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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CreateGradeCompareCreate There are a number of ways to integrate multimedia into your Moodle course; this article should help you determine which recording tool is best for your needs. This article does NOT include pre-existing academic video resources like those provided by the CCC Library. Grade Grading You can accept and grade video submissions from students [...]
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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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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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Enter the course you want to create Groups in. Expand the Nav Drawer from the top left corner of the page. Click the Participants link. Expand the Actions Menu (Gear Icon) in the top-right corner of the page. Select the Groups menu option. NOTE: If you don't see a Groups option you may need to [...]
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Enrollments in Moodle is a wide and varied topic that spans a couple of different tools and terminologies and is dependent on a few systems across campus. CreateGradeTroubleshootCreate Adding a New Enrollment As a teacher with a Moodle shell you can give other people access to your Moodle content as long as they have a [...]
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Welcome to Moodle! To get you started we're going to go over some basic interface skills so you can get the most out of exploring your options in an online course before moving onto good habits and what tools may help you implement those habits! Use your mouse to explore Pay attention to how your [...]
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This Technology Toolkit presents the basic resources that those new to online teaching should explore. Should you require additional resources or more detailed instruction, please contact online@clackamas.edu. Prepare Students for Learning Online Moodle 101 Self-Guided Orientation Moodle 101 is a self-guided orientation that will prepare students for online learning and make sure they have the [...]
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If you want to tweak what status you can grant students each session you want to change the settings. Enter the Attendance activity. Click into the Status set tab to set what possible grades each student can get per attendance session. This page is where we set what values can be given for each session [...]
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You must already have an Attendance Activity created for these steps to function. Enter the Attendance Activity you wish to populate with sessions if you have not already. Click into the Add session tab of the Attendance Activity OPTIONAL: If you want to allow students to mark themselves as present in Moodle but ONLY while on-campus [...]
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This is an element of the gradebook setup for a percentage-based gradebook. Repeat these steps for each grade category you mention in your syllabus. Create a new Category Locate the Actions Menu (gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the Gradebook Setup option. Scroll to the bottom of this page. Click the [...]
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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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The question bank is generally a part of a course rather than any individual quiz but it can be used to feed individual quizzes from pools of questions within a category or categories. Enter the course in question. Expand the Actions Menu (Gear icon) from the top-right corner of the page. Select the More... option [...]
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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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Forum activities are generally used to create an online discussion place. Enter your course and turn editing on. Scroll to the section you want to add a forum to. Click the corresponding Add an activity or resource link. Set up the basics for your forum under the General section: Set the Forum name Enter a [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work in bulk (after everything has been submitted) or offline (ideal for grading while traveling or otherwise with network difficulties ahead) see our article on Grading Assignment Activities in Bulk/Offline. Navigate to the course you have grading to do in Locate the Assignment in question and click into [...]
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Extra Credit is not an option for an Item in a gradebook category set to use Weighted mean of grades. (It does work for Natural and Simple weighted mean of grades which are our suggested aggregations.) How do you identify extra credit? You can identify an extra credit item from the Setup view of the [...]
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