Managing skills and incentives
Skills and incentives are at the heart of each assessment strategy. Since Moodle is a strategic building block of a modern learning environment, we feel the two concepts deserve a dedicated section.
Important note
A skill is the ability to perform a particular action to solve a given problem. Skills are represented in Moodle as competencies.
An incentive is a motivator to acquire a skill. Incentives are represented in Moodle as grades, feedback, badges, and certificates.
We will now focus on three skills and incentives tools being offered in Moodle, as depicted in the following diagram:
Figure 9.25 – Moodle skills and incentives
The left part of the diagram covers achievements in the form of completions at different levels, such as activity and course (or program and certification in Moodle Workplace). Various components support a range of award mechanisms; for instance, attaching a Competency once a certain...
