How to add an activity from the main course page
To add an activity to a course, navigate to the main course page and click the 'Turn editing on' button in the top right hand corner:
It will then show the below screen, to add an activity, click '+ Add an activity or resource':
The below screen will then appear, this will give you all of the options of activities that you can add to your course. Select which activity you would like to add and then click the 'Add' button:
Adding information for default set up sections in activities
There are a number of set up sections that appear in all activities as standard, below is some information on what they are used for and how they can be useful in the set up of your activities.
Under the 'General' tab is where you input the name of the activity and add an optional description. To display the description of the activity on the course page, you will need to tick the box next to 'Display description on course page':
The next default section is availability, here you can set dates for when users can begin the activity and also set an expiry date. To enable either of these, you simply need to click the 'Enable' button next to either or both of the below and then enter the dates accordingly: