Working with Kaltura in Moodle At this time Moodle is not designed to host big media files like videos. They bloat course archive files sizes making restores slow and difficult and can force students to download a video and play it on their own computer. By using Kaltura in Moodle students can play and upload [...]
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This is the suggested method for uploading video content into Moodle for Instructors for long-term multimedia. Upload Video to a Course's Media Gallery Enter into the Moodle Course you'd like to include the video in. Expand the Nav Drawer if it's not already open on the left. Select the Media Gallery item. Click the Add [...]
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Quickly embed a video directly into Moodle content. NOTE: Videos uploaded in this way will NOT appear in the Kaltura Media gallery and thus cannot have captions uploaded manually or be easily reused elsewhere. If this is a long-term video or one you plan to reuse make sure you upload your video to the Media [...]
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Working with Kaltura Media Assignment in Moodle The Kaltura Media Assignment activity is where you can have students submit a video directly to you for grading. It can be either a pre-recorded and edited video file (possibly ideal for a multimedia course) or it could be recorded on-the-spot for a less polished video assignment showing [...]
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If you are using the Pearson's MyLab & Mastering integration in Moodle, you can concurrently assimilate a gradebook item for each assignment from myLab into your Moodle gradebook. This won't update automatically but it's a quick process an instructor can run on a regular basis to sync grades between the two systems without heavy data [...]
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These instructions assume you have had a Course Staging Area created for you within our Moodle and that you have a Course Backup File (.MBZ). Login to Moodle and navigate to your Staging Area. Click the Actions Menu (gear icon) in the top-right corner of the page. Select the Restore course option. Drag and drop [...]
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These instructions assume you have had a Course Staging Area created for you within our Moodle. Login to Moodle and Navigate to your Staging Area. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click the Add a new course button. You will need to set, at the very least: Course Full name (displays at the top [...]
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When possible it's best to keep students in Moodle when using Moodle to allow them easy return to course content, embedding videos from various hosts is the best way to do this with Video multimedia. If you made the video yourself, consider instead using Kaltura. Many video hosting services offer Embed codes- this is a [...]
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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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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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Questions added in this way can only be used by this quiz. If you want to reuse a quiz question on weekly quizzes as well as midterm or final exams, you should create the questions in the Question Bank of your course. Enter the Quiz you wish to modify. Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) [...]
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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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A Discussion within a forum is the start of a new Topic or the posing of a question that solicits replies from other students and/or your instructor. You can experiment with forums hands-on in our Moodle 101 Self-Guided Student Orientation. You may use Discussions in a forum to: Start a new conversation by posting your [...]
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The Question Bank is the pool of questions that feeds quizzes in a course. You can set up pools of questions in categories to pull from at random or specifically chosen questions. Generally questions should be entered into a question bank but they can also be entered directly into a quiz within Moodle- one at [...]
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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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Create a Database Activity for Sharing Images from Students that may or may not allow for comments by yourself and other students. Create the Database Activity Container Navigate to the course you wish to add an activity to. Turn editing on Scroll down tot he section you want to add the database activity to. Click [...]
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