How do I take attendance in groups?
There are four steps for tracking attendance in groups. Step 1: Set up Groups You must set-up your groups before you can set up your group attendance sessions. Faculty FAQ: How do I create groups in my course? Step 2: Add a new Attendance Activity in Group Mode A group attendance activity is separate from...
How do I delete an item from my gradebook?
How you delete an item from your gradebook depends on what type of item it is, and whether or not the item has been graded. The shorthand rule is that wherever you created the item, that is where you’d delete it. So if you created it in the gradebook from the ‘Gradebook setup’ page, you...
How do I track attendance in online courses?
The University requires that you complete class attendance through the Moodle Attendance activity for all courses. This includes online courses. There are three steps for tracking attendance for online courses. Step 1: Decide What Constitutes Attendance Each Week Is the student’s discussion forum post what constitutes attendance this week? Is it taking a quiz or...
How do I take attendance for internships, independent studies, practicums, sport teams, and other similar courses?
The University requires that you complete class attendance through the Moodle Attendance activity for all courses. This includes internships, independent studies, sports teams, and other similar courses which may not have standard meeting times. There are three steps for tracking attendance. Step 1: Decide What Constitutes Attendance Is the attendance physical or virtual? For instance,...
How do I edit an existing attendance activity?
This FAQ will walk you through changing the name of the existing attendance activity and updating the settings for the existing attendance activity so that the system grades it for you. Changing the Default Attendance Activity Name From the main page of your course, click on the gray ‘Edit’ gear wheel in the upper right...
How do I make the existing attendance activity graded?
This FAQ will walk you through updating the settings for the existing attendance activity so that the system grades it for you. By default, the attendance activity is not set to be graded. To change the attendance activity settings such that it calculates a grade, you can follow the steps below. Moodle grades the attendance...
How do I add class sessions to an existing attendance activity?
The university requires that you complete daily class attendance through the Moodle Attendance activity. The system will pre-populate the Moodle attendance activity shell, but you, as the faculty member, will need to indicate when your course meets. You would do this once at the beginning of the academic term, by adding a repeating class session....
Fast FAQ: Adding Class Sessions to Your Attendance Activity
[Faculty Fast FAQ] The university requires that you complete daily class attendance through the Moodle Attendance activity. The system will pre-populate the Moodle attendance activity shell, but you, as the faculty member, will need to indicate when your course meets. You would do this once at the beginning of the academic term, by adding a...
What am I required to do in Moodle, as a Faculty member?
To best support our students, Moodle is the official Learning Management System for the University. In Moodle, all faculty are required to: Post your syllabus as a file resource on the main page of your course with the word ‘Syllabus’ in the name. If you have posted it elsewhere, such as in a forum discussion thread...
How do I track class attendance?
The Attendance activity in Moodle allows instructors to track course attendance and students to see a record of their course attendance. Every course in Moodle has an Attendance Activity shell in it, just underneath the “Announcements” forum. Faculty members must add their class sessions. This Attendance data is required for Federal financial aid purposes, in addition...