Module

An activity is a general name for a group of features in a Moodle course. Usually an activity is something that a student will do that interacts with other students and or the teacher. 
In Moodle terminology, an Activity, such as Forums or Quizzes, properly means something students can contribute to directly, and is often contrasted to a Resource such as a File or Page, which is presented by the teacher to them. However, the term activity is sometimes for convenience also used to refer to both Activities and Resources as a group.
There are 15 different types of activities in the standard Moodle that can be found when the editing is turned on and the link 'Add an activity or resource' is clicked.
Assignments
Enable teachers to grade and give comments on uploaded files and assignments created on and off line
BigBlueButton
Run live video conferencing sessions within Moodle
Choice
A teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses
Database
Enables participants to create, maintain and search a bank of record entries
Feedback
For creating and conducting surveys to collect feedback.
Forum
Allows participants to have asynchronous discussions
Glossary
Enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary
H5P activity
Enables H5P content created in the Content bank or on h5p.com or with the lumi App to be easily added to a course as an activity.
Lesson
For delivering content in flexible ways
LTI External tool activity
Allows participants to interact with LTI compliant learning resources and activities on other web sites.
Quiz
Allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests, which may be automatically marked and feedback and/or to correct answers shown
SCORM
Enables SCORM packages to be included as course content
Wiki
A collection of web pages that anyone can add to or edit
Workshop
Enables peer assessment
Additional plugins from the Moodle plugins directory may also be installed on your site.
See also
Managing activities - for administrators
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