Additional Moodle Questions

Additional Moodle Questions

1. How do I give my students access to my course?:

By default all of the new Moodle sites are hidden, meaning that no one can see or access them after you have requested a site (even the students who are already populated or added manually), except the instructor. See methods for adding students to a course.

Instructor can make a course available at any time, by going into the course homepage and changing "Settings" in the Administration panel (under Availability choose "This course is available to students", and then Click “Save changes” button).

Click on "Students" in the Administration panel and you should see a list of students in your course. If you do not see students listed, send an email to moodle@umn.edu and request that the students are added or "fetched" for the course.

2. How do I Create Group Discussions:

In the Administration block click on” Groups”
 
1) Type the name of the new group in the middle column at the bottom, click “Add Group” button. Group will be added to the list in the middle. Repeat, if necessary.

2) Add Students to Group:

• Click on the appropriate group name in the middle column.
• Click on the name of the person in the left column whom you want to add to that group
• Click 'Add Selected To Group' button. Name of a person will now appear in the right column as well. Repeat by adding students to other groups.

3) To have group discussions, you need create a discussion forum in group mode:

Decide where you want to add the group discussion activity and select " Edit mode" on your moodle page. Select "Forum" from the activity list:

• Give your forum or group area a name
• Set to “Standard forum for general use”.
• Scroll down and locate "Group mode". If you select “Separate groups”, then students will not be able to see entries made by people in other groups. If you select “Visible groups”, then students will see other group entries, but will not be able to participate/reply to their discussion postings.

4) Click on the name of the forum you just created.

• Select the group from the drop down menu in the upper left corner.
• Choose the appropriate group, and "add a new discussion topic". (If you want the discussion question to be added to all groups, select All from the drop down menu.) or add different discussion topics for each group.
  Note: If you selected Separate groups, then students will see the drop down, but it will list only their own group and they can reply to questions in that group area. If you select Visible groups, students will be able to browse through other groups postings, but will not be able to reply.
  
  Instructor will always be able to browse/post/reply in any group.
  

3. How do I add a TA to my course?

Click here for directions: http://www1.umn.edu/moodle/instructor/guides/add_instructors.html

4. What format should I have my exams or quizzes in to import into Moodle?

The Aiken format works great. Please make sure you have the spacing correct or the exam or quiz questions may not appear correctly. The file needs to be saved as .txt or plain text format.

Question format:

What is the purpose of first aid?
A. To save life, prevent further injury, preserve good health
B. To provide medical treatment to any injured or wounded person
C. To prevent further injury
D. To aid victims who may be seeking help
ANSWER: A