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Start Of Term Checklist
Additional Resources You Might Share with Students

Start Of Term Checklist

Before you open your Moodle course to students, you’ll want to transfer and review your course content and rosters.

If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Online Learning & Educational Technology (OLET) department at online@clackamas.edu.

Look over recent Moodle updates for changes to tools you use.

Ensure you’ve got your course content ready!

Replicate existing course content:

Copy Course Content from a past term/section to the current/future term.
Request that a previously-archived course be restored from Online Learning backups.
Ask another instructor to manually enroll you in their course as a Course Content Viewer so you can copy course content from there.

Add new content:

Get started with by importing over our Course Structure Template course
Quickly upload files and documents into Moodle.
See the New to Moodle page to Discover Common tools in Moodle and what they’re used for.
Ask the library if they offer digital versions of your articles, books, or videos.

Review your course content

Update your Syllabus and Course Calendar.
Look for for broken links and out-of-date files.
See our list of academic multimedia resources if you’re looking to replace or enhance content within your course.
Verify that your grade book is behaving as you want/need.
If not everything is ready you can hide course elements from student view until you are ready to release them.
Confirm your course start and end date for automatic Course Visibility.
Verify student enrollment to ensure that your Moodle and Self Service rosters match.

Contact your students to welcome them to class and help them get started in your course.

Consider including or directing students to essential documents (i.e.: syllabus, course calendar) and this short survey: Are you ready for online learning? to students.

Additional Resources You Might Share with Students

We suggest you email your students and/or add these resources to your course(s):

Common Student Issues

Forwarding CCC emails to a personal email account
How to find my Moodle course(s)
Moodle Help (FAQ)

Familiarize Students with Moodle

Are You Ready for Online Learning?
Moodle 101 Self-Guided Student Orientation
NOTE: We recommend this short orientation for those new to Moodle to become familiar with the basics from a student perspective. If you require your students to provide verification for a grade, we suggest you ask them to forward their completion email to you or you can check their Moodle User account for a badge.

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Start Of Term Procedure