{"id":647,"date":"2014-09-02T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T08:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-08-11T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T10:05:31","slug":"using-the-choice-activity-for-booking-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2014\/09\/02\/using-the-choice-activity-for-booking-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Direct: using Choice for booking appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-672 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Choose\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choose.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>University of Sussex tutors can use the Choice feature in Study Direct, our Moodle-based VLE, as an online system for students to sign up to tutorials, feedback meetings or office hours. A Choice activity is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>easy to create<\/li>\n<li>easy to collect data from and<\/li>\n<li>can be made available to students as part of your Study Direct module \u00a0site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emails can do the job of booking appointments. However, often appointments are rescheduled which can mean lots of emails are generated to book just one appointment.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Choice in Study Direct<\/h3>\n<p>Originally designed for voting, the Choice activity allows students to choose one option from a list. If you specify your \u2018options\u2019 as \u2018date and time\u2019 slots, your voting tool is transformed into a very handy, on-line booking system.<br \/>\nYou can find the Choice feature in the <b>Activities <\/b>section. This is what you will see when you log into Study Direct and click on \u00a0Activities:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_674\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-674\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-674 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-300x168.png\" alt=\"Choice - 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-200x112.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-450x252.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-1.png 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge (image will open in a new window)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Steps to create your Choice<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In your Study Direct site, click on Add <b>Activities<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Select the <b>Choice<\/b> activity under <b>Student Responses<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Give the Choice a descriptive title, for example, \u2018<i>Book a feedback appointment\u2019<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Add text to explain what you want students to do, for example, <i>\u2018Please book your preferred time for our one-to-one discussion regarding dissertation titles\u2019. <\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Enable<\/b> the limit option so that later you can set the limit to one student per session.<\/li>\n<li>Type in your choices \u00a0as date and time options and set the limit on each one to \u20181\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Save \u2013 and your Choice is done!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you have finished in the editing area, and saved your Choice list, your students will see the version below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_681\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-681\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-681 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-260x300.png\" alt=\"choice 3\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-100x115.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-150x172.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-200x230.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-300x345.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-450x518.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3-600x691.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/09\/choice-3.png 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge (image will open in a new window)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Viewing responses<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>When clicking on a live Choice activity the tutor will see how many responses have been made and can click on the \u2018view n responses\u2019 link to see them. The data can also be downloaded in ODS, Excel or text format.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_675\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-675\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-675 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-1024x322.png\" alt=\"Choice - view responses\" width=\"550\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-1024x322.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-100x31.png 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-150x47.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-200x62.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-450x141.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-600x188.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses-900x283.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/08\/Choice-view-responses.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge (image will open in a new window)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Choices, choices<\/h3>\n<p>There are many other uses of the Choices function, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to save time when students are choosing presentation topics &#8211; in which case set the options to allow several students to choose each topic<\/li>\n<li>as a quick way of setting up a single question quiz \u2013 if there is just one question you want to ask students, such as \u2018how well did you understand the lecture?\u2019 or \u2018which part of the lecture did you find most difficult to understand?\u2019<\/li>\n<li>to decide on the material to cover for revision &#8211; \u00a0poll students in advance on which topic they most want to look at again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Bookings in Sussex Direct<\/h3>\n<p>You can also arrange meetings with students in Sussex Direct which will then appear in their study calendars.<\/p>\n<p>Under your Teaching \/ Timetable tab there is an \u2018Event list\u2019 option which allows you to create meeting slots for students to book in to.<\/p>\n<p>For step-by-step help, please refer to the following guide:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/downloads\/businessapplications\/short_guide_to_event_booking_system.pdf\">http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/its\/downloads\/businessapplications\/short_guide_to_event_booking_system.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you need any help with the Choice function, please email the team at tel@sussex.ac.uk and for help with Sussex Direct, please email rt-its-study-direct@sussex.ac.uk<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>CC image: creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by pierofix: <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/pierofix\/291709848\">http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/pierofix\/291709848<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Sussex tutors can use the Choice feature in Study Direct, our Moodle-based VLE, as an online system for students to sign up to tutorials, feedback meetings or office hours. 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