Extra Credit is Not Calculating It's best to have a single "layer" of extra credit as close to the gradebook total as possible. Either the grade item(s) need to be marked as extra credit OR a single category within the Course's category be marked as extra credit (with all category content's normal- NOT marked as [...]
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Request Human Captioning For the best accuracy you can submit a request for human-captioning for your video. NOTE: Clackamas Community College uses CaptionSync resources provided to us for free from the state to process these and if we don't use them we lose them. Don't hesitate to request Human Captioning well in advance of possible [...]
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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 Messages in Moodle Tool Name with Article Link Announcements Forum Bulk Moodle messaging (Participants page) Bulk Email through Self Service (MyClackamas Portal) Quickmail block (third party plugin) General Guide Ideal for one-way course announcements that are not time sensitive in a visible Moodle course. (Don’t forget to verify enrollment!) Ideal for using the [...]
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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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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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Sometimes something will appear missing or misbehaving when attempting to grade assignments one-at-a-time. If none of the below options work you can always grade assignments offline entirely! Can't see or Grade all Students A new issue as of Moodle 3.8 this is the cause of an overzealous Filter on your selection of students. It can [...]
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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. Enter the course with duplicated or incorrect content. Expand [...]
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Sometimes when using the PDF annotator built into Assignment grading a student will submit a file and the preview will be blank, there may still be some ways to see what the student submitted or otherwise have that student save their work before submitting it to you. Often when this happens the software the student [...]
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Instructors can privately reply to a post within a Forum. This feedback method pairs well with Grading via Forum Ratings but can be used to provide more pointed feedback or direction in any forum setup. Private reply visibility and functionality: Other students CANNOT able to see these responses. Others with Teacher permissions (or higher) in [...]
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Use of Whole forum grading is meant to be an alternative to grading via Forum ratings. This feature is new as of Moodle 3.8 and allows for viewing all the interactions of student within a given forum in one place where you can provide. At this time feedback is not supported within this grading interface [...]
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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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Once your students have started submitting videos to you you may begin grading and providing feedback to these submissions and if enabled, encourage re-submissions with improved work. Enter the Kaltura Media Assignment activity you wish to grade Click the Grade submissions button A list of all students in the course will appear TIP: if there [...]
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This feature will be adding with our transition to Moodle 3.8 in June, 2020. To create a Kaltura Media Assignment activity in Moodle to accept Video or Multimedia submissions from students: Enter your Course in Moodle. Ensure Editing is enabled. Scroll to the bottom of the section you'd like to add a Kaltura Media Assignment [...]
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Sometimes the automated process to drop a student from a course fails or you need to remove a user you had previously manually enrolled in your course. Any participant—including those who are automatically enrolled—can be manually unenrolled from a course. NOTE: Changes to Moodle enrollments will NOT update records outside of Moodle. Students will still [...]
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