A manual grade item populates a gradebook with work that occurs outside of Moodle: Work hosted elsewhere, such as required emails or outside tools from publishers Extra credit above normally graded work, such as a student earning 12/10 points on an assignment In-Class work Anything that is not completed using a Moodle Activity or Resource Scroll [...]
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Courses appear differently depending on the role you have in the course. It can be beneficial when designing a course to view the course as a student. You can use the switch role feature to temporarily view the course in another role. Enter the course you wish to view as a student. Click on the [...]
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When you delete activities and resources in Moodle the items are placed in the Recycle bin for 7 days. This will allow you to restore these items back to your course if you have made an error in deleting an item from your course. Click the More drop-down menu from the secondary navigation. Select Recycle [...]
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Matriculación manual de usuarios en un curso en Moodle (English/Español) Los estudiantes que estén oficialmente registrados en una clase serán matriculados automáticamente en el curso de Moodle asociado. Sin embargo, ocasionalmente puede ser necesario matricular manualmente a estudiantes adicionales, instructores o espectadores de contenido del curso. Desplázate hacia la parte superior de tú página del [...]
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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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There are a number of ways to integrate multimedia into your Moodle course. This article will help you determine which tool best suits your needs. You can also add pre-existing academic video resources like those provided by the CCC Library to your Moodle courses. Tool Name with Article Link Record Audio/Video(ATTO text editor) Embed Kaltura [...]
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Working with Messages in Moodle Tool Name with Article Link Ask & Share Forum (Included in Course Template) Bulk Moodle messaging (Participants page) Bulk Email through Self Service (MyClackamas Portal) Quickmail block (third party plugin) General Guide Ideal for course announcements that are not time sensitive. These can be seen by ALL students in a visible [...]
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Enter the course you want to create Groups in. Click the Participants in the secondary menu. Expand the Tertiary Menu Select the Groups menu option. NOTE: If you don't see a Groups option you may need to first enable groups your course. Click on the Create group button at the bottom. On the screen that [...]
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These steps will help you design your gradebook using the Percentage Layout. This is just one part of the gradebook setup that you will need to complete. Scroll to the top of the main page of your course. Select the Grades option from the secondary navigation. Select the Gradebook Setup option from the drop-down menu. [...]
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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 so later you can easily find and select questions. Scroll to the top of the main course page. From the secondary navigation, click the More menu. Select the Question bank option. From the drop-down [...]
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The Question Bank allows you to create, preview, and edit questions in a course (rather than in an individual quiz). These questions can be used in a Quiz or select questions can be used in a Lesson activity. Questions can be organized in both categories and subcategories. Scroll to the top of the main course [...]
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Moodle has a variety of question types available that you can add to your Quiz (or Lesson) Activities. Follow these steps to create new questions in your question bank. NOTE: You can add questions to quizzes directly, but it is not recommended as they you will only have access to those questions in that specific [...]
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Forum activities are generally used to stimulate online discussions. NOTE: All courses come with an Ask & Share Forum to use for class-wide announcements. This forum is part of the Course Structure Template and does not adhere to the following instructions. Please contact online@clackamas.edu for assistance if you need to create an Ask & Share [...]
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Extra Credit You can identify an extra credit item from the Gradebook Setup view. The Max grade will followed by a dashed underlined + symbol. Make an item Extra Credit If you want your category to contain an extra credit grade items you need to set the aggregation to one of our suggested aggregation methods: [...]
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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 want to make available for your students to download Please do NOT upload video files directly to Moodle! See our Multimedia options in Moodle for better ways to add videos to your courses. Enter [...]
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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 (three vertical dots). Select Duplicate option. Wait for the item [...]
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Hidden Content If your course is a Work-in-Progress you can hide course content from students till you are ready for them to access it. This will prevent students from accessing content early and becoming confused or concerned about the content. You can also restrict access to activities (and sections) to prevent students from accessing activities [...]
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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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