Moodle How-Tos

General

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

Looking to be more efficient? Check out our favorite Moodle hacks!

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!

How to Get Help 🥺

Help is at hand! Submit a ticket to Support and select Moodle as the "Department" for the quickest response — your request will go straight to the Moodle Help Desk without having to be triaged by the main Help Desk.

Here are some tips for getting the answers you need with a minimum of fuss:

Keep in mind that everywhere you are in Moodle has a URL. When you have a question about a specific course element, copy the URL and send it along as a reference point.
Screenshots are GREAT! A picture is definitely worth 1,000 words when you have a problem or question. It can be challenging to describe what you're asking about and an image often provides all of the information needed to get you the answer you're looking for.
Try to call things what Moodle calls them. If you have assigned a forum to your students as homework, be sure to call it a forum, not an assignment.
Provide as much information in your initial request for help as you can: provide the CRN, name the item that you need help with (adding the section title can be helpful) — and remember, sending the URL means you don't have to add these details! — and explain what you're hoping to achieve.
Try to be specific about the challenge you are experiencing:
- Are you or your students getting an error message?
- Can some students access the item, but not all?
- Are things working differently than you expected?
- Do your settings need to be adjusted?
Keep an eye out for a return message in case we have follow-up questions for you.
Ask for help BEFORE you spend hours trying to figure something out on your own. Nobody wants to see you suffer in the name of self-sufficiency. We have answers and will be happy to help you out.

Let's turn this 🥺 into this 😊!

Accessibility

Ask for Help with the Brickfield Toolkit

Basic Intro to HTML

Campus Intro to Brickfield Labs Fall 2022

Common HTML Tags in Moodle

File Conversions for Accessibility

Fixing Problems with Plain Text

Getting Started with the Brickfield Toolkit

High Priority Error Repair Guide

Low Priority Error Repair Guide

Poster Set: Designing for Accessibility

Quick Introduction to Brickfield Labs

Activities

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Create a Board Activity

Create a Checklist for Course Activities

Create an Item "Available but not shown" (6-minute video demo)

Create a Poll

Create Questionnaires (Surveys) in Moodle

Questionnaire Question Types

View Questionnaire Responses

Journal Activity

Manage Course Reminders

Restrict Access

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

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

🆕 Assignment FAQs 🆕

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

"Blind" Grading (Video Tutorial)

Change Points Possible for an Assignment

Create a Checklist for Course Activities

Create a Template of a Google File

Create Assignments: Quick Guide

Create and Grade Assignments: Complete Guide

Create and Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Annotate with Hypothes.is in Groups

Display Due Dates

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
Upload Grades to Moodle

Course Blocks

Add a Block Everywhere

Add a Calendar Event

Add a Random Glossary Entry Block

Create a Custom Block

Grading with Marking Manager

Send Individualized Quickmail Messages

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

Link to Video URL Without Player Displayed

Make Your Course Available

Manage Combined Enrollment with Groups

Manage Course Reminders

Post an Announcement

Recycle Bin

Restrict Access

Restore Archived Site

Steal These Standard Instructions for Students

Switch Role to Student

Take Attendance in Moodle

Time Release Announcements and Forum Posts

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

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

Display Due Dates

Duplicate a Browser Tab

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

Time Release Announcements and Forum Posts

Track Completion

Track Completion: Bulk Settings

Update Course Shells: New Quarter Checklist

Update Due Dates

Update Term Dates

Editing

Auto-Link Activities and Resources

Broken Google Links

Change Your Text Editor

Clear Your Cache

Create and Manage a Hypothes.is Annotation Link

Drag & Drop Text

Duplicate a Browser Tab

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

Link to Video URL Without Player Displayed

Record an Audio or Video Message

Troubleshoot an Embedded Video Link

Use the Recycle Bin

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

Work with Audio-Video Files

Work with Multiple Files

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