For the course activities to render on the chatbot, you need to do specific configurations to the courses and the supported activities. This page addresses the following topics:
How to configure a course to operate with the chatbot.
How to configure lesson, quiz, and feedback activities for the chatbot.
Limitations for each activity type.
...
Prerequisites
Verify your Moodle version is supported and install the Moodle Chatbot Plugin.
...
| Info |
|---|
The ‘BotMode’ field is a course custom field that is automatically created when the Moodle Chatbot Plugin is first installed. |
Create a compatible Lesson
...
Activity
The chatbot is capable of showing multiple content pages, later divided into smaller paragraphs when the information arrives to the user on WhatsApp. To add a new content page:
Create a lesson activity on Moodle, and be sure to configure the ‘Activity completion’ section. If a completion condition is not set, the chatbot will never show the activity as completed. For the lesson activity, we recommend the following configuration:
...
Add the page title and the page content. This is what the The chatbot will display this to the users when they open the lesson from WhatsApp. Moodle requires adding a description for the ‘Content 1’ section, ; this is not used, and any text is goodacceptable.
Please note: it is possible to add images to the page content, but the only format currently permitted by the chatbot is .jpg. Similarly, it is possible to add .mp4 videos. Both images and videos will only appear in the chatbot if the course is public (allows guest access).
...
Ensure that students have access to relevant, challenging, and consistent content aligned with the course objectives. Remember that you are delivering content on a WhatsApp chatbot, your lessons should be composed of small chunks of text, and your images and videos should be optimized for chatbot delivery.
...
Add a Feedback activity to the course.
Again, the activity completion conditions have to must be configured to automatically mark the activity as completed when the conditions are met.
...
Not all question types are supported. Use ‘multiple choice’ and ‘short text answer’ type questions.
| Info |
|---|
Each user can only do one submission of this module. |