The Moodle Dialogue activity can be used to set up 2-way communication between a student or groups of students. Moodle Dialogue can be used for private conversations between students and teachers, between a teacher and all the members of a specific group, or between specific students.
For other communication options, see the Communicate with students in Moodle page.
The benefits of using the Dialogue tool include:
- Conversation is private.
- Conversation takes place within the context of the Moodle course.
- All exchanges are logged.
- The tool is similar to email you can add attachments, conduct multiple exchanges, a time-stamped history is kept etc.
- Users can set up email notification of new dialogue in their Moodle profile.
- A teacher can initiate individual dialogues with all members of a group at one time.
Set up a Dialogue activity
Moodle Dialogue activity can be set up as any other activity via the Activity picker.
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide
Open a Dialogue with a student
Once the Dialogue activity has been created, multiple conversations with different participants can be created and managed through the Dialogue page.
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide
Why should I use the Dialogue activity?
They are course activities that can be useful when the teacher wants a place to give private feedback to a student on their online activity. For example, if a student is participating in a language forum and made a grammatical error that the teacher wants to point out without embarassing the student, a dialogue is the perfect place. A dialogue activity would also be an excellent way for counsellors within an institution to interact with students - all activities are logged and email is not necessarily required.