To make learning with MLS fun and successful, you should not make your learning tasks too long. Then the learning task will quickly become confusing and your learners may lose sight of the central theme.
There aren't always just short learning tasks - you might carry out projects such as building a small lorry, a locomotive or a Bluetooth speaker.
In this case, use the option of structuring learning tasks into projects.
This is the best way to proceed.
Step 1 - Conception
Before you start creating the individual learning tasks, think about a structure for them.
How many learning tasks do you want to create?
Are the learning tasks manageable for your learners in the time allotted?
How many days/weeks/months will the entire project take?
Do you want all learning tasks to be visible to your learners straight away, or do you want them to be unlocked bit by bit? (This is important when setting up the project!)
Step 2 - Create learning tasks
Once you have finalised your concept, start creating the learning tasks. You can see how to do this here.
Step 3 - Create project & activate
Once you have created all the learning tasks, you can create the project. You will find the button for this in the left-hand menu under ‘Task administration’.
In the next step, enter a brief description. Here, you should also decide whether the learning tasks for the project should be unlocked one after the other (‘One at a time’) or all at once (‘All at once’).
Note: Once the project has been assigned, you can no longer change its type.
In step 2, you compile the learning tasks that belong to the project. If you have assigned keywords to the learning tasks in advance, you can also filter by these.
You can assign different weights to the various learning tasks in the project. To do this, enter a whole number in the ‘Weighting’ field.
You can use the double bar symbol to change the order simply by dragging and dropping. You can also delete learning tasks (these are only removed from the project) or edit them again.
💡 Don't forget to save your project.
Your project is now marked as a ‘Draft’. You can still make changes if you wish.
If everything looks good, click on ‘Add to project pool’.
To unlock it, click on ‘<- Back to list’.
You can find the project in the ‘Project Pool’. The best way to find your project is to search by title. Click ‘Assign’ to make it available to your learners.
You can also sort the projects by creation date or title (in ascending or descending order).
When activating, you can choose whether it is activated for individual users or groups.
You also have some additional options, such as limiting the time from when to when the project can be edited.
Note: Once the project has been assigned to your learners, you can no longer change the weighting, the composition of the learning tasks, or the order in which they appear. In that case, you can create a new version of the project.
Project versioning
Once you have assigned a project, only minor changes can be made (such as the description text). Changes to the weightings, the composition of the learning tasks or their order are no longer possible.
This is because inconsistencies could otherwise arise if learners receive different versions of the project.
Therefore, if you wish to make changes, create a new version of the project. To do this, click on Edit and the following dialogue box will appear:
Clicking on ‘Create new version’ copies the entire project, saves it as a higher version and places it under the “Draft” tab. You can make all the necessary changes via ‘Edit’.
