Some students use screen readers to access online content. Screen readers do not read images, which makes them inaccessible to learners who rely on those readers. All other images should have ALT text—descriptive text provided. This will ensure your content is accessible to all students. NOTE: Review this WebAIM Alternative Text article to learn best [...]
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To be able to import course content into your course you will need to have Teacher, Staging Manager, or Course Content Viewer role within the course you wish to copy from. If you do not already have one of those roles in the course, you can request the instructor to manually enroll you in the [...]
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Forum subscriptions allow you to, via email, stay up to date with the goings-on in a given forum. When you are subscribed to a forum you will be sent an email for each post made to the forum you are subscribed to. This can be desirable for keeping tabs on a conversation or annoying in [...]
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Editing content is a key part of creating and maintaining a Moodle course. Only participants enrolled with the role of Teacher, Course Manager, or Course Content Editor have the ability to modify Moodle course content. This page is broken into the areas of a Moodle course where content can be modified. Sections are only available if [...]
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Overview The Edit course settings page is where an instructor manages a course's overall settings. You can access the Edit course settings page by selecting the Settings item on the secondary navigation when you are on the main course page. Clicking the Settings link on the secondary navigation on other pages will direct you to [...]
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The following is a brief introduction to Moodle activities and resources. What Are Activities? An activity is an element in Moodle that allows students to interact with you or other students in your course. Activities can be graded or ungraded. Read more about Activities on Moodle.org Common Activity Types - For more information click on [...]
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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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This article is a basic introduction to Moodle grading. By the end, you should have a general understanding of how to build grading into a course. There are two steps in creating and managing course grades. First, set the score (grade) to be generated for each Activity. Second, go to the Gradebook for the course to [...]
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Course Grade Settings The Course Grade Settings tab provides settings that determine how the Grader report, Overview report and User report will appear for both the instructor and students in the course. The Overview report shows student total grades for all courses. NOTE: Students see grades for all courses that are visible. Instructors will see grades for [...]
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At the end of each term, export your course grades from Moodle to an Excel file on your computer. Scroll to the top of the main page of your course. Select the Grades option from the secondary navigation. Select the Export option from the drop-down menu. Select Excel spreadsheet from the Export as drop-down menu. Uncheck [...]
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Start Of Term Checklist (English/Español) Complete this checklist of procedures for each course at the start of the term. If you have questions, please submit a ticket to OLET via Online Learning/Moodle Support. Copy Course Content Copy Course Content from a past term/section to the current/future term. If this is the first time you are teaching [...]
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Courses will automatically open and close based on the provisioned start and end dates of a course in Moodle. NOTE: Do not change the course start date and end date of your provisioned courses in Moodle. These dates align with those provided to Course Scheduling. If you would like to manually show or hide a [...]
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End of Term Checklist (English/Español) Complete this checklist of procedures for each course at the end of the term. If you have questions, please submit a ticket to OLET via Online Learning/Moodle Support. Enter your grades into myClackamas > Self Service NOTE: Grades do not automatically populate from Moodle to Self Service. Instead, Registration and [...]
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At the start of each term, you’ll want to take a moment to verify student enrollment for each of your courses. This is to make sure the students that have been put into your Moodle course match the class registration list for that course. Check Moodle Enrollments These should be automatically pulled from our student [...]
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There are a few settings you will want to take care to verify before making your class visible. Scroll to the top of your main course page. From the secondary navigation, select the Settings item. On the Edit course settings page, check the following settings Under the General sub-category, confirm the Course full name and Course [...]
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This is an advanced topic. You should be familiar with Moodle and setting up courses before you try the following. An instructor can organize users into Groups across an entire course and within particular activities of a course. Creating groups allows you to organize students for more efficient administration. You can filter activities and gradebook [...]
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Pages are for static content- a student cannot interact with them except to view them. A page is a handy way to display information to students without having them navigate away from Moodle. This keeps less tech-savvy students from getting lost or disoriented and is a sure way to ensure better control over content shared [...]
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This article will cover the basics of getting an existing quiz to function with your grade book. To find out more about the quiz activity as a whole, check out the quiz activity article. Setting the Point value of a Quiz in the Gradebook You won't find a place to enter the grade value of [...]
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