20 resources for the tool “Moodle”

I hear this question a lot: "How do I give someone a hidden instructor rights so they can get into my Moodle course site?" It's easier than you think.-Go to your Moodle course site-click "Assign Roles"-click "Instructor"-type the persons name into the search box and click search-Highlight the search result... more ».

TurningPoint Clickers and Moodle

Courtesy of the Moodle support staff, here are some instructions for intergrating Turning Point clickers into your course site: To import via block: 1. Go to your Moodle course site, add TurningTechnologies block. Add clicker numbers, or ask students to do so. (Notice that by going to the block settings... more ».

Technology Project Evaluation Guide

This guide has been adapted to guide Instructional Technology Fellows and others who are interested through the evaluation process. It has been adapted from the 1998 U.S. Department of Education "An educator's guide to evaluating the use of technology in schools and classrooms" and the "FAST Tex 2005 Program Evaluation... more ».


Tech Project Evaluation Guide.rtf
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Online Course Evaluation

This resource provides twenty questions that could be used to evaluate students' experience with an online course. Questions can be modified or adapted for individual instructors use.... more ».


Online Course Evaluation: Student Questions.rtf
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This is a short two step guide to adding non-UMN instructors or designers to Moodle site.  It covers how a person creates a UMN guest ID as well as how an instructor can add these guests to the University of Minnesota to their site as an instructor or designer.  This... more ».
This is a simple and short guide for instructors who would like to manually enter grades in the Moodle gradebook.It is especially instructive for those who would like to enter grades for students in assignments such as Moodle quizzes that are automatically entered by the system.... more ».


ManualGradesMoodle.html
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The Center for Teaching and Learning has many online workshops and tutorials that might be useful for instructors and faculty.The workshops, and a brief description, are as follows:Active Learning with PowerPointHave you ever used PowerPoint in the classroom and been less than impressed with it as a teaching and learning... more ».


CTL-online-workshops-tutorials
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/index.html | web page (static)

Moodle: Start of the semester checklist

Semester is about to start and you want to use Moodle for your course online. Worry no more... here's the checklist for you.... more ».


Moodle: Start of the semester checklist
http://www1.umn.edu/moodle/instructor/guides/start_semester.html | web page (static)

Moodle: Mass Action

Moodle has a tool, called "Mass Action" that allows you to select multiple items in a Moodle course and then apply the same action on these items. e.g. If you want to select all readings and move them into one section; or if you want to go through and delete... more ».


CommittingMassActioninMoodle
http://www.screencast.com/users/hrallis/folders/Jing/media/a1725340-a9ff-4656-ac42-36ed696cb1d8 | video

Moodle Grade Book

This is the workbook associated with the UTTC course "Moodle 1.9: Grades" . It's a great resource for learning about Moodle's grading features, and improving your skills in using online gradebooks. Topics include:entering and editing grades and feedbackadding new columns to the gradebookusing categories for managing and calculating grade itemsdeciding... more ».


Moodle_GradeBook.pdf
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This is a short web page that explains to faculty and instructors one way to track separate assignments in the Moodle system's gradebook.  Sometimes different students ave different assignments or different versions of assignments within the same course.  These differences, especially if they involve different point totals, need to be tracked and... more ».

Embed a Youtube Video in Moodle

This document provides step-by-step "how-to" instructions for embedding a Youtube video in Moodle.... more ».


EmbedYoutube_instructions.doc
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Add a Picture to your Moodle Profile

This is a quick document that explains how to add a picture to your Moodle profile that can be seen throughout the Moodle system.  This picture is just a way of introducing yourself to the UMN Moodle community.  It is part of your user profile that spans across the entire... more ».


Add a Moodle Profile Pic.txt
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Moodle: Student Orientation - UTTC

This course introduces using Moodle at the University of Minnesota. It is intended for students taking courses from instructors who use Moodle for web-based learning activities and course materials. It provides a broad overview of Moodle for anyone interested in exploring its features. This learning opportunity is currently available as... more ».


umconnect.umn.edu/moodleorientation
https://umconnect.umn.edu/moodleorientation | presentation
This is the workbook associated with the UTTC course "Moodle 1.9: Creating Basic Course Web Sites." This workbook contains the content of the course and includes step by step lessons. The course associated with this material is a 3.5-hour course for University of Minnesota faculty and course developers who would... more ».


moodlebasics.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/moodlebasics | download ( 3.5 MB ) pdf document

Using Wimba Voice Tools - Lang. Center

The CLA Language Center has put together this set of instructional resources and examples for Wimba voice tools.  It includes information on how to use Wimba with both WebVista and Moodle.  If you are interested in using voice messaging or other audio based communication tools within your course sites, this... more ».


Using the Wimba Voice Tools
http://www.languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=forum_wimba | web page (static)

Moodle - Embedding Links in Text

This is a short and simple web-based document outlining the 4-steps of how to embed a hyperlink within typed text on Moodle.  This is both an end user guide and an administrator guide because links to othe web pages can be embedded in user functions like forums and can also... more ».


Moodle Embed Hyperlinks.html
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Moodle - Attaching Files in a Forum

This is a short and simple web-based document outlining the 4-steps of how to attach a file (document, picture, presentation, etc.) to a forum post in Moodle.  This is an end user guide, but should be of interest to administrators as well.... more ».


Moodle Forum - Attach Files.html
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This short visual example walks you through how to upload a file and link to it while editing a page using the "Add a resource -> Link to a file or website" options in Moodle.  There is more than one way to add resources to Moodle pages, but if the... more ».


Moodle-upload-example.pdf
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Moodle - Instructor Guide

The University of Minnesota has an extensive Moodle user support guide for instructors.  It can answer a large portion of the questions that instructors may have about using Moodle.... more ».


Moodle Instructor Guide
http://www1.umn.edu/moodle/instructor/guides/index.html | web page (static)
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