Kaltura will automatically machine caption videos in English when recorded by or moved into My Media. However, if the spoken language is French, German, Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese, you will need to request machine captioning in that specific language. Machine captioning is fast, simple, and decently accurate (75-85%) but may struggle with acronyms and industry-specific [...]
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A subsection can be placed anywhere within weeks/topics/sections. NOTE: You are limited to 52 total sections and subsections within your course. Enter your course and turn Edit mode on. Scroll to where you want to add the Subsection. Click the plus symbol to access the Add content drop-down menu. NOTE: If you want to add [...]
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A manual grade item populates a gradebook with work that occurs outside of Moodle: Work hosted elsewhere, such as required emails or outside tools from publishers Extra credit above normally graded work, such as a student earning 12/10 points on an assignment In-Class work Anything that is not completed using a Moodle Activity or Resource Scroll [...]
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Moodle has a number of Advanced grading options that you can use to help in grading your assignments, such as Rubrics and Grading guides. RubricGrading guideRubric Moodle Rubrics allow instructors to use criteria-based assessment forms to grade student work consistently, quickly, and transparently. You will select a level and provide feedback (if enabled) for each [...]
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Kaltura is our long-term storage for multimedia at the college. All videos recorded to the Zoom Cloud will automatically upload to Kaltura once they are processed. You can also manually upload videos recorded with other tools. NOTE: We recommend that you rename and/or edit any videos in Kaltura since ALL Zoom Cloud recordings will be [...]
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Personalize your course on the Moodle Dashboard and the My courses page with a unique Course image file (.jpg, .png, or .gif) that represents your course. If you leave this section empty, your Course image will default to a colorful, geometric pattern. Scroll to the top of your main course page. Select the Settings item [...]
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The Completion Progress Block is already included in your Course Structure Template. In order to use its Completion Progress Bar you need to first set up completion tracking in your course. Follow these steps after you have enabled completion tracking on all relevant activities for your course. NOTE: The block does NOT update immediately and [...]
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The Moodle Book is similar to an e-book and—unlike a standard PDF or Word document—is designed to be accessible for all users, regardless of disabilities, devices, or screen sizes. The multi-page resource is compact and easily navigable via its table of contents. Create a BookAdd a ChapterEdit ChapterImporting Word DocumentsOrganize ChaptersCreate a Book A Moodle [...]
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Using the Contact Information Block The Contact Information block is an essential element in the Course Structure Template. Enter your course and turn Edit mode on. Click the tab on the right side of the course page to open the Block drawer. Locate the Contact Information block. Click the Actions menu (three vertical dots). Select the Configure [...]
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Kaltura is our long-term storage for multimedia at the college. All videos recorded to the Zoom Cloud will automatically upload to Kaltura once they are processed. You can also manually upload videos recorded with other tools. NOTE: We recommend that you rename and/or edit any videos in Kaltura since ALL Zoom Cloud recordings will be [...]
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The Mass Actions block allows instructors to perform actions upon multiple resources or activities in a Moodle course simultaneously, rather than having to perform repeated actions on individual items. NOTE: In order to use the Mass Actions block to duplicate content from one course to another, you must first have an editing role (teacher or [...]
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The Mass Actions Block allows instructors to perform actions upon multiple resources or activities in a Moodle course simultaneously, rather than having to perform repeated actions on individual items. NOTE: In order to use the Mass Actions block to duplicate content from one course to another, you must first have an editing role (teacher or [...]
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Communication with students is very important aspect of online learning. Quickmail can be used to compose a course message to your entire course, select groups, or specific users. These messages can be sent immediately or you can schedule your message to be sent at a specific date and time. If you haven't already you need [...]
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How-To Configure your Quickmail block There are a few default settings in your Quickmail configuration that you may wish to change to make the Quickmail block be more efficient. If you haven't already you need to Add the Quickmail Block to your course. Click on the Configuration link on the Quickmail Block. Select Course short [...]
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Student communication is important. Sometimes you may want to email the entire course or select students at the same time. You can use Microsoft Outlook to do this, but you may find it easier to use the Quickmail Block in Moodle. The Quickmail Block will allow you to compose these emails quickly and easily in [...]
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The Ask & Share forum is a special forum for class announcements. This forum appears in the Course Essentials section of each course. Additionally, the Latest Announcements block can work in tandem with the Ask & Share forum to display recent posts. You and your students may post or reply to the Ask & Share [...]
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Change Multiple Due Dates using the Dates Report After copying a previous Moodle course over at the start of the term due dates will adjust based on the start date of the course. However you might want to verify or adjust the due dates or completion dates for some activities. Going into the activity settings [...]
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These steps require that completion tracking be enabled in your course. A common activity is to have a student has view a resource such as course syllabus, video, etc. You can set up Activity Completion to mark a resource as complete if the student opens a resource. Locate the resource (file, book, page, ...) you [...]
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