How Do I?

• Uploading a File from Google Drive
• Import Course Content
• Remove Course Sections from a Meta-Site
• Course Surveys
• Fixing Orphaned Activities
• Using a Meta-Course
• Add Course Sections to a Meta-Site

Uploading a File from Google Drive

Import Course Content

Course content from previous offerings can be imported for reuse. The entire course can be imported or just selected parts. 

11 STEPS

Importing a Whole Course

If something is not appearing correctly in your course, please do not import your course again. This will create a duplicate of everything in your course. First, try adjusting your course section numbers. If that doesn't fix the problem, please contact support.

Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/2410797/Import-Course-Content

12 STEPS

1. The first step is to open your Moodle Dashboard and click on the course for the current semester (the one you want to import content into)

2. Click More

3. Click Course reuse

4. Click Import

5. Scroll and click Search courses

6. Type the course number of the course you want to import

7. Click Search

8. Scroll and click to select the course you want to import

9. Click Continue

10. If you want to import all of the course content, scroll and click Jump to final step

If you only want to import part of the content, follow the other tutorial

11. Click Continue

You can safely ignore all technical information and warnings

12. That's it. You're done.

Important Notes

• An extra Announcements discussion forum will appear that should be deleted. 
• If orphaned sections appear, please adjust the number of sections in the course.

Importing Specific Items

1. Follow steps 1-9 above.

2. After the proper course has been chosen in step 9, use the checkboxes to mark what kind of material you'd like to import into the course. Include activities and resources is the most common option.

3. Use the checkboxes on the next page to indicate which specific materials you want to import. By default, all the materials are checked. Use the Select All/None options at the top to quickly check or uncheck the boxes. Then choose the individual items to import. 
     * If you are not able to click on a specific box, look above it for a category header in bold. Check that category header to choose the items underneath it.

4. Click Next.

5. Confirm your choices on the next screen. If they are correct, choose Perform import. You can also choose Previous to go back and choose different items.

6. Continue with steps 8 and 9 above.

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 are attached from the previous semester and then attaching the sections for the new semester. 

Instructions

1. If you have not previously used a meta-site, please see these instructions.
2. Log into Moodle and enter the meta-site.
3. Click on the Participants tab on the left menu.
4. Click on the Gear in the upper right corner and choose Enrollment methods. 
5. From the resulting list, locate the section names from previous semesters.
6. Click the trash can to the right of the course section you want to remove.
7. On the resulting page, verify you have chosen the correct section and click the blue Continue button. 
8. Repeat steps 5-7 until all previous sections have been removed. Do not remove Manual enrollments or Guest access.

Course Surveys

A common end-of-course survey is conducted at the conclusion of all online courses in order to gather valuable feedback for course improvement. The survey instructions are sent out to your students by Rachel Feld via the Announcement Forum in your course. The survey is conducted via the MLC Portal, where you will be able to view a compilation of the survey results.  

Accessing Results

• Use this link to access the survey area of MLC's Portal.
• Log in to the Portal with your Moodle username and password.
• If you’re not prompted to log in, the login area is in the upper right.
• Select the survey for your course and the results should appear.

Additional Notes

• It can be helpful for you to add additional encouragement to your students to complete the survey.
• Once the survey is completed, the results are shared with the appropriate person(s) in the MLC administration and are available for the instructor to view via the MLC Portal. 
• The survey questions were shared with all online instructors at some point in time. If you would like a new copy of the survey, simply contact Rachel Feld. 
• You are welcome to create your own survey and administer it in addition to the common survey.

Fixing Orphaned Activities

After importing and opening up a course, sometimes activities appear as orphaned. Please follow these directions to fix the issue.

Instructions

1. Log in to Moodle as usual and click on the course.
2. Click on the gear in the upper right corner and choose Edit Settings.
3. Scroll down and click on the blue heading Course Format.
4. Next to the second option, Number of sections, choose a number bigger than what is currently there. Many courses have 8 topics, but it depends on how you have organized your content. If you remember how many sections your course had, choose that number. If not, take your best guess -- the number can be changed again if needed.
   • Number of sections refers to the number of topics in your course. Depending on how your course is designed, this is likely the number of weeks in the semester or units in your class.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and choose Save and display.
6. Check to see that all your course content is displayed/no longer orphaned. If not, the course likely had more sections. Repeat steps 2-5 as necessary.

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Here's an interactive tutorial

https://www.iorad.com/player/2111278/Fixing-Orphaned-Content

7 STEPS

1. The first step is to open your course and click the gear icon.

2. Click Edit settings

3. Scroll down and click Course format

4. Scroll down and click the dropdown by Number of Sections.

5. Select a number larger than what is currently highlighted.

6. Scroll down and click Save and display

7. Check to see if all of your course sections are visible. If not, repeat the process with a bigger number.

Using a Meta-Course

Some MLC courses have several sections of the same course. These can be combined into a single course, called a meta-course. Using a meta-course eliminates the need for posting/creating content in multiple locations for multiple sections.

Instructions

1. Request a meta-course through this form.
2. That's it :) 

• The individual sections will still appear on your dashboard, but you can safely ignore them. Do all updating, grading, etc. in the meta-course.
• Meta-courses cannot be created until the single sections are created in Moodle through the database. This happens approximately 6 weeks before the start of each semester.

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 are attached from the previous semester and then attaching the sections for the new semester. 

Instructions

1. If you have not previously used a meta-site, please see these instructions.
2. If you are reusing a meta-site from a previous semester, please remove the existing course sections before continuing. 
3. Activate each course section via the MLC Portal. Continue with the next steps once the sections appear in Moodle. This can take up to 24 hours.
4. Log into Moodle and enter the meta-site.
5. Click on the Participants tab on the left menu.
6. Click on the Gear in the upper right corner and choose Enrollment methods. 
7. From the Add method dropdown menu, choose Course meta link.
8. From the top Link course dropdown menu, search for the course name of the first section you want to add. Pay careful attention to the section, school year, and semester to ensure you choose the right section. If the search window won't disappear after you select the proper course, press the Escape button.
9. From the bottom Add to group dropdown menu, choose Create new group. This will allow you to separate some assignments and activities by section. 
10. Click the blue Add method at the bottom.
11. Repeat steps 5-10 until you've added all your sections to the meta-site.