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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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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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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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 With the Moodle teacher role, you can give other people access to your Moodle content as long as they have a clackamas.edu or [...]
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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 the More menu on the secondary navigation. Select the Status option. This page is where we set what values can be given for each session to each student. You can use or adjust the [...]
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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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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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