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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Working with Quizzes in Moodle Quizzes are one of the more unusual activities in Moodle and have some added depth of functionality which makes them seem a bit more complicated to set up. However, they are often low maintenance afterward as many question types are or can be self-grading. You can also be very intentional in [...]
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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 (English/Español) 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 [...]
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The Text Editor has many icons that assist with entering content into your course. Several of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. This default text editor allows you to format your text easily without any knowledge of HTML. NOTE: Hover your mouse over each icon to reveal [...]
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Follow these directions to grant an extension for specific student(s) for a particular assignment or quiz. Log into Moodle and navigate to your course. Enter the Assignment or Quiz where you want to add an extension. Click the More option from the secondary navigation. Select Overrides. Click the Add user override button. From Override user, select the user [...]
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