Restrict Access is a Moodle plugin that can be applied to Resources, Activities and Sections to limit access based on group, completion tracking, date/time, and more. ApplyGradeTroubleshootApply Applying Restrict Access to an Activity or Resource Many activities like Quizzes and Assignments have built-in Open and Close settings, but for resource or activities that do not [...]
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The Question Bank is a pool of questions (with various question types) you can use in Quiz and Lesson activities. You can then set up quizzes using random questions or specific questions from your question bank. NOTE: You can add questions to quizzes directly, but it is not recommended as you will only have access [...]
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The Text and Media Resource was previously called the Label resource in prior to Moodle 4.1. This resource allows you to place content directly on the course page, as opposed to creating a link to takes users to another page. Text and Media can be used to help us format the course page, emphasize certain [...]
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Moodle User Roles Moodle offers a variety of roles with varying access permissions to your course. Some roles can be manually assigned; the roles and their permissions are as follows: Student Role is enrolled in a course automatically (within two hours of official registration) or manually by the assigned instructor. can see the Participants list. [...]
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Working with Assignments in Moodle The Assignment activity is essentially a file drop-box for students to send you files. Often these files are Word Documents or PDFs but you can request any file type from your students and optionally limit what types of files student can submit. CreateGradeFor StudentsDue Date ExtensionTroubleshootCreate Follow these directions to [...]
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The Database activity allows the teacher and/or students to build, display and search a bank of record entries about any conceivable topic. The format and structure of these entries can be almost unlimited, including images, files, URLs, numbers and text amongst other things.
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Assignments, quizzes, forums or other gradable activities have their own built-in grading tools. We recommend that you primarily grade these activities using the built-in grading tools. There are some tasks such as bulk entering empty grades, removing grade overrides, and excusing a student from an assignment that should be done using the gradebook in Single [...]
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Guest Access allows users to access a course where they are not enrolled. They can access the course via a direct link or the Manual Search for Moodle Courses from the Home Page. Guests can access: pages books files videos labels Guests cannot access: quizzes assignments databases feedback anything grade-able Scroll to the top of your [...]
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Gradebooks in Moodle are very powerful with many features. OLET can help you match your gradebook to your course syllabus. Design (Percentage vs. Points)GradeStudent ViewFinal GradesTroubleshootDesign (Percentage vs. Points) Designing a Gradebook There are two standardized Gradebook layouts: Percentages and Points. Example Percentage Layout In situations where your syllabus has grades broken down into percentages like [...]
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You can grade manual grade items in two different ways. The first is by manually entering your grades into the assignment using Single View. The second method is to import the grades from another source. NOTE: If you are using assignments, quizzes, forums or other gradable Moodle activities you should be using their specific grading [...]
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The Q&A Forum requires students to reply to the question/prompt before they can see other responses (with a 15-minute delay). The Q&A Forum also requires the instructor to make an initial post every term before it can be used by students. Add a Question/PromptTroubleshootAdd a Question/Prompt To create a Q&A forum, add a new Forum [...]
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Working with Quizzes in Moodle Quizzes are one of the common assessment activities used in Moodle. Quizzes can meet many teaching needs, from simple, multiple-choice knowledge tests to complex, self-assessment tasks with detailed feedback. It is best to create questions in a Question bank so they can be used within multiple quizzes. CreateGradeFor StudentsAccessibilityTroubleshootCreate We [...]
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Rubrics in Moodle allow instructors to use criteria-based assessment forms to grade student work consistently, quickly, and transparently. The tool allows instructors to create their own rubrics from scratch or use an existing rubric that can be modified and filled out online. The rubric is available to students reviewing their grades, and can also be [...]
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Manually Enrolling Users into a Course in Moodle Students who are officially registered for a class will automatically be enrolled in the associated Moodle course. However, occasionally it may be necessary to manually enroll additional students, instructors, or course content viewers. Scroll to the top of your course page. Click the Participants option from the [...]
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The TinyMCE text editor contains a menu and toolbar to assist you with entering formatted content into your course. These functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. This text editor allows you to format your text easily without any knowledge of HTML. Moodle Documentation for the TinyMCE text editor.
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A common Disability Services accommodation is for the student to have extended time to complete an exam. If you have time limits set on your quizzes in Moodle you will need to use one of these methods to make sure you are meeting the requirement of the student accommodation letter. Unlimited Test TakerExtended Time LimitUnlimited [...]
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When a screen reader sees a link... it verbalizes the word: link before reading the linked text. The linked URL may not be read, so users exploring pages in this way may not be able to tell exactly where a link leads. Log in to Moodle and navigate to the desired course. Enter the desired [...]
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