Introduction to Moodle

Moodle 2.8: Gradebook

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All the grades for students can be found in the gradebook. This is where various assessments are collected. They can be sorted with categories and the gradebook will calculate totals using chosen settings.

Access the Gradebook

  1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Find the course you want to access.
  3. Once in the course, go to the administration block.
  4. Click on Gradebook Setup. This will take you to the Gradebook Setup view.

 

Gradebook Setup View

The Gradebook Setup view is the place to go to add categories and items, or edit your gradebook.

Add a Category

  1. In the Gradebook Setup view, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  1. Click on the “Add Category” button.

Grade Category

  1. Input the Category name.
  1. Aggregation: Determines how grades in the category are combined for the final grade. Choose an option from the drop-down menu. 
  1. You can exclude empty grades by checking the box, otherwise, the empty grades will count as zeros. 
  1. Drop the Lowest: Input the number of grades you would like to drop. For example, drop the lowest 3 grades. 

Category Total

  1. Grade Type: Choose the grade options. 
  1. Maximum Grade: Input the top grade. 
  1. Grade Display Type: Determines how the grades are displayed in the gradebook. 
  1. Overall decimal points: The number places after the decimal in a points type grade. For example, 65.7 or 48.667.
  1. You can also hide the grade from student view until a certain date (Hidden Until) or after a certain date (Lock After). Just check the box and input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icons. 

Parent Category

  1. If you want the category to be associated with another category you can choose that parent category in the drop-down menu. For example, if you have a category called, Participation, and you wanted that grade to include discussion forums, then you would create a discussion forums category and choose Participation as the parent category. 
  1. Weight: You can have the category’s weight adjusted based on how much of the parent category’s weight it is going to take up. If you set the parent category weight to 25% and check the Weight Adjusted box, then the new category’s weight will automatically be adjusted to only take up 25% of the Parent Category.

Add a Gradebook Item

  1. In the Gradebook Setup view, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
  1. Click on the “Add Grade Item” button.

Grade Item

  1. Input the item name.
  1. Item Info: Information about the item that will not be displayed to students. 
  1. Grade Type: Choose the options the grade. 
  1. Maximum Grade: Input the top grade. 
  1. Minimum Grade: Input the lowest grade a student can earn. The default is zero.
  1. Grade to pass: Input the grade a student needs to earn to pass.
  1. Grade Display Type: Determines how the grades are displayed in the gradebook. 
  1. Overall decimal points: The number places after the decimal in a points type grade. For example, 65.7 or 48.667.
  1. You can also hide the grade from student view until a certain date (Hidden Until) or after a certain date (Lock After). Just check the box and input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icons. 

Parent Category

  1. If you want the item to be associated with a category, you can choose that parent category in the drop-down menu. For example, if you have a category called, Quizzes, and you create a gradebook item for a paper quiz, then you would add it to the Quizzes category. 
  1. Item Weight: When you add an item to a category, you can determine the item’s weight compared to other items in that category. Though, you have to choose the category before setting the weight. 

Edit Your Gradebook

In the gradebook Setup View, you can:

  • Adjust gradebook item weights
  • Move items via selection or drag-and-drop
  • Edit item settings

Adjust Weights

  1.  Find the item or category you would like to edit. 
  2. Under the weights column, you will see the text box next to the category or item name. Input the weight.
  3. Click on the “Save Changes” button. 

Move a Category or Item

  1.  Find the item or category you would like to move. 
  1. There is a two-directional arrow icon next to the category or item name.
  1. Click on the icon and drag the item or category up or down the list.
  1. OR move the item to a category by checking box under the select column next to the item you want to move.
  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the “Move selected items to” drop-down menu.
  1. Choose the category and the item should move to that category. 
  1. Click on the “Save Changes” button. 

Edit Item Settings

  1.  Find the item you would like to edit. 
  1. Click on the Edit link. This will take you to the item’s settings page.
  1. Make your edits.
  1. Click on the “Save Changes” button.

The Different Views

The gradebook can be viewed in different ways. Click on the drop-down menu at the top of the page to see the menu. Under the View category you will see the following:

  1. Grader Report – See all students and gradebook items in one spreadsheet.
  2. Grade History – See modifications to any grades and search by the user. If an assignment has multiple attempts each grade can be seen here.
  3. Outcomes Report – See the course average.
  4. Overview Report – All your grades in every course you are enrolled. This is good for student use.
  5. Single View – Grades for a specific gradebook item.
  6. User Report – grades for a specific user.

Moodle 2.8: Manually Grade an Essay Question

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Most of the quiz question options are graded automatically, but essay questions require manual grading.

  1. Go to your course and navigate to Grades.
  2. In the Grader report, find the quiz you want to grade and click on the quiz name at the top of the grade column.
  3. Scroll down the page until you see the class roster.
  4. For each student, find the question marked with “Requires grade” and click on it. This will open the question in a separate window.
  5. Scroll down until you see “Make a comment or override points” and click on the link.
  6. You will be able to write a comment or give feedback in the text box.
  7. Under the text box is a box to input points. Type in the numbers of points earned.
  8. Click “Save”. Back in the grader report, you should see the question now has a point value.

Moodle 2.8: Add Quiz Questions

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Save and Display

  1. Once you have the Quiz settings finished, click on the “Save and Display” button to move onto adding quiz questions or, on the main course page, click on the quiz’s edit link to add quiz questions.
  2. Click on “Edit Quiz” button.
  3. Over on the right-hand side, click on the “add” drop-down menu.
  4. Choose new question.
  5. You also have the option of adding questions from a question bank or adding a random question from a question bank.
  6. Choose the type of question you want from the list. Select a multiple choice question for this example.
  7. Then click on the Add Button.

 

General Section

  1. Either leave the category as a default or select a different category for the quiz.
  2. Input the question name. This is a descriptive name to help you find it in a question bank. It is not going to be seen by students.
  3. Question text: This is where you type in the question students are going to answer.
  4. Input the default points for the question.
  5. General feedback – This is shown to all students after the quiz is complete. No matter what grade was earned.
  6. Choose whether this question has one or multiple answers.
  7. Check the box if you want to shuffle the choices.
  8. Then select the way the choices will be listed: abcd, ABCD, 1234, etc. 

 

Answers

  1. You already have 4 choices available, but you do not have to use all of them and you can always add more if you need them.
  2. For each choice, you will type in the answer option:

    • Then, choose how much that option is worth in the grade drop-down menu.

      • One answer = 100%
      • Two answers = 50%
      • Three answers = 33.33%
    • Then you have the option to supply feedback based on each answer.

 

Combined Feedback

You can provide feedback based on general conditions such as any correct response, partially correct response, and incorrect response.

 

Multiple Tries

  1. When you set a quiz up with “Interactive with multiple tries” or “adaptive mode” then this section will allow you to customize how much of a percentage will be taken off for each incorrect try.
  2. You can also provide students with hints to help them choose the correct answer. You can also let them see the number of correct responses and/or clear away the incorrect responses.

 

Tags

This helps find the question in a bank like the question name. So if you’ve forgotten the name you can search by keywords.

  1. Click on “Save Changes” to add another question.

 

Add Another Quiz Question

  1. Click on Save Changes” to add more questions. This will take you back to the Edit Quiz page and you should see the question listed. Repeat the “Add questions” steps to add more.
  2. From the Quiz Edit Page, you can reorder the questions using the cross icon on the left of the question.
  3. Delete the question using the trashcan icon to the right of the question.
  4. Edit the question’s points by clicking on the pencil icon in the points box and type in the new point value.
  5. View the quiz question by clicking on the magnifying glass icon. This will take you to a popup window with the question edit page.
    • Short answer questions require you to grade them manually so you would go in and give points.
    • Once you make a quiz with questions then you’ll be able to see it in the grade book automatically.

Moodle 2.8: Quiz Settings

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A Moodle quiz is an activity that can be added to a week/section for student interaction and assessment. Quizzes can fill multiple roles in a course. Use them to check understanding, a short quiz or even an exam.

Access the Quiz

  1. Login with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Go to  the course you want to edit
  3. Once in the course, turn editing on
  4. Then, scroll down to the lesson or week to which you want to add the quiz and click on “+ Add activity or resource”
  5. Choose “Quiz” from the list of activities

 

General

    1. Input quiz name
    2. Include a description (this is optional)
    3. If you want the description to be displayed on the course page then check the box next to “Display description on course”.

 

Timing

  1. Open the quiz – check enable box then input the open date
  2. Close the quiz – check enable box then input the close date
  3. Time limit – (optional) check enable then put in the time
  4. When time expires:
      • Open attempts are submitted automatically
      • There is a grace period when attempts can be submitted, but no more questions can be answered.
      • Attempts must be submitted before time expires, or they are not counted.

 

Grade

    1. Grade Category
      • This needs to be created in your grade book first, but it is not necessary for quizzes to be graded. Then you can choose that category in this section
      • Add  a Grade to Pass
      • Attempts allowed – unlimited or 1-10
      • Grading method
        1. Highest grade
        2. Average Grade
        3. First attempt
        4. Last attempt

 

Layout

  1. New Page – This setting allows you to determine the layout of the quiz in terms of whether the questions will be split into multiple pages like a book. It is recommended that questions be displayed 5 to a page to limit the amount of work lost in case of a glitch or sudden outage, but you do have the choice from the following:

    • Never, all questions on one page
    • Every question
    • Choose between every 2-50 questions. The recommended number is 5 to avoid losing too much information during a glitch.
  2. Navigation Method – This setting allows you to determine how students will be able to progress through the quiz. It is recommended to set this to Free because it allows students to skip questions and go back later just as they would a paper version, but you do have the choice of the following options:
        1. Free
        2. Sequential – cannot return to previous pages nor skip ahead.

 

Question Behavior

  1. Allows you to determine how the questions will be displayed for every student or attempt.
  2. Shuffle within Questions: This randomizes the answer options for each question. For example, students can sit next to each other and have different answers for the “A” option. This discourages cheating.
  3. How Questions Behave: This setting is about question or quiz feedback. You may want students to receive feedback only after completing the quiz (Deferred Feedback) or you may want them to know immediately if the answer to a question is wrong (Immediate Feedback) and have multiple tries to get it right (Interactive with multiple tries).
  4. Allow redo within an attempt: Once the student has answered a question, a redo button will appear which will allow the student to attempt to answer the question again without having to submit the whole quiz and opening another attempt. This setting is more useful for practice questions or low-stakes knowledge check quizzes.
  5. Each attempt builds on the last: A student can work towards getting a better grade on the quiz with each attempt by allowing the results of the last attempt to be visible as the student does a new attempt.

 

Review Options

  1. The review options control the information provided to students after completing a quiz or attempt. 
  2. Go through the categories and check the boxes that best suit your desired feedback method. Think of each category as this question, “What are students allowed to see ____?”
      • During the attempt
      • Immediately after the attempt
      • Later, while the quiz is still open
      • After the quiz is closed

 

Appearance

  1. Show the User’s Picture: You can choose to have the profile pictures of the user displayed during the quiz.
  2. Decimal Places in Question Grades: If you choose to use points for the grade, you can choose how many decimal places there are in the score. For example, 20.50 or 66.333.
  3. Show Blocks During Quiz Attempts: Show the blocks in the sidebar from your course main page while students are taking the quiz. 

 

Extra Restrictions on Attempts

  1. Require Password: Make the quiz accessible only to students who have the password. 
  2. Require Network Address: Make sure students only use the university’s internet by inputting the IP address here.
  3. Enforced delay between 1st and 2nd attempts: Require the students to take a certain amount of time between quiz attempts. You can choose between seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks. 
  4. Enforced delay between later attempts: This setting is for 3+ attempts. You can require students to take a certain amount of time between quiz attempts. You can choose between seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks. 
  5. Browser Security: The quiz opens in a pop-up window and prevents students from searching for the answers on the internet, but only works if the student has a java-script enabled browser.
  6. Allow quiz to be attempted offline using the mobile app: If the students download the app to access the course, they can still take the quiz even without internet access. 

 

Overall Feedback

Give overall feedback for the quiz after the student’s attempt. You can choose to have the feedback display immediately after the attempt or after the quiz is closed. Just input the grade you would like to give feedback on in the grade boundary box and type in the feedback in the text box. You can add more feedback boxes by clicking on the “Add 3 more feedback fields” button.

 

Common Module Settings

  1. Visible – make sure it is set to show. That way students can see the forum.
  2. Group mode – you will use this feather if you have already created groups.

 

Restrict Access and Activity completion

  • Allows you to release the assignment to students using a set of conditions. This is not necessary if you have an open and close date set. Activity completion gives you choices on how the assignment will be marked complete on the course page.
  • Click on “Save and display” to move on to adding quiz questions.

 

Moodle 2.8: Forums

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A discussion forum in Moodle is a tool that can be used for student interaction. Users in the course can come together in a forum to share ideas or ask questions in real time. Forums can be used to post announcements from the instructor, hold classroom discussions, host student group meetings, receive feedback from students, or host a Q&A.

Access the Forum Tool

  1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Go to the course you want to edit.
  3. Once in the course, turn editing on
  4. Then, scroll down to the lesson or week to which you want to add the discussion forum and click on “+ Add activity or resource”
  5. Choose “Forum” from the list of activities

General

  1. Input forum name
  2. The description is optional.
  3. If you want the description to be displayed on the course page then check the box next to “Display description on course”
  4. Then choose the forum type.
    • A single simple discussion: One topic everyone can reply to.
    • Each person posts on discussion: Every student can post exactly one new thread to a forum.
    • Q and A Forum: Students have to post first before seeing other posts.
    • Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format: An open forum where anyone can post a new topic that is displayed on the same page.
    • Standard forum for general use: An open forum where anyone can post a new topic.

Attachments and Word Count

  1. Make sure the maximum attachment size is set to the maximum upload limit, 100 MB
  2. Then, leave the maximum # of attachments as the default
  3. Display word count: This is optional, but if you want to show the word count of each post then change this to “yes”

 

Subscription and Tracking

  1. Subscription Mode: Allows participants in the forum to receive notifications. There are four options for this:

    • Optional subscription: The default setting where students can choose to receive emails about new posts in the forum.
    • Forced Subscription: Everyone receives emails about new posts in the forum and cannot opt out.
    • Auto Subscription: Everyone receives emails about new posts to the forum initially, but they can opt out at any time.
    • Subscription disabled: No one receives emails about new posts and they cannot opt in.
  2. Read tracking: An optional setting where you can see which posts have been read.


RSS

RSS feed for this activity is set to “None.” For this, if you want to set up a feed to follow the posts in this forum then you can choose between following the discussions or posts added.

 

Discussion Locking

Lock discussions after period of inactivity: After a determined period of time after the last post, a forum can be locked so that students cannot make any new posts.

 

Post Threshold for Blocking

  1. Students can be blocked from posting more than a given number of times in a given period.
  2. Time period for blocking, choose:
    • Do Not Block
    • Select the numbers of days between each post (1-6)
    • 1 week
  3. Post threshold for blocking
    • Max number of posts
  4. Post threshold warning
    • Sends students a warning as they approach the maximum number of posts

 

Turnitin Settings

  1. Using this service is entirely up to you, but it is a third-party service that scans students’ posts for possible plagiarism, though it is best to use it for midterms or finals.
  2. Just go down the list and answer each question based on the best fit for your forum.

 

Grade

  1. Grade Category: For forums to be graded you need to create a category in your grade book first. Then you can choose that category in this section.
  2. Grade to Pass: Input the grade needed for students to pass.

 

Ratings

  1. Roles with Permission to rate: You can allow students to rate each other’s work if you want, otherwise, leave it at the default settings.
  2. Aggregate Type: How the ratings will be combined to make up the final grade. Choose from the options in the drop-down menu.
    • No Ratings
    • Average of Ratings
    • Count of Ratings
    • Maximum Rating
    • Minimum Rating
    • Sum of Ratings
  3. Scale: Choose whether to have the grade as a scale or point system. If you choose Points, then input the maximum points in the Maximum Grade box.
  4. If you want to restrict the rating period to certain dates, then check the box and enter the dates using the data boxes or the calendar icons.

 

Common module settings

Visible – make sure it is set to show. That way students can see the forum.
Group mode – you will use this feather if you have already created groups.


Restrict access and Activity completion – allows you to release the assignment to students using a set of conditions. This is not necessary if you have an open and close date set. Activity completion gives you choices on how the assignment will be marked complete on the course page.

Moodle 2.8: Assignments

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An assignment in Moodle is content students can interact with while going through the course to build on the theoretical material learned through the text content. They can be essays, worksheets, video responses, audio files, etc. Assignments can be added to the grade book during the initial setup or, later, as a gradebook item.

Access the Assignment Tool

  1. Log in with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Go to the course you want to edit.
  3. Once in the course, turn editing on
  4. Then, scroll down to the lesson or week to which you want to add the assignment and click on “+ Add activity or resource”
  5. Choose “Assignment” from the list of activities

General

  1. Give the assignment a name.
  2. For the description, you can add the assignment instructions here or upload the instructions as a file. If you want the student to see the description on the course page, then check the box beneath the description text box.
  3. The additional files box is where you can upload an assignment document for students to download. To add a document file, drag and drop the assignment from your computer’s desktop or folder onto the arrow. You can also add the assignment file by clicking on the “Add file” button and browsing your computer or other files you have stored on the Moodle server.
    • Click on “Add file” button
    • Then select “Upload file” in the sidebar.
    • Click on “Choose file” button
    • Find the file on your computer, select it and click on “open.”
    • Add a Save as file name (optional)
    • Click on “Upload this file” button

Availability

The availability section is where you can input an open and close date for student access to the assignment.

  1. Allow submissions from: Check the enable box first, input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icon. 
  2. Due Date: Check the enable box first, input the date using the data boxes or the calendar icon. 
  3. Cut-off Date: This is the date to cut-off late submissions. 
  4. Remind me to grade by: If you’re setting up your assignments ahead of time, you may want to set a little reminder for yourself telling you to grade it by a certain date.

Submission Types

  1. Check file and/or online texts. It is recommended to check both boxes.
  2. Enter the max number of uploaded files a student can submit.
  3. Maximum submission size should be left at the default setting
  4. Accepted file types: Click on the “Choose” button to select the file types in the pop-up menu.
  5. (Optional) Check the box to enable a word limit and input the number. 

Feedback Types

  1. Feedback Types: choose the ways you would like to give feedback from the following options:

    • Feedback files
    • Feedback comments
    • Offline grading worksheet
    • Annotate PDF
  2. Comment Inline: Decide if you want to add comments to the submitted text. TIP: use a different colored text to make your comments stand out from the student’s work.

Submission Settings

  1. This section allows you to determine how students can submit their work for the assignment.
  1. Require students to click submit button – It is recommended to set this to “Yes,” in case a student accidentally submits the wrong file, this will give them the opportunity to check before submitting.
  2. Require students to accept the submission statement: This is an optional setting which is a statement based on the honor system stating the student will not cheat.
  3. Attempts reopened – Allows the student to submit the assignment multiple times, but you can choose if the assignment can be reopened only by the teacher or if the assignment is automatically reopened until the student earns a passing grade. If you do not want students to have multiple attempts, then choose “Never.”
  4. Maximum Attempts – This is the number of attempts or submissions students have. This feature becomes active when you set attempts to “Manually” or “Automatically until pass.”

Group Submission Settings

  1. If your assignment is for a group, then you would use this section along with the submission settings.
  2. Students submit in groups – change to yes.

Notifications

  1. This section allows you to say whether or not you want an email every time a student submits an assignment. This can clutter up your inbox and most people find it annoying especially since they can check for submissions on Moodle.
  2. It is recommended that students get notified about submissions as it is a form of receipt and reassurance that their assignment has been submitted.

Turnitin Settings

  1. Using this service is entirely up to you, but it is a third-party service that scans students’ papers for possible plagiarism. It is best to use it for midterms or finals. Just go down the list and answer each question based on the best fit for your assignment.
  2. TIP: The “Allow submission of any file type?” setting may not work for audio and video files. It’s best to use Turnitin for document file formats.

Grade

  1. You can grade by points or a scale such as ABCDF, pass/fail, etc. The option to choose a scale only becomes available when you choose “Scale” in the grade type.
  2. You have the choice of also using a grade guide or rubric as your grading method. A grade guide is similar to a rubric, but not as flexible.
  3. Grade Categories are first created in the gradebook and then they can be selected here.
  4. You can input the grade a student needs to earn in order to pass.
  5. Blind grading hides the student’s identity.
  6. Use grading workflow is for an assignment that needs multiple rounds of grading before the grade can be released to the students. To assign instructors to grade different parts of an assignment, change the “Use grading allocation” setting to “Yes.”

Click on “Save and Return to Course” to go back to the main course page.

Moodle 2.8: Add a Folder of Files

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Access the Folder Tool

  1. In your course, turn editing on by clicking on the link in the Administration Block or using the drop-down menu connected to the gear icon.
  2. Find the section you want to which you want to add content.
  3. Click on the “+ Add an activity or resource” link. A menu will pop-up on your screen.
  4. Scroll down to the Resources category and choose “Folder” from the list of options.
  5. Click on the “Add” button. This will take you to the Folder Tool settings page.

General Settings

  1. Input the title of the page.
  2. Adding a description is optional.

Add Content

  1. Files: Drag the file from your computer’s desktop or folder and drop it on the blue arrow in the upload box.
  2. OR click on the file button in the corner and choose to get the file from:

    • Upload a file: find the file on your computer.
    • Server files: Find a file you already uploaded to the course.
    • Recent files: Find a file you recently uploaded to the course.
    • URL Downloader: Grab a file from a website using the URL.
  3. Display folder contents: You can choose to display the folder contents on a separate page or on the course main page.
  4. Check the box if you have subfolders and want them to be shown in the expanded form.
  5. Check the box to show the download folder button.

Save and Return to Course

  1. Click on “Save and return to course” to go back to the main course page.

Moodle 2.8: Add a File

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Access the File Tool

  1. In your course, turn editing on by clicking on the link in the Administration Block or using the drop-down menu connected to the gear icon.
  2. Find the section you want to which you want to add content.
  3. Click on the “+ Add an activity or resource” link. A menu will pop-up on your screen.
  4. Scroll down to the Resources category and choose “File” from the list of options.
  5. Click on the “Add” button. This will take you to the File Tool settings page.

General Settings

  1. Input the title of the page.
  2. Adding a description is optional.
  3. Select files: Drag the file from your computer’s desktop or folder and drop it on the blue arrow in the upload box.
  4. OR click on the file button in the corner and choose to get the file from:
    • Upload a file: find the file on your computer.
    • Server files: Find a file you already uploaded to the course.
    • Recent files: Find a file you recently uploaded to the course.
    • URL Downloader: Grab a file from a website using the URL.

Appearance Settings

  1. Display: Choose how you want the file to appear using the drop-down menu:

    • Automatic
    • Embed
    • New Window
    • Force Download
    • Open
    • In pop-up
  2. Check the following boxes if they suit your content:

    • Show size: show the file size.
    • Show type: Show the file type.
    • Show upload/modified date
  3. If you choose to do a pop-up window, you can input the width and height of the window in pixels. Here are some predetermined measurements:

    • Small Square: 2”x 2” = 600 x 600 pixels
    • Small Horizontal Rectangle: 3” x 2” = 900 x 600 pixels
    • Medium Square: 4” x 4” = 1200 x 1200 pixels
    • Medium Horizontal Rectangle: 6” x 4” = 1800 x 1200 pixels
    • Large Square: 6” x 6” = 1800 x 1800 pixels
    • Large Horizontal Rectangle: 9” x 6” = 2700 x 1800 pixels
  4. Use filters on file content: Filter the types of files between “All files” and “HTML files.”

Save and Return to Course

  1. Click on “Save and return to course” to go back to the main course page.

Moodle 2.8: The Book Tool

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A Book in Moodle is a collection of web pages students can flip through like a book. It is built using the text editor and can display text along with images, video, sound and web links. This resource is intended for a large amount of content and should not be used for single pages. For that, use the Page tool.

Access the Book Tool

  1. In your course, turn editing on by clicking on the link in the Administration Block or using the drop-down menu connected to the gear icon.
  2. Find the section you want to which you want to add content.
  3. Click on the “+ Add an activity or resource” link. A menu will pop-up on your screen.
  4. Scroll down to the Resources category and choose “Book” from the list of options.
  5. Click on the “Add” button. This will take you to the Book Tool settings page.

General Settings

  1. Input the title of the book.
  2. Adding a description is optional.

Appearance Settings

  1. Chapter Formatting: Choose how you would like your chapter titles to be displayed from the list:

    • None
    • Numbers
    • Bullets
    • Indented
  2. Style of Navigation: Choose how you would like students to navigate through the book from the list:

    • TOC Only: This provides only the table of contents on the side for students to use as navigation.
    • Images: This option shows the navigation arrows at the top and bottom of each page.
    • Text: This will show text links such as, Previous and Next, for students to use as navigation.
  3. Custom titles: By default, the chapter shows in the table of contents and as the chapter header. If you want a different or longer title to be the header of the chapter then check the custom titles box. This will allow you to have a different title show in the table of contents than the one used as the chapter header.

Save and Add Content

  1. Click on “Save and display” to add content to your book.

Add a New Chapter

  1. When you add content to a book, you can add chapters and subchapters. These are collections of pages for students to flip through like a powerpoint presentation.
  2. To add a new chapter, first input the chapter title.
  3. If this is going to be a subchapter, then check the box.
  4. Content, works the same as creating a page. Chapter content is everything the students will see when they access that chapter.
  5. You can layout the chapter any way you like. If you want video content or images, you can embed them. Text can be copied and pasted or typed in the text box. You can make the chapter look like a simple web page or Word document. You can upload files stored on your computer or you can add images or videos using the URLs.
  6. Use the media buttons in the text editor to add:

    • Images
    • Audio or video files
    • Add a document file
    • Record an audio file
    • Record a video file
  7. TIP: Try not to make the chapters too long. They should not take more than two presses of the “Page Down” button on your keyboard or 2-3 scroll downs. If you have more content to add to that chapter, create a subchapter or split the content into multiple chapters.
  8. Click on the “Save Changes” button when you are finished creating the chapter.

Add Another Chapter

  1. In the table of contents, you should see the first chapter listed and editing controls listed next to or underneath the title. If you do not see the edit controls then make sure to turn editing on for your course.
  2. Click on the “+” icon to add a chapter.
  3. Then follow the instructions for adding a new chapter.

Move Chapter

  1. In the table of contents, you should see the chapters listed and editing controls listed next to or underneath the titles. If you do not see the edit controls then make sure to turn editing on for your course.
  2. Find the chapter you want to move.
  3. Click on the Downward arrow “↓” icon to move the chapter down one space or the Upward arrow “↑ “ icon to move the chapter up one space.

Hide Chapter

  1. In the table of contents, you should see the chapters listed and editing controls listed next to or underneath the titles. If you do not see the edit controls then make sure to turn editing on for your course.
  2. Find the chapter you want to hide.
  3. Click on the eye icon to hide the chapter.

Delete Chapter

  1. In the table of contents, you should see the chapters listed and editing controls listed next to or underneath the titles. If you do not see the edit controls then make sure to turn editing on for your course.
  2. Find the chapter you want to delete.
  3. Click on the Trashcan icon to delete the chapter.

Edit Chapter Content

  1. In the table of contents, you should see the chapters listed and editing controls listed next to or underneath the titles. If you do not see the edit controls then make sure to turn editing on for your course.
  2. Find the chapter you want to edit.
  3. Click on the gear icon to edit the chapter content. This will take you to the chapter edit page and you can edit the content in the text editor.

Moodle 2.8: The Page Tool

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A page in Moodle is built using the text editor. It can display text along with images, video, sound and web links. This resource is not intended for a large amount of content. For that, use the Book tool.

Access the Page Tool

  1. In your course, turn editing on by clicking on the link in the Administration Block or using the drop-down menu connected to the gear icon.
  2. Find the section to which you want to add content.
  3. Click on the “+ Add an activity or resource” link. A menu will pop-up on your screen.
  4. Scroll down to the Resources category and choose “Page” from the list of options.
  5. Click on the “Add” button. This will take you to the Page Tool settings.

General Settings

  1. Input the title of the page.
  2. Adding a description is optional.

Add Content

  1. The page content is everything the students will see when they access the page.
  2. You can layout the page any way you like. If you want video content or images, you can embed them. Text can be copied and pasted or typed in the text box. You can make the page look like a simple web page or Word document.
  3. Use the media buttons in the text editor to add:

    • Images
    • Audio or video files
    • Add a document file
    • Record an audio file
    • Record a video file
  4. You can upload files stored on your computer or you can add images or videos using the URLs.

Appearance Settings

  1. Display: You can choose to have the page as a pop-up window or you can just have it open when the link is activated. Choose the option that best suits your content. For example, if you have a page containing a short blurb or list, perhaps a pop-up display would work best. If you have a page containing a lot of text, then it would better to have the page open when the link is clicked.
  2. If you choose to do a pop-up window, you can input the width and height of the window in pixels. Here are some predetermined measurements:

    1. Small Square: 2”x 2” = 600 x 600 pixels
    2. Small Horizontal Rectangle: 3” x 2” = 900 x 600 pixels
    3. Medium Square: 4” x 4” = 1200 x 1200 pixels
    4. Medium Horizontal Rectangle: 6” x 4” = 1800 x 1200 pixels
    5. Large Square: 6” x 6” = 1800 x 1800 pixels
    6. Large Horizontal Rectangle: 9” x 6” = 2700 x 1800 pixels

Save and Return to Course

  1. Click on “Save and return to course” if you want to go back to the main course page. Click on “Save and display” if you want to preview the page.