Open the activity creator
To start designing an activity, go to the Create activity button on the Home tab. This tool lets you generate personalised exercises, tailored to your group's needs and the learning objectives you want to work on.
Initial activity setup
Next, you need to define the basic parameters of the activity:
Select the course it is intended for.
Indicate the class or group you will be working with.
Choose the language in which the activity will be displayed.
Select the students' answer format, choosing between digital or paper format. This option cannot be changed once the activity has been created.
Once these fields are complete, click “Continue” to move on to the next step.
Step 1. Choosing how to create the activity
In this step you decide how you want Mathew to create the activity. You have several options:
With Mathew's help:
Create activities from a text, by copying and pasting it directly into the tool.
Use a piece of content as a basis, by uploading a file in one of the supported formats:
PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, MP4, PNG, JPEG, GIF or WEBP (maximum size: 200 MB).
Without Mathew's help:
Reuse exercises you have already created.
Write your own exercises from scratch.
Choose the option that best suits your needs and the type of activity you want to design.
Step 2. Choose the relevant option based on your choice
From a text: Copy and paste the text.
Using content: Select the content.
Reusing already created exercises: Select the exercises.
Writing your own exercises: Write the exercises.
If you choose “Using content”, you can access the ‘Publisher content’ section. By clicking the book's name, the different available topics will be displayed, with which you can generate the activity or upload new content.
Note: If you select ‘View book’, the book will open on screen so you can review it before creating the exercises.
Step 3. Assessment by Learning Outcomes (LO)
In this step, Mathew will ask whether you want to assess students based on Learning Outcomes (LO):
If you select ‘Yes’: You can choose the LOs relevant to the activity (maximum 3) and assign the corresponding assessment criteria. This will keep the activity aligned with your course's educational objectives.
If you select ‘No’: You can continue creating the activity without linking it to specific outcomes, and create custom assessments later if you wish.
Step 4. Setting up the exercise types
Once the content has been loaded into Mathew, you can set up the exercises that will be part of the activity. You can choose between different answer types, such as:
Open answer
Multiple choice
True / False
Ordering
Matching concepts
Fill in the blanks
Or combine several types in the same activity
In addition, you can adjust the activity's level of complexity, based on Bloom's Taxonomy, allowing you to adapt it to the students' level and the learning objectives set previously.
If we want to see whether students have understood the concepts covered, we select levels 1 or 2.
If we want Mathew to generate practical exercises, we select level 3.
If we want the student to analyse, reason, reflect or create innovative ideas, we select the higher levels.
Step 5. Selecting exercises
Mathew will automatically generate a set of exercises based on your settings.
Review the suggestions and select the exercises you like best or that best fit your planning, to schedule them as part of the final activity.
The answer guidelines detail the elements Mathew will use to carry out the assessment of the activity.
It is important to review these guidelines carefully, especially for open answers, to ensure that the assessment criteria correctly match the established learning objectives.
Step 6. Assessable activity and rubric
In the last step, you can decide whether you want to make the activity assessable.
If you wish, you will need to set the total score by weighting each of the exercises.
You will also have the option to create an assessment rubric, which lets you evaluate students' performance in a clear, objective and consistent way.
The rubric can be aligned with the LOs and assessment criteria, selected earlier during the creation of the activity or, failing that, with the specific elements you want to assess in that activity (e.g. spelling, grammar, presentation, etc.).
