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...
Uploading a File from Google Drive
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...
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...
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...
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 Hide/View
By default, all courses are initially hidden from student view. Courses are automatically made vi...
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...
Edit Multiple Due Dates
The Edit Dates report lets you review and update due dates, cut-off dates, and other timed events...
Open a Course for One Student
In general, courses should be hidden after they are completed. Sometimes, a student might need ac...
Fix the "Not part of a Group" Error
In discussion forums, sometimes a student will get an error that says they cannot post because th...
Show/Hide Course Content
When content is not ready for students to view, you can hide whole sections or individual items f...