Moodle Instructor:

Frequently Asked Questions:

• How will my students be enrolled in my Moodle classes?
  24hrs after a student is enrolled into Banner, they will show in your Moodle course.

• Montana Tech Faculty Moodle Manual
• Student Directions/View

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  Online Course Evaluation Steps:

• Course Evaluation
  
  
  

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  Moodle's Most Common Issues & Suggestions:

• Grading Forums
• Recieving Forum E-Mails
• Hidden Objects - (Grayed out objects)
  
  
  

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  Accessing Tech Moodle:

• MyMtech
• moodlemtech.mrooms3.net
  - use CAS authenication if you are a student or faculty member
  - non Tech personnel should use 'Other'
  

 

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  Steps For Getting Started:

• Compared to Blackboard
• Become familiar with Moodle icons
• Looking at the Main Moodle Page
• Navigation
• Creating your Moodle Profile
• FEPRA policy for additon of TAs

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  Steps for Creating Your Course:

• General Settings
• Adding Content to a Course
• Backup your Moodle course
• Add more Topics/Weeks to your course outline
• Hide Topics/Weeks in your course outline

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  Steps for Resources & Activities:

• Add a resource versus Add a activity
• Locking an Activity
• Linking to Remote or External Websites or Files
• How to set up a book
• Contribute a Resource to Equella
• Wimba

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  Steps for Assignments & Quizzes:

• Creating an Assignment - Different types
• Deleting an Assignment
• Quizzes
• Remove a Student's Quiz Attempt
• Exam View
  • More on Exam View
• Question Bank
  • Creating Question Bank Categories

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  Steps for Grading:

• Gradebook
• Letter Grades
• Custom Scale
• Export Grades
• Import Grades
• Moodle Grades Documentation - Importing Grades
• Weighted Mean of grades video
• Gradebook Tutorials - Tips and Tricks
• Gradebook Categories
• Grading Uploaded Assignments
  • Feedback

• Great Grading Tutorials:
  • Entering Grades
  • Tips & Tricks (pass/fail feature, show ranges)
  • Aggregation Strategy
  • Weighted Gradebook
  • Assigning Extra Credit
  • Online videos on Grades

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  Steps for Blocks:

• Add an Attendance block
• Definitions of Additional Blocks
• Add a Calendar block or Upcoming Events block
• Add Events to your Calendar or Upcoming Events block
• Move blocks or content to new locations

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  Steps for Creating Forums:

• Creating a Forum
  • Advanced Forum
  • Peer Review

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  Steps for Uploading:

• Adding a Folder or Uploading a File to a Course
• Upload a File or Image

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  Steps for Embedding:

• Embedding

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  Online Resources to Learn Moodle:

• You may visit the Moodle site to experiment with course design:
  • http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers
• Moodle for Teachers - An Illustrated Guide:
  
  • http://issuu.com/muppetmasteruk/docs/moodlebool
    
  • Reference: Using Moodle Book
• Moodle Tutorials
  • Online Videos
• Online Moodle Tutorial joule - several categories

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  More Frequently Asked Questions:

• More FAQ's

Need more help? Contact the Campus Technology Services Help Desk at 406.496.4244 or by email at CTShelpdesk@mtech.edu.