Course Editing Guide
Frequently asked questions by course editors and quick videos about common administrative functions of Moodle
Table of Contents
General technical problems (student guide)
Quick start guide for new instructors
Quick start guide for new instructors
- Course management
- How to create a course?
- How to change the course name or other settings?
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How to copy all contents from a previous course? (Import) - or copy single activities between courses (sharing cart)
- Course accessibility (Enrollment key, Hidden course, Self-enrollment)
- How to assign a student, co-teacher or TA? (add users manually from the Participants menu)
- How to give access to readings for non-CEU users (Guests)
- External accounts - for users who will not get a CEU account
- How to manage multi-group (or offline/online) courses?
- Basic Course Editing
- How to upload readings/materials?
- Download materials
- How should I add text to the course?
- Move / edit existing contents
- How to Add or Delete Course Sections
- Visibility of course contents (readings, activities, sections)
- How to communicate with students?
- How to rearrange (change the order of) whole sections?
- How to change course header images?
- How to create activities (give tasks to students)
- Assignments with Turnitin
- Potential student problems with assignments (upload, modify, Turnitin reports)
- Originality reports
- How to create a timed, simple essay type exam in advance?
- Blind marking assignments (anonym student uploads)
- How to enable students to upload videos into Panopto (assignment folder)?
Forum (PDF) - (Moodle.org guide)
Other commonly used activities
- Create an exam with quiz (with multiple choice questions - Moodle.org guide)
- Choice and feedback (PDF) - (Moodle.org guide)
- How to do a survey for the students with the feedback activity
- How to create an attendance sheet with the choice or checklist activity?
- How to create a sign-up sheet with a wiki? (Collaborative document editing) - (Moodle.org guide)
- How to enable easy file sharing in a course with the student folder (PDF)
- Peer review (workshop activity)
- How to create a Board for students to post and vote (Padlet substitute)?
Important functions connected to activities
Interactive elements and activities
- Videos with Panopto - share/upload videos in Moodle
- How to enable students to upload videos into Panopto (assignment folder)?
- How to record a short video directly from Moodle (this can be used with forum posts for course introduction videos)