Where can my students view their midterm progress grades and final letter grades?
Final letter grades, as well as midterm progress letter grades, can be viewed by the students in Self-Service, not in Moodle (Even though you, as a faculty member, submit the letter grades through Moodle). These grades are the letter grades “of record” submitted to Enrollment Services and the final letter grades listed on the students’ transcripts. You...
Why can’t I see my students’ course totals on the ‘Grader Report’ page?
The ‘Grader Report’ is the spreadsheet-like view of the gradebook with all the students listed down the left side of the screen, and all the graded activities listed across the top. If you cannot see your students’ course totals, you have likely switched your Grader Report view. There are actually three possible views that you...
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 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...
Is there a mobile app for Moodle?
Moodle is an open source Learning Management System (LMS). Moodle.org, who develops this open source platform, offers a mobile app. It is not Trinity-specific, but it will work with our installation. Students, please note: there are some activities that can only be completed on a computer, including some types of quiz questions and viewing blocks. ...
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 weight items in my gradebook?
To assign different weights to various items, assignments or grade categories in Moodle, your course’s gradebook aggregation must be set to ‘Weighted Mean of Grades.’ By default, the Moodle gradebook aggregation (the way it adds your grade values) is ‘Simple Weighted Mean of Grades.’ This is points-based, and does not allow you to weight categories or...
How do I login to Moodle?
Trinity’s Moodle can be accessed online form the Trinity website, through the Moodle mobile app, and directly at the URL https://moodle.trinitydc.edu/. Once you are on the Moodle homepage, look for the ‘Login’ block or click the ‘Login’ link in the upper right corner. If you have a small screen, the login in block will be...