1. Creating a Journal Assignment
in a Moodle Course

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After logging in to Moodle, click on the course in which you want to create a Journal assignment in.
In this case, click on Demo Course.

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Then click on the Turn editing on button at the top right corner to switch to the editing mode.

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After turning on the editing mode, under Topic outline (or Weekly outline), choose a topic (or week)
in which you want to create a Journal assignment. In this case, we choose Topic 2.

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Click on Add an activity to open the pull-down menu.

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Select Journal from the menu.

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You must input a name for the Journal assignment into the Journal name field.

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In this case, we type in “Assignment 1 Lesson Plan”.

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You are then required to input text into the Journal question box.

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For example, you could write something about the assignment, such as instructions or criteria, etc.
In this case, we type in “Write a brief journal entry that reflects on your lesson plan.”

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You can set the duration of the journal's availability to students.
Click on the pull-down menu next to Days available to see the options.

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By default, Always open is set, allowing students to write and submit their journals at any time without a due date.
Here in this case, we choose Always open.

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You can select a grade scale or a maximum mark (up to 100) for the journal.

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By default, No grade is set. Click on the Grade field to change it.

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Click on the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page to finish.

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You can see that a Journal assignment, named Assignment 1 Lesson Plan has been successfully created in Topic 2.

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Characteristics of Journal assignment in Moodle:
• Every student has their own journal
• Each journal is private between student and teacher
• Journal can be viewed and edited by the journal owner only
• Journal can be viewed but cannot be edited by teacher
• Journal can be graded and commented by teacher
• Grade and feedback can be viewed by the journal owner only

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