Grades do not automatically move from Moodle to MyClackamas at the end of each term because not everyone uses Moodle or its gradebook; you must do this manually to officially submit grades. Login to the My.Clackamas.edu portal. Ensure you're in the Faculty view (if you aren't already, you'll find links to different views in the [...]
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A great place to start putting Moodle to use if you're already familiar with LMS and just need to know what tools do what to create content. There are other tools available for you and your students, too! Check out our Moodle Survival Guide and Technology Toolkit for Beginners.
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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 Technology Toolkit presents the basic resources that those new to online teaching should explore. Should you require additional resources or more detailed instruction, please contact online@clackamas.edu. Prepare Students for Learning Online Moodle 101 Self-Guided Orientation Moodle 101 is a self-guided orientation that will prepare students for online learning and make sure they have the [...]
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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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Hidden Content If you’re working on an item that’s a Work-in-Progress you don’t have to have it where students can see it and potentially get confused or worried about the content. You can hide content so you can work on it or explore your options quietly! You can also restrict access to activities (and sections) [...]
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Moodle enrollments are the setting in a course to dictate who has access to what content. Common Roles (Who can Do/See What)Other RolesCommon Roles (Who can Do/See What) Common Roles: Who Can Do/See What The most common roles and basic permissions, in order of access/power are: Guest A guest typically: does not have access to [...]
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If you are using assignments (How to grade an assignment), quizzes (How to grade a quiz), forums or other gradable items they have their own built-in grading tools that will be overridden by entering grades for them directly into the gradebook. The built-in grading tools have superior ways to provide feedback and provide clearer grading [...]
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Add a Manual Grade Item A manual grade item would be the most ideal method for these, you can add a manual grade item (just one for everyone- you don't need one for each group). You can set a manual grade item by Go to the course you wish to add a manual item to [...]
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Typically students are automatically enrolled in any Moodle course(s) for which they have registered... but, occasionally, it is necessary to manually enroll a student or instructor. Once you've determined that manually enrolling a user is your best option, here is how to proceed: Expand the Nav Drawer block in your course Under the course name, [...]
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The text editor (sometimes referred to as the ‘HTML editor’ or even ‘Atto’) has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include editing section headings, describing an [...]
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Moodle courses are a webpage like any other: they'll have a Header, a Body, and the Nav Drawer. The Body is where your course materials will reside. Header The Header section contains important links for navigation and will always be found at the very top of the page in Moodle. The red bar menu links: [...]
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Creating & Modifying Course Content Editing content is a key part of creating and maintaining a Moodle course. This page is broken into key locations of a Moodle course and some things may only appear if you've got the correct course settings enabled. Special Role/Permissions required Those with the role of Instructor, Staging Manager, Editing [...]
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Overview The Course Settings page is where an instructor creates and manages a course's overall settings. Other Settings pages will be specific to the page you are on when you click Edit settings. Remember to click on the Save changes button when you are finished making any changes. The following is an explanation of the [...]
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When editing has been turned on for a course, the link for adding Activities or Resources appears in many places. You can add an activity or resource anywhere this link occurs. The following is a brief introduction to what activities and resources are in the context of Moodle, followed by a list of types for [...]
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To add any Activity or Resource to a page you must be on the main page for the course. Navigate to the course you wish to add an activity or resource to. Turn Editing On within your course. Once Editing is enabled, scroll down to the bottom of whatever week/topic you want to add an [...]
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