{"id":1352,"date":"2020-08-18T11:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T10:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1352"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:17:31","slug":"adding-an-activity-or-resource-in-moodle-with-the-activity-chooser","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/adding-an-activity-or-resource-in-moodle-with-the-activity-chooser\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding an activity or resource in Moodle with the activity chooser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the activity chooser?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The activity chooser appears when the editing is turned on in a course and you click the link &#8216;Add an activity or resource&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HVNJJfjjwDQ?modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity chooser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each item has a star icon, for favouriting, and an information icon leading to more information and documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the Moodle activity selector\" class=\"wp-image-8460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities.png 825w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities-768x791.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities-58x60.png 58w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Moodle_Resources_Activities-97x100.png 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The activity chooser has tabs for different views. Which tabs you see depend on the administrator&#8217;s settings (see Admin settings below) and can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Starred &#8211; any activity or resource you (the teacher) star as a favourite or frequently used activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All &#8211; all&nbsp;Activities&nbsp;and&nbsp;Resources&nbsp;together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activities &#8211; only&nbsp;Activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resources &#8211; only&nbsp;Resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The activity chooser appears when the editing is turned on in a course and you click the link &#8216;Add an activity or resource&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[27],"ht-kb-tag":[83,265,97],"class_list":["post-1352","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-moodle","ht_kb_tag-activity","ht_kb_tag-add","ht_kb_tag-resource"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8463,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352\/revisions\/8463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}