Category: Moodle

If you use the “points system” in your course to determine student grades, then setting up the gradebook in Moodle is fairly straightforward. The basic approach is simply to create assignments and ensure that you have designated the correct point value. If you use weighted categories to determine grades, the setup is not difficult, but…

At the end of the semester or bi-term, would you like to keep a backup of your Moodle gradebook on your computer? You can easily download your entire Moodle gradebook as an excel spreadsheet (or in other formats as well). See simple, step-by-step instructions at the Knowledgebase article here. For more detailed instructions see the Moodle…

What are your options if you delete an assignment or other element from your Moodle course shell, but later decide that you need it? You may access the Recycle Bin (Administration > Course Administration > Recycle bin) to find a list of the course elements that you have deleted and to restore any needed elements…

Do you use rubrics in grading papers or other assignments? If so, you may want to explore the use of rubrics in Moodle and Turnitin. When you create an assignment in Moodle where students upload a paper to complete the assignment, you may create a rubric for easy grading inside the Moodle grading interface. For…

You may use Course Completion functions to track student activity and completion of assignments. To use Course Completion, first enable it in your course by going to Administration > Course Administration > Edit Settings. Scroll down to Completion tracking and select yes. Once enabled, a link to Course Completion will appear in the Administration block. Selecting…

A separate Moodle Resource article introduces Activity Completion in Moodle. Another way to manage student progress through your courses is by using Restrict Access. Instructors can restrict access to any activity in Moodle by enabling these restrictions in the activity setup process (or by choosing Edit Settings for the activity). When creating an assignment, for example, turn…

Would you like for students to be able to track their completion of the activities and assignments in your course? When activity completion is enabled, checkboxes will appear for students next to each course activity you select. Depending on your purpose or preference, students can check off those boxes when the activity is completed, or…

Many of us post files to our course to provide additional resources to students.  A Powerpoint file, Word document, or any other file type can be easily uploaded to your course’s main page by either browsing and selecting the file from your computer, or even by dragging and dropping the file directly onto the course…

It may be helpful for both you and your students to arrange the assignments in your gradebook into categories. If you created categories and weights for your course grade calculation, you will need to establish categories to set up your gradebook properly. If you use the “points methods” (or “natural” aggregation method in Moodle), categories…

Do you have course material you developed from last semester’s course that you want to bring into your current course? You can copy a few assignments or the entire content from a course you taught earlier into a current course by using the Import feature in Moodle. To get started enter the destination course shell…