Moodle has a variety of powerful features. One of the features is the ability to share. For example, if I (or a certain friend) create a great activity as a database in Moodle, that activity can easily be shared. So, let’s say that someone creates a Book Review Template. This Book Review Template allows students to, well, review books. Here’s the fun part, those book reviews, by students, can create a ranking, a review, and a video review.

As you can see in the example above, there is a rating, the genre is listed, a cover for the book as been included, the review is the main part.

If you have a Moodle install, you can use the zip file below to add this as a preset in your course.

  • Add a Database Activity
  • Give the Activity a name – (maybe Book Review)
  • Save and Display
  • Click on “Presets
  • Click on Choose File from the “Insert from a zip file” section

Remember that Database Activities are shown to the whole class by default.