Quickly embed a video directly into Moodle content. NOTE: Videos uploaded in this way will NOT appear in the Kaltura Media gallery and thus cannot have captions uploaded manually or be easily reused elsewhere. If this is a long-term video or one you plan to reuse make sure you upload your video to the Media [...]
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Sometimes when using the PDF annotator built into Assignment grading a student will submit a file and the preview will be blank, there may still be some ways to see what the student submitted or otherwise have that student save their work before submitting it to you. Often when this happens the software the student [...]
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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 a student reports they are unable to submit work to an assignment activity or even can't see it check the following settings: Enter the Assignment activity in question Locate the Action Menu (gear icon) in the top-right of the page. Select the Edit Settings option. Expand the Availability section. If Allow submissions from is enabled, [...]
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Find Whole Categories of a Course Type This will be most relevant to Administrative Assistants, Instructional Leads or those who have been assigned to help transfer content for one or more classes in a department. Note: Assumes you are enrolled in a course or category that contains courses, most often as a Manager, Instructor, or [...]
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As a student at Clackamas Community College you can access a free copy of Microsoft Office. At this time these instructions may not be fully accurate. Access to a downloadable copy of Office may require a direct request for such to ITS- Call their Help Desk at 503-594-3500 to request access. Need access for a whole class? [...]
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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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From email sent out by ITS on Oct 31st, 2016, below changes implemented on Nov 2nd, 2016 The IT Service Desk would like to make you aware of a change to password security settings that will go into effect on 2 November 2016. This update only impacts people who change their password or create a [...]
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If your course does not use the default layout you can see other possible course layouts and find the one that does apply to your course here: Navigating Moodle: Course Layouts The Default layout of courses is all content listed on a single page. This is ideal for courses that only have a little content and ease [...]
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If your course does not use Single Section per Page layout you can see other possible course layouts and find the one that does apply to your course here: Navigating Moodle: Course Layouts Single Section per Page is a layout option new for Winter 2016. It's built to limit having to scroll through content to get to where [...]
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This is a feature that must be enabled in your class by your instructor (so you may not see it in all or any of your classes). If you don't see check-boxes next to activities then you don't have Completion Tracking available to you in this course. If you do have Completion Tracking enabled in [...]
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This article is to help student navigate a variety of Moodle courses. Your Moodle courses will look different depending on how your instructor chooses to set up the course. Course content, materials, activities and assignments can differ in they way they look and are organized. Here are some things to look for to help you [...]
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To keep up with emails coming into your Clackamas email it can be helpful to forward messages to a personal account you check regularly. Another method for easy access of your email is to install the Outlook Mobile App and sync it to your Clackamas account. You will be able to reply to these forwarded [...]
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Forum subscriptions allow you to, via email, stay up to date with the goings-on in a given forum. When you are subscribed to a forum you will be sent an email for each post made to the forum you are subscribed to. This can be desirable for keeping tabs on a conversation or annoying in [...]
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So lets say you have a file that was created with MS Office 2013 and someone you are trying to share with can't seem to open it because their software is too old. Follow these steps to create a more friendly file for them. Export a file for use by Older MS Word Versions Select [...]
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Office 365 is a useful and inexpensive tool to use in creating documents for course assignments, quizzes or forum posts. But there are so many ways to share, post or save your documents in 365, that it can cause confusion when submitting finished work as part of a Moodle course. Keep it simple. Save any [...]
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There are two ways to submit an assignment in Moodle. How the methods differ: Method One: Drag and Drop is the faster and easier of the two methods but won't work from a smart phone or older browser. Method Two: Browse and Add will work on almost any device and browser. Method One: Drag and [...]
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Making a Folder on your desktop: [two_third] Right click somewhere empty on either your desktop or within a chosen folder or drive. [/two_third][one_third_last] [/one_third_last][two_third] Hover your mouse over New (You don't need to click but if you don't get an option you certainly may click on it.) [/two_third][one_third_last] [/one_third_last][two_third] Click Folder. [/two_third][one_third_last] [/one_third_last][two_third] In the highlighted [...]
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