Working with Messages in Moodle Tool Name with Article Link Announcements, Ask & Share Forum Bulk Moodle messaging (Participants page) Bulk Email through Self Service (MyClackamas Portal) Quickmail block (third party plugin) General Guide Ideal course announcements that are not time sensitive. These can be seen by ALL students in a visible Moodle course. Ideal for [...]
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For preventing date-based late access to any resource or activity (not needed for assignment activities or quiz activities, and as of 3.8 no longer needed for forum activities as they have a built in feature for this (cutoff date and close date, respectively).) Locate the Activity or section/topic in your course that you want to [...]
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For preventing date-based early access to any resource or activity (not needed for assignment activities as it has a built in feature for this.) Enter your desired course. Toggle Edit mode into the On position (if it's not already) Locate the Activity or section/topic in your course that you want to ONLY be available after [...]
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You can bulk apply settings to ALL activities but your completion tracking options may be limited to none or manual. Use this process for one type of activity/resource at a time for the most control and the best results. Enter the course with completion tracking enabled. From the Secondary navigation expand the More button. Select [...]
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Completion tracking must be enabled for this option to be available. This is ideal for Forums, Assignments, Quizzes and other interactive activities, it can also be applied to read-only resources to ensure a student views a file, page, URL or Book. If you can't find a good way to automate this, consider using the honor [...]
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Enter the quiz activity. From the Secondary navigation near the top of the page click the Questions item. Locate the question you want to remove. OPTIONAL: Click the magnifying lens icon to review a question's content. Click the Select multiple items button above the quiz, so the page will reload with checkboxes before each quiz [...]
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Enter the quiz activity. From the Secondary navigation across the top of the page click the Questions item. Locate the question you want to remove. OPTIONAL: Click the magnifying lens icon to review a question's content. Click the trash can icon (Delete) to remove the question. Click the Yes button to confirm. Repeat as desired.
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This applies to Forums set up to use Ratings (Option 1 in Create a Forum Activity) Enter the (Open) Forum you wish you enter grades for. Enter the Discussion you wish to enter grades for. (Does not apply for Single Simple Discussion or Blog style forums) Read over a student's post. Locate the Rating... drop-down menu [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work one submission at a time or as its turned you might want to check out our article on Grading Assignment Activities One at a Time/as Work is Submitted. For the following to work you’ll need to ensure your assignment supports offline grading: Edit the settings of your [...]
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A Discussion within a forum is the start of a new Topic or the posing of a question that solicits replies from other students and/or your instructor. You can experiment with forums hands-on in our Moodle 101 Self-Guided Student Orientation. You may use Discussions in a forum to: Start a new conversation by posting your [...]
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If you are using assignments (How to grade an assignment), quizzes (How to grade a quiz), forums or other gradable items they have their own built-in grading tools that will be overridden by entering grades for them directly into the gradebook. The built-in grading tools have superior ways to provide feedback and provide clearer grading [...]
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Ideal for webpages constructed by Dreamweaver or other small websites consisting of multiple .html pages, images and/or other resources that are not needed outside of Moodle. Not ideal for items that need regular upkeep but good for quick uploads of preexisting data. Turn Editing on in Moodle Open up File folder with files you want [...]
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Add a Manual Grade Item A manual grade item would be the most ideal method for these, you can add a manual grade item (just one for everyone- you don't need one for each group). You can set a manual grade item by Go to the course you wish to add a manual item to [...]
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The text editor (sometimes referred to as the ‘HTML editor’ or even ‘Atto’) has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include editing section headings, describing an [...]
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Assignments have specific instructions on how to provide an extension for students. Quizzes can also accommodate extended times, due dates, number of attempts, and unique passwords for students who need it. NOTE: Moodle uses the terminology Quiz to describe all types of exams. Log in to Moodle and navigate to the desired course. Enter the [...]
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Assignments can be extended in Moodle to provide students extra time to accomplish a set task. Quiz time extensions have specific instructions. Log in to Moodle and navigate to the desired course. Enter the Assignment activity. From within the Secondary navigation click the More item and select Overrides. Click the Add User Override button. Search for the [...]
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On the occasion that Moodle is down or you otherwise wish to contact all or select students from a course you are teaching you can contact them through Self Service in the myClackamas portal. Navigate and then login to the MyClackamas portal Select the Faculty view (if you have more than one view) Click the [...]
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