The Moodle Guide for Faculty

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  News, Updates & Getting Started

  • New to Moodle? Read this "Navigating Moodle" guide. Page
  • What's New in Moodle 2.6 Page
  • Building a Better Moodle: Alternative Moodle Site Formats Page

     

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  The Basics

  • Your first step when using your Moodle site: click the Turn Editing On button:  
    
    

    (You won't see it on this page, but you will when you're in your own course).

    Add Text
    Once editing is on, you may simply want add some text to one of the class sections.
  • How to Add Text Page
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    Add a Link to a File
    You can add files to Moodle by simply dragging and dropping them from your computer onto the Moodle site- wow! 

    While it's fine to add files onto the main Moodle page, we encourage everyone to check out our "Moodle Makeover" section for more creative and efficient ways to organize your Moodle site.
  • How to Add a Link to a File Page
  • Editing Elements on your Site
    Once you've added a file or label to your course, you'll see icons and a menu next to each item. Read below to see what they do. Editing needs to be on to see these options.

  • Editing Elements on your Site Page
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    Make Your Moodle Site Visible to Students
    Are students complaining that they can't see your Moodle site? Whoops- let's make it visible. 

  • How to Make Your Moodle Site Visible to Students Page
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  People & Communication

  • Your "profile" in Moodle stores your contact information and additional info like Office Hours.

  • How to Edit Your Profile & Update Your Office Hours Page
  • Give Students and TA's Access to Your Moodle Site

    Students who are registered for your course on TheHub will be added to Moodle automatically. If a student needs access to your Moodle site before their registration is processed, you can add them in yourself. You will need to add TA's yourself.

  • How to Give Access to your Course Website Page
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    Quickmail
    This feature lets you email some or all of your students directly through Moodle.

  • How to Use Quickmail Page
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    Take Attendance
    The attendance activity lets you keep track of student attendance. It also lets students see their own attendance history.

  • Taking Attendance Page
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    Guest Access
    If you want to give a someone who is not enrolled in your class access to your Moodle site it may be possible, but there are privacy and copyright concerns to take into account. Read the policy below to see how it works. 

  • Guest Access Policy Page
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  Discussion Forums

  Forums are great tools for communication and collaborating. Remember that in this new version of Moodle, students can easily insert images and video INTO their posts! They can also attach files to posts for peer review.

  • How to Add a Forum Page
  • Forum Types & Suggested Uses Page
  • Teaching Tips for Forums Page
  • Sample Forum- Feel free to test
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  Assignments

  You can set up an assignment to allow students to submit work to you, through the Moodle site. 

  • How to Create an Assignment Page
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    Viewing & Giving Feedback on Submitted Assignments
    Once students have submitted assignments, there are many options for how you review their submissions and give feedback on their work. 

  • How to View and Give Feedback on Submitted Assignments Page
  • Reviewing Assignments "Offline" Page
  • Using Rubrics in Assignment Feedback Page
  • Annotate a PDF in an Assignment Page
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    Keeping Track of Assignment Completion

    You can use a "grading" scale in Moodle to mark off when students have completed assignments. This will give you at-a-glance reports of who's missing what!

  • Using Moodle to Keep Track of Assignment Completion Page
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  Course Formats

  The course format dictates how the sections of the Moodle site are organized- i.e. by class meeting date, week, or topic. Faculty can choose which format meets their needs best!

  • Changing Your Course Format and Adjusting Sections Page
  • Using the Collapsed Topics Format Page
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  Creating a Page for Course Content, Links or Media

  Putting content, links, media or other course information one-click-down on a "Page" is a great way to make your Moodle site more navigable. All the links on this site are examples of pages.

  • Create a New Page with Links & Text
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  Adding Links, Images or Media to a Text Section

  • Add a Link to a File Within a Text Section Page
  • Add an Image Page
  • Adding a Video or other Media Page
  • Adding a Video from HampFlix Page
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  Organizing Files

  There are many ways to deal with files and readings in Moodle other than uploading them one-by-one to the main Moodle page. See the options below, as well as our section on Pages which can contain links to files as well.

  • Uploading Multiple Files in One Step Page
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    Create a Folder
    A folder is a great way to store a number of files one-click-down so you don't have long lists clogging up your main Moodle page.

  • How to Create a Folder for Files Page
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    Google Docs & Dropbox
    If you have files stored in Google Docs or Dropbox you can now add them to Moodle, through Moodle!

  • How to Add a File from Google Docs or Dropbox Page
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  Accessible Course Materials

  As you start adding material to your course, please take accessibility into account. Read on for more info on what this means and how to approach it.

  • Accessible Course Materials Page
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  Other Features

  We've just scratched the surface of Moodle so far- it can do a LOT. When you're ready to explore some of the other features, check out the links below.

  Wiki- You and your class can work collaboratively to build a basic website, perhaps to use as a repository of collective knowledge gained during the course, or as a side project exploring a certain topic. Now that students can directly upload images and media the Wiki is MUCH more useful.

  Blogs- If you'd like a non-public system for students to record thoughts and reflections, the blogs within Moodle can be useful. Get into the Blog system by adding the Blogs Block to your course. Blogs are tied to the user, not the course, but the Blogs Block gives you options for writing and viewing posts related to the course. 

  Glossary- The class can work collaboratively to create a glossary of terms, with each student adding entries.

  Quiz- You can build a bank of quiz questions and use them in a various quizzes.

  Lightbox Gallery- You can use this module to create an image gallery. Beware that it is a little clunky to use and has some bugs- not all the editing options work for example. For best results, re-size your images before bringing them in (to no larger than 900 pixels wide). 

  For the motherlode of information, visit Moodle.org, the official Moodle help & how to site.