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Introduction to Moodle
(for teaching technical support staff)
Angela Siu
[email protected]
Information Technology Services
2011-2012
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Agenda
Background
Access Moodle
Moodle functions
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What is in Moodle
Moodle version 2.1
Course settings
Course materials
Files and Folders
Web pages and URLs
Assessments
Assignments, Quizzes
Communication
Forums, Messages, Chats, Choices, Feedbacks
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Course settings
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Course availability
Guest access
If allowed, any staff, students and guest accounts can view
your course
Availability
If not available, students added to the course will see the
message
“This course is currently unavailable to students”
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Course summary
Appears in course listing
Course summary
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Topics format
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Weekly format
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Edit course contents
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Edit course contents
Add a resource/activity
Edit a resource/activity
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Edit a resouce/activity
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Move right
Move the selected Item to the
right(horizontal).
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Move left
Move the selected Item to the
left(horizontal).
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Move
Move the selected Item to another
position(vertical).
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Update
Update the content and properties for the
selected Item.
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Duplicate
Duplicate the selected Item and edit the
new copy version.
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Delete
Delete the selected Item completely.
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Hide
Hide or Show the selected Item to
students.
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Assign Group
Change the Group Assign Mode for the
selected Item. The available options are
"No Group","Seperate Group", "Visible
Group".
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File
Add a resource -> File
Four ways to add a file
Upload a file
Reuse a file used in any of your courses
Reuse a recently uploaded file
Use a file in My private files
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Upload a new file
Upload a file from the local computer
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Use a file already uploaded to Moodle
Reuse a file used in any of your courses
Reuse a recently uploaded file
Use a file in My private files
Note that updates of the original file do not automatically
reflect in the new file.
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My private files
All users have their own private files
On the left
On the right
Manage my private files
download, rename, delete, or
move a folder or a file, zip a
folder, or unzip a zip file
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Folder
Add a resource -> Folder
A folder contains a number of files
It appears on the course home page as
Click into a folder to get the files inside
Subfolders are allowed
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Page/Web page
Add a resouce -> Page
JavaScript is allowed
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Edit a page/web page
Edit the web page in the web page editor
Edit the HTML code directly
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URL
Add a resource -> URL
Link to external web resources
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Assignment
Add an activity -> Assignment
4 types of assignments
Upload a single file
Allow students to submit one single file
Advanced uploading of files
Allow students to submit multiple files
Online Text
Allow students to type their submission online
Offline activity
Provide instructions only
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View assignment submissions
Click on the assignment link
Click View n submitted assignments
Actions available:
View submitted online texts (as web pages) or uploaded files
Download all assignments as a zip
Click “Grade” to grade a submission
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Grade an assignment submission
Actions available:
Revert to draft –
return to the student
for revision
Grades – assign a
grade
Feedback – provide a
written feedback
Response files – send
a response in a file
Send notification –
send a notification to
the student when the
assignment is graded
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Grade all assignment submissions at once
Click Grades under Settings in
course home page
Select Export Excel spreadsheet
from the dropdown list
Enter grades in the Excel
spreadsheet
Save the file as CSV format
Select Import CSV file from the
dropdown list
Upload the file
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Quiz
Add an activity -> Quiz
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Question bank
A collection of questions in
a Moodle course
Questions are grouped into
categories
They can be used in quizzes
Type
Name
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Types of questions
Calculated
Calculated multichoice
Calculated simple
Embedded answers (Cloze)
Essay
Matching
Multiple choice
Numerical
Random short-answer matching
Short answer
True/False
Description
Details on each question type:
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Question_bank
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Edit a question
Question name
Question text
Default mark
Details
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Edit quiz settings
Quiz name
Introduction
Start time
Close time
Time limit
Attempts allowed
Grading method
Question order
Shuffle within
questions
Review options
Overall feedback
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Edit a quiz
Add questions
From question bank
By creating new questions
Add a random question
Specify a question category from which a question
is picked randomly
Paginate the questions
Assign marks to questions
Assign total marks to the quiz
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Quiz review
Some questions
may be marked
automatically
Students may
review their
answers subject
to the quiz
settings
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Quiz grading
Some questions are graded automatically
Some, e.g. essay type questions, are not
Teachers grade the questions by clicking “Requires
grading” and entering the marks and feedbacks
Teachers may click “Review attempt” to make
comments or override marks
Teachers may also upload marks through
“Grades” as described in “Grade all assignment
submissions at once”
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Quiz results
Grades
Display students’ grades
Display number of students for each grade
ranges
Responses
Display students’ answers
Statistics
Number of graded attempts
Average/Median grades of attempts
Random guess score of each question
Manual grading
Displays questions that need grading
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News Forum
Announcements
Created by default
Posted by teachers, students cannot reply
Forced subscription by default
All teachers and students of the course receive an email copy when a
new message is posted
Once deleted, cannot be re-created by teachers
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Forum / discussion board
Add an activity -> Forum
5 types of forums
A single simple discussion
Each person posts one discussion
Q and A forum
Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format
Standard forum for general use: used as discussion board
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Add a forum/discussion board
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Forum/discussion board
Participants can modify the post within 30
minutes
After 30 minutes, an email will be sent to all
subscribed participants
Teachers can still edit the post in the forum 30
minutes after posting the message
Students cannot modify the post 30 minutes
after posting the message. Any attempt will
result in the following error message:
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Message
Participants
All teachers and
students of the
course
Select participants
or click on one of
the name, then
choose “Send a
message”
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Send a message
You may send a message to a participant like
using an instant messenger
If he/she is online, he/she will receive your message
in a pop-up window at the bottom
Otherwise, he/she will receive an email containing
the message body with the subject
“New message from xxx”
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Chats
Add an activity -> Chat
Chat rooms can be created
Chat sessions can be scheduled
to gather participants in the
chat room
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Add a chat room
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Choice
Add an activity -> Choice
Choices are available for participants to choose
A quota may be imposed to each choice
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Add a choice
Choice name
Description
Options and quota
Open period
Publish results to
students?
Anonymous choice?
Allow choice to be
updated?
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Feedback/survey
Add an activity -> Feedback
Acts like a survey
Question types:
Label
Longer text answer
Multiple choice
Numeric answer
Short text answer
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Add a feedback/survey
Feedback name
Description
Open time
Close time
Anonymous?
Show analysis
page after
submission?
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Add a question to a feedback/survey
Required?
Question
Details
Depending item
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Feedback/survey analysis and response
Teachers can view the responses of individual
entries (may be anonymous)
Analysis is provided by consolidating the
answers for each questions
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Switch role to…
Teachers may switch role to student to view
the course as a student
The login status at the upper right corner show
the current role
Click “Return to my normal role”
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Getting help
Read
Online user guide:
http://www.itservices.hku.hk/lms/moodle
Moodle official documentation:
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Main_Page
Email
E-Learning Team [email protected]
Call
ITS helpdesk hotline 2859 2480
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Thank you
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