Moodle for Students
Tips and instructions for students using Moodle in online and face-to-face courses at MLC.
S1: Get Started and Find Your Courses
S2: Navigate and Personalize Moodle
S3: Submit Work and Take Quizzes
S4: Discussions and Communication
S5: Grades and Feedback
Moodle Overview
Moodle is the learning management system (LMS) used at Martin Luther College. Graduate, Continuin...
Your Moodle Account
Account Creation
A Moodle account is automatically created for everyone who enrolls at MLC. Account information wi...
Updating Your Profile
Your Moodle Profile allows your classmates and instructors to know more about you. Accessing Yo...
Setting Your Preferences
Setting your preferences allows you to control a variety of notification and viewing options. Cha...
Accessing Moodle
Navigation and Features
Communicating in Moodle
There are a variety of ways to communicate with your classmates and instructor in MLC courses. Pl...
Viewing Reports and Logs
If your instructor has enabled this feature, you can get detailed reports about your activity in ...
Accessing Your Course
To access your online courses in Moodle, you need to log in to the Moodle website by doing the fo...
Common Moodle Tasks
Downloading Course Content
Instructors often provide course content to students in the form of PDFs, Word Documents, or Powe...
Participating in Discussion Forums
Discussion forums are often used by instructors to facilitate discussion about course topics or p...
Replying to Q and A Forums
When instructors use a Q and A Forum, the process to reply to the forum prompt is slightly differ...
Submitting an Assignment
Moodle assignments are a common way students submit files to instructors for grading. These fil...
Checking Grades and Feedback
Viewing Final Grades
After your instructor has submitted your final grade for a course, that grade can be viewed on Po...
Frequently Asked Questions
Why can't I see my course?
For online classes, the Moodle course is typically available a few days before the start of the s...
What email address does Moodle use?
Moodle notifications get sent to whatever email address is set in your Moodle profile. By default...
How do I know if my instructor received my assignment?
Typically, instructors will use the Assignment feature if you're supposed to turn in a document. ...
How do I check my grades?
Grades for individual assignments and activities can be viewed either within the assignment/activ...
Can I use Google Docs?
What is the difference between a discussion forum and an assignment?
How do I contact my instructor?
Who do I ask for Moodle help?
Need help navigating Moodle? Not sure how to turn in an assignment? See below for the different h...
How do I fill out my course survey?
Graduate and undergraduate courses make use of Portal for feedback surveys. These surveys are use...
What do I do if the area to turn in my Google assignment on Moodle is too tiny to click?
Sometimes Google assignments in Moodle have formatting issues resulting in the box where you need...