How do I access courses as a Program Chair or Dean?
If you are a Program Chair, a Dean, or an administrator with greater access to courses than simply to the courses in which you are enrolled as a student or instructor, you will need to use either the “Search courses” box or the “All courses” link to locate your courses. You must be assigned as...
How do I self-enroll or use an enrollment key for a resource course?
There are some resource courses in Moodle which have self-enrollment enabled. This way, if you have the enrollment key, you can manually add yourself to the course. To do this, follow the steps below. Login to Moodle. In the “Search courses” box in the center of the main page, search for the resource course in...
Fast FAQ: An Introduction to Moodle 3.2
[Faculty Fast FAQ] There are a number of new features in Moodle 3.2, especially for faculty members. Here are a few basic features. Fast FAQ Video Transcript (Microsoft Word format): An Introduction to Moodle 3.2 English CC Available on Video <– Click on this icon in the bottom right corner of the player when the...
Fast FAQ: Changing the Dates on Your Main Course Page
[Faculty Fast FAQ] Here is a quick video on the Moodle 3.2 process of changing the dates on your main course page! Fast FAQ Video Transcript (Microsoft Word format): Changing the Dates on Your Main Course Page English CC Available on Video <– Click on this icon in the bottom right corner of the player when...
How do I edit the dates for multiple assignments at one time?
In Moodle 3.2, Trinity has access to the report titled, “Dates,” which allows instructors to edit the dates for multiple activities on one page. This is extremely helpful when you import a previous term’s course and need to update all of the activity use dates. To access and use this report, follow the steps below....
How do I change the weekly dates on my course?
All courses are created in Moodle with weekly date ranges at the top of each week/section. By default, these weeks begin with the first date of the academic session for that course. So if you are leading a course in the WEEKLY academic session and that session begins on a Tuesday, the weekly dates in...
What is the ‘Announcements’ forum?
Every course space in Moodle comes with a forum that is set-up already for class announcements. This is the forum activity located in the top section of the course called ‘Announcements.’ Everyone enrolled in the course, both instructors and students, are automatically subscribed to this forum. When anyone posts to this forum, the entire class...
How do I create groups of students in my course?
You can place students in groups in the course and then enable the group options for various activities. Creating Groups Manually Login to Moodle and enter the course in which you wish to set-up the groups. From the main page of your course, in the left column (the one with the purple background), click on...
How do I track the completion of activities and resources in my course?
Moodle allows you to track the completion of the activities and resources you have created in Moodle. To do this, you would: Turn on ‘Completion tracking’ Login to your course in Moodle. In the upper right corner of your course, click on the gray “edit” gear wheel. From the drop-down menu that appears, click on...
How do I import all of the activities and resources from a previous course into this new semester’s course?
You can import all of the activities and resources from a previous course into your new blank course. If you have not made any changes to the new course shell, and you use the ‘Jump to final step’ option as shown below, your gradebook set-up, including manual gradebook items, should also transfer. Please note: for all...