Hot Question

Hot Question is a classroom discussion activity for collecting, ranking, and moderating learner questions in real time or asynchronously.

Learners submit entries from any device, vote on entries from peers, and help surface the most important questions. Teachers can moderate visibility, prioritize posts, and guide discussion flow during live teaching or ongoing course participation.

Typical uses

• Live lecture Q and A
• Asynchronous question board
• Suggestion box and feedback collection
• Quick polls and prioritization activities
• Discussion prompts tied to videos or readings

Key features

• Student posting with configurable labels and prompts
• Voting to raise the most relevant questions
• Teacher priority controls that can override vote order
• Per-entry moderation and approval controls
• Optional comments and round-based workflow
• CSV export for course-level and site-level reporting
• Group and grouping support
• Flexible visibility and display controls
• Moodle mobile is now supported

Teacher and admin controls

• Show or hide author names for learners
• Show or hide Heat and Priority columns
• Rename column labels to match activity purpose
• Control access after activity close
• Delete or hide entries and manage rounds

Grading and completion

• Supports grading, passing grade, and activity completion rules
• Configurable participation expectations based on posting and voting

Privacy and quality

• Privacy API support included
• Automated testing and ongoing maintenance

Compatibility

• Moodle 4.5 to 5.2
• Current stable release: 5.1.0