Etherpad anlegen
Create an Etherpad
Goals:
Create an Etherpad for collaborative text creation and editing.
What is an Etherpad? An Etherpad is a collaborative document where everyone in the course can write together at the same time (in real time), take notes, discuss questions about e.g. an exercise, or brainstorm ideas for documentation. More details can be found at: https://etherpad.org/
Difficulty: easy
Valid from Moodle Version 4.2
Create activity
Create an activity "Etherpad lite" as described in this guide.
Define settings
Give the etherpad a descriptive name that indicates its function. In the "Description" field, include the specific rules that apply to this Etherpad. After reviewing the description, it should be clear to students who should or may write in the Etherpad, for what purpose, with what content, with what consequences for the overall grade, with or without moderation, etc. As a last step, click on the button "Save and view" to create the etherpad.
Note: It is recommended to define communication rules and to moderate the etherpad. With text-based communication, non-verbal signals get lost! Basic rules for writing text can be found in the guide "Use forum".
Important: The function "Guests allowed to write?" is not available at all universities. This feature is disabled by default. Guests are not external people (people without a Moodle account) but those who have a Moodle account, are logged in and have been given access to the course using the "Guest access" enrollment method. It is technically not possible to use the Etherpad outside of the course.
Write in the Etherpad
The newly created Etherpad is available for sharing in the course. Instructors and students can now enter text directly into the Etherpad. The different coloring of the contributions indicates different people. Active people are indicated by the person icon. If you want the posts to be displayed anonymously, you can reset the colored markers. Note that this setting cannot be undone. In Etherpad, importing and exporting from or to different formats is also possible as an additional function.
Use the comment function
To comment on posts, you can use the comment function. You can suggest changes in the text in a comment. If the person concerned accepts the change, it will be included in the text.
View editing history
To save the Etherpad, you can save the current version with the star symbol and view it in the editing history.
Tip: Versioning can be retrieved via the editing history.
Export the Etherpad
Export the Etherpad at the end of the teaching session or a discussion to save the results. With the help of the slider, you can call up different versions of your Etherpad. Saved versions are indicated by the star icon.
Tip: The selected version of the Etherpad can be exported in different formats.
Further information
If you have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact the relevant support facility at your university.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Etherpad is a 3rd Party Plugin (The plugin can be viewed and downloaded in detail here)