To begin creating a database, we need to set up the basic activity.
With the course in editing mode, select Database from the Add an Activity menu.
On the next screen Adding a new Database to Topic, enter the name of the database. For now, let's just call it Annotated Bibliography.
In the Introduction area, be sure to tell the community members what the database is for.
The Available and Viewable dates should probably be left disabled for a community shared resource. If you want to restrict availability of the database, you will select the Enable checkbox next to the setting, and then select the date.
The Required entries setting allows you to require community members to submit a certain number of entries before the activity can be considered complete. If you want to formally recognize contributors by checking off the activity when they have contributed a pre-defined level of resources, then you could use this setting. Otherwise, leave it set...