Activity 4: Using Reader to create an extended reading program
Aim: Set up a reading program with end-of-book quizzes using the Reader module
Moodle modules: Quiz
Extra programs: Reader
Ease of setup: ***
Sometimes students need or want to read a whole string of books — or we want them to! Thomas Robb has come up with a great way of organizing this sort of extended reading in an add-on module called Reader. It allows teachers to set up reading programs for long-term, extended reading, and helps organize key aspects of the program.
The module includes a database with the following sorts of information:
Book name — this must be the same as the quiz name
Publisher
Reading level
Length of book
Image of book cover
It allows teachers to associate quiz with each book. Students read a book, do the associated quizzes, then, optionally, receive a token as a reward. The token is designed to be the book cover, but you can use any image. The teacher decides how many questions students need to answer at the end...
