{"id":9,"date":"2024-05-30T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/mod-election\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:18:16","slug":"teacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/mod-election\/teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5723df3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5723df3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1293b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"1293b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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creating and configuring the election activity as necessary for the upcoming election. This election activity can also be configured to use the results from a nomination (if the nomination plugin is installed).\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Additionally, you can immediately view the results of the voting after the election closes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c1ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70c1ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Creating an Election Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc2048 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bc2048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To create an election activity:<\/p><ol><li>Go to a <em>course<\/em>.<\/li><li>Enable <strong>Edit mode<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Add an activity or resource<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Election <\/strong>activity.<\/li><li>Type in the election <strong>name<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Type in the optional election <strong>description<\/strong><b>.<\/b><\/li><li>Configure the <strong>Number of candidates that can be elected<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li><li>Configure the <strong>Open date<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Configure the <strong>Close date<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Configure the candidates by either of the following options:<ol><li>Select a <strong>Linked Nomination<\/strong> if applicable.<ol><li>This option will only appear if the nomination plugin is installed.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><strong>OR <\/strong>add the candidates to the <strong>Election list<\/strong>, adding each candidate\u2019s name on a separate line.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>\u00a0Click the <strong>Save and return to course<\/strong> button.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00af610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00af610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Viewing Election results<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cdc59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23cdc59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To access the \u201c<strong>Results report<\/strong>\u201d page:<\/p><ol><li>Go to a <i>course<\/i>.<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Election<\/strong> activity after voting has concluded.<\/li><li>Click the <strong>Results<\/strong> tab.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The \u201c<strong>Results page<\/strong>\u201d displays:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Election information<\/strong> &#8211; The election information table, containing general information.<\/li><li><strong>Election results<\/strong> &#8211; The election results table, containing initial count and the candidate that won at each stage.<\/li><li><strong>Ballot results<\/strong> &#8211; The ballot results table, containing the results for different preference orders.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The <strong>Election information<\/strong> table displays the following:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Elected <\/strong>&#8211; the candidate(s) elected.<\/li><li><strong>Number of candidates<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Vacancies<\/strong> &#8211; the number of positions to be filled.<\/li><li><strong>Valid Ballots<\/strong> &#8211; the number of valid ballots.<\/li><li><strong>Invalid Ballots<\/strong> &#8211; the number of invalid ballots.<\/li><li><strong>Quota<\/strong> &#8211; the number of votes needed by candidates to be elected.<\/li><li><strong>Stages<\/strong> &#8211; the total number of stages of vote transfers, to calculate the elected candidate(s).<\/li><li><strong>Count method<\/strong> &#8211; the count method is PR-STV.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The <strong>Election results<\/strong> table displays the following for each candidate:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Candidates<\/strong> &#8211; the candidates\u2019 name(s).<\/li><li><strong>Initial count<\/strong> &#8211; the total number of times the candidate was selected as someone&#8217;s number one preference.<\/li><li><strong>Stage<\/strong> &#8211; the candidate who was elected in that stage. This column is recurring for each stage of vote transfers in the election.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The <strong>Ballot results<\/strong> table displays the following for each preference order:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Preference<\/strong> &#8211; A column for each preference option.<\/li><li><strong>Total votes<\/strong> &#8211; the total number of times someone has submitted that preference order.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d91fec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d91fec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05116af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05116af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"1091\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/mod-election\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2024\/07\/mod_election_3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-220\" alt=\"The Election results table with one row per candidate and the three columns: Candidates, Initial Count, and Stage 1. 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