Transcript Moodle Orientation

Moodle Orientation
Nancy Severe-Barnett
Program Coordinator, SCIS
Accessing your course account
How to add activities or resources
Creating assignments
Creating forums
Backing up courses
Grade book
Accessing your account
Logging in
Username & passwords
Virginia International University on ground and online
courses are delivered through Moodle.
You can access all your classes at the following link:
http://moodle.viu.edu
Select Moodle (you will be directed to the login screen
Select Login
Input your username & password
Finding your course
Accessing your course
Turn editing on
Finding your courses
Click one of the course links to see its content.
Course
contents
Click Link
If you are enrolled in any courses, you will see categories as
shown in the image below. The arrow to the left of each
category is expandable. Click the arrow sign to see the
contents of the category.
If you do not see your registered course(s) under the categories, please contact your Dean or
Program Coordinator.
To make any changes in your course you must
ensure that “Turn editing on” is selected.
How to add activities or
resources
Adding a file (document,
PowerPoint)
Inserting a video (url)
Adding
an activity and
resources in 2.3 has now
merged into one function
To add any activity you
must have “editing turned
on”.
Select settings
Turn activity chooser on
The new version combines both the activity
and resource function.
Moodle 2.0 (old appearance)
Divided
Moodle 2.3 (new appearance)
Together
Select
the
activity
or
resource that you want to
use:
File
Forum
URL’s
Assignment
To
add
any
activity
or
resource select from the
activity chooser. Both items
will appear on the course
shell.
*Note*
Activities that are added are
used for assessment purposes and
will automatically appear in the
grade book.
Name the activity or resource in both the Name and Description
location.
*Note* If you do not add in both locations your item will not save.
Select add
Then browse, you will be directed to
where you files are located
Select the file you will use.
Then choose Open
to import the file.
Your file name is next to the browse
Then select “Upload file”
Your file will display in the box
Upon completion select save and return to course to save and
display.
New feature in Moodle 2.3 is also a block (with an arrow)
into which you can drag and drop a file straight from your
desktop into Moodle.
To add video’s to your
course shell
Add the name of the video
Put a description of the video
Select
URL
(copy)
ex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch
Under contents section: paste the url
or you can choose the link if you have
it save on your desktop or in a folder.
Select save and return to course
You will view your video on the
course shell
Select the link of your video name to
access the video.
Creating assignments
Online text
Offline text
Different Assignment types
Moodle
2.3
combines
the
previous
assignment types into a single assignment.
This means an assignment combining editable
text and file submission can be created.
The standard assignment submission options
available are:
Online text (students type their responses directly in
Moodle)
Offline
(no
placeholder)
Moodle
component
serves
as
a
The online text submission setting allows
students to create and edit their assignments in
Moodle.
The advantage of online text is in the
assignment text being stored and available to
read within Moodle. There are no files to
download. It is particularly well suited to
assignments requiring shorter word counts.
Scroll down to ‘Submission settings’
For Online text assignments, set ‘Online text’ to
‘Yes.’
Change the ‘File submissions’ setting to ‘No’, to
prevent students from uploading files.
In previous versions of Moodle there was a
separate assignment type called Offline
Assignment.
Scroll down to ‘Submission settings’
Ensure the ‘Online text’ setting is ‘No’ to
prevent student from entering text.
Change the ‘File submissions’ setting to ‘Yes’,
to allow students uploading files.
Whether or not you enable Submission
comments is your choice and will depend on
the type of offline activity you are assessing.
Creating forums (discussions)
A standard forum for general use
A single simple discussion
Each person posts one discussion
Question and Answer forum
Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format
Moodle has five kinds of forums each with a different layout and purpose.
Select Forum
Choose the forum type that best suits your needs.
A standard forum for general use
The standard forum are more student led.
A single simple discussion
The simple forum is used for short-time/limited discussion on a single subject or topic.
Each person posts one discussion
This forum is used when you want a mix between a long discussion and a short and
focused discussion.
Question and Answer forum
The Q & A forum is best used when you have a particular question that you wish to
have answered. This feature allows equal initial posting opportunity among all
students, thus encouraging original and independent thinking.
Note: Students do not see the "add a new question" button in the Q & A forum. If you
wish students to be able to add new questions, they need to be given the capability
Each person posts one discussion
The view is the same as Standard forum for
general use forum, the only difference is you will
need to select 'Add a new discussion' option.
Single simple discussion
Students will see the text you have placed in the Forum introduction
setting as the first post of the discussion. Below you will find the
replies that have been posted.
In the example below, the student sees that their reply was rated.
Standard forum for general use
In this forum type, students will see the introduction text
in a separate space above the discussion field, in which you
will see the information such as the title of the discussion,
its author, the number of replies and the date of the last
post.
Question and Answer forum
In this forum type, students will see the introduction text in a
separate space above the discussion field, in which you will see
the information such as the title of the discussion, its author,
the number of replies and the date of the last post. *NOTE*
Students cannot see posts until they post respond to the
question, then their posts become visible.
How to back up your course
VIU backs up all courses. This
option is if you want to back up
your courses yourself.
To backup a course go to:
Settings
Course administration
Backup
Initial settings - Select activities, blocks, filters and other
items as required then click “Next”.
Schema settings - Select/deselect specific items to include
in backup then click “Next”.
Confirmation and review - Check that everything is as required,
using the Previous button if necessary, otherwise click 'Perform
backup' button
Grade book
*Note*
All Final Grades Must Be Entered
and Submitted via The Faculty
Portal
To export grades from the grade book: Choose an export format
from the grade book dropdown menu. Most instructors use
Excel.
Select the grade items
to be included.
Click “Submit”.
After previewing the data, click the “download button.”
Then open the file.
Exports as a excel spreadsheet. You will need to adjust fields.
ALL FINAL GRADES MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE FACULTY PORTAL
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providing you with the tools you need for success
in your classrooms, if you encounter any
difficulties during the course of your study please
email [email protected].