Moodle for Faculty
Tips and instructions for instructors using Moodle in online and face-to-face courses at MLC.
Getting Help and Support
Please use any or all of the following methods to reach out to your friendly and encouraging tech...
Course Organization Tips
Having an organized Moodle course site can go a long way in helping students succeed in online le...
Beginning Moodle Videos
Finding Your Way Around Dashboard What is a Course? Course Layout Editing Course Sections ...
Course Layout and Design
Layout and Navigation Basics
Turning Editing On 1. Enter the course site you want to edit. 2. Click on the settings gear in ...
Using Topics
MLC courses use collapsed topics by default. These topics can be used to organize course content,...
Using Blocks
Course blocks are the boxes of information on the right side of the course page. These blocks can...
View Course as Student
This feature allows instructors to see the course home page and activities as if they were a stud...
Fixing Orphaned Content
Orphaned content can appear when the number of sections in a current course does not match the nu...
Organizing Course Content
Course resources and activities typically appear on the course page in the order that they are en...
Adding Course Content and Resources
File Resource
PDFs, Word Documents, Images, Spreadsheets, and more can be added to the course page for students...
Uploading a File from Google Drive
Adding a Link to a Webpage in your Moodle Course
Nearly anything with a web link can be shared to your Moodle course page. Instructions Log in...
How Students Can Contribute Files or Links
If you wish to have students contribute to your Moodle site, it is possible, but not very intuiti...
Showing Hidden Content
Hidden content cannot be seen by students. Content needs to be made visible before students can s...
Deleting Activities or Resources
When an activity or resource is outdated or will no longer be used for the course, it can be dele...
Explanation of Activity Options
General Assignment Name The title that students will see on the course page. This is a re...
Moodle Assignments
Asssignment Overview
The assignment activity is how students can turn in a variety of files to be graded. There are a ...
Moodle Assignment Settings
When adding a new assignment activity to a Moodle course, there are a variety of settings that im...
Adding Moodle Assignments
Follow the instructions for adding course content. In step 3, choose Assignment. Enter the in...
File Submission Types
Instructors can limit the file types that a student is allowed to submit for an assignment. This ...
Grading Moodle Assignments
Using Feedback Files When this option is enabled in an assignment, instructors can upload a comp...
Uploading a Google Doc to a Moodle Assignment
A very useful feature in Moodle Assignments is the ability for students to upload a Google Doc di...
Moodle Discussion Forums
Discussion Forum Settings
An explanation of the various settings that can be utilized in a Moodle discussion forum. These s...
Q and A Forums
Question and Answer forums can be used when you don't want students to see the responses of other...
Discussion Forum Overview
Discussion forums allow students to interact with each other asynchronously. There are a variety ...
Discussion Forum Types
There are five types of discussion forums to support participant collaboration and learning. Each...
Moodle Quizzes
Other Moodle Activities
Communication Tools
Class Announcements Forum
The Announcement forum is available by default in all courses. It has some unique features. On...
Video Conferencing - Big Blue Button
You can find some information at the EdTech blog in the post titled BigBlueButton Basics.
Video Conferencing - Google Meet
Recording Video in Moodle
Anywhere that instructors or students have a textbox to enter text, they can also record audio or...
Grading
Initial Gradebook Setup
Categories Weights Moving Items Grade Scale Aggregations Moodle allows you to aggregate your...
Student View of Grades
Grading Moodle Assignments
Grading Moodle Quizzes
Grading Moodle Discussion Forums
A Moodle Discussion forum can be graded within Moodle. The grades are automatically entered in...
Other Grade Items
You can also add your own entries to the gradebook that aren't linked to a Moodle activity like a...
Grading Methods
Detailed View Quick Grading Feedback audio/video feedback Grading Guides Rubrics Feedback F...
Overriding Existing Grades
Excluding Individual Grade
Exporting Grades
Reordering Gradebook Items
When viewing the gradebook, items are listed in chronological order, based on when the assignment...
Using Grading Guides
Beginner's Guide to Moodle Gradebook
If you haven't used Moodle Gradebook before, this would be a great time to try it out. Some benef...
Setting the Grade Scale
Adding Extra Credit
Extra credit can be added to the Moodle gradebook as a gradebook item that adds points to the stu...
Rubrics in Moodle
How to Use Rubrics in Moodle
Set Up Rubric in Moodle
This screencast shows the user how to set up a rubric in Moodle.
Grading a Moodle Assignment Using a Rubric
This screencast shows how to grade an assignment onecethe rubric has been established.
Re-Using a Rubric in Moodle
This screencast shows how to use a rubric established for one assignment in another without retyp...
Groups
Moodle Profile
How Do I?
Activate My Course
Courses need to be activated before they appear in Moodle. You may activate any course that you a...
See Moodle as a Student
Requesting a Sample Student Contact Rachel Feld to request a sample student account. Enrol...
Set Course to Hide
At the conclusion of a course or the semester, courses should be hidden from student view to prot...
Import Course Content
Course content from previous offerings can be imported for reuse. The entire course can be import...
Remove Course Sections from a Meta-Site
Meta-courses can be reused from one semester or year to the next by removing the sections that ar...
Use Groups in a Discussion Forum
Groups can be used in a Discussion Forum to limit the number of posts an individual student inter...
Turning In Grades
At the end of each semester, grades need to be reported for each student. Grades are reported on ...
Adding a TA
A Teachers' Assistant (TA) can be added to courses to assist with various instructional duties. ...
Permanently Deleting Old Courses
Most online instructors do not want to delete a course site right after they have taught it since...
Course Surveys
A common end-of-course survey is conducted at the conclusion of all online courses in order to ga...
Set Course to View
By default, all courses are initially hidden from student view. Instructors need to make courses ...
View Class Roster
Class rosters are available to view prior to the semester via Portal or during the semester via P...
Initial Communication with Students
For online courses, please contact your students about two weeks prior to the start of the semest...
Fixing Orphaned Activities
After importing and opening up a course, sometimes activities appear as orphaned. Please follow t...
Using a Meta-Course
Some MLC courses have several sections of the same course. These can be combined into a single co...
Add Course Sections to a Meta-Site
Meta-courses can be reused from one semester or year to the next by removing the sections that ar...
Glossary
Semester Checklists
Beginning of Semester: Online Course
Please use the following checklist to help get your online Moodle course up and running. Act...
Beginning of Semester: On-Campus Course
Please use the following checklist to help get your On-Campus Moodle site up and running. Ac...
End of Semester: Online Course
Please use the following checklist to help guide you through the end of your online course. ...
End of Semester: On-Campus Course
Please use the following checklist to help guide you through the end of your on-campus course. ...
Helping Students Succeed
Monitoring Activity Using Course Blocks
What are "Blocks?" Blocks are part of the Moodle Course Page. These areas give the user informa...
Tracking Student Activity Using Reports
Reports Moodle provides several tools for giving you feedback about student activity. Moodle's R...
Class "Attendance" in Moodle
It may be useful to know when a student last accessed your course. Moodle keeps track of that fo...
Enabling Student Access to Logs and Reports
You can allow students to access logs and activity reports. Steps: Log in to the course. Selec...