
Additionally, you can determine the number range and steps in the section below.
Click on “Create” to confirm your entry.

Start a Live-Voting

After completing the question creation, switch from the “Content” sub-tab to the “Show” sub-tab.
By clicking on “Questions” and choosing a question, you can skip to the selected question.
Click on “Start LiveVoting”.
Here you can display the QR code and short URL by clicking on the magnifying glass symbol.
Begin your vote by clicking on “Vote”.
To view the voting results, click on “Show Results”.

Partake in a live voting

To take part in a Live-Voting, scan the QR-code or type in the link in your browser.
Wait until the Live-Voting is active.
This is how you can answer the following questions:
1. Single/Multiple Choice: choose one or multiple answers.
2. Free input question: type in a text in the corresponding field.
3. Priority question: determine the priority by drag-and-dropping the options.
4. Estimating question: determine your estimation by sliding the slider controller.
Please note that the result will be displayed on the presentation screen. You cannot view the result on your screen.

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online meeting

The online meeting tool enables you to establish an Adobe Connect session to share screens, do video calls, use a shared whiteboard, chat and to use further tools like polls or shared notes. The tool…

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Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create an online meeting

Click on “Add New Object” and select “Online Meeting”.
Confirm your choice by clicking on “Add Online Meeting”.
Give your meeting a title and adjust the configurations.

Customise an online meeting

Under the tab “Online Meeting” you can enter the meeting room. Click on “Enter Room”. Afterwards the Adobe Connect meeting page will open.
Moderators can add “Pods” by clicking on the “Pods” button. There you can select the preferred options.
To record a meeting choose the “Meeting” button and select “Record Meeting”. After the end of the meeting you can find the records in the lower part of the meeting object on Ilias.

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poll

With a poll you can ask ONE question directly on the course interface. The item enables the display of the answers as a piechart or as a barchart. Hereby you are able to extend the course interface by an interactive element to enquire opinions and knowledge. By the visibility of the results students can see others participation, which is especially helpful in online courses.

Tutorial

In the video you see how to create a poll. Since it is in German, please follow the English description below.

To create a poll, click on "Add New Object" and choose "Poll"
Name your poll
Insert your question
Decide whether the poll is anonymous or not
Choose how many ansers one person might give
Insert the answer options
Set your poll online
Apply your changes by clicking on "Save"
After you're done, you will see your poll at the right hand side of your course/group

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poll

portfolio

Symbolbild für eine Person und Textzeilen

Portfolios help to document related content in one digital folder. You can set them up on your personal desktop and make them publicly visible. Portfolios can be helpful to document the learning process or illustrate learning results. Portfolios can be created with the page editor which enables the integration of multimedia and interactive elements.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a personal portfolio

Create a portfolio

To create a portfolio click on your “Personal Desktop” and select the option “Portfolio”.
By clicking on “Add Portfolio” you can create a new portfolio.
Name your portfolio and decide what is going to be the first page of the portfolio. The option “Page” will create a regular page. If you select the option “Blog” instead you can add a blog from your personal workspace. Blogs can also be added later.
If you select the option “Page” you additionally need to add a title to the page.
Click on “Add” to finish the creation of the portfolio.

Create and edit pages

Under the tab “Content” you can now click on “Add Page” to add further pages to your portfolio. Alternatively you can click on “Add Blog” to insert an existing blog.
Under the “Actions” option you can select “Edit Page” to edit the page in your portfolio.

Sharing your Portfolio with Users, Groups and Courses

To share the portfolio with others, choose the tab “Settings”.
Here you find the option “Online”. Check the box behind it and click on “Save”.
Now select the tab “Share”.
Here you can select the users, groups or courses you want to share the portfolio with.

Share a portfolio

To share the portfolio with others, select the tab “Settings”.
Here you find the option “online”. Check the box behind it and click on “Save”.
Now select the tab “Share”.
Here you can select the users, groups or courses you want to share the portfolio with.

Viewing the portfolios of others

Select “Personal Desktop” and click on “Portfolios”
Here you also can find “Portfolios of Other Users”.
Under “Title of Resource” you can find the portfolio you are looking for.

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portfolio template

Symbolbild für eine Person und Textzeilen vor farbigem Hintergrund

A portfolio template can help your students structuring their portfolios. So you can for example set the number of portfolio pages per task. This way you can communicate your requirements transparently. On each page of the portfolio template you can also insert spaces for texts or other media that can be filled by your students by clicking on it.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a portfolio template

Click on “Add New Object” and choose “Portfolio Template”.
Add a title to your template.
Now either choose one of your old templates or create a new one by clicking on “Create Portfolio Template”.
If you want to create a new template you can now, e.g. by clicking on “Add Page” add a new page to your template. Now click on "Save". After saving the new page you can edit it to your preferences by clicking on “Edit Page”. When you are finished click on “Insert" to confirm your changes.
After finishing all portfolio pages you can share the portfolio by selecting the tab “Settings” and checking “Online”.
After saving your students can create their own portfolios using your template. To do so they select the blue tag at the end of the shown template and click on “Create Portfolio From Template”.

Create a portfolio from a template

Create your own portfolio from a template by clicking on the blue arrow next the the portfolio template. Now select the option “Create Portfolio From template”.
Now you can give your Portfolio a name. By clicking on “Create” you confirm your entry.
To edit the page click on “Edit Portfolio” and choose the page you want to edit. To do so click on “Edit Page”.

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question pool test

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This set of questions for testing is a compilation of questions for testing purposes that can be used in different contexts. Obviously, you can use these questions in tests, they also can be used in Learning modules. It is possible to draft questions to tests or to draft them directly to Learning modules. Additionally the Question Pool provides a built in statistics function with which you are able to retrace where each question has been integrated and how accurate it has been answered on average. Since the Question Pool is a pool of questions, it is possible that multiple users add different questions simultaneously.

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a question pool

Go to „Add New Item“ . Select „Question Pool Test“.
Name your Question Pool and save your Question Pool by clicking on "Add Question Pool Test".

Insert a question

To add a question to the Question Pool, please select „Create Question“. You now see the navigation tree of the creation of new questions. If you want to import existing questions from different contexts, please select "Import".
To create a new question, select "Create question ". You now see the navigation tree of creation of new questions. Please put in the question that is to be added and all of the necessary information and settings regarding the question into the respective fields.
Confirm your input data by clicking „Save and Return“.

Question management and statistics

Once you created a Question Pool with multiple questions, you can get an overview of your Questions by using the Question Management.
To view a statistical breakdown of how a question has been answered, select the button that is located below column "Statistics". The statistical overview shows which tests use this question, and how often and how well the question has been answered.

Ask a question online

To be able to use questions from a Question Pool, the Question Pool must be published online.
Select tab "Settings" and check the box "Online". Lastly select "Save".

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survey

Symbolbild für einen sich vervollständigenden Kreis

Surveys enable you to create automatically evaluated questionnairs. You have access to different kinds of question types and settings, for example results leading to specific follow-up questions. Results can be exported as .xls-sheets. Surveys can help you with evaluations and self-assessments or the collection of information that may be useful in planning lessons.

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tag

Word clouds for your own overview

Word clouds for your own overview

ILIAS offers the possibility to enter keywords for objects. These are then displayed in the column next to the overview as keywords. If the tag cloud is active in a course or group, the course/group members can see the tags of other users and their own tags in two areas. By clicking on tags, only the objects for which the keyword has been assigned will be displayed within a section. By selecting several tags, a structured search can be made.

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test

Tests enable the collection of mainly automatically evaluable questions. You can choose different kinds of questions; click on the link to learn more. This tool offers you a variety of options to setup, evaluate and connect objects. Tests are suitable for diagnostic, formative and summative assessments and are fundamental for learning objective driven courses and E-tests (E-Klausuren).

Tutorials

Since the videos are in German, please follow the English descriptions below.

Create a test

To create a test select “Add new Object” and choose “Test”.
Name your test and confirm your entry by clicking on “Create Test”.

General settings in the test

Select the tab “Settings” to adjust your test for specific purposes.
Click on “Save” to confirm your choices.

Create your own notation scheme

Select the tab “Settings” and click on “Mark Schema” below.
Here you can create grading schemes. Confirm your setup by clicking on “Save”. If you are unsatisfied with your scheme click on “Reset to Simple Mark Schema” to set it back to default.

Insert questions from the question pool into the test

To integrate questions into the test select the tab “Questions”.
Here you can add questions from already existins question pools. To do so click on “Add from Pool”. Search for yourself in the field “Author” and click on “Apply Filter”. Afterwards you get a list of all the questions you created.
Select all questions you want to add and click on “Insert” to confirm your selection.
A list of all your questions you get by clicking on “List View”. By editing the tens at the beginning you can change the order of the questions.
By clicking on “Preview” you can see what the question looks like to your students.
Change to the tab “Settings” and check “Online”. Click on “Save”.

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