Name |
Sharing Cart |
Module type |
Block |
Author |
Akio Ohnishi, Don Hinkelman, Andrew Johnson |
Released |
2009 |
Maintained |
Actively |
Languages |
English, Japanese, Spanish |
Compliance |
Good |
Documentation |
Help file, online documentation |
Errors |
None displayed |
In Moodle, if you want to create an activity or resource you need to start from scratch. But teaching is often a repetitive business. If you want to create a new item similar to an existing item, typically you have to copy each setting, one-by-one.
The Sharing Cart is a convenient tool for teachers who have been around a while. It allows you to clone activities and resources, even from one course to another. You no longer have to start from scratch. Now you can copy that assignment, alter the description, change the due date, and you're done. Web pages can be copied to preserve formatting between instances. That same old forum that appears with every topic in your course can now be copied once and added...