Create a database activity Add a text field to the activity field defintions (call it 'name') Go to the 'templates' pane and save the 'list template' Add 3 entries in this database in the following order: 'one', 'two', 'three' In your database, you need to set all those entires to have the same timemodified time. If you've got many records in your database your gonna need to workout what database activity it is and which entries you are modifiying. Dan was lazy when writing these testing instructions and just did the easy thing updating all records: UPDATE mdl_data_records SET timemodified = '1398324167'; Go to the list view of the database activity amd at the bottom, set the 'Sort by' to 'Time modified' and switch between ascended and descending. VERIFY: that the order changes when you switch between ascending and descending