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Moodle User Guide - Osgoode Hall Law School

1. 78 QUZ AIO V CIV IG W save ceseartdecore cunt cinsscs x see centaveceatan deeescecslasa N 78 Creating Quiz eh IE RM aaaaad vets paaa RM PE Or EUREN DIUI DU CT dM E US 79 Adding ANG organizrig questons ussenxkacivvesukuv ne Ex Fe ct YE EN E Rev a eL FO id 84 Wisi Rl 91 Mansdgindagulz artetipsideisuadebd aed ox dimddpd e xau tcA C doce ficut Prades Dad t oda d DOG RU 92 Getting Started Moodle Login and Navigation To login to Moodle you must have an active MyOsgoode account If you do not have one you can request to have it created by sending an email to L ex ln p A CIN f a AN m LAAN y l m helo osgoode yorku ca Logging In 1 Enter your MyOsgoode credentials in the Usemame and Password fields 2 Click Log into authenticate The My Courses page appears showing the list of your Courses MSS L Osgoode Course Websites ive You are not logged in Log in Osgoode Website MyOsgoode Law brary Newsroom Login Username Welcome to Osgoode s new learning management system Developed from a learning centric perspective it provides a collaborative online environment that facilitates teaching learning both within and outside the classroom You will see your enroled courses after you log in using your Osgoode user ID which can be found above the Sign Out button on MyOsgoode after you have logged in and password same password used to log in to MyOsgoode Pa
2. e Tie each question to a course goal e Ask multiple questions about each important idea e Each wrong answer should represent a common misconception e Questions should reflect different levels of comprehension recall application and analysis To help design questions release prototype questions and review students answers This helpsan instructorto consider common acceptable answers not thought of before Inform students that you are testing new questions and do not assign points for those specific questions Use feedback to inform students why each answeriscormectorincormect allowing them to critique their understanding of course materials Implication for Higher Education A well designed quiz indicatesto an instructor whether students understand the course conceptsand theirapplication It providesa rapid feedback mechanism for students to monitor their progress The outcomes are mastery of the course principles graduated practice and an opportunity to practice othertypes of skills Moodle quizzes can emphasize time on task related activities by assigning mini quizzes foreach reading assignment It provides ongoing practice of leaming skills which can motivate studentsto keep abreast of their course materials Create a library of questions either by importing the publishers question bank or by manually creating your own questions Moodle Quiz Features e Randomize the questions and the answersfor each student e Timed quiz
3. o Studentscan manually mark the activity as completed allows students to manually mark the activity as complete by ticking the checkbox associated with the activity orresource o Show activity ascomplete when conditions are met will automatically mark the activity or resource ascomplete when all specified conditions are met 3 Activity completion Do not indicate activity completion Students can manually mark the activity as completed Completion tracking PAST Raise hen sck uluke ee eens Require view Student must view this activity to complete it Require grade Student must receive a grade to complete this activity Student must submit to this activity to complete it Expect completed on g March 2013 Enable 4 Ifyou selected Show activity as complete when conditions are metin the previous step select the condition s to be met from the options available For example Require view meansthat students only need to accessthe resource such asfile to mark it as complete Completion tracking jJ Show activity as complete when conditions are met Require view Student must view this activity to complete it Require grade 5 vf Student must receive a grade to complete this activity f Student must submit to this activity to complete it Expect completed on 6 g March 2013 Enable 5 If you would like to view the expected date when an activity or resource should be completed by students then enable the Expect completed on optio
4. Submit Cancel 2 Change the Naming schema if required The symbol is used to create groups with namescontaining letters For example Group will generate groupsnamed Group A Group B Group C etc The symbol is used to create groups with names containing numbers For example Group 7 will generate groupsnamed Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 etc The default name Group can also be changed by replacing it with your preferred term i e Lab 3 Choose to create groups based on a specific Number of groups or by Number of members in each group in the Auto create based on drop down list 4 Entera required value in the Group member countfield This relatesto the choice made in the previous step 5 Choose the role type for membership from the Select members from role drop down list 6 Click Allocate and choose how you want members allocated to groups 7 Select Prevent last small group if you want allocate additional membersto an existing group instead of adding a new group with fewerthan the number specified Thisapplies if Members per group is selected in the previous step 8 Selectthe grouping name from the Grouping of Auto created groups drop down list if the new auto created groupsare to be linked to an existing Grouping If Groupingsdo not exist you can entera name in the Grouping name field to have it automatically created If Grouping will not be used you can leave this field blank 9 Clickthe Preview button
5. A list of curent users if any should displa y 3 Click Enrol usersto add a userto yourcourse Administration Course administration Turn editing off Edit settings 5 In the search field enterthe user semail addressorname Users then click Search The search will work on partial namesas well A list of users matching your search criteria will be 4 Click the Assign roles drop down list and select the role you are assigning to the user Enrolled users displa yed 6 Clickthe Enrol button to the right of the user sname to add isle x the m to yo u r C O u rse ia de c cohorts M Repeat steps 5 amp 6to add additional users Saarin a mue 7 Click Finish enrolling button to finalize adding usersto your matt matcom I C O u rse f s NES Eni ITAW 2014 3 ITAW2014 posgoode yorku ca ITAW 2015 4 ITAW2015 osgoode yorku ca Editing user roles Removing users from your c ourse 5 mail3 mail com Follow these stepsto remove users and assign user roles stu 4 Enrol mail4 mail com Stu5 1 Click Users in the Administration block to expand the menu mallS mail com Ez Stu6 rm 2 Click Enrolled users A list of enrolled users will display Search Finish enrolling users 3 Locate the userin the list If the enrolled users list is long you can search by entering the user semail addressor name in the Search box optionally selecting the Enrolment method and Role of
6. C li C kin Edit uiz In th e A d In istra tio n Editing quiz Sample Quiz amp The basic ideas of quiz making g q m Total of marks 30 00 Questions 3 Quiz open closes 30 04 13 00 00 b lo C k Maximum grade 100 00 Save Shuffle questions has been set so some actions relating to pages are not available To change the shuffle option Update this Quiz Page 1 2 E P YorkU Address What is the address for York Univ Marked out of b x Multiple choice Q 5 Save Page 2 2 E P TEL Bldg definition TEL Bldg definition Marked out of tT 4 c Short answer 5 Save x Page 3 4 P York University moti What is the York University Motto Marked out of x E Essay 20 Save amp Add a question Add a random question 90 Preview Quiz Moodle allows you to preview a quiz before releasing it to the students Previewing a quiz will display the quizasa student including the attempt summary and result A summary of attempt is displayed after each quiz attempt however previews are not Sa ved l Click Preview in Administration bloc k 2 Answerquestion and click Nextto view next questions Question 1 TEL Bldg definition Mot yet answered Marked outof5 00 AnSWer Y Flag question 4 Edit question Next 3 Aftercompleting all questions the Summary of attemptpage appears It indicatesthe number of questions in a quiz and the status of each question You can choose to retum to the quiz orto submit the quiz Summ
7. Leave the Show gradebook to students field as default Yes to display grades of activities to students 3 Leave the Show activity reports field as default No to allow students to view the listings of their contributions such as forum posts or assignment submissions and activity logs When enabled the student will only see a report of his herown activities Files and Uploads If required select an altemate file upload size from the Maximum upload size drop down list The default is LOOMB which is also the recommended file limit Activity modules also include a maximum upload size setting forfurther restricting the file size This setting determines the largest size of a file that can be uploaded to the course Completion Trac king Select your prefered Completion tracking option form the drop down list Completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto be marked completed manually or when certain conditions have been met See Using completion tracking for more information 12 Groups l Select your preferred Group mode from the drop down list Moodle supports three group modes o None No groupsare set o Separate Groupsmemberscannot see oraccessthe work of students in other groups 2 Visible Everyone s work is viewable by all but only membersof each group can edit oradd new data within their own group activities See Gr for more information on setting up groups We recommend leaving Force group mode set t
8. On the left and right sides of the course homepage you will see several Blocks with grey title bars A Block isa small area of a Moodle page that offers specialized functionality The placement of blocks can be customized on the course homepage and a variety of blocks can be added that offer additional functionality For more information on using blocks see our Using and Managing Blocks documentation page 16 Using and Managing Blocks Using Bloc ks On the left and right sides of the course homepage you will see several Bloc ks with grey title bars A Block isa small area of a Moodle page that offers specialized functionality By default new empty courses will have certain blocks pre loaded however blocks can be added and removed as required There are a variety of optional blocksthat instructors and students may find useful in managing their courses An important consideration when adding blocksto your course isthe relevance of the information Because of their prominence on the course homepage blocks should generally contain information that would be useful to students at any point in the Course Topic specific content istypically placed in the relevant section of the course Default Bloc ks By default new blank orempty course will have the Navigation Administration Recent Activity Upcoming events and Search forums blocks However if your course hasbeen copied from a previous year some of these blocks may not appearin yo
9. This may be particularly useful if you have multiple instructors or TAs marking large numbers of assignments In orderto use thisfeature Use marking workflow and Use marking allocation must be enable in the Assignment settings To allocate markers for individual submissions 1 3 On the Assignment Inbox page enable Quick grading in the Options section at the bottom ofthe page In the row of the individual submission select the marker from the drop down in the Marker column Clic k Save all quick grading changesto finalize your modifications To allocate markers for submissions in bulk l On the Assignment Inbox page select the submissions for which you would like to allocate markers using the checkboxes in the Selectcolumn Select Setallocated marker from the With selected drop down list and click Go If prompted to confirm setting the marking allocations for selected students click OK A new page displays with the list of students whose submissions were selected Select the Allocated markerfrom the drop down list 73 5 Click Save changes to finalize the marker allocations for the selected submissions Downloading and Uploading Submissions in Bulk for Offline Reading and Markup It is possible to download all student submissions fora particular assignment into one zip file to your computer Thisisa very practical feature if you would like to add your comments directly to assignments and retum the m
10. o Simple direct grading allows you to entera grade forthe assignment o Marking guide allows you to provide a comment and a markup to a maximum for each criteria you defined in the marking guide o Rubric allows you to build a rubric within the assignment with various levels and criterion for grading 3 Select a Grade category from the drop down list if applicable Referto the Creating Categoriestraining page for more information on categories 4 Select Yesfrom the Blind marking drop down list if you would like to hide the identity of the students during the grading process 5 If you would like to enable marking workflow select yes from the Use marking workflow drop down list The marking workflow createsa column in the assignment to show the grading status of assignments This is partic ularly useful if multiple markers are involved in the grading 6 If you would like to be able to assign specific markersto submissions select yes from the Use marking allocation drop down list This option only becomes available when the Use marking workflow setting has been enabled Common Module Settings l Select Hide from the Visible drop downlist if you want to hide the assignment from students This option allows instructors to control when a resource is available to students 69 2 Selectthe appropriate group settings if groupshave been configured in your course Establishing groupsin a course isa separate processfrom that of crea
11. On a separate page I Show subfolders expanded M Or o Click to open the Moodle File picker and select the location of the file 2 Clickon the appropriate option Select Submit 3 Selectthe preferred setting from the Display folder contents drop down list o Ona separate page Students will click the foldertitle to be taken to a separate page where the contents of the folder can be accessed 54 o Inline on a course page The folder contents will be displayed in the section of the course main page Students will be able to accessall the files directly from this page without clicking off the course page A resource page will not be created Research Methodology amp Design Learning Objective Students will be able to design a study to answer a research question ra Week 2 Materials eS Week 2 Materials lecture Notes d i Week Z lecture notes docx t Readings W im Week 2 Reading 1 docx We week 2 Reading 2 docx L Research methods in Psychology videos Research Design Project 4 Select the Show sub folders expanded check box if you want the contents of the folderto be expanded by default Otherwise initially the folder will display collapsed Common Module Settings 1 Select Hide from the Visible drop downlist if you want to hide the Folder from students This option allows instructors to control when a resource is available to students 2 Selectthe appropriate group settings if g
12. Teacherscan use Moodle sautomatic group creation utility which creates groups based on the current course enrolment Typically an activity cannot be linked to only one specific group For example you cannot have only one group linked to a course assignment However it is possible when combining groups with groupings Users can be a member of more than one group However note that if a useris made a member of two groups they will have accessto activities assigned to both those groups Moodle supports three group modes e None Group work is not enabled e Separate Group work isenabled and group members cannot see oraccessthe work in other groups e Visible Group work isenabled and work in other groups is viewable by all but only members of each group can edit oradd new data within their group own activities If one of these group modeshasbeen set at the course level students will be able to see their group membership by clicking the Participants link in the Navigation block If group mode hasbeen setto Separate at the course level users will only see a list of members in their own group However if it isset to Visible Moodle will supply a list of groups which can be selected by the user The list of membersin each visible group will be displayed 25 Groupings A Grouping istwo ormore groups joined togetherforthe purpose of doing an activity For example you may have several smaller groups working on specific tasks or proj
13. Web sites that provide embed codes include YouTube Google maps Facebook Twitter Pinterest Voki and many more Some of 20 these sites allow you to display only yourown content such as Twitter and Facebook while others allow you to embed content made publicly available by others Alwa ys check copyright restrictions when using content that is not yourown Follow these stepsto add an embedded widgetto a blockto yourcourse L h Copy the embed code for your widget from the source Web page Follow the instructions on individual Web sitesfor generating the embed code Use the following linksto leam about generating embed codesfor r T r r In Moodle tum editing on by clicking Tum editing on in the top left hand comerorin the Administration block From the Add a Block block drop down list select HIML Click the on the block and select Configure new HTML block block The text editoropens You cannot use HIML code in the text editor All HIML code must be added to the HTML source editor Enter the Block tile This will appear in the title barof the block on the course homepage Click on the bottom row of the text editortoolbarto open the HTML source editor Block settings Block title Content L Where this block appears On this page Save changes Cancel The HTML source editorappearsin the text editors place Paste yourembed code into the editor and click Save changes 21 8 Itis
14. active they are e Complete daily e mail with full posts This option will combine all forum posts into one e mail message e Subjects daily e mail with subjects only This option will send you an e mail message that includes only a list of linksto new forum post subjects for the day including authors You can click the subject link in the digest to view the complete forum post on Moodle 5 From the Forum auto subscnbe drop down menu specify whether Moodle will automatically subscribe you to a forum after your initial post If set this option will check to see if you are already subscribed to a discussion forum when you posta reply to it You can unsubscribe from a forum at any time 6 Specify whether you want to keep track of new posts made in forums from the Forum tracking drop down menu Selecting Yes highlight new posts for me will highlight forum messagesthat you have not yet read so that you can quickly see what snew 10 11 12 13 Although the setting you choose here will be the default behaviourforany Forum created in the course it is also possible to change the settings for individual Forums Specify the desired text formatting option from the text editor drop down list It is recommended to use the Default editor Enter information you want to share about yourself in the Description text box This description will be visible to all course participants Add a picture to your profile in the User picture sect
15. builds on the last a amp 2 Select how questions interact with students from How questions behave drop down o Defemed feedback requires each question to be answered and the entire quiz submitted before any feedbackis provided o Adaptive mode and Adaptive mode no penalties allows studentsto attempt a question multiple times before moving on to the next o Interactive with multiple tries provides feedback after submitting one answer Students can then read the feedback and try the questions again o Immediate feedback providesfeedback after submitting one answer However students cannot attempt the question again 81 o Deferred feedback with CBM orlmmediate feedback with C BM certainty based marking requires the student to indicate exactly how certain they are of theiranswer The grading isadjusted based on the level of certainly 3 Thisoption is applicable only if multiple attempts are allowed forthe quiz Review Options 1 Select when you would like feedback to display during the quiz o During the attemptdisplays feedback during the qui where relevant o Immediately afterthe attempt displays feedback immediately after the quiz is submitted o Laterwhile the quiz is still open displays feedback aftertwo minutes of submitting a quiz and before the quiz close date o Afterthe quiz is closed displays results only afterthe quiz close date Appearance l Select Yes from Show the user s picture drop down if you
16. follow the instructions below to add submission dates Availability Allow submissions from 15 December 2013 11 50 amp Enable amp Due date 19 December 2013 11 50 Mf Enable Cutoffdate 12 December 2013 11 so E Enable Always show description vf 1 Select the submission start date and time from the Allow submission from drop down lists 2 Selectthe assgnment due date from Due date drop down lists 3 Select the date and time beyond which assignment submissions will not be accepted from the Cut off date drop down lists Before the cut off date students will be able to make late submissions with a date stamp Submission Types 1 Choose the appropnate setting from the Submission settings section to create one of the following assignment types o Online text allows students to enter assignment text in the text window o Hle submissions allows each student to upload one or multiple files dependant on the maximum number of uploaded files set by the teacher below 66 For assignments that require file submissions it is important to ensure that instructors and students use compatible software to ensure files submitted can be read When setting up the assignment be sure to include information about acceptable file types and software versions and orother suitable course locations in orderto avoid problems 2 Ifthe Online text option is selected you have the
17. next submission You can also click the Save changes button to go backto the Submission inbox Offline Grading If you have enabled the Offline grading worksheetoption asa Feedback Type in the Assignment settings you can download an offline worksheet CSV comma separated valuesfile to grade assignment submissions outside of Moodle Once you have entered the grade s and feedbackforthe submissions you can then import this worksheet into the assignment activity directly without having to use the gradebook import option Downloading a grading worksheet Before you can upload a grading worksheet you must first download a blank worksheet created by Moodle that it will later recognize when it comestime to upload l Clickthe title of the assignment on your course page 2 Click View grade all submissions link below the Grading summary table A table listing all submissions will be displayed 3 Choose Download grading worksheet from the Grading action drop down list Using the Grading Worksheet 1 Entera grade foreach student in the Grade column of the worksheet 2 Enterany comments in the Feedback comments c olumn 3 Save the file in comma separated value csv format Uploading a grading worksheet l Clickthe title of the assignment on yourcourse page 2 Click View grade all submissions link below the Grading summary table A table listing all submissions will be displayed 3 Choose Upload grading worksheet from the Grading a
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19. one or more blocksto your course EE y Admin bookmarks 1 Click Tum editing on in the top right hand comer Calendar Census Report Checklist 2 Selectthe block you would like to add from the Add a Block drop down list Comments Community finder which displays all available blocks not already added to your course Se C page Grade Me HTML The new block will appearon the course homepage asthe bottom block on veda either the left or night sde My latest badges My private files Online users People Quickmail Managing Blocks There are several waysin which instructors can manage blocksin a course In addition to being able to add remove and rearrange blocks it is also possible to minimize and 18 dockthem to create more space Instructors can even hide a block from students and later make it available Using the Editing Icons to Move and Minimize Blocks When in editing mode several editing icons will displa y below the title barof each Block Below isa description of each icon s function displa ys more optionsfor managing the block Upcoming events Using the Action Menu to Change Settings Assign Roles Hide and Delete the Block The Action drop down menu reveals more options for managing individual blocks The following options are included in the menu allows you to configure the settingsforthe particular block Settings for blocks will depend on the type of block Hide and Show the block from student
20. option to set a limit forthe number of wordsin the online submission To set a word limit add a checkmark nextto Enable and indicate the maximum number of wordsin the text box 3 Select the relevant Maximum number of uploaded files allowed for this assignment from the drop down list Increasing thisnumber will allow students to submit multiple files for example a document and a media file 4 Select an appropriate size limit for each uploaded file from the Maximum submission size drop down list The recommended limit is 1OOMb Feedback Types l Selectthe prefemed Feedback typesto determine how you will provide feedbackto students on the assignment o Feedbackcommentsallowsthe markerto write comments directly into a text box in Moodle o Feedback files allowsthe markerto upload files with feedback including a marked up assignment a text document an audio feedback file orother type of file o Offline grading sheet allows markersto upload a worksheet containing student grades 2 There isan option to Comment inline This option copiesthe submission text into the feedback comments section and allows you to make direct comments and feedback on the piece while grading To tum inline commenting on please select Yes Submission Settings l Selectthe preferred setting from the Require students click submit button d rop down list o Yesforcesthe studentto declare the submission asfinal Students are able to upload and make chang
21. the user and then click Filter To edit a user s enrolment status l Click next to the usersname in the Enrolment Enrolment methods methods column to edit the status and enrolment date manusi enrolments tom Tuesday 3 September 2012 12 00 AM ofa user To remove a user from the course l Clickthe X nextto the users name in the Enrolment methods c olumn 2 Clickthe Continue button to confirm To edit a user s role l Clickthe plus sign next to the usersname in the Roles column to add a role 2 Clickthe X next to the role you would like to remove to unassign it 24 About Groupsand Groupings Groups Users enrolled in a Moodle course can be divided into groups All userrolesincluding students non editing teachers TA and teacherscan be assigned to one or more groups Establishing groupsin a course isa separate process from that of creating the activities groups will work with It isimportantto note that just simply creating one or more groupsdoes not automatically link them to any course activity Once groups have been configured in a course they then need to be setforuse in particular course activities such as Forums and Assignments If you are planning to use groupsin your course you must l Create groupsand associate studentsto them 2 Setup the activity using the appropriate group mode setting Two methodsare available to setup groups l Teacherscan manually create name and assign specific students to groups 2
22. the text editor toolbar The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom nght comer outwards To make more editing options available click the button to expand the toolbar Use the button on the toolbarto add links to your block Use the button on the toolbarto add imagesto your block Configuring a naw HTML bleck Bleck Bleck seminps Bick tiie nitroct r Conbct Whee this block appears E our Original block location C cr amp e Gana uat Cours md nni Display on page typed Amy nage Default region 4 Figen Default weight W On this page fields in ihis form marked AP It is recommended to leave the default Any type of course main page in the Display on page types drop down list However if you want the particular block to appearon all course pages i e Assignments Quizzes etc select Any page Click Save changesto add the block The course homepage appears with the new block at the bottom of the left or right side Move the blockto the desired location For more information on moving bloc ks referto Using Editing Iconsto Move and Minimize Blocks above Adding a Widget to an HTML Block using an Embed Code Many Web sites generate embed code for you to display their site s content in your course by using a widget Thisembed code is HIMLthat you can copy from the source and paste directly into the HTML source editor which is NOTthe same asthe Text editor of the block Examples of
23. to see the groupsand membership before finalizing the process The preview will appearbelow the configuration settings 10 Click the Submitbutton to complete the process 30 Modifying and deleting Groups Modifying Groups Changesin course enrolment can triggera need to modify existing groups Follow these stepsto modify groupsin a course L Click the Users menu in the Administration block to revealadditional items Click the Groups link The Groupstab appears containing two columns The left column displays group names initially empty The right column will display a list of the assigned group members Highlight the name of the group to modify from the Groups list Click the Edit group settings button to make changesto an existing group Click the Save changes button to update the settings General Gr ID number 4 ascription 4 2 4 B E Carze Q Moode Dacs for tes page Deleting Groups Follow these stepsto delete groupsin a course Note that deleting groups will not remove the associated users from the course Click the Users menu in the Administration block to expand the sub menu l Click the Groups link The Groupstab appears containing two columns The left column displays group names initially empty The right column will display a list of the assigned group members Click the name of the group to delete from the Groups list Click the Delete selected group button to remove the
24. to use the extra week for review materials or you could hide it so that students will not be able to see it Topics Format Topicsformat allows instructorsto be slightly more flexible in the organization of course materials Instructors select the number of sectionsforthe course and then name the section titles as appropriate For example if a unit of study ortopic expands more than a week it might be convenient to organize them in the same section asopposed to organizing them by week Whetherthe course uses weekly ortopics format it is always possible to add more sections throughout the course asneeded though we do not recommend decreasing the number of sections as you might risk deleting existing content Course Layout You can change the la yout of your course from the Edit course settings page which can be accessed from the Edit settings link on the Administration block on the course homepage 14 Managing Sections Once the course la yout and format have been set up you will be able to customize the topic sections of your course If you have selected Weekly format the section titles will automatically have the datesadded to them Otherwise the default section titles will be Topic 1 Topic 2 etc Changing Section Titles You can easily edit these section titles and add a description or summary of the section when Editing istumed on by clicking the Edit Summary icon below the section title The Summary of Topic setting
25. Count l Selectthe appropriate file size limit from the Maximum attachment size drop down list 2 Select the Maximum number of attachments for each post If you do not want to allow attachments in the forum select 0 3 Select yesfrom the Display word countdropdown if you would like to see the word count totals at the bottom of each post Subsc ription and Trac king 1 Select the Forum subscription behaviour from the Subscription mode drop down list Optional subscription Users can choose whether or not to subscribe Forced subscription Everyone in the course is subscribed to the forum and Cannot unsubscribed from it Caution is recommended with this option since it could bombard students with digest email for discussions they are not involved in Auto subsc nption Everyone is subscribed initially but can choose to unsubscribe at any time Subscription disabled Does not allow subscription 58 2 Selectthe appropriate option from the Read tracking drop down list This option allows you to control whetherunread posts should be automatically highlighted or whether students will be able to control this setting themselves o Optional Participantscan choose whetherto tum Forum post tracking on or off o Off Tracking is always off for the Forum RSS RSS Really Simple Syndication isa Web based technology that automates information distribution Forums can be RSS enabled so that students are automatically notified
26. Enforce delay between later attempts box and place a checkmark in the Enable checkbox Overall Feedback l Thisallows you to provide a different overall feedback based on the grade students received in the quiz Enterthe grade for which feedbackappearsin the Grade boundary fields with comesponding messages in the Feedback text boxes Overall feedback t2 Grade boundary 10095 Feedback Path p Grade boundary Feedback Path p Grade boundary Feedback Path p Grade boundary Feedback Path p Grade boundary Feedback Path p Grade boundary 0 Add 3 more feedback fields Common Module Settings Establishing groupsin a course isa separate processfrom that of creating activities groups will work with Once groupshave been configured in a course they then need to be set for use on particular course activities such as Assignments Refer to the Groupsand Groupingstraining page forsetting up groups 83 l Selectthe appropriate group setting from the Common module settings if groups have been configured in your course Restrict Access Restrict accessoptions allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities l Setconditionsforactivity completion asrequired Referto the Restricting access to resource and activity training page forsetting up restriction criteria Activity Completion When enabled completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto b
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28. appearasa link to accessthe web page on the course main page 2 Entera brief optional description about the resource in the Description text box In this field you can describe what the website contains or other relevant details _ Adding General Description The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom nght comer outwards To make more editing options available click the amp button to expand the toolbar 3 Click the Display descnption on course page checkbox to make it visible on the course home page The description will display directly below the resource link 63 When using this option a good practice isto keep the description short since it will appeardirectly below the resource name on the course homepage Content l Enterthe URL you wantto add in the Extemal URL field in the following format http www yorku ca Appearance 1 Selectthe applicable display option from the Display drop down list o Automatic Moodle will choose the best display option from those available Automatic o Embed the website displaysin a window embedded in the Embed Mew window Moodle page Scroll barsare included The menu and Open location barsare not displayed o New window the website displays in a new browser window with menus and an address bar o Open only the website is displayed in the browser window No menu or addressbar Common Module Settings 1 Select Hide from the Visible drop downli
29. ar course activities such as Assignments 47 l Selectthe appropriate group setting from the the Common module settings if groups have been configured in your course Referto the Groupsand Groupingstraining page for setting up groups Restrict Access Restrict access options allow you to set restrictions on an activity or resource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities 1 Set conditions for activity completion as required Refer to the Restricting access to resource and activity training page forsetting up restriction criteria Activity Completion When enabled completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto be marked as completed manually or when certain conditions have been metto help students manage their workloads 1 Set conditions for activity tracking as required Referto the Using Completion Tracking training page for setting up tracking criteria Click Save and display to view the assignment 48 Uploading and managing files Adding Files You may want to add filesto your course and make them available to students When doing so please make sure the file types are compatible with the software and computer systems students are using You may want to inform students by way of a broadcast message orannouncement aboutthe filestypes you will use in your course You can upload a file to yurMoodle course by either dragging it directly to your course page orby uploading it using Add an activ
30. arch function to add individual usersto the group Altematively you can assign usersto a group by selecting from the list of Enrolled users Follow the stepsbelow to add usersto a Group l Clickthe Users menu in the Administration blockto expand the sub menu 2 Clickthe Enrolled users link The list of course users will display 3 Locate the user you want to assign to a group from the list of enrolled users If the alphabetical list istoo long you will need to click to the Next page to locate the user 4 Clickthe 59 Enrolled users Segre Enraiman mamads Ai Mole AN Father Reset Eiri useni Firat name d Surname Email s Last access Roles Groups Enrcimeri methods address Alicia Cangi 25 ming 59 gece reaches Manus aneirin Ion Themas 12 December acundallqiyorku ca 2013 17 00 AM W dean Grey 23 hours 24 mina Sides m Mial arriere Pra Ta 12 a hostkou c 2013 32 00 AM 7N Clark Mani T diya 13 hours Siudert x Manual prpimenis ben Teumpiay 12 Decem inpstd yor ca 2913 12 09 AM JR t n Marsh 105 diya Braiden x Manu africa he Tre y Digna hesian ca 2813 12 02 AM i Matt Murdock 55 sors Tenar Wi Manual poscat hoa Thum 12 Caceres Mestia ta 2213 12 20 AM ox Peter Parker T days 14 hours boe Ml Manual anssinenis Teo Thoepdhag 12 Deceibas nse ork iod EU EE 1300 AMA zu Digna Prince 7 days 14 hours Udir x Maus mitior da Fir Tee 2 Baten Mtis iyor ca 2013 12 00 AM 7 Enral users 28 sign within the Groups colu
31. arked up files in bulk asopposed to uploading them one by one If you plan to provide the marked up submissions files as feedback for students ensure that you have enabled the Feedback files check box in the Feedback of the Assignment configuration page It is possible to change this after students have begun submitting Although you will be able to provide feedback to students using this method you will still need to enterthe gradesinto Moodle You can enterthe assgnment grades directly into the Assignment Submission Inbox or you can use the Offline grading worksheet to upload grades Downloading All Submissions To download all assignment submissions to your local machine asa zipped file follow the instructions below 1 Click the title of the assignment on your course page 2 Click View grade all submissions link below the Grading summary table A table listing all submissions will be displayed To download only the assignment of an individual student click on the assignment file name listed in the File submissions c olumn 3 Choose Download all submissions from the Grading action drop down list The zip file will be saved to your default download location or where specified Once unzipped the file will include one document for each submission which you can read and mark up without an Intemet connection If you plan to retum marked up files to students do not rename the files When uploading in bulk the files must have id
32. art date 1 September 2015 Course ID number LAW 2490BF In previous versions of Moodle this setting wasnamed Availability 2 To make the course available to students select Show from the Visible drop down list By default your course is not visible to students allowing you the opportunity to work on your course before it is visible to students 3 Selectthe course start date from the Course Start Date drop down lists If you are using a weekly layout verify that the Course Start Date is comectly set otherwise dateslisted in weekly course sections may not coincide with actual weekly dates 10 Description l Entera brief description of the course in the Course Summary field This description will be visible along with the course title in the My Courses page and in search results Descri ption Course summary Moodle auto format v Course summary files Maximum size for new files 100MB maximum attachments 1 w You can drag and drop files here to add them Course Format 1 Select your preferred course layout from the Formatdrop down list o Topicsformat The course isorganized into sections by topic o Weekly format The course is organized into sections by week with the first week starting on the course start date 2 Select the number of sectionsto be displayed on yourcourse page from the Number of sections drop down list Decreasing the number of sections topic weekly displayed on the course home page wil
33. ary of attempt Question Status 1 Not yet answered 2 Answer saved 3 Answer saved Return to attempt Time left 0 27 16 This attempt must be submitted by Wednesday 10 April 2013 7 46 AM Submit all and finish 4 Click Submitall and finish button Confirmation pop up window will appear 5 Click Submitall and finish button to confirm Quiz review is displayed on a new page 6 Click on Finish review link to close attempt review page Summary of the attempt will be displayed Attempts allowed 1 This quiz opened at Monday 25 March 2013 12 00 AM This quiz will close at Tuesday 30 April 2013 12 00 AM Time limit 30 mins Summary of your previous attempts State Finished Submitted Veednmesday 10 April 2013 5 32 AM No more attempts are allowed Back to the course 91 Managing quiz attempts Moodle quizzes can be graded automatically manually orby combination of automatic and manual grading Essa y questions are always graded manually Quiz attempts overall grade grade foreach question are all tracked There are also links to review all the details of a student s quiz attempt Review and grade attempts l Clickthe Quiztitle on the course home page Quiz description quiz details and 4 the number of students attempts will appearon a new page Test 1 This quiz is based on Chapter 1 to 5 It contains 5 questions and you have 20 minutes to complete this quiz You will anly have 1 attempt to compelete this te
34. at a specific date and time and select a date and time from the Open the quiz drop down and 79 2 Place a checkmark in the Enable check box if you would like to prevent students from attempting the quiz aftera certain date Select a date and time from the Close the quiz drop down Timing Open the quiz 22 March 2013 08 00 l v Enable Close the quiz 25 March 2043 23 59 v Enable Time limit amp 30 minutes v Enable When time expires Attempts must be submitted before time expires or they are not counted amp Submission grace 1 minutes Enable period iG 3 Place a checkmark in the Enable checkbox if you would like the quizto have a time limit and enter the time allowed to complete the quiz in the Time limit box 4 Moodle will always submit quizzes automatically for students who are logged in when time runs out o Open attemptsare submitted automatically will submitted students attempts if they have not submitted a quiz when the time expires o There isa grace period when attempts can be submitted but no more questions answered will allow studentsa grace time specified by you to submit the quiz However they will not be able to answerany additional questions during that period o Attempts must be submitted before time expires orthey are not counted will ignore any unsubmitted attempts 5 This option is relevant only if you have selected There isa grace period when attem
35. ated q11 One of a set o 2 2 Q calculated q12 One of a set o S 2 G ex gt calculated q2 One of a set of 4 2 eq calculated q3 One of a set of 2 x2 ex gt calculated qd One of a set of 2x2 eq 7 calculated q5 One of a set of 2 x2 exc gt calculated q6 One of a set of 4 2 4 Q calculated q7 One of a set of 2 x2 G ex gt calculated q One of a set of x2 G XQ 2 calculated q9 One of a set of 4x2 With selected Add to quiz Delete Move to gt gt random question l l12 i Add to quiz andom questions from c random questio Creating questions within the Quiz Follow the stepsbelow to create a question in a quiz l 2 Click the Quiz title on the course main page Clic k Edit quiz in the Administration block 85 3 Click Add a question and select the desired question type A pop up window will appear pem oreet ure The basic ideas of quiz makin c of marks 1 00 eene T This quiz is open Select a category Maximum grade 100 00 Temm Default for from simulate 3 he defa agory for q on d Shuffle questions has been set o ome actions relating to pages are not available To change the shuffle option context e Update tnis Quiz Search optio Page Empty page x lt w qu on P 2 T esti Tip JQp Calculates q1 One of a set of questions quick Marked out of 8 4 lt lt EX 7 One of a set of lt 2 2 Calculated 1 Save x l
36. ation page 2 Configure Course Settings Before adding content to your course it is important to configure a few settings that will affect how the course isorganized and presented to students All major course options can be accessed from the Edit settings link on the Administration block from the course homepage The following configurations are critical to the initial set up of your course General e Course Start date e Visible Course Format e Format e Numberof sections e Course layout Groups e Group mode For more information on configunng your course referto the Customizing Course Settings documentation page 3 Setup Section Topics Once the course format has been configured you will be able to customize the topic sections of your course If you have selected Weekly format the date will automatically be added assection titles Otherwise the default section titles will be Topic 1 Topic 2 etc You can easily edit these section titles and add a description or summary of the section by clicking the Edit summary icon below the section title If the Edit summary icon is not visible ensure edit mode istumed on by clicking on Tum editing on button on top right comerof the page For more information on setting up section topics referto the Formatting Course Layout documentation page 4 Add Course Content The type of content in a course website is divided into two broad categories Resources and Activities Reso
37. cellent way to ensure students are made aware of important course information events or changes Note that if students have set their messaging notifications to not receive e mail notifications the e mail will not be sent to them and you will not be notified of this Announcements will appear immediately in the course announcement forum however the e mail notification will be delayed for 30 minutes before being sent for distribution This delay will allow you to edit the announcement before the e mail notification is sent This dela y period is system wide and not configurable by course instructors However you can force the announcement e mail to be sent immediately when you compose it Follow these stepsto create a course announcement l Clickthe News Forum link on your course homepage fl News fraus 2 Clickthe Add a new topic button 3 Entera Subject which will appearin the history list of course announcements It is similarto an e mail subject line 4 Enterthe announcement message in the Message text box If the message will be lengthy consider entering a short summary here and attaching a more complete document 5 Drag a file from yourhard drive and drop it in the marked area dashed rectangle or click if you would like to attach a file with your post 6 Clickthe Mail now checkbox if you want your email to be sent immediately Otherwise there will be a 30 minute delay in sending it out in orderfor you to make any chan
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39. completion asrequired Referto the Restricting access to resource and activity training page for setting up restriction criteria Click Save and display to view the assignment 52 Adding Folders When you need to make several files available to students in your course a foldercan streamline the process A foldercan actasa containerand placed in one or more sections of the course main page Students can then accessthe folderand download files from it Depending on yourneedsand course design a foldercould be more effective than using several individual file links You can upload a folderto your Moodle course by either dragging it directly to your course page orby uploading it using Add an activity orresource dialogue box Option 1 Drag and Drop a Zipped Folder l Create a compressed folderon your computer of the files you would like to upload to yourcourse page 2 Click Tum editing on at the top right of the course home page 3 Drag the compressed folderto the section where you wantthe folderto be listed 4 Select the appropriate option and select Submit 5 A pop up window will appear What do you want to do with the file Week 2 zip 9 Unzip files and create folder Create file resource Add a SCORM package Upload Cancel 6 Select Unzip files and create folder radio and click Upload to finish unzipping the file The folderappearsasa link on the course home page Option 2 Add Folder Resource 1 Click Tum editi
40. ction drop down list 4 Upload the offline worksheet in comma separated value csv format by either dragging into the drag and drop boxorclicking Choose a file button 76 6 7 8 Place a checkmark in the Allow updating records that have been modified more recently in Moodle than in the spreadsheet c hec kbox if you would like to override the gradesin the activity with the gradesin the file Click Upload grading worksheet Click Confirm if you are satisfied with the preview Click Continue to finalize uploading the grades How do Students see their grades Students can accesstheir grades by clicking the assignment title on their course page The feedback and comments on the assignment will be displayed along with their submission Students will only be able to view their own gradesand feedback 7 Using Quizzes Quiz An overview What is It Quizzes provide feedback about performance and self assessment which are important in a leaming environment An instructor create quizzes that can consist of multiple choice true false short answer questions and other question types These questions can be shared with other quizzes or shared across multiple courses thereby reducing quiz development time as well asavoiding question duplication Why is it Significant Employing effective question design strategies an instructor can gain useful data about students understanding of the material Considerthe following best practices
41. e assignment listings page e Show only active enrollments allows you to filter out any students that are no longer enrolled in the course Using the Marking Workflow The marking workflow allowsthe markerto indicate the grading status of a particular submission This is helpful if you would like to keep track of grading by multiple markers orwantto waitto release gradesto students When setting the workflow status the following options with their intended use are available e Notmarked indicates that the marker has not started marking the submission e In marking indicates that that the marker isin the process of marking the submission e Marking completed indicatesthe marker has finished marking the submission but might go backata latertime to add commentsorcorrections e Inreview indicates that the submission is being reviewed by another marker for quality purposes e Ready for release indicates the submission grade and feedback Isready to be released to the student but isbeing withheld from the student until further action e Released indicatesthe student can accessthe grade and feedback If you plan on using Marking workflow with other instructors or TAS it isimportant that all markers understand how each of the options wil be used in your particular workflow You may determine that not all of the options are necessary For example you may not need to have graded submissions reviewed by anotherMarkeror you may want marker
42. e 79 17 1 16 67 2 16 67 2 8 33 2 16 67 2 0 00 2 12 50 1 Select all Deselect all Regrade selected attempts Delete selected attempts Click Make commentor override mark to manually grade the questionsthat require grading A new window will display the questions 92 Question 2 Complete Marked out of 1 00 1 Edit question Next gt IR K Peter Parker Explain one of the three marketting theories discussed in class Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua Ut enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum Make comment or override mark Response history Step Time Action State Marks 1 11 04 13 Started Not yet 16 35 answered 2 11 04 13 Saved Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit Answer 16 36 sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna saved aliqua Ut enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident sunt in culpa qui offi
43. e marked as completed manually or when certain conditions have been metto help students manage their workloads 1 Set conditions for activity tracking as required Referto the Using Completion Tracking training page for setting up tracking criteria Click Save and display to view the quiz Adding and organizing questions Quizzes allows you to import questions from an extemal test bank into Moodle s questions You can then add itto your Moodle quiz You will use the Editing quiz page to add the questions determine the layout of the questions change the points for any of the questions and set the quizmaximum grade Questionscan be manually added to a quiz orrandomly selected fora quiz In addition to importing questions in a category you also have the option to manually create a question in your quiz Moodle allows you to create several types of questions in a quiz Multiple choice and short answer questions are automatically graded essay type questions must be manually graded Adding questions from a Category Follow steps below to add questions within question bank to the quiz from Selecta category drop down co ce 242 calculated qr One ofa set of 3 2 1 Click the Quiztitle on the course main page 2 Click the Edit Quiz in Administration block searen O meme me 3 Ensure Question Bank Contents are displa yed calculated 3 0 EET TI ec C calculated q12 One of a set oa C 4 Selectthe category from which to add
44. ects but may want some of those groupsto come togetherto work on a project with a broadertopic orto compare notes If groupings have been created which also require groupsto exist an activity can be set to use only groupings orto use both groupings and groups From a hierarchical point of view course usersbelong to a group while groupsbelong to a grouping One attractive feature of Grouping isthat it providesa way to assign an activity to only one specific group in a course Otherstudents and groups will not have accessto the activity Using groupingscan also make an activity only display to those who are members of the groupsthat make up the grouping It is also possible to create a group with one single student then assign that group to a grouping with the net result being that only one student would have accessto any resource linked to the grouping Groupings can be effective when a course hasa large number of activities which need to be divided among different student groups or when more control over which student groups have accessto particular activities is required Creating Groups You can manually add usersto a group orautomatically by using Groups Members of the auto create option within Moodle The process of creating groups involves setting up a group and then assigning usersto that group Follow the stepsbelow to manually create groupsin a course 1 Clickthe Users menu in the Administration block to expand the sub m
45. entical filena mes to those that were downloaded Uploading All Marked up Submissions To upload all marked up assignment submissions as a feedback file to each student follow the instructions below 1 Zip the file on yourcomputer that contains all the feedback files Instructions for various operating systems and software applications vary forthis Ensure that the file names have not been changed 74 2 In your Moodle course click the assignment title on your course homepage 3 Click View grade all submissions below the Grading summary table A table listing all submissions will be displayed 4 Choose Upload multiple feedback files in a zip from the Grading action drop down list 5 Click Choose a file and select a file from your computer OR drag your zip file into the marked area dashed triangle and click Importfeedback file s 6 Click confirm to confim the feedback files for the students listed 7 Click continue to confirm the summary of Users with updated feedback Feedback files updated and Feedbacktfilesadded The uploaded files now appearin the Feedback files column in the Assignment Inbox Adding grades Once you have uploaded the feedbackto students you will still need to enterthe gradesinto Moodle You can enterthe assignment grades through the Assignment Submission Inbox or you can use the Offline grading worksheet to upload grades Viewing and Grading Individual Assignment Submissions Online l Cl
46. ents They are asfollows e Download all submissions in bulk to your computer forthe purpose of reading and adding feedback directly to the files Once you have added feedback you have the option of uploading the marked up files in bulk for students to review e View and grade each submission individually online You can view each submission manually and eitherattach a feedback file a marked up copy of the submission or otherfile ortype feedback into the Feedback box e Use an offline grading worksheet to record grades which can later be uploaded into Moodle 70 e Use Quick Grading which allows you to enter individual grades directly into the Grade column of the Assignment inbox Accessing the Submission Inbox All Moodle assignments have a Submission Inbox The Submission inbox is where submissions can be monitored viewed downloaded and graded l Clickthe assignment title on your course homepage The assignment summary page appears showing the participant count the submission count the due date and the time remaining until the deadline 2 Click View grade all submissions below the Grading summary table The Submission Inbox is displayed Managing Submissions and Markers Setting preferences forthe assignment submission inbox The Submission Inbox page isa quick summary of each student s submission It includes a table displaying a list of students with columns containing information about their respective submissions C
47. enu 2 Clickthe Groupslink The Groupstab appears containing two columns The left column displays group names initially Edit group settings es empty The nght column will display a list of the assigned group members Delete selected group Create group 3 Clickthe Create group button to setup a new group The Create Group page appears Auto create groups Import groups 4 Entera required name in the Group name field An optional description can also be included 26 General 5 Enteran Enrolment key if you require em users with this enrolment key to be aei assigned to this group Ifa course allows the option for users to self enroll using a supplied key when a usercompletes the enrolment process they will automatically be assigned to the Group 6 Upload ordrag and drop an image if you would like to associate images with s groups It will display when adding d ccs membersto the group and asa thumbnail in the activities 7 Clickthe Save changes button to add the new group and retum to Groups page Repeat steps 3 6to create additional groups Adding Usersto Groups Adding Users to Groups Option 1 Use this option when the total number of users enrolled in the course is below 100 and or when you wantto search forthe user s to add into groups Follow these stepsto add usersto a Group 1 Click the Users menu in the Administration block to expand the sub menu 2 Click
48. esto submissions until they choose to submit Asthe teacher you will see any uploaded filesin the Gradebook but the submission status will indicate either draft or submitted for grading o No allowsthe student to edit the submission at any time until the cut off date 67 2 Select Yesfrom the Require that students accept the submission statement d rop down list if you would like studentsto declare the originality of their work 3 Selectthe preferred setting from the Attempts reopened drop down list This setting allowsa student to resubmit an assignment after it has been graded o Never the submission cannot be reopened o Manually the submission can be reopened manually by a teacheron the grading page foran individual student o Automatically until pass the submission is automatically reopened until the student achievesa passing grade asset in the Gradebook If you enable Attempts reopened students will not be able to resubmit after the cut off date If a cut off date isenabled teacherscan either extend the cut off date or give extensions on an individual basis Also note that once another manual attempt is given the grade isreset to zero 4 Select the Maximum attempts for resubmission from the drop down list Group Submission Settings 1 Select Yesfrom the Students submit in groups drop down list if you want to create a group assignment 2 Select Yesfrom the Require all group members submit drop down list if you wou
49. ext editortoolbarto add links insert media and format text click Show more buttons Answers Choice 1 Grade Nene Fendback Select 100 from Grade drop down if the answer iscorect Entera feedback related to the answer in Feedback text box if you would like to provide a feedback foreach answer Enter another answer choice in the Answertext box for Choice 2 Repeat steps 9 to 11 to add additional choices Click Save changes to save the question Creating Short Answer Questions Keep the required answeras short as possible to avoid missing a correct answer that s phrased differently Follow the steps below to add one or more short answer questions to the quiz while creating the question you may click on Save changesand continue editing to save the changesmade l Select an appropriate category in which question is created from Category drop down Entertitle of the question in the Question name This is visible only to the instructor and will help you identify the question when selecting questions for quizzes Enterthe question in the Question text edit box which students will see asthe question 87 4 Entera value forthe Default mark if you would like the question to be worth more than other questions 5 Enteroptional feedback in the General feedback text boxforboth correct and incorrect answer which is displayed after the quiz is closed 6 Select Yes case must match from the Case sensitivity drop down if y
50. ft 13 and right sections will display blocks which provide accessto various activities resources and settings The middle area of the course main page is your workspace and will contain leaming materials you will incorporate into your course such asdocuments files a ssignments quizzes discussion forums and so on Thisarea isdivided into sections ortopics which can be organized by weekorby topic The first topic displayed on the course page isa general topic where you can put a welcome message the syllabus or any other documentsthat are not related to individual sections of the course Course Format There are two format optionsfor your course Weekly and Topic Weekly Format Weekly format will automatically create one topic foreach week starting on the specified Course start date for as many weeks as specified in the Number of Sections option Forexample if you specify the course starts on September 6 and has 13 sections Moodle will generate 13 sections one foreach week starting September 13 By default the section titles will be the datesforthe comesponding weeks These titles can be edited Please note that if you choose the weekly format you will need to factorin Reading Week orother holidays in order forthe course to finish on the appropriate date For example if the semester is 12 weeks but there isa one week break you should specify 13 sectionsforthe course Moodle will create a section forall 13 weeks You could choose
51. g accessbased on both date and grade you can choose that the student cannot see the activity resource priorto the date on the Moodle page not visible eye closed but they don t necessarily have to have the grade specified to have visibility to the a ctivity resource yet require it to accessit Eye is closed fordate open for Grade Restrict access Student must matela Jo the following c Date from 21 s Jamay 2015 08 s 25 x Grade Quiz One Essay M mustbe2 BO mustbe lt x Access restrictions Add restriction e Bychoosng the any criteria can apply option the set of restrictions will not be separated individually for visibility Instead if you have chosen to close the eye and hide visibility to students any one of the criteria met will reveal the activity resource to the student Restrict access Access restrictions Student must vada the following Date from 21 January 2015 e Y a ei E L x Grade Quiz One Essay M must be 2 80 must be lt X Add restriction 36 Using completion tracking To help students manage their workload Moodle providesan option fortracking activities that have been completed Completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto be marked completed manually or when certain conditions have been met If Activity completion is enabled atthe course level then a checkboxassociated with each activity and resource will appear
52. g open and close datesto control accessto Forums 56 e Postsreplies can be graded and included in the formal student assessment process Using Discussion Forums You can create any numberof Forumsthat can be used for multiple purposes When using multiple forums configured with the same settings consider creating a single Forum and then using the duplicate feature Adding and Configuring a Disc ussion Forum Follow these stepsto add a Forum to yourcourse 1 Click Tum editing on at the top right of the course homepage or from the Administration bloc k 2 Click the Add an activity drop down menu in the course section where you want the Forum to be listed eum 3 Click Forum in the pop up underActivities and then click Add The 5 Adding a new Forum page appear 4 Click Expand all to expand each of the sections and reveal the options on the Adding a new Forum page General M Adding a new Forum to Topic 2 Expand all Forum name Discussion What is Psychology Describe in two sentences how you define psychology in your own words Display description on course page 9 Forum type Standard forum for general use 1 Enterthe assignment title in the Forum name field This name will appearasa link to accessthe Forum on the course main page 2 Entera brief description about the Forum in the Description text box The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom right comer outwards To make more edi
53. g the File Picker 1 Click to open the File pic ker and select the location from which you would like File picker x fh Server files fh Recent files gt Upload a file fh Private files chment Choose File No file chosen Flickr public aded By Matt Murdock Upload this file to add yourfile o Serverfiles allows you to add a copy of a file from another course Note that your user account must be set as Teacherin the othercourse or have appropriate permissonsto access server files o Recentfiles allows you to select a file from the last 50 files you uploaded to Moodle from any course you are attached to o Upload a file allows you to upload a file from hard driveson yourlocal computer o Private files allows you to upload a file you previously uploaded to your private files area within Moodle 2 If you have selected Upload a file click Browse to navigate to the file on your computer 3 Enterthe file name in the Save asbox 4 Specify the copynght status of the attached file by selecting one of the dropdown optionsin the popup under Copyright Status 5 Click Upload this file to confirm and add the file to the course homepage Appearance l Selectthe appropriate option from the Display drop down list to set how the file is displa yed to students 51 Automatic Moodle will determine the best display based on the file type Embed The file will be embedded in the resource s page with the Na
54. ges 40 7 In the Display period section you may select when the announcement will be displayed To enable the start and orend dates click the Enable box es General news and announcements Your new discussion topic Subject Message Discussion subscription Attachment Mail now Post to forum Cancel Click Postto forum at the bottom of the page to post the announcement You will see a message indicating that you have 30 minutesto edit the post before participants in your course will receive an e mail notification 41 Using Chat Rooms Chatallow your studentsto converse in real time meaning that they can communicate sync hronously with other students in the Chat room Chat roomsare a great way to have group discussionsabout a particulartopic orhost on line Q amp A sessions 11 45 Matt Murdock Matt Murdock has just entered this chat 11 46 Peter Parker Peter Parker has just entered this chat Matt Murdock Peter Parker Talk Beep Themes Follow the steps below to add a Chatactivity to one or more of the sections on the course home page l Clickthe Tum editing on button at the top right of the course home page 2 Clickthe Add an activity orresource link in the course section where you want the Chatto be listed 3 Select Chatfrom the Activities section and click the Add button 4 Entera desired name in the Name ofthis chat room field This name will appear on the course home page asa link for
55. group Click the Yes button forthe confirmation message that appears 31 Groups Members of Group 2 2 Group 1 1 Student Group 2 2 Oliver Clark TA 1 Jean Grey Edit group settings group ng Add remove users Delete selected group Create group Auto create groups Import groups Groups Members of Group 2 2 Group 1 1 Student Group 2 2 Oliver Clark TA 1 Jean Grey Edit group settings _Add remove users Delete selected group Create group Auto create groups import groups Creating Groupings A Grouping istwo ormore groups joined togetherforthe purpose of doing and activity For example you may have several smaller groups working on specific tasks or projects but may want some of those groupsto come togetherto work on a project with a broadertopic orto compare notes If groupings have been created which also require groupsto exist an activity can be set to use only groupings orto use both groupings and groups Groupings can be effective when a course hasa large number of activities which need to be divided among different student groups or when more control over which student groups have accessto particular activities is required One attractive feature of Grouping isthat it providesa way to assign an activity to only one specific group in a course Otherstudentsand groups will not have accessto the activity Using groupings can also make an activity only displa
56. grouping click the group name in the Existing members column list then click the Remove button The Group will be retumed to the Potential members column list Add remove groups Tutorial 1 Existing members 0 4 Add Potential members 3 nae Group 3 Students A K Students L Z Back to groupings 8 Click Back to groupings when you have finish adding groupsto the Grouping 33 Displaying Group and Grouping details Group and Grouping configuration can be displayed in summary format which providesthe group and grouping namesand membership details Follow these stepsto display the group and grouping overview information 1 Click the Users menu in the Administration block to reveal additional items 2 Click Groupslink The Groups window appearscontaining three tabs Groups Grouping and Overview 3 Click the Overview tab Groups grouping and member information will display in summary format The information can be filtered by Grouping or Group by selecting from the two drop down lists at the top of the page Ge Umiem Dwerew Moodle Greuos 8 Groupings Dveeview Group 1 Group manners Ur count ioga 1i Gay ramban Dyer count 34 Restncting accessto resource and activity Moodle enables you to manage accessto resourcesand activities in your course based on dates completion of other course activities orboth This Moodle feature provides considerable flexibility in managing accessto course resources Forexample you
57. h student can see only their own course gradesand notthe gradesof others Gradable Moodle activities include Assignment Quiz Forum Glossary Database Joumal and others Gradebook columnscan also be added asneeded for offline ormanual grading activities It is important to set the grading scheme and add itemsto the gradebook at the beginning of the semester Otherwise asindividual grades are added the course grade displayed to students may not be an accurate representation of their true standing in the course You may also optto hide the course grade from studentsto avoid any confusion For more information on the Gradebook referto the About the Gradebook and Step by step Guide to Setting up the Gradebook documentation pages Make Course Visible to Students By default a course is not initially visible to students allowing instructors the opportunity to work on the course before making it available to students This includesadding content and assessment activities and setting up the Gradebook When you are ready to display the course to students you can change the Visible setting to Show on the Edit course settings page Referto the figure below to locate the specific option on the Edit course settings page Edit Course settings with Visible option highlighted For more information on configuring your course referto the Customizing Course Settings documentation page Managing your profile Your Moodle profile includes informa
58. has grading permissions within assessment activities However the non editing teacherdoes not have grading capability within the Moodle Gradebook Students in your course will be automatically enrolled enrollment is linked to the Classlist and assigned the role of Student This role allows them to view and interact with activities you make available to them They can also interact with other students in the course Students will not howeverbe able to modify activities gradesorthe main configuration settings of your course Since enrollment is automatic we do not recommend adding students manually to your course If assigning a student to a non editing teacherrole so they can actasa TA their student role wil be elevated and gain more permissions providing access you may not want them to have With this role they could have grading permission on assessment activities oritems As Teacher you can assign a colleague asa Non editing teacherto your course Think of the Non editing teacherrole asa Teaching Assistant they can grade student work but cannot modify the activities or use course administration tools However the teacherrole allows you to modify default permissions of the Non editing teacherso that you may provide them with customized accessto course asnecessary Adding users to your course Follow these stepsto add usersand assign user roles 1 Click Users in the Administration block to expand the menu 23 2 Click Enrolled users
59. he comesponding date s and time s The Allow accessfrom and Allow accessuntil settings can be used together orindependently e The Grade condition option allows you to restrict the activity or resource based on a previously determined grade of another activity You can specify a condition on 35 any grade in the course the full course grade the grade forany activity ora custom grade that you create manually e he Activity completion condition option allows you to set completion criteria on anotheractivity ora resource before they are able to accessthe activity or resource The criterion might be viewing receiving a certain score passorfail ora student marking it as complete You may select one or more criteria forthe student to meet pnorto accessing the resourc e activity Once you have selected one criterion e g date you will have to option to choose whetherthe student must or must not meet that criterion in orderto accessthe activity orresource If you decided to add a second criteria e g Grade once you click to add that item you will see the drop forthe student change to The student must must not match all any of the following If all is chosen the boolean term applied between each criteria will be And whereasif any isselected the term will change to or e Bychoosng the all must apply you will have the ability to set the individual visibility settings foreach criteria For example if you are restrictin
60. ickthe grade icon in Grade column of the first or desired student to view their submission details in the Submission Inbox The Submission status page forthe assignment of the particular student appears This page gives details about the submission including the submission and grading status date modified A linkto the file will appearin the Hle Submissions box if the student submitted a file orthe text will appearin the Online textbox if the student submitted online text 2 Review the submission e To review a submission file click the file name link s in the File submissions box to open ordownload the file s e To review an online text submission click in the Online textbox to display the full text directly on the page 1 Entera grade in the Grade out of box 2 Type orcopy and paste in any Feedback comments optional This option s availability dependson whether you have enabled Feedback Comments in the Feedback setting when you configured the assignment It is possible to change this setting even after assignments have been submitted 75 3 Upload any Feedback files forthe particular student optional This option s availability dependson if you enabled Feedback files in the Feedback setting when you configured the assignment If you uploaded multiple feedback filesin a zip the feedback file will automatically appearin the Feedback file box 4 Clickthe Save and show nextbutton to save changesand display the
61. ion by clicking the Add link or dragging the file from yourlocal computerand drop it in the marked area dashed rectangle The picture will display wherever your profile information is used such as in Forums or when someone views your profile current picture Hone Hew pleture il Fes m Enter a ny Additional names in the relevant boxesas desired Enter a list of interests separated by commas in the List of interests text box Use the Optional settings if you wish to offer more contact infomation to your students Click Update profile at the bottom of the screen to apply the settingsto your profile Course Management Managing Course Design Configuring Course Settings The course setting page containsall of the important options for your course such as making the course available to students and enabling groups You can also use this page to change the name and description as well as how your course isorganized l To accessthe Course settings page click Edit settings in the Administration block 2 Click Expand allto expand each of the sections and reveal the options Make the appropriate settings changesin each section asdescribed below General l If you would like to use a different name than the default edit the Course short name The course short name is used asa prefixto the subject of forum e mail notifications General Course full name Evidence Course short name LAW 2490BF KO05CC Visible Hide Course st
62. ired and are identified by this symbol Please review the documentation specific to each resource for more details and instructions on adding them to your course 45 Adding course pages A course page in Moodle isa web page that you can create yourself that links to one of the course sectionsortopics You can easily add different kinds of content to a Page including text links embedded media such as YouTube videos and images This format is ideal for building your content with a mix of media typesthat you would like to display in Moodle ratherthan including asa separate document An advantage of the Page resource isthat it isaccessible from any browser including those on Mobile devicesand would not require usersto download any files One of the benefits of using Moodle it does not require any knowledge of HIMLor programming The processto create a page isvery similarto creating a document using word processing software Several common editing and formatting options are available Follow these stepsto add a Course Page to your course 1 Click the Tum editing on button at the top right of the course home page G Choice 2 Click the Add an activity or resource link in the course section where you want the web page to be listed s 3 Select Page from the pop up from within the es Resources section ie pem 4 Click Add The Adding a New Page page o i e Kio agii pd appears Tc Au 5 Click Expand allto expand each of the
63. iscussion topic to start adding your post 3 Entera brief title in the Subjecttext field This subject will appear in the list of discussion topics on the summary page 4 Compose orcopy the message in the Message text box The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom right comer outwards To make more editing options available click the button to expand the toolbar 5 Choose whether you would like to receive e mail notifications when other participants reply to your post from Subscription drop down menu 61 6 Click ordrag the file from yourlocal computerand drop it in the marked area dashed rectangle if you would like to attach a file with your post Your new discussion topic Subject p Message O Subscription amp Send me notifications of new posts in this forum Attachment t Mail now Display period Display start t 12 Decembe 2014 zl Enable Enab Display end amp 1 Decembe 2014 S There are required fields in this form marked 7 Place a checkmark in the Mail now check boxto immediately send the e mail notification Normally posts are delayed for 15 minutes which providesan opportunity to make changesbefore an e mail notification is sent to the users 8 In the Display penod section you may select when the post will be displayed Place a checkmark in the Enable box es of Display start and or Displa y end fields and then set the comesponding date Setting a Display end date fora post
64. ity or resource dialogue box Option 1 Drag and Drop l Click Tum editing on at the top right of the course home page 2 Drag the file from yourlocal hard drive to the section on the course main page where you want the file to be listed When a dotted boxappears drop the file within the designated area Option 2 Add File Resource Follow the steps below to add a File resource to one or more of the sections on the course home page VS esou 1 Click Tum editing on atthe top right of the course 2 home page estan 2 Click Add an activity or resource in the course 5 am section where you want the file to be listed super 3 Select Hle in the pop up underResources and then am Click Add The settings page will appear T Configuring Options for a File l Click Expand allto expand each of the sectionsand aa Sm revealthe options General l Enterthe title of the file in the Name field This name will appearasa link to accessthe file on the course main page 2 Entera brief optional description about the file in the Description edit box The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom right comer outwards To make more editing options available click the button to expand the toolbar 49 E Adding a new Folder to Topic 2 Expand all General Name Description Display description on course page o 3 Clickthe Display descnption on course page checkbox if you would like the description
65. l hide the resource and activities within those sections from students When editing istumed on the hidden sections will be displayed as orphaned activities Although the content within the section is hidden from students you can share the URL of the activities resources with your students 3 Selectthe appropriate option from the Hidden sections drop down list The options affect how the sections on the main course page behave when setto hidden o Hidden sections are shown in collapsed form will display only the topic title or week date Course resources and activities contained in the section will be hidden from view o Hidden sections are completely invisible will hide the section completely These options affect the student view only Instructors will see 11 the hidden section Course format Format Weekly format Number of 27 sections Hidden sections Hidden sections are shown in collapsed form Course layout Show all sections on one page 4 Select whetherthe entire course is displayed on one page orsplit over several pages one topic section perpage by selecting the applicable option from the Course Layout drop down list Appearance 1 Selectthe preferred number of newsitemsto display in the Latest News block on the course home page from the News items to show drop down list Appearance Force language English en v News items to 5 v show Show gradebookto Yes v students Show activity No v reports 2
66. lated to previous activities 60 l Setconditionsforactivity completion as required Referto the Restricting access to resource and activity training page forsetting up restriction criteria Activity Completion When enabled completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto be marked as completed manually or when certain conditions have been metto help students manage their workload s 1 Set conditions for activity tracking as required Referto the Using Completion Tracking training page for setting up tracking criteria Click Save and retum to the course to finish adding the Forum The Forum will appearas a link on yourcourse section You can begin to add a post by following the instructions below Adding a Postto a Forum Once the Forum hasbeen created you can post messagesand reply to messages posted by other participants in the course If you are using a group discussion you can toggle between the different group forums you have accessto view the posts made within that group s discussion Be sure to select the correct group to post the message to using the Separate Visible Groups drop down menu in the top left hand comer Students will not be able to reply to messages sent to All participants Follow these stepsto create a post in a forum l Clickthe Forum title link from the course page A summary page appears listing any specific details the instructor may have provided as well as existing posts 2 Click Add a new d
67. ld like everyone in a group to click submit before the submission is considered final 3 Selectthe appropriate group from the Grouping for student groups drop down list if relevant Notific ations 1 Select Yes from the Notify graders about submissions drop down list if you would like to receive an e mail notification each time an assignment is submitted 2 Select Yesfrom the Notify graders about late submissions drop down list if you would like to receive an e mail notification each time an assignment is submitted late Grade l Selectthe grading type from the Grade drop down list you can choose between None Scale or Point o If None ischosen no other options need to be made in this section o lfPointischosen you will have to indicate the Maximum points for the assignment The maximum has now been increased to 200 68 o l fScale ischosen you will have to choose the scale upon which you would like your grading to be based on Be careful not to change the grade settings of an assignment with existing submissions Doing so will reset the grading forthe assignment and consequently remove any grades you have entered thusfar Grade Type Point Scale Deficiente Reg Maximum points 100 Grading method amp Simple direct grading Grade category Uncategorised Blind marking No Use marking workflow No amp Use marking allocation No e 2 Selectthe Grading method from the drop down list
68. may only wantto allow accessto an activity between certain dates regardless of the release date set on it An assignment could have a release date in the week three of your course with only its description being made available You may then want to restrict accessto accessthe assignment from week two to week four Another scenario might be that students need to complete a quizorresearch activity before being allowed to complete a related assignment Accesscould be further restricted by setting a minimum grade requirement on a per activity basis The illustration below shows Restrictaccess settings available foreach Moodle resource oractivity in your course after you ve clicked on Add Restrictions Restrict access Access restrictions Mone Add restriction These options are located at the bottom of the comesponding Edit settings screen Add restriction Activity completion Require students to complete or not complete another activity Date Prevent access until or from a specified date and time Grade Require students to achieve a specified grade User profile Control access based on fields within the student s profile Restriction set Add a set of nested restrictions to apply complex logic Cancel e The Allow access from and Allow access until options allow you to set a date amp time restriction To restrict access by date amp time click the Enable Check mark box V for eitherorboth of the date range settingsthen set t
69. mn to add the userto a group 5 Selectthe group to add the userto from the Add userinto group drop down menu 6 Clickthe Save changes button to add the user into the group and retum to the Enrolled users list You can continue to add additional usersinto groups Auto creating Groups In addition to being able to manually add usersto a group you can also create groups automatically by using the Auto create option Follow these stepsto use the Auto create feature to add groupsin a course l Clickthe Users menu in the Settings block to reveal additional items 2 Clickthe Groupslink The Groupstab appearscontaining two columns The left column displays group names initially empty The right column will display a list Groups Groupings Overview Nursing Orientation Main Groups Create group Aut gre ate g roups Import groups of the assigned group members 3 Clickthe Auto create group button The Auto create groupsoptions window appears To create groups based on specified number of groups members 29 1 Click Expand all to expand the the window and display all the options available Auto create groups Collapse all General Naming scheme Group Auto create based on Number of groups Group member count Group members Select members with student role Allocate members Randomly Preven t last small group Grouping Grouping of auto New grouping created groups Grouping name Preview
70. multiple attempts can be allowed 78 e Ignore time limit to accommodate some students e Feedbackon each question orthe quiz overall e Instructorcan preview a quiz before releasing to students e Automatic grading ormanual grading by an instructor Creating a Quiz Setting up quizzeson Moodle requires creating a quiz activity and creating quiz questions within the quiz While creating a quizactivity you can specify quiz settings such as numberof attempts start and end dates and time limit Adding a Quiz to your Moodle Course Follow the steps below to add the quiz activity to one or more of the sections on the course home page 1 Clickthe Tum editing on button at the top right of the course home page 2 Click Add an activity or resource in the course section where you wantthe quizto be listed 3 Click the Quiz radio button within the Activities section rere 4 Click Add button to add quiz Configuring a Quiz 2 1 Click Expand allto expand each ofthe sectionsand H CE reveal the options General 1 Enterthe quiz title in the Name field This title will appearon course home page which participants will click to accessto quiz 2 Add important detailsand policies about completing the quiz 3 Clickthe Display description on course page check box if you would like to display the description on course home page Timing 1 Place a checkmark in the Enable check box if you would like to open the quiz
71. n Assignment to your Moodle Course Follow the stepsbelow to add an Assignmentto one or more of the sections of the Course 1 Click Tum editing on atthe top nghtofthe coure home page Q iem 2 Click Add an activity orresource in the section where you would like the assignment to be listed 3 Select Assignment in the pop up under Activities and then click Add The Assignment settings page ADDS Configuring an Assignment Ts 1 Click Expand all to expand each of the sections and reveal the options aus EL General 1 Enterthe assignment title in the Assignment name field This name will appearas a link to accessthe Assignment on the course main page 2 Entera brief description about the assignment in the Description text box The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom right comer outwards To make more editing options available click the button to expand the toolbar 65 e Adding a new Assignment to Topic 2 Expand all General Assignment name Description Display description on course page amp 3 Place a checkemark next to Display description on course page check box to make it visible on the course home page The description will display directly below the activity link and on the Assignment page Availability Availability limits when students can submit assignments If dates are not required make sure to remove the checkmarks from the Enable check boxes Otherwise
72. n and select a date 6 Click Save and retum to course to complete the changes Viewing Activity Completion Reports The status of each tracked resource oractivity can be displayed To do so follow these steps l Click Reports in Administration blockto expand the menu 2 Click Activity completion to view the status of all activities Each is displa yed in a column acrossthe top and each studentsname appearsin a separate row Backing Up a Course Osgoode maintains Moodle coursesforone academic yearfollowing the end of a course for petition and administrative purposes Beyond thistime we cannot guarantee that we will be able to restore content from previously taught courses Forthis reason we alwaysrecommend you maintain backup copiesof yourcourseson yourlocal drive to ensure you are able to restore the content of your course ata latertime especially if you will not be teaching within the next academic year Follow these stepsto back up your course l Click Backup in the Administration block on the left side of your main course page 2 Onthe Initial settings page select the elements of the course you would like to include in the backup and then clic k Next 38 Onthe Schema settings page select the specific activities and resources you would like to include in the backup and click Next Onthe Confimation and review page a Edit the Hlename to something you will be able to recognize such asthe course code and back
73. ng on atthe top rightofthe course MT zj ho me p a g ent je ables o display 2 Click Add an activity or resource in the course T section where you want the folderto be listed Lesson 3 Select Folderin the pop up under Resources and O E soosaar then click Add The settings page appears oom Configuring Options fora Folder gt ow G amp G Fol 1 Click Expand all to expand each of the sections and Sree reveal the options Foe waa Een 53 General l Enterthe title of the folder in the Name field This name will appearasa link to accessthe Folderon the course main page 2 Entera brief optional description about the file in the Descnption edit box _ Adding a new F Gonera Name iD Description course page The boxcan be expanded by clicking and dragging the bottom right comer outwards To make more editing options available click the amp button to expand the toolbar 3 Clickthe Display descnption on course page checkbox if you would like the description to be display on the course main page Make sure a V isdispla yed in the boxto activate this option Note that if this option is not used the description will still appearon the Resources page that lists all course resources Content l To add filesto the folder you can o Drag multiple files from yourlocal computer and drop them in the designated area a dashed rectangle Content Files Display folder contents
74. o no If set to yes it wil automatically apply the group mode selected forall course activities and resources overriding the individual group settings 3 Select any Default grouping where applicable Role Renaming Role Renaming allows you to change the way different kinds of users are labelled within the course For example you may prefer the term instructor rather than the default name Teacherorthe term leamerratherthan the default student Changing a role name does not affect privileges or permissions l To change one or more of the role names type your preferred role name s in the approprate text box es Click Save changesto apply any changes Course Format amp Design Once you have logged in to Moodle the My Courses page lists all courses you are associated with eitherasan instructor teaching assistant or student Students will see a very similar page when they log in to Moodle which will contain all coursesthey are registered in and that have been made available to them The course title displa yed in red indicatesit is available to students a grey title indicates that the course is not yet available to students even if they are registered in it Asan instructor you can make the course available to your students when you would like them to see the course To entera course click on the course name from the My Courses page The course main page wil appearand isdivided into three sections left middle and right The le
75. of new topicsor posts without needing to login to the course to check An RSS reader plugin to the browser is required RSS RSS feed for this activity None A Number of RSS recent o articlas 4 l Selectthe appropriate option from the RSS feed forthis activity drop down list The options include Discussions with their initial post orall new Posts made in the Forum 2 Selectthe Number of RSS recent articles to include in notifications if you have enabled Post Threshold for Bloc king You can enforce a maximum post reply limit for each course participant by setting how many possa participant can make overa specific number of days Enabling this option is useful when you wantto ensure that a student does not dominate the discussion Post threshold for blocking 1 Select the numberof daysa student will have to make a certain number of posts to a Forum from the Time period for bloc king drop down if you would like to enable thisfeature 2 Enterthe maximum number of timesa student can post forthe given time in the Post threshold for bloc king 3 Enterthe number of possa student must reach in orderto be wamed that they are approaching for limit forthe given time period in in the Post threshold for waming 59 Ratings The Ratings section provides optionsto grade Forum replies Typically instructors and teaching assistants can grade however permissions can be set to allow students to grade replies as well Aggregate
76. olumns include information about the submission links to the submitted file and any feedback files the grade comments and other information You can use the symbol in a column title section to hide columns The symbol will change to which when clicked will unhide the column Below the grading table there isan option to Notify Students before the Save all quick grading changes button If you have done quick grading and wish to notify all or some students of their mark you may select the checkmark next to their name then click on the save changesbutton You may configure how the assignment submissions list appears from within the Options section e Assignment per page defines how many assignment submissions will displa y on the page e Filters chooses which assignments are displayed in this page The filter options are none submitted requires grading and not submitted e Marker Miter displays only the submissions assigned to the Marker selected if Use marking allocation has been enabled forthe assignment Referto the Using assignment documentation page for more information on configuring assignments e Workflow filter displays only the submissions in the selected state of the marking workflow if Use marking workflow has been enabled forthe assignment Refer to 71 the Using assignment documentation page for more information on configuring assignments e Quick grading allows you to entera grade directly in Grade column on th
77. on course home page You may use activity completion in combination with Restrict Accessto manage the orderin which students complete the activities in a course To make the Activity Completion option available it needs to be activated atthe course level You can allow studentsto manually mark the activitiesto help keep track of whatthey have done orset a tracking condition for marking the activity complete Enabling Completion Trac king l Click Edit settings in the Administration block 2 Clickthe Completion Tracking heading to expand the its section 3 Select yesfrom the Enable Completion trac king drop down list Completion tracking Enable completion Yes a tracking amp 4 Click Save changesatthe bottom of the page to continue Configuring Trac king Criteria By default students will be able to manually mark an activity resource ascomplete Once the completion tracking is enabled at the course level you can set up tracking criteria foran activity by following the stepsbelow l Click Tum editing on at the top right of your course home page 2 Clickthe Editdrop down menu associated with the course activity orresource for which you would like to set the activity completion criteria and select Edit settings 3 In the Activity completion section select your preferred tracking option from the Completion trac king drop down list o Do not indicate activity completion will remove the checkbox for the activity orresource
78. ou would like to match the lettercase 7 Entera corect or partially comect answer into the Answerltext box 8 Selectthe appropriate grade forthe answerfrom the Grade drop down list 9 Enteroptional feedback related to the answerin the Feedbacktext box which will be displayed during a review of the quiz 10 Repeat steps 7 to 9to add additional comect or partially comect answers 11 Click Save changesto save the question 88 Creating Essay Questions Follow the steps below to add one ormore essay questions to the quiz while creating the question you may click on Save changesand continue editing to save the changes made Adding an Essay question Expand all General Category Default for diannauatmdl2 12 Question name 1 Question text p Default mark p 1 Genera feedback Response Options Response format HTML editor Require text Require the student to enter text Input box size 15lines Allow attachments No Require attachments Attachments are optional 4 i Response Template Response template 4 Grader Information Information for graders 89 10 11 12 13 Select an appropriate category in which question is created from Category drop down Entertitle of the question in the Question name This is visible only to the instructor and will help you identify the question when selecting questions for quizzes Enterthe question in Question textedit box which students
79. our Select Yes or No from the Everyone can view past sessions drop down list This option controls whether students can view the transcript or if it is only available to Next chat time 21 August 2 2012 08 2 25 4 Repeat sessions Don t publish any chat times Save past sessions Newer delete messages Everyone can view past No the instructor icd In the Common module settings select the appropriate group setting if groups have been configured in your course Referto the Groupsand Groupings training page forsetting up groups 43 11 Select the appropriate restrictionsto apply from the Restrictaccess section Restrict accessoptions allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities Referto the Restricting accessto resource and activity training page forsetting up restriction criterion 12 Select the appropriate completion tracking criterion from the Activity completion section This feature helps students keep track of activities they have completed Referto the Using Completion Tracking training page for setting up completion criterion 13 Click Save and retum to the course to finish adding the Chatactivity 44 Content amp Leaming Resources About course content and leaming resources The type of content in a Moodle course is divided into two broad categories Resources and Activities This document provides an overview of Moodle Resou
80. pts can be submitted but no more questions answered from When time expires drop down Grade Grade category option is relevant only if you have created categories within course gradebook Select the category from the Grade category drop down in which this quiz should be added Grade Grade category Uncategorised A i Attempts allowed 1 Grading method Highest grade Ax i 1 Select the number of timesa student can attempt the quiz from Attemptallowed drop down 80 2 Ihe Grading method option will not impact the final grade for quizzes that are allowed only one attempt Layout Layout Question order shuffled randomly Mew page amp Every question Navigation method Free amp Show less 1 This will make sharing answers difficult as students will not have questions in the same order 2 Selectthe numberof questionsthat appearper page from the New page drop down 3 Select Sequential from Navigation method if you would like studentsto progress through the quiz in order Students will not be able to go backto previous questions when using sequential navigation You may need to click Show more to display thisoption Question Behavior 1 If you have answer choices such asall of the above ora and b uncheck shuffle within question at question level while setting up the question Question behaviour Shuffle within Yes questions 4 How questions Deferred feedback behave amp Each attempt No
81. questions s cetculated prar a2 2 2 calculated q8 One of a set of g 2 zrg calculated qe Omne of a set of e 5 Place a checkmark in each question checkbox you would like to add to the questions Add random questions from category Adad 1 random questions Add ta quiz 84 6 Click Add to quiz when all questions have been selected Adding Random questions from a Category Adding random questions allows you display a different set of questionsforeach attempt This allows you to give a different set of questionsto each student orattempt These questions are randomly pulled from a set of questions already in a given category It is recommended to include a large pool of questionsin the question bank so that there are enough questions from which the random questions are chosen Follow steps below to have questions randomly chosen from a category l 2 3 4 d Click the Quiz tide on the course main page Click the Edit Quiz in Administration bloc k Ensure Question Bank Contents are displa yed Select the category from which to add questions from Select a category drop down Select number of questionsto be included in the quiz from Add drop down Click Add to quiz Select a category random question 1 12 Search aptions Create a new question T Question gom calculated qi One of a set of d x2 G v calculated q10 One of a set o d x2 Ee F calcul
82. rces which you use to add resource matenalsto your course Moodle Activities include Assignments Disc ussion Forums Quizzes etc and are covered in other documentation on the York Moodle site Resources include lesson and lecture notes slides links to Web sites course readings documentation pictures and otherleaming aidsthat students will need to meet the planned outcomesand requirements of your course Moodle offers an assortment of Resources Some are directly related to creating course content while others such asthe Book Tab and Label resources are typically used in course design and content organization Resourcescan be added to any of the sectionson your course main page To add a resource editing must be tumed on You can toggle Edit on oroff by using eitherthe link in the Administration Block generally located on the left side of your course page orthe Tum editing on off button at the top right of the course main page Once in edit mode a link will appearin each course section topic to Add an activity or resource Clicking this revealsa list of activity and resource typesthat can be added to the course Select a resource type then click Add There are several settings and options available with most Moodle resources in order to customize them to suit yourneeds Though many of the settings are the same each resource will have its own set of specific settings When creating resourcesor activities some settings are requ
83. recommended to leave the default Any type of course main page in the Display on page types drop down list However if you want the particular block to appearon all course pages i e Assignments Quizzes etc select Any page 9 Click Save changesto add the block The course homepage appears with the new block at the bottom of the left or right side 10 Move the blockto the desired location For more information on moving blocks refer to Using Editing Iconsto Move and Minimize Blocks above 22 Adding usersto your course All Moodle users must be assigned a role Rolesinclude default permissions which define what a usercan and cannot do in a course As a course instructor you are automatically assigned the role of Teacherin your courses This role allows you to control many things within your course including adding content grading students using course administration tools and adding new users Although there are several roles defined on Moodle teachers have the ability to manage the following roles in their courses e Student can accesscontent and participate in activities made available by the teacher e Teacher can add content enroll users and manage resources grading amp assessments and course design amp layout e Faculty Assistant can add content enroll users and manage resources grading amp assessments and course design amp la yout e Non editing Teacher can accesscontent acrossthe course and
84. rectly on the course homepage Fi W Course outline i1 Reading materials allows you to assign a particularuser with a E different role than the course default forthat E General Discussion Forum activity orresource If you have any questions about the course o l l general interest to the class or materials or li The Editdrop down action menu includes the to share please post them here following options lt Assignment 1 Move nghtallows you to indent the content to the right Hide and Show toggle icon between hide orshow When the Hide icon is displayed the activity is visible to students when the Show icon is displayed the activity is hidden from students Duplicate allows you to make a copy the activity orresource quic kly Assign roles allows you to assign a particularuser with a different role than the course default forthat activity or resource Delete will delete the particular activity or resource Adding Headings Text and Images to your Course Homepage You can use Labelsto add text orimagesto the sections For example you may want dit m Edit Edit settings Move right Hide Duplicate ik Assign roles Delete to add headings such asReadings and Assignments in each of the sectionsto organize your content This is particularly helpful if you have a lot of itemsin each section You can also add imagesor short snippets of text to introduce an activity or resource Blocks
85. roups have been configured in your course Referto the Groupsand Groupingstraining page forsetting up groups Restrict Access Restrict accessoptions allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities 1 Set conditions for activity completion as required Referto the Restricting Access to Resource and Activity training page for setting up restriction criteria 2 Click Save and display to view the folder 55 Disc usson Forums An Overview What is It Moodle forums also referred to as discussions offer instructors and students an Opportunity to collaborate discuss challenge and otherwise engage in meaningful and thoughtful discourse related to course topicsor activities Forum topicsare typically created orset by instructors however depending on the Forum type students can also add discussion topics Each Forum can contain several discussion threads a thread begins with a topic and includesa series of related repliestypically listed chronologically along with the contributor s name and picture if set in their profile New and revised Forum postscan optionally generate e mail noticesto subscribed participants Why is it Significant To be meaningful and successful leaming activities Forums should be moderated and managed effectively to keep the discussion relevant to the topic and on track This can be an instructororteaching assistant responsibilit
86. s When it is hidden it is minimized and the title barisgreyed out on the teachers course homepage allows you to assign a particularuser with a different role than the course default forthat activity orresource Upcoming events Configure Upcoming events block Hide Upcoming events block Assign roles in Upcoming events block Delete Upcoming events block allows you to remove a block from the course homepage retumsitto the Add a Block list When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the block click Yes Using the HTML Block Instructors can create a block with customized content without any knowledge of HTML such astext imagesand links It is also possible to paste embed code obtained from another source into the HTML source editorto add widgets from other web sites such as a Iwitter Adding Text and Imagesto an HTML Block There are several reasons you may wantto add a block with text and orimages You can use the blockto provide a custom resource orreading list with extemal links your contact information orother important text information that would be handy atany point throughout the course 1 In Moodle tum editing on by clicking Tum editing on in the top left hand comerorin the Administration block 2 From the Add a Block block drop down list select HIML 19 8 Click the icon in the block title barto configure the block The text editor opens Add your text to the Contentbox and format it using
87. s page appears where you can change the Section name and optionally add a summary or description of the topic If you wantto change the Section name be sure that the Use default section name boxisunchecked Moving Hiding and Highlighting Sections It is also possible to rearrange topic sections hide them from students and Edit settings highlight them using the following icons when Editing istumed on ME allows you to move the section along with all its content around using Hide drag and drop Duplicate Assign roles and is a toggle icon to hide or show the block from student view allows you to highlight the item asthe cument topic or week Once you are satisfied with the set up of yoursection topics you can begin adding content to your course For more information on adding Resource and Activitiesto your Courses see ourAbout Course Content and Leaming Resources documentation page Managing Resources and Activities To edit the course you will need to tum editing on which will display editing icons associated with all editable items such asactivities resources and blocks Click Tam editing on at top right of your course You will be able to edit the activities and resources using the editing icons and the Edit drop down menu associated with each item allows you to move the activity or resource between and within topics using drag and drop 15 allows you to change the activity or EJ News forum resource name inline di
88. se title listed in grey and dimmed indicatesthat it is hidden from students All new courses are not visible to students by default Students will not see hidden courses listed on their My courses page but instructors will Instructors can change the visible status of a course on the Course Settings page from the Administration block in orderto make it visible to students The coursesthat are available to students are listed in red You can customize the coursesand course related notifications are listed Stepsto make your course website student ready At the beginning of a course there are a number of steps instructors need to take in orderto get their course websites ready These include setting the course format and layout adding and organizing the content and making the course visible to the students The following list outlinesthe broad stepsinstructors should take in orderto make their courses ready for students 1 Add TAs and co Teachers As a course instructor you are automatically assigned the role of Teacherin your Courses This role allows you to control many things within your course including adding new users You may wantto add TAs co teachersorcolleaguesto your course You are able to assign different rolesforeach userdepending on which privileges you want each userto have Students are added to all coursesautomatically For more information on adding usersto your course referto the Adding Users to your Course document
89. sections and reveal the options General 1 Enterpage title in the Name field which willappearasa link on the course main page Studentscan accessthe page from this link 2 You can also add an optional description in the Description field to briefly explain the content or subject of the Course page The description should not include the content itself which will be added next To display the text editortoolbarto add links insert media and format text click Show editing tools 46 D Adding a new Page to Topic 2 Expand all Display description on course pa 9 3 Click the Display descnption on course page check boxto make it visible on the course home page Make sure a V isdispla yed in the boxto activate this option When enabled the description wil appeardirectly below the linkto yourpage 4 Entercontent of the web page in Page contenttext editor To display the text editortoolbarto add links insert media and format text click Show editing tools Appearance l Select Display page name if you would like the page name to appearatthe top of the page 2 Select Display page description if you would like the page description to be displayed atthe top of the page underthe page name if enabled Common Module Settings Establishing groups in a course isa separate processfrom that of creating activities groups will work with Once groupshave been configured in a course they then need to be set foruse on particul
90. ssword Remember username Please note at this time there are limited courses being offered through this system If you are Log in Faculty or Adjunct Faculty and interested in hosting course sites using this platform please Lost password contact the Osgoode Helpdesk help osgoode yorku ca to schedule a review session or raniiact a damn cita Navigating in Moodle The My Courses page illustrated below isthe starting point for all courses you are associated with asan instructor teaching assistant or student This page is divided into three sections On the left are two blocks Navigation and Administration The term block refers to a particular cluster of configurable settings Each block will have a unique name Blocks can be added to orremoved from a course See the Using and Managing Blocks training document for more details The Navigation block allows you to navigate between and within a course This block is available to you from the initial login page My Coursesand throughout Moodle The Administration block isa contextual block which offers different setting options depending on your curent location in Moodle It isa commonly used block when building and modifying a course orcourse activities and resources The gt symbol indicates that sub options exist in a particular category Clicking on each gt symbol will reveal additional options in that menu 3 The middle section of the page displays a list of your courses A cour
91. st Your answerss will be submitted automatically once the time expires Attempts allowed 1 This quiz opened at Monday 8 April 2013 2 00 PM This quiz will close at Monday 22 April 2013 11 58 PM Time limit 20 mins Attempts 2 Preview quiz now Click the Attempts link to view student attempts Grades page is displayed with an overview of each student quiz status The student s response the correct answers and the response history are logged Click the Review attempt link below student s name to view the attempt Attempts 2 What to include in the report Attempts from enrolled users who have attempted the quiz Attempts that are M In progress Overdue M Finished Mf Never submitted that have been regraded are marked as needing regrading Display options Page size 30 Marks for each question yes Show report Regrade all Dry run a full regrade Only one attempt per user allowed on this quiz Download table data as Comma separated values text file Download First name Surname Email address State Started on Completed Time taken Grade 100 00 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 5 Q 6 16 67 16 67 16 67 6 67 6 67 116 67 Jean Grey 11 April 11 April y 1 1 Review cttm Ittest6 yorku ca Finished ae 34 06 20134 07 49 secs 79 17 X 667 16 667 1667 1667 X w 12 50 rie D 11 April 11 April IR K ittest3 yorku ca Finished 20134 35 20134 36 38secs Notyet v 1667 1667 X OOO 1667 x Requires nd graded grading Overall averag
92. st if you want to hide the link from students This option allows instructorsto control when a resource is available to students 2 Selectthe appropriate group settings if groups have been configured in your course Establishing groupsin a course isa separate processfrom that of creating activities groups will work with Once groupshave been configured in a course they then need to be set for use on particular course activities such as Assignments Refer to the Groupsand Groupingstraining page forsetting up groups Restrict Access Restrict access options allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities 1 Set conditions for activity completion as required Refer to the Restricting Access to Resource and Activity training page forsetting up restriction criteria Click Save and display to view on the page 64 Assessment amp Evaluation Managing Assgnments Using assignments Moodle offersa variety of assignment configuration settings in orderto help you control every aspect of assignment submissions including release amp end dates access restrictions and other options Student submissions grading and instructorfeedback can also be added creating an all inclusive assessment activity An advantage to using built in Moodle assignments isthat they can provide you with better control and manageability of assignment options updates and ta sks Adding a
93. sto release gradesimmediately asthey are graded To set the marking workflow state of individual submissions 1 Onthe Assignment Inbox page enable Quick grading The Submission table changesand drop down lists now appearin the Status column 2 In the row of the individual submission select the status from the drop down in the Status column 3 Repeat step 2 for any other submission s for which you would like to change the workflow status 72 4 Click Save all quick grading changes to finalize your modifications It is also possible to change the Workflow status while on grading individual submissions on each Submission status page from the Marking workflow state drop down list To set the marking workflow state of submissions in bulk l 4 5 On the Assignment Inbox page select the submissions for which you would like to change the marking workflow state using the checkboxes in the Selectcolumn Select Set marking workflow state from the With selected drop down list a nd click Go If prompted to confim setting the workflow state for selected students click OK A new page displays with the list of students whose submissions were selected Select the Marking workflow state from the drop down list Click Save changesto finalize the workflow state forthe selected submissions Assigning Markers to Submissions It is possible to assign Markersto individual student submissions or in bulk to a group of students
94. students to click on 42 5 Enter details or information related to the Chat activity in the Descnption box This is what students will see when they access the Chat session Adding a new Chat 4j Expand i General Name of this chat nnam Dascriptian 3 Display descriptimn nn course paga Chat sesnbnna Comman madule settings Restrict accoas Activity completan There are required fiakts in mis form mar ad ub The description text boxisa good place to set expectations with your students For example you might want to inform them that the chat sessions will be recorded and made available later If the chat should be based around a particulartopic you can let them know here 6 10 Use the Next chattime drop down lists to schedule the date and time when the chat room will open The Chat will still be available to studentsat any time but this option will post a calendarentry to actasa reminder forthe Chat Select the appropriate option from the Repeat sessions drop down list to specify whetherthe Chat session is ongoing and how often the Chat repeats This selection is used asan indication to students of when the chat room will be available Select the appropnate option from the Save past sessions drop down list to indicate how many daysthe chat transcnpt will be available online for others to view Saving the transcript could be useful for group work discussions or for you to review the Chat session and monitor behavi
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96. the Groupslink The Groupstab appears containing two columns The left column displays group names initially empty The nght column will display a list of the assigned group members Click the group name to add usersto from the Groups list 4 Click Add remove users in the Members of Group column on the right 2 Groups Group 1 1 TA 1 Edit group settings Delete selected group Create group Auto create groups Import groups Members of Group 2 2 Student Oliver Clark Jean Grey Add remove users 5 Clickthe name ofthe userto add Gnu membi 4 A33 from the Potential members list on Student 2 Clive Clark HtestBBycrkiu ca jean Grey llttesstiiynriu ca the right You can select more than one user by Ctrn4C lick Windows PC orCmddClick Mac 6 Click Add to add the selected user s to the Group members list Car Repeat adding usersasnecessary M Bice n rapis To remove a userfrom the Group Potentia members ST umen MENTE EE Teacher 2 Marcel Labrie llabriegyneku ca OI Mart Musdock rest layare rat 01 So mai members list click the name of the user s and then click Remove 7 Click Back to groups when you have finished adding usersto the group Adding Users to Groups Option 2 When there are more than 100 usersin your course Moodle will displa y Too many users xxx to show in the Potential members list In this case you will need to use the se
97. ting activities groups will work with Referto the Groupsand Groupingstraining page for setting up groups Restrict Access Restrict access options allow you to set restrictions on an activity or resource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities 1 Set conditions for activity completion as required Referto the Restncting access to resource and activity training page forsetting up restriction criteria Activity Completion When enabled completion tracking allows resources and activitiesto be marked as completed manually or when certain conditions have been metto help students manage their workload s 1 Set conditions for activity tracking as required Referto the Using Completion Tracking training page for setting up tracking criteria Click Save and display to view the assignment Managing and Grading Assignments When you add an assignment activity to your course a comesponding grade column is automatically created in the Moodle Gradebook When an assignment is graded from within the activity the grade will be populated in this column automatically You also have the option of ovemding gradesand entering them manually into the gradebook However entering grades directly in the gradebook should only be done if absolutely necessary asit may cause inconsistencies It is recommended that you grade assignment submissions from within the activity module There are several options available to grade assignm
98. ting options available click the amp button to expand the toolbar 3 Place a checkmark in the Display description on course page checkbox to make it visible on the course home page The description will display directly below the activity link and on the Course Main page 5 4 Choose the Forum type from the list of drop down menu items O A single simple discussion A single discussion topic which everyone can reply to Thistype may be a good choice forgeneral or casual non graded Forums Each person posts one discussion In this type a student can post only one new discussion topic however repliescan be ongoing Q and A forum Students must posta reply to the Forum topic before they are able to participate further and see posts from other students Standard forum displayed in a blog like format An open Forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time and in which discussion topics are displa yed on one page and include Discussthis topic links Standard forum for general use An open Forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time howeverunlike the Standard forum display in blog like format only the Forum name is displa yed along with a list of participants who have replied to it A single simple discussion General Each person posts one discussion Q and A forum Standard forum displayed in a blog like format Forum type 43 y Standard forum for general use Forum name Attac hments and Word
99. tion about you such as your name e mail address and location After logging in to Moodle you will see your name atthe top right of the browser window which linksto your Moodle profile You can also access your profile from the Navigation block When editing your profile some settings are mandatory while others may not be available to you asthey are locked by the system Settings that have a symbol next to them offer brief help on that particularsetting Simply click on the symbol and a dialogue box will open with additional details about the setting Follow these stepsto modify your profile information Administration 1 From My Courses page click the Edit profile link in 2 the Administration block y eee Edit profile 2 Specify who can see your e mail address by selecting the appropriate option from the E mail display drop down menu 3 Select the desired e mail format option from the E mail format drop down menu Modem e mail clients display HTML formatted messages therefore you should leave the default setting Pretty HTML format 4 Selectthe desired option from the E mail digesttype drop down menu This setting is particularly important if you are using Forumsin your course since it determines how forum messages will be sent to you e No digest single email perforum post This option will send you a separate e mail message foreach post made in a forum This will dependson how many forums you are subscribed to and how
100. to be displayed on the course page Make sure a V isdisplayed in the boxto activate this option If this option is not used the description will still appearon the Resources page that lists all course resources Content The content is the file itself that you want to share You can share a file from different locations but the most common isto share a file from your computer Do not create foldershere aspart of the add files procedure If you add more than one file during this procedure only one of them will be displayed on the course homepage However you can upload several linked HTML pagesand associated files or another file type with associated files i e a PowerPoint file with embedded files Only the index page ormain file will display but other pages will be accessible when linked to one anotherthrough relative linking Choose the appropriate copyright status option forthe file you wantto share For information on all options available to you visit copyright information page Folders should be created separately asoutlined in Adding Folders To add a file you can do one ofthe following Adding a file using Drag and Drop 1 Drag the file from yourlocal computer and drop it in the marked area dashed rectangle Content Files Shaw subtoiders 50 2 Specify the copyright status of the attached file by selecting one of the dropdown optionsin the popup under Copyright Status 3 Select Submit Adding a File usin
101. type amp No ratings Scale Scale Satisfactory Restrict ratings to items with dates in this range From 18 March 2013 16 10 To 18 March 2013 16 10 l Use the Aggregate type drop down and Scale to set the grading criteria Grading can be restricted to only those replies made during a prescribed time frame Thiscan be useful if you would like the discussion to continue on freely during the course o Average of ratings calculatesthe average of all grades assigned to each posting o Maximum of ratings usesthe highest single grade assigned to a posting o Minimum of ratings usesthe lowest single grade assigned to a posting o Countofratings the numberof rated items becomes the final grade o Sum ofratings calculatesthe total of all gradesassigned Note that these aggregationsapply to each student post and notto the overall Forum posts Common Module Settings 1 Select Hide from the Visible drop downlist if you want to hide the Forum from students This option allows instructorsto control when a resource is available to students 2 Selectthe appropriate group settings if groups have been configured in your Course Establishing groupsin a course isa separate processfrom that of creating activities groups will work with Referto the Groupsand Groupingstraining page forsetting up groups Restrict Access Restrict accessoptions allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions re
102. up date b Review all the Backup settings and Included items c You can go backand change any of the items by clicking Previous at the bottom of the page When you are satisfied with the back up review clic k Perform backup to continue It may take several minutesto perform the back up Once begun do not click any buttons or links until the Complete page appears The Complete page appearsindicating the backup processhasbeen completed Click Continue The Import a backup file page appears Yourcourse backup appearsin the User private backup area where it can be downloaded to your computer Click Download Depending on how your computer is configured you may be prompted to select a location to save the file Otherwise the file will go directly your Downloads folder Afterthe file hasbeen downloaded you can save itto a CD The course is saved asan mbzfile This isa unique file type for Moodle course backupsand cannot be opened by other programs 39 Managing Communication Using Course Announcements The Course announcement isa special type of Moodle forum News forum It is provided as part of the default template when a course iscreated and it islocated in the top middle section of the course main page All users in your course are automatically subscribed to course announcements When an announcement is posted via course announcements an e mail notification is sent to each userin the course This can be an ex
103. ur Course e Navigation This block allows usersto navigate quickly to specific pageson the site or within a course From the Navigation block users can navigate to specific sections within the cument course orto othercourses They can also accesstheiruser profile from this bloc k e Administration This block contains links to many of the course administrative functions such as Reports Settings User Management and the Gradebook Most of the items on this block are only available to users with the role of Teacher however students will be able to accesstheir own gradesfrom this block if the instructor has made Grades visible e Recent Activity This block displays any recent activity to all users since their la st login For example if the instructor uploadsa file ora student makesa posting in a Disc ussion Forum an alert will appearin the Recent Activity block This ensuresthat students are alerted when instructors upload content mid course or messages have been added to Discussion Forums e Upcoming events The purpose of this block isto remind students about upcoming due dates Upcoming events such as assignment due datesand scheduled quizzes are displayed in a list with the closest appearing atthe top The expected completion ordue date is displayed below the event name 17 Optional Bloc ks Moodle also offers many other blocks that provide additional functionality Here are some of the blocks you may wantto consideradding to yo
104. ur course e Activities This block provideslinksto groups of leaming activities organized by activity type Forexample clicking Assignments will take the userto a page which lists all the active assignments forthe entire course Thisisa particularly useful way of navigating quickly to a leaming activity e Calendar This block displaysa calendar of the current month with important dates highlighted If the userhovers overan important date the activity due on that particular day will display e Comments Aside from the Discussion Forums this isthe only place where students are able to share comments or resources with theirfellow students All comments are visible to all users but only authorsof the comments and the Instructor are able to delete them Users can also use HTML mark up to share clickable links in a comment e HIML Thisblock allowsthe instructorto add theirown content in the form of a block without any knowledge of HTML Using the text editor box instructors can add text imagesand linksto the block Additionally switching to the HTML source editor instructors have the option of adding widgets from other Web sites such asa Twitter YouTube and many others For more information on using HTML blocks referto Using the HTML Block below Fora complete list of available blocks at any given time click the Add drop down list in the Add a Block block of yourcourse Adding a Block Add a block Add D Follow these stepsto add
105. urces comprise of the materials available including uploaded files linksto web pagesand videos and other content Activities are typically used asa way forstudentsto engage with the content and also for assessment purposes These include discussion forums assignments quizzes etc Book Online and Offline Assignments File Chat Folder of files Choice Label Database Page Feedback Tabbed Display Discussion Forum URL Glossary J oumal Quiz The content of a course can be added at any time and is generally organized by section topic For more information on adding content to your course referto the About Course Content and Leaming Resources documentation page Customize Blocks On the left and nght sides of the course homepage you will see several Blocks with grey title bars These blocks offer specialized tools for course management including administrative and navigational functionality By default your course will have the Navigation Administration and Recent Activity blocks However several other blocks are available that instructors and or students ma y find useful in managing the course For more information on setting up blocks referto the Using and Managing Blocks documentation page Set up the Gradebook Moodle includesa built in gradebook in each course Course gradebooks are made available to all tudents in a Moodle course by default however the course instructor can determine which gradesto display Eac
106. vigation and Administration block Appearance Display 4 Automatic New window The file display in a new Show size id full browser window with menusand an address bar Display resource name TED Display resource W Force download The file is description downloaded to the students hard Show mare drives Depending on individual browser settings students may be prompted fora location to save the file Open The file wil occupy the entire browser window No browser menu heading footerordescription will displa y Note that some file types such as Word documents cannot be embedded or displayed in a browser window Forthese file types download isforced regardless of the Display type selected PDF image and audio files can generally be embedded or displayed in a browser window Common Module Settings 1 Select Hide from the Visible drop downlist if you want to hide the page from students This option allows instructorsto control when a resource is available to students 2 Selectthe appropriate group settings if groups have been configured in your course Establishing groupsin a course isa separate processfrom that of creating activities groups will work with Referto the Groupsand Groupings training page for setting up groups Restict Access Restrict accessoptions allow you to set restrictions on an activity orresource by date amp time orby conditions related to previous activities l Setconditionsforactivity
107. wersfor multiple choice questions In the General section you set up the question and assign a score In the Answer section you enter the list of options and corresponding feedback foreach Follow the steps below to create one or more multiple choice questions while creating the question you may click on Save changesand continue editing to save the changes made 1 Ifyou do not have categories created in your course questions will be saved in the course default category Select an appropriate category in which to create the question from the Category drop down 2 Entertitle of the question in the Question name This is visble only to the instructor and will help you identify the question when selecting questions for quizzes 3 Enterthe question in the Question textedit box which students will see asthe question 86 10 11 12 135 Entera value forthe Default mark if you would like the question to be worth more than other questions Enter optional feedback in the General feedback text box for both comect and incomect answer which is displa yed afterthe quiz is closed Select multiple answers from One or multiple answers drop down if you would like to allow studentsto select more than one choice astheir answer Place a checkmark in Shuffle the choices checkboxto shuffle the choicesin a question Select prefemed indices from Number of choices drop down list Enter an answer choice in Answertext boxes To display the t
108. will mean thatthe post will no longerbe visible to students once the date has passed 9 Click Postto forum to add your post to the Forum A confimation screen will appearinforming you that you have fifteen minutesto edit your post 62 Linking to Websites To complement your course material you might want to direct your students to view related Web siteson the Intemet The site link URL can be added to one of the sections on your course main page asa stand alone resource Adding a Hyperink to your Moodle Course Follow the stepsbelow to add a website URL resource to one or more of the sectionson the course home page l Clickthe Tum editing on button at the top right of the course home page 2 Click Add an activity or resource button in the course section where you want the URL to be listed A pop up window will appearon screen with various activities and resources Intemet content is subject to copyright protection just as other works are so always check the terms of use forthe site first to ensure that there is no specific prohibition to linking Additional information on copying practices at York University can be found on the website 3 Clickthe URLradio button within the Resource sectionsand click the Add button The URL settings page will be displa yed Setting up a Hyperlink l Click Expand all to expand each of the sectionsand reveal the options General 1 Enterthe Web site title in the Name field This name will
109. will see asa question Entera value forthe Default mark if you would like a question to worth more than other questions Enter optional feedback in the General feedback text boxforboth corect and incorrect answer which is displayed after the quiz is closed Select the format from the Response formatdrop down list Select Text input is optional from Require text if text input is not mandatory Please note when thisoption is selected atleast one attachment must be required Select appropriate length of answerfrom Input box size drop down Select number of files from Allow attachments drop down if you would like to allow students to attach files Please note when Text input is optional is selected atleast one attachment must be allowed Select the number of attachments required from the dropdown list when attachments are allowed Please note when Textinputis optional is selected at least one attachment must be required Entera template for students to use asa guide in answering the question in the Response template box This is an optional feature that allowsthe teacherto provide help in structuring answers To display the text editortoolbarto add links insert media and format text click Show editing tools Enter optional grading criteria or notes in the Information for graders box These notes are only visible to graders while marking the question Click Save changesto save the question You can view the questions in a quiz by
110. would like to display users picture during the quiz attempt Appearance Show the user s picture No image amp Decimal places in 2 grades amp Decimal places in Same as for overall grades question grades Show blocks during No quiz attempts o Show less 2 Select Yes from Show blocks during quiz attempts if you would like to display blocks during the quiz attempt Extra Restrictions on Attempts 1 Thishelps you to prevent students from attempting an in class quiz before you have provide all the instructions and the password Enter a password in Required password field if you would like to make the quiz password protected Student will have to enterthe password provided by you to start attempting the quiz Extra restrictions on attempts Require password Unmask Require network address A Enforced delay between 0 Enable 1st and 2nd attempts 4 Enforced delay between 0 Enable later attempts 4 82 2 Thishelps you to ensure that only students present in the class atthe moment can take the quiz Entera comma separated list of partial orfull IP address in the Require network address field if you would like to restrict access by IP 3 Enterthe wait time a student must wait before starting a second attempt in the Enforce delay between 1st and 2nd attempts box and place a checkmark in the Enable checkbox 4 Enterthe wait time a student must wait before starting subsequent attempts in the
111. y or delegated to a student Note that course instructors always retain control and management of all Forums in the course If moderated properly a discussion forum can be an effective tool to enrich a student sleaming experience Depending on the goal of the Forum and at the instructor s discretion students can be allowed to grade each other sforum postings acting asa type of peer evaluation Other useful features include display format layout options and e mail notification of new and revised posts Forums can also be set to support student group work Implication for Higher Education Getting a discussion started is often the hardest part of using Forums Open ended questions can act asicebreakers in non formal discussions while more thought provoking analytical statements might serve to engage students and elicit the quality responses desired It isalso very helpful when instructors become actively involved in forum discussions to demonstrate by example that they value student contributions and participation To encourage student participation use forumsto help students achieve course expectations Forexample as part of a project you might create a forum where students or student groupscollaborate on the project Students are more likely to participate in an on line discussion forum if they see that it directly supportstheir leaming Moodle Forum Features e Subscribing and unsubscribing forced subscription is also supported e Settin
112. y to those who are membersof the groupsthat make up the grouping Follow these stepsto delete groupingsin a course Note that deleting groupings will not remove the associated users from the course l Clickthe Users menu in the Administration block to reveal additional items 2 Clickthe Groupslink The Groupstab appears containing two columns The left column displays group names initially empty The right column will display a list of the assigned group members 3 Clickthe Groupingstab to view any existing and oradd new Grouping 4 Clickthe Create grouping button to start creating the Grouping 5 Entera name in the Grouping name field An optional description can also be included General 3rouping names ing ID number amp Grouping description me changes Cance Vilis form merked 6 Click Save changes The next screen providesthree icons o edit cog to modify the Grouping name and description o delete red x to delete the Grouping 32 o groups double head to manage Groupsin the Grouping 7 Click the Groups icon in the Edit column to start adding groupsto the Grouping Two columns will appear The left column displa ys cument groups in the grouping The right side column displa ys cument groupsin the course o Toadd groupsto the grouping click the group name in the Potential members column list then click the Add button Repeat these stepsto add more groupsto the grouping o To remove a group from the

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