Moodle How-Tos

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Faculty Guides for Teaching with Moodle

We have created many guides and articles to help you manage your Moodle courses. Let us know what else you'd like to know more about!

General

General

Faculty—New to Moodle? Find what you need on our Getting Started page.

Moodle Basics for Faculty
The everything-you-need-to-know guide to getting started in Moodle at SOU!

 

Visit the Moodle Support Theater for video tutorials on getting started in Moodle, creating quizzes, using the gradebook and much, much more!

Log into Moodle and click on the image provided in the right column of your home page to enroll yourself in Moodle Support Theater.

Click on a topic below for related articles and guides. Happy Moodling!

Activities

Activities

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Create a Checklist for Course Activities

Create an Item "Available but not shown"

Create a Poll

Create Questionnaires (Surveys) in Moodle

Questionnaire Question Types

View Questionnaire Responses

Journal Activity

Restrict Access

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

 

Assignments

Assignments

Advanced Grading: Create a Checklist

Advanced Grading: Create a Grading Guide

Advanced Grading: Create a Rubric

Advanced Grading: Reuse a Rubric, Grading Guide or Checklist

Activate Assignment Notifications

Annotate a PDF

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

"Blind" Grading (Video Tutorial)

Create a Checklist for Course Activities

Create Assignments: Quick Guide

Create and Grade Assignments: Complete Guide

Create and Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Annotate with Hypothes.is in Groups

Download Student Files

Extend Assignment Due Date

Find Missing Assignment Files

Journal Activity

Limit File Types for Student Submissions

Prevent Student File Downloads in Individual Folders

Share Student Files

Set Grade to Pass

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Update Due Dates

Course Blocks

Course Blocks

Add a Block Everywhere

Add a Calendar Event

Add a Random Glossary Entry Block

Create a Custom Block

Guide to Blocks

Private Files

Set Up Course Tags

Use Quickmail Block

Send Individualized Quickmail Messages

Course Management

Course Management

Access Moodle on Your Mobile Device

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Close Out Your Course: Quick Course Review Worksheet

Copy Content Between Courses

End of Quarter Checklist

Find a Missing Course

Make Your Course Available

Manage Combined Enrollment with Groups

Post an Announcement

Recycle Bin

Restrict Access

Restore Archived Site

Steal These Standard Instructions for Students

Switch Role to Student

Take Attendance in Moodle

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Course Set-Up

Course Set-Up

Add a Label

Add Colored Rules to Your Course Page

Add (or Remove) Sections

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Change Course End Date

Clean Up Announcement Links

Collapsed Topics Format

Collapsible Weeks Format

Combine Multiple CRN's in One Course Shell

Create an Item "Available but not shown"

Copy Existing Course into New Course

Customize Course Image in Dashboard

Delete Multiple Items

Find a Missing Course

Make Your Course Available

Manage Combined Enrollment with Groups

One Section Per Page Course Format

Remove "General" from Course Main Page

Rename Sections (Modules)

Set Course Format (Dates vs. Topics)

Set Up Course Tags

Switch Role to Student

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Update Course Sites: New Quarter Checklist

Update Due Dates

Update Term Dates

Editing

Editing

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Change Your Text Editor

Clear Your Cache

Create and Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Drag & Drop Text

Edit with "Atto" Editor

Embed a File or Web Link

Embed a File (.pdf or .mp4) from Google Drive

Embed a Video Link

Fix an Embedded Video

Guide to Editing Icons-TinyMCE

Guide to Embedding Links, Files & Videos

Insert Images

Record an Audio or Video Message

Troubleshoot an Embedded Video Link

Use the Recycle Bin

Files

Files

Create a Folder

Create or Post Audio Files

Download Student Files

Embed a File or Web Link

Embed a File (.pdf or .mp3) from Google Drive

Post a File

Private Files

Recycle Bin

Share Student Files

Work with Audio-Video Files

Work with Multiple Files

Forums

Forums

An Important Note About Forums

Open forums will be phased out over the next several terms in favor of the newly upgraded Forums. Existing Open forums accommodate discussion, but they cannot be edited nor will the changes that apply to the new Forums affect Open forums. See FAQs and an overview of changes to forums since the 3.8 upgrade.

Advanced Editor in Forums
Advanced Forum Settings

Advanced Grading: Create a Grading Guide

Advanced Grading: Create a Rubric

Advanced Grading: Reuse a Rubric, Grading Guide or Checklist

Create & Manage Discussion Forums

Forum Types

Ratings Forum Grading

Whole Forum Grading

Tips for Forums

Digest Settings

Discussion Locking

Grade Forums (Open forums only)

Grade Forums: Sample Rubric

Manage Forums for Groups

Print Forum Posts

Private Replies in Forums

Pin a Forum Post
Prevent New Threads

Record an Audio or Video Message

Stop Email from Forums

Student Ratings for Forums

Troubleshoot a Forum

Grading

Grading

Annotate a PDF

Assign Extra Credit or Bonus Points — Sample Calculations
Clear Grade Override

Download the Gradebook

Drop the Lowest Score

Grade Forums

Gradebook: "Single View" — Single View Video

Gradebook Setup Guide: Straight Points

Gradebook Setup Guide: Weighted Grades

Grader Report View

Grading with Marking Manager

Hidden Grades

Set Grade to Pass

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Upload Grades to Moodle

 

For video tutorials on setting up your gradebook, enroll in Moodle Support Theater (link provided on your Moodle landing page).

Groups

Groups

Annotate with Hypothes.is in Groups

Apply Group Settings to Activities & Resources

Assign Group Grades

Check Group Enrollment

Create Groups

Display Group Members

Facilitate Project Sign-ups with Group Choice

Filter Users by Group

Manage Groups with "Groupings"

Manage Multiple CRN's with Groups

Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms in Zoom

Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is

Annotate with Hypothes.is in Groups (Slides Overview)

Create and Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Images

Images

Drag & Drop Images

How to Take a Screenshot

Insert Images

Resize Photos for Moodle

Work with Images

Quizzes

Quizzes

Adjust Quiz Scores

Administer a Proctored Exam

Advanced Quiz Question Types

Best Practices in Testing Security

Clear Student Quiz Attempt

Create an Akindi Assessment

Create an Essay Response Template

Create a "File Upload" Question

Create a Quiz with Safe Exam Browser

Extend Quiz Availability for Students with Accommodations

Grade Quiz Items Manually (Essay Questions)

How Students Review Quiz Results

Prevent Backtracking in a Quiz

ProctorU Online Proctoring Service

Question Behaviors
Quiz Creation Guide (Complete)

Quiz Creation Step 1: Create a Test Bank

Quiz Creation: Apply Aiken Format to Word File

Quiz Creation: Work with Publisher Test Banks

Quiz Creation: Create Questions Manually

Quiz Creation Step 2: Create a Quiz Shell

Quiz Creation Step 3: Edit Quiz Canvas

Quiz Review Options

Review Questions in a Question Bank

Troubleshoot Publisher Test Banks

Update Due Dates

View and Grade Quizzes

Resources

Resources

Add a Label

Add a Web Link

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Compose a Web Page

Create a Book

Create a Folder

Create an Item "Available but not shown"

Display Folder Contents on Front Page

Embed a File (.pdf or .mp3) from Google Drive

Post a File

Recycle Bin

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Work with Audio-Video Files

Tools for Student Engagement

Tools for Student Engagement

These activities and features can help you support learner engagement in your course:

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Create a Checklist for Course Activities

Create a Poll

Create & Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Create & Manage Discussion Forums

Create Groups
Facilitate Project Sign-ups with Group Choice 

Online Text Assignments

Record an Audio or Video Message

Restrict Access

Send Individualized Quickmail Messages

Student Ratings for Forums

Student Reported Attendance

Take Attendance in Moodle

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

User Management

User Management

Add a User

Combine Multiple CRN's in One Course Shell

Enroll a Librarian

Enrollment Processes

Extend Assignment Due Date

Extend Quiz Availability for Students with Accommodations

Filter Users by Group

Manage Multiple CRN's with Groups

Schedule Student Appointments

Share Student Files

Steal These Standard Instructions for Students

Switch Role to Student

Take Attendance in Moodle

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

View Learner Profile Photos

View Student Activity Logs

User Settings

User Settings

Access Moodle on Your Mobile Device
Activate Assignment Notifications

Change Your Text Editor

Customize Your Dashboard

Forward SOU Email to a Different Account

Know Your Dashboard

Private Files

Stop Email from Forums

Update Your Profile

User Dashboard

Zoom

Zoom

Ask for Zoom Pro Account - All Zoom accounts may now hold meetings for more than 40 minutes. There is no need to request a Pro account at this time.

Note Taking Google Doc Template for Breakout Rooms

Note Taking Slides Template for Breakout Rooms

Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms

Proctor an Exam with Zoom

Record a Presentation with Zoom

Share and Caption a Presentation on YouTube (Updated 1/2/21)

Share a Presentation on Your Google Drive

Teaching a Class with Zoom: Practical & Pedagogical Tips

Update Your Zoom Account

Zoom FAQ's for Faculty

Zoom FAQ's for Students