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Fircroft College of Adult Education

Using Moodle

(Tutor Guide)

AWellington (May 2011) 2

Contents

Creating An Account

o Forgotten Your Password

Editing Your Profile

o Screen Reader

o Uploading A Picture

Welcome Page

Adding Resources

o To Add A Topic

o Upload a File

o Add A Label

Upload Students Assignments

Creating A Forum

Feedback to Students

Sending Messages


Creating An Account

Forgotten Your Password

If you should forget your password, click on where it states, Yes, help

me log in. Enter your email address and you should get an email with

your login details.

If you have

not

registered

on moodle

click on

create a

new

account

here

If you

have

registered

log in here


Editing Your Profile

Once you have successfully confirmed your account and logged in, you

will find yourself back at the main page. If you look at the upper right

corner, you will see that the Login link has changed. It now says “You

are logged in as” and whatever your name is, highlighted as a clickable

word. Click on your name.

Moodle will then present you with your personal profile page, like the

one above. You will see your profile summary and the last time you

logged in. Across the top of your profile summary you will see a number

of tabs. If this is a new account you will see three tabs: Profile, Edit

Profile and Blog. As you begin to participate in forums and other

activities, other tabs will appear here that will give you access to your

contributions to the site.

To edit your profile

1. Select the Edit Profile tab in your personal profile page. The edit

profile page will look the image below. The profile options with a

red star * next to them are required fields, they must contain some

data in order for you to submit the form.


On the right side of the profile form you will see a Show Advanced

button. There are a number of profile options that are hidden by

default. These are not changed very often and can be a bit

confusing for a new user. In the description of the options below, the

advanced options are marked with an asterisk.

2. If you wish, you can change the first name and surname the system

has stored for you.

3. You can edit any of the following fields

Email address

Make sure there is an address you check frequently and that

it is correct. Moodle has a lot of important email features, and

you would not want to miss out because your email address

has a typo or is not an address you check frequently.

Email display

You can choose who can see your email address. Your

choices are to (1) hide your email from everyone, (2) allow

only the people in the course to see it, or (3) display it to

everyone who logs into the site. If you choose to hide your

email from other people, they will not be able to send you

email directly from Moodle.


Email activated

This toggle will disable or enable Moodle’s ability to send

email to the address in your profile. If you never want to

receive email from Moodle, disable your email address here.

Email format*

Here you can select whether mail sent from Moodle is

formatted using HTML or is sent in plain text. If you prefer

your email plan and simple, the plain-text option is probably

a good choice.

Forum auto-subscribe*

Moodle forums are a powerful communication tool for

classes. You have the option here of subscribing to forums

which means that new forum posts will be sent to you via

email.

Forum tracking*

If you choose to enable forum tracking, Moodle will highlight

posts added since the last time you read the forum. This is a

useful way of quickly identifying new content in a forum.

When editing text*

This option lets you choose whether to use Moodle’s native

HTML editor to enter text or to use plain text. Moodle’s HTML

editor is an easy way to enter formatted text into your

courses site.

Ajax and JavaScript*

Ajax is the set of programming tools that enable dynamic

web interfaces.

Screen reader*

Selecting this option lets Moodle know you are using a

screen reader in the near future, this will change the layout of

Moodle pages to make it easier for the screen reader to

interact with Moodle.


Description

The description box is where you can write a little about

yourself. If you do not feel comfortable in doing this, then just

put just press the space bar here so that you will then be

allowed to submit the form.

4. The remaining optional fields allow you to include personal details

about yourself, including your photo and contact information. Your

picture will appear by your postings in the forums, in your profile,

and on the Participants page.

5. To save the changes you have made click on the update profile

button at the bottom of the page.

To Upload A Picture

1. Prepare the picture you want to use by converting it to a JPEG or

PNG file format. It should be smaller than the maximum upload size.

2. Click the Browse button and locate your prepared picture. Then

click Choose in the dialogue box.

3. Click the Update profile button at the bottom of the page. Moodle

will crop your picture into a square and shrink it to 100x100 pixels.

4. Enter a description of your picture for the benefit of anyone using a

screen reader

Moodle provides you with a number of ways to personalise your

experience and share information about yourself with other people. Your

profile will be linked to your forum posts and other contributions around

the site. The picture from your profile will be your icon.


Welcome Page

When you have successfully registered and activated your account you

will be given access to Fircroft’s Moodle.

The first thing you will see is the welcome page. As a tutor you have

access to all areas on the Moodle including the Learners Area (please

note: students do not have access to information on the Staff Area).

Students have

accessed to

information in these

two areas only.

Staff have

full access of

all areas.


At the bottom of the

welcome page you will

also see updated news

and events at Fircroft

College


Adding Resources

NB: You may see the following icons against some courses:

This course will allow guests to enter

To enter this course you will need an enrolment key

Summary on the course

Click on the

Courses image

or the title


When you are in your course:

Click into the

course

The course will

look like this

At the top of

the screen on

the right on

side click on

Turn editing

on


To Add a Topic

You will see these icons:

To edit and add information

To filter topics

To highlight a topic as the current topic

To hide a topic from student

To move a topic up

To move a topic down

To add a topic click on the icon

Type the title and details

about the topic and then

click on save changes.


Upload A file

To upload a file from

your computer, click on

the drop arrow where it

states add a resource

and choose Link to a

file or website.

Give the file

to be

uploaded a

name

Click on

choose or

upload a file

If you want to

upload a file that

you have

previously

uploaded to

moodle (1) click

in the box beside

the name of the

file you want

(2)Then click on

choose


If you want to

upload a file that

you have not

previously

uploaded to

moodle click on

Upload a File

Click on

Browse

Browse your

computer for

the file you

want then click

on open


Click on Upload

this file

2. Then click

on choose

1. Then click

in the box of

the file you

want

The upload file

should appear

here


NB: You can upload any file as long as it is compatible to Moodle this

include video and sound files.

Click on Save and

return to course

You should see

the uploaded

file on the

course page


Add A Label

Labels can be used for signposting.

Formatting Icons

Move to right

Move

Edit

Delete

Hide

Where it states

Add a resource

click on the drop

drown arrow and

choose insert a

label

Type in name of

label here – you

can format it as

you wish. Click

on save and

return to course

The label

should

appear on

the course

page. You

can use

the

formatting

icons to

move, edit,

delete and

hide from

students


Upload Students Assignments

NB: There are a number of options that you can use under the

Advanced uploading of files category . You can set up this category

depending on what you require from students.

Where it states

Add an

Activity, click

on the drop

down arrow

and chose

Advanced

uploading of

files

1. Give the

assignment a name

and 2. Insert

instructions

3. You can set

deadline dates or

click on disable if

you do not want to

use

4. Set size of file, the

number of files that

can be uploaded and

email alerts to

teacher and send for

marking (if

appropriate)


Click on Save

and return to

course

Click on the

assignment you

have just created


This is what students will see when they click into the assignment

Students can

click browse to

search for files

to be uploaded

Students

can see

instructions

about the

assignment

here

Students

can see

deadline

date for

submission

here Students can

send assignment

for marking by

clicking here


Creating a Forum

Click on the drop

down box where it

states Add an

activity and select

forum

1. Give the forum a

name, and then

choose the type of

forum you want.

2. Type in

instructions for the

students here

3. Choose Yes,

forever where it

states force

everyone to be

subscribed.

Everyone on the

course will receive

emails of new posts.

4. You can choose the

maximum size of attachments

should students which to upload

files here.


This is what students will see when they click into the forum

You can set the

duration of the

forum here.

You can set up so

only those

students on your

course can enter

forum here.

Click save and

return to course Click on the forum

you have just

created (It may be a

good idea to create a

label providing

instructions before

they click on forum)

Instructions are here Students add discussions here


Feedback to Students

Make sure editing is turned on:

Grades will be worked out based on how you have set up the

assignment

In the course

click on

Grades

On the Grader

report page

click on the

drop arrow

where it states

Choose an

Action and

select Grade

Report.


This is what the Grader Report should look like

They are a number of options

here for you to decide how

you want to view the grades.

Select the ones you want to

tailor the grades to suit you.

Select Yes where it

states Show Quick

Feedback. You can

choose the number

of students you want

to view per change.

Click on Save

Changes

Students

are

shown

here

Grades shown here will

depend how you have

set up the grade report

You can add feedback

where you see the edit

sign. Click on update

to save


If you click on the chose

an action box there are

a number of options you

can use to further view

the grader report


Sending Messages

Moodle allows you to send private messages to student and other tutors.

Click on your name on the top right hand corner of screen. Your Profile

page contains a Message button for opening the Message window. Click

on messages.

Click on the Search

button

Type the name of the

person you want to send a

message to, and then click

on search.


Click on name you want

and enter message

Type in message and

click on send message

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