Moodle
Moodle is an open-source online course management system. 鶹Ƶ maintains its own Moodle server, on which pages are automatically created for all 鶹Ƶ courses each term and are available for use by faculty, staff and students. 鶹Ƶ' Moodle site is located at
Documentation
Moodle is our Learning Management System here at 鶹Ƶ. Moodle can be used to share files and links with students; can be used to quiz students online; can share grades for the course with students; and can be a powerful tool to use in a blended learning environment.
There are links below to the Moodle.org website that has the most current documentation:
- About Moodle — an overview of the Moodle program.
- Moodle Basics — learn the basics of Moodle at 鶹Ƶ. /gts/Moodle_Basics
- Moodle Course Homepage — the home page of your course in Moodle.
- Moodle Activities — an activity is something that a student will do that interacts with other students and/or the teacher.
- Moodle Resources — a resource is an item that a teacher can use to support learning, such as a file or link.
- Moodle Gradebook — learn the basics for setting up your course gradebook.
- Moodle Groups — learn how to set up Moodle groups.
- Moodle Questions — learn how to set questions & the question library to use in quizzes.
- Moodle Quizzes — learn how to set up quizzes.
- Moodle Forums — learn how to create forums for discussion inside Moodle.
FAQs
Q: Students can not post to a forum. A: Open the forum, go to Edit settings, click Common Module Settings, select No Groups under Group Mode.
Q: Grades are not adding up - it is giving my student 107% on an assignment. A: Go to the assignment and make sure that the points they entered for that gradable item match the maximum points for that grade item.
Q: How do I impersonate someone in Moodle? A: Click on the course, click participants, click the participant you want to impersonate. Click Login as under Administration. Note: it is best to do this in another incognito or private window.
Instructional Videos
Please visit our YouTube playlist for the basics on how to get started with Moodle at 鶹Ƶ.