Discussions are often used to enhance online course engagement and as course participation. Some instructors like to count these discussions as participations for their courses. This can be done using the discussion rating tool in the discussion forum setup.
Click the play button below to find out how to add discussion grading to your course:
**Note: There is a way to add discussion ratings by students as well. This is a handy way to add peer reviews and peer critiques to an online course. This feature does have to be turned on by a Moodle administrator, but it is an easy process.
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Monday, September 10, 2012
Adding Users to Moodle Courses
The beginning of the semester is a hectic time. Students are added and removed from courses; instructors are changed. It seems everything happens at once and sometimes our systems can't keep up. It generally takes 24 hours for any changes made to take place in the Moodles system. However, that might be too long for students to get started in our classes. Therefore, instructors have the ability to add or remove students, instructors and non-editing instructors.
See the video below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
See the video below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Working With your Zero Week
The first day or week of class can be a hectic day. This is especially true for online students, as they don't have the advantage of seeing us face to face and asking questions. That's why it is extremely important to not only give the student all of the information they may need in order to be successful in your course, but to also make them feel as comfortable as possible with the format.
The video below goes over some tips on how to create your zero week/zero day topic module in your Moodle course.
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Backing Up Course Grades
Moodle makes it extremely easy to keep grades for each of your courses. However, as with any online system, accidents do happen. That's why it is EXTREMELY important to back up your course grades weekly.
Moodle allows you to backup in many formats. The demonstration below backs up to an Excel format. Click play to check it out:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Moodle allows you to backup in many formats. The demonstration below backs up to an Excel format. Click play to check it out:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Sharing PowerPoint Presentations in Moodle Courses
Instructors use PowerPoint presentations to convey important information to students. However, posting them in Moodle can pose a problem. PowerPoint presentations do not natively run from Moodle. Students have to download them, and open them on their own computer. This could be problematic if the student does not have Microsoft Office.
This problem is easily solved by using Google Docs. PowerPoint presentations can be uploaded and converted in Google Docs and run from there. By setting the share settings, presentations can be viewed online from any device. Check out the steps below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
This problem is easily solved by using Google Docs. PowerPoint presentations can be uploaded and converted in Google Docs and run from there. By setting the share settings, presentations can be viewed online from any device. Check out the steps below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Adding Files to Your Moodle Course
Adding files to Moodle allows instructors to share important resources with students. While PDF & Word documents are the most common file formats shared with students, any file format can be uploaded and added to the course content area.
Click the play button below to find out how:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Click the play button below to find out how:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Adding Images to Your Course
Images are most commonly used to make courses visually appealing to the student. For some courses, they are also an important aspect of learning.
Images can be added to your weekly/topic module summaries located at the top of each module. They can also be added to labels or in the descriptions of assignments, discussions and quizzes. To add images to your course, see the steps below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
Images can be added to your weekly/topic module summaries located at the top of each module. They can also be added to labels or in the descriptions of assignments, discussions and quizzes. To add images to your course, see the steps below:
If there is a topic you'd like to see, or if you have any questions, let me know!
Merry Moodlin'!
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