How do I find my course in Moodle as a student?
All courses are loaded into Moodle as unavailable to students. Once the instructor is ready to share the materials and begin the instruction process, they will make it available to students. (Instructors – can’t remember how to change your course’s visibility? Follow these instructions on making your course available to students.) PLEASE NOTE: Only the...
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...
I’ve received an “Invalid JSON string” error. What do I do?
An invalid JSON error can occur for many reasons. The most common issue is usually associated with a file upload attempt, and can occur when: Attempting to upload a file with the same name as another already-uploaded file; Attempting to upload a file that is too large for the system (Sitewide the limit is 64MB;...
How do I take a screenshot?
If you encounter any problems or issues in Moodle, especially any errors messages, please let the Moodle Help Desk know by sending a screenshot of the message, along with your Moodle support ticket. On Windows-based computers with a standard keyboard, simply click the “Print Scrn/SysRq” button, found in the upper right area of your keyboard...
How do I upload to an assignment my professor created in Moodle?
How to upload to an assignment activity on Moodle. File Submission to an Assignment Activity Login to Moodle (http://moodle.trinitydc.edu/) with the same username and password you use for your Trinity email account. Once you are logged in, click on the course in which you wish to submit your assignment. Once in the course, locate the...
How do I view my final letter grade or midterm progress letter grade for a course?
Final grades and midterm progress grades can be found in Self-Service, not in Moodle. These grades are the letter grades submitted to Enrollment Services and the final letter grades listed on your transcript. To view your final grade or midterm progress grade for a course, follow the steps below. Login to Self-Service. You can also reach...
How do I view my course evaluations?
As a faculty member at Trinity, you can view the details from your completed course evaluations for any of your courses approximately three weeks after the last grade due date for the last academic session (e.g., DAY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, SEM, etc.) in the that academic term (e.g., FALL, SPRING, MAY, etc.). While the submission window...
How do I send an email in Moodle?
Quickmail is Moodle’s version of email. To send an email to all of your students or classmates/faculty members, you would use Quickmail. Quickmail is a ‘send-only’ interface, which means that when you send a Quickmail through Moodle, it arrives in the recipient’s email inbox. Then when they respond to it, the response will go to...
How do I add a file resource to my Moodle page?
A file resource is a file that you, as an instructor, upload to your Moodle site so that students may view and download it. File resources can be in most any file format/extension, including .pdf, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .mp3, .jpg, and many more! If you run into one that Moodle does not support, please let...
How do I create an online discussion forum?
The forum activity can be used to hold discussions online between all users. To set up a forum, follow the steps below. (If you set-up a Q&A forum, there are additional steps at the end. Make sure to scroll all the way down!) Login to Moodle and click on the course to which you wish...