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The Basic Tab for the Voting Activity allows you to specify a title for the activity, give learners a set of instructions for completing the activity, and create Voting nominations that Learners can choose from.

• Title: All Activities have a web page title which is presented at the top of the activity page when displayed in the Learning Environment. This is NOT the same title as the Title that can be set using the Properties Inspector.
• *Instructions:*All Activities have a text area that is presented beneath the title. This is where the main activity text to be displayed to learners is entered. The text can be formatted using the Rich-Text Editor. Image, Video, Audio and URL content can also be displayed in the Instructions area.
• Specific Features - Nominations:
  • To Create a new nomination click +Create Nomination.
  • To Edit an existing nomination click the Yellow Pencil.
  • To change the order in which nominations appear, use the Green Up and Down Arroms.
  • To Delete an existing nomination, click the Red Cross.

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• Lock When Finished: This option is available on all Activities.
  • Enabling this option in Votingmeans that once Learners have selected their nominations and Click Finish, their Vote is final. Learners can still view the Voting Activity by using the Progress bar.
  • If this option is disabled, Learners will be able to change their votes by opening the voting activity through the progress bar. The activity will be accessible until the sequence is stopped by a monitor.

• Allow Text Entry:
  • When enabled, this option allows learners to Create and Select their own nomination. Other learners cannot choose this nomination, but can create their own entry to choose.
  • If disabled, Learners may only nominate from the choices specified in the authoring environment.

• Add Notebook... : This option is available on all Activities. Enabling this option creates a Notebook as part of the Activity, which Learner's can use to reflect on the activity just completed. The reflections are personal (ie: not shared with other learners).

View of the Instructions tab. This is the same for all activities.

The Instructions tab contains the same features for all Activities.

It allows the Author to create specific instructions for the activity, as well as upload files that may be useful for running the activity (ie: support documents, etc.). It is a resource that can be used by teachers who are running the sequence for their learners. (In the Monitoring Environment, the Instructions for an Activity can be viewed by double clicking the activity on the Sequence tab and then selecting the Instructions tab.

There are two types of Instruction possible, Offline and Online, depending on the mode that the teacher wishes to run the activity. The feature is useful for teachers who are sharing sequences with their colleagues as it provides an area where the Author can describe any learning objectives and/or the specific purpose of the activity.