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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...

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What does ‘Suspended’ mean on the ‘Participants’ page?

From Moodle 3.4 forward, all of your course’s enrollment information is on the “Participants” page. The link to the “Participants” page can be found in the left column with the purple background. If you do not see the left column, click the three line menu icon in the upper left corner of the header to...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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How do I add random questions to a quiz?

If you have questions in your course’s question bank, you can have Moodle randomly select questions to add to your quiz. This is best if you have your questions sorted by categories to allow Moodle to only select from the pool you set up. Once you have created a quiz and determined all of the...

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How do I change my gradebook aggregation 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 items. If your syllabus is set up with various categories (e.g., Quizzes, Homework, Papers, etc.) or grade items (e.g., Mid-term Exam, Final Presentation, etc.)...

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