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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All forms of added security will make it harder to access something (intended or not); it's another hoop to jump though and some students may not be able to reliably jump through those hoops. You'll need to keep a balance of accessibility and security in mind when adding security measures of any kind. Mix it [...]
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Ideal for when you've imported duplicate or incorrect content into a course you can remove all content without making any changes to enrollments. NOTE: You will need to have either Teacher or Staging Staging Manager role in a course to make this change to a course. Scroll to the top of the main page of [...]
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Atto can get a little overzealous in applying formatting that is copied or dragged into the editor, especially in the Chrome Web Browser. This is most noticeable in fonts and background colors applied to the moved or duplicated text and it can be a real eyesore. When Does this Happen? When a course has content [...]
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This is new for us as of Moodle 3.6 (2019/SU term) and is part of a greater article on Moodle Groups and may be particularly effective as a requirement before students can participate in a group activity. NOTE: If you would like students to choose their own groups then this article is redundant and you [...]
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A great way to start the term is to open a one-on-one communication channel with your students through Moodle's Messaging tools. Begin the Converversation Scroll to the top of your course page (if you are not already there). From the Secondary Navigation click the Participants item. Manually select the students you would like to contact. [...]
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When naming your course mind that visible courses can be seen by folks in and outside of the college. To make them easier to find we do ask that some formatting be followed to allow Online Learning to provide timely support and manage old courses for archive. Archived courses are only searchable via the Course [...]
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The course start date and course end date come though automatically for provisioned courses. Courses will automatically open and close on those date and times. NOTE: You cannot change the start date and end date of your provisioned courses in Moodle. This can only be done to courses in your staging area. If you'd like [...]
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Select Participants from the secondary menu. Select Groups from the tertiary menu. Select the group you want to add participants to. Click the Add/remove users button. On the Add/remove users screen: Select the users you want to add to the group. Multiple users may be selected by holding down the Ctrl or Command key. Click the Add button to [...]
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Welcome to Moodle! To get you started we're going to go over some basic interface skills so you can get the most out of exploring your options in an online course before moving onto good habits and what tools may help you implement those habits! Use your mouse to explore Pay attention to how your [...]
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This report will show you which activities students in your class have completed, as well as let you manually toggle the completion status of assigned work for students. Note: The report you access through the Course Completion Status block looks similar to this report, but it will not allow you to manually change the completion [...]
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The Activities block in Moodle is a very handy little block for teachers to let them see a quick overview of waiting submissions based on Activity type in Moodle. Want to see what Assignment activities are waiting to be graded without opening up every instance in your course via a dozen tabs or windows? The [...]
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These steps require that completion tracking be enabled in your course. NOTE: You can't automatically check to ensure your student's uploaded the CORRECT file, but you can require that at least something is submitted before the item is marked as complete. We strongly advice you not to use this type of Activity Completion to Restrict [...]
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These steps require that you have completion tracking enabled in your course. A common activity in Moodle is to have students participate in a forum. You can set up Activity Completion to mark a forum as complete if the student completes a specified number of posts/discussions/replies. NOTE: This will not check for a substantive post, [...]
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These steps require that you have completion tracking enabled in your course. Ideal for warm-up quizzes and terminology tests, where you want to encourage students to take a quiz/test until they pass it. Setup Quiz Activity Completion Enter the quiz where you want to set up activity completion. Click the Questions item from the Secondary Navigation. [...]
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You can bulk apply settings to ALL activities but your completion tracking options may be limited to none or manual. Use this process for one type of activity/resource at a time for the most control and the best results. Enter the course with completion tracking enabled. From the Secondary navigation expand the More button. Select [...]
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Completion tracking must be enabled for this option to be available. This is ideal for Forums, Assignments, Quizzes and other interactive activities, it can also be applied to read-only resources to ensure a student views a file, page, URL or Book. If you can't find a good way to automate this, consider using the honor [...]
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How-To Enable Completion Tracking Enabling Completion Tracking in a course allows your students to clearly recognize and track the work they need to complete. It will have no effect on their grade. To add Activity Completion to existing activities and resources, use Bulk Edit Activity Completion. To make sure Activity Completion is set up properly [...]
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