Summer 2019 Moodle Tips
Here are some useful Moodle Basics tips to help you get organized as summer sessions get underway!
Working with Content & Documents
- Upload files into your Moodle course
- Improve accessibility of course documents using Ally
- Link to Library resources using EZproxy
- Reuse (import) previous content into your new Moodle course space
- Embed YouTube videos in your course
Course Views
- Set your course availability (show/hide)
- Add the ‘Activities’ and ‘Resources’ blocks to your course to improve navigation
- Combine Moodle course sections into one “meta course”
- View your course from students’ perspective (switch role to Student)
- Make your Gradebook visible to enrolled students in your course
- Use Moodle on your mobile device (Moodle Mobile app)
Managing Participants
If you notice inconsistencies between your schedule / class lists in myHeliotrope and enrollments in Moodle, you will need to create a ticket using the CTS Helpdesk Work Order System (WOT) to request that data be synced between the two systems.
- Add a learning assistant, course librarian, faculty member, senior auditor to your course
- Set up and take attendance in your course using the Attendance activity
Course Communication Tools
- Send an email (course announcement) to your entire class
- Manage your Moodle Notification preferences (when/how frequently you get Moodle-generated emails)
- Setup a live classroom session using Zoom or Google+ Hangouts
Creating Assignments
- Set up a basic Moodle assignment
- Set up a Turnitin assignment
- Create a discussion forum to foster conversation among students
Gradebook
- Set up your Moodle Gradebook with weighted categories
- Make your Gradebook visible to enrolled students in your course
Managing Student Projects
- Reader Dashboard in Moodle
- Managing Student Projects as a Reader
- Student Projects guide (for students)
As always, please feel free to contact us at TLTC@purchase.edu with any questions or concerns. Wishing everyone a successful summer!