If you already have an Attendance activity from last term you need only to populate it with more sessions. There is only a need to make a second Attendance Activity if you have different types of attendance to take such as lecture attendance and lab attendance with each type being worth a different point value. [...]
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Enter the course in question Expand the Actions Menu (Gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the More… option from the very bottom of the menu. Under the Course Administration tab you’ll find the Question Bank section. Select the Export option. From within the File format section select the option you wish [...]
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Before importing questions into Moodle we strongly suggest you create a Category in the question bank for each chapter or topic that you will want to import questions into for easy sorting and picking. Enter the course in question. Expand the Actions Menu (Gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the More… [...]
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A Question Bank category creates a separate pool for your quiz questions so they can be pulled from by chapter or topic and are easier to find and identify with the minimal context provided by viewing questions outside of a quiz (you can only see the question type and a little of the question name [...]
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Enter the quiz activity. Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) in the top-right corner of the page and select the Edit Quiz (NOT the Edit settings) link. Locate the question you want to remove. OPTIONAL: Click the magnifying lens icon to review a question's content. Click the Select multiple items button above the quiz, so [...]
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NOTE: This assumes you already have questions in a question bank within your course. Enter the Quiz you wish to modify Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the Edit Quiz option. Click the Add button for the page you want to add a new question to. From the [...]
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Add Multiple Questions NOTE: This assumes you already have questions in a question bank within your course. Enter the Quiz you wish to modify Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) from the top-right Select the Edit Quiz option Click the Add menu for the page where you want to add a new question Select from question bank from [...]
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This is called pagination- it's controlling how many questions appear on a given page in a quiz, after doing this you can manually add or remove these automatic page breaks. Adding new questions to a quiz after applying this setting will enforce that pagination on all new questions. Automatic Page Breaks Enter the Quiz you [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work in bulk (after everything has been submitted) or offline (ideal for grading while traveling or otherwise with network difficulties ahead) see our article on Grading Assignment Activities in Bulk/Offline. Navigate to the course you have grading to do in Locate the Assignment in question and click into [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work one submission at a time or as its turned you might want to check out our article on Grading Assignment Activities One at a Time/as Work is Submitted. For the following to work you’ll need to ensure your assignment supports offline grading: Edit the settings of your [...]
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In the Moodle gradebook you can move things around either one at a time and fine-tune their location in the process or you can grab a bunch of items at once and move ALL of them to the end of a selected gradebook category. One or Many, Move to a Category This is ideal for [...]
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This is ideal for the following sorts of files: Word Documents PowerPoint Files Compressed Zip Files Images Any type of file you just want to make available for your students to download Please do NOT upload videos directly to Moodle! See our options for Multimedia Enter the course you wish to add content to. Locate and [...]
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This process is ideal for creating more than one, similarly configured activity or resource for consistency of content. Navigate to the course you want to duplicate a resource or activity in. Turn Editing on Locate the item you want to duplicate. Click the Edit menu for it. Select Duplicate. Wait for the item to duplicate- [...]
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Restrict Access is a Moodle plugin that can be applied to Activities and Resources and used to limit access based on group, password, completion tracking, date/time, and more. ApplyGradeTroubleshootApply Applying Restrict Access to an Activity or Resource Restrict Access gives teachers some extra control over resources and activities that don't have built in due-dates such [...]
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You can add the Outlook email app to most smartphones and set it up to connect to your student.clackamas.edu email with the following instructions and send, receive and be notified of incoming emails to your account from your smart phone. Be mindful that if you have these apps set up and change your password the [...]
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Labels are a type of resource in Moodle that allows us to place content directly on the front course page, as opposed to creating a link to takes users to another view. Labels can be used to help us format the course page, emphasize certain pieces of information, and (embed information not otherwise available in [...]
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This content was created and assembled by Jane Littlefield for use within a workshop for which you can see the PowerPoint Fair Use Checklist PDF (MOST USEFUL - helps you decide if you can use ethically and legally an item in class without getting copyright permission) Copyright Statement PDF (use as the first page on [...]
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Courses can be formatted so sections are categorized by week, topic or folder in Moodle. What does this mean? Courses formatted as topics or weeks can now have content hidden and only made view-able one week at a time. without having to transition entirely to Folder format. This may help keep scrolling to a minimum [...]
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