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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.

Moodle 2.8: Add Blocks

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Blocks allow the instructor to customize the course sidebar. Blocks have the capability of doing things such as: draw attention to a reading assignment, guest speaker event, or an upcoming quiz; post the course calendar; access specific activity types; see all enrolled students. The HTML block, in particular, is the most versatile because html code can be used to add even more features to the course.

Add a Block

  1. Go to the course you would like to edit and turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. In the grey sidebar, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Add Block” link.
  3. Select the type of block you want to add from the pop-up menu. For this example, we will choose the HTML block.
  4. Find the added block in the blocks column and click on the edit settings gear icon and choose “Configure Block” from the drop-down menu.

Configure Block

  1. Input the block title
  2. Add content. For the HTML block, we can add images, linked images, or customized content here.

Add Hyperlinked Image

  1. To add a hyperlinked image, you need to have the image and the URL to the webpage you want to link.
  2. In the content box, click on the image button.
  3. Click on the “Browse Repositories” button and select upload a file.
  4. Click on the “Choose File” button and choose your image file.
  5. You can add a new title for the file in “Save As” or if the file is already well-named just click on “Upload this file.”
  6. For an image in a block, make sure the image is resized to 200-350px in the first size box. Make sure the checkbox for auto-size is checked. This will make sure the image is resized evenly.
  7. Add description text that will describe the image to people with disabilities using a screen reader. If the image is strictly decorative and does not add any information to the content, then check the box next to “Description not necessary.”
  8. Click on the “Save Image” button.
  9. You should see the image in the content box now.
  10. To link that image to a website, click on the image so that it is highlighted.
  11. Then select the chain link button. This is the hyperlink button.
  12. A pop-up menu will appear, copy and paste the website’s URL.
  13. Check the box next to “Open in a new window” and click on the “Create link” button.

Save Settings

  1. Leave the default settings for the rest of the sections.
  2. Click on the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page. The image should be added to the block. Go ahead and test the link or go back and adjust the image size until it looks right to you.

Move Block

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the block you want to move and click-and-hold on the cross-shaped icon to drag and drop the block where you want it.
  3. Or click on the cross-shaped icon. A pop-up box will appear with a list of the blocks you have in the sidebar. You will see them listed as, “To item ‘(insert block name here)’ ”
  4. Click on the block you want to move the block under. For example, if you click on To item “Administration” then the block will appear above the Administration block.

Hide Block

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the block you want to hide and click on the gear icon.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on the “Hide HTML block.”
  4. This will make the block invisible to students. The instructor will see the block in the sidebar, but it will look blank.

Moodle 2.8: Add Weeks or Sections

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When creating course content in Moodle, you have to start by organizing your course with sections. Keep in mind the activities and resources students will need to access for each week or topic and include those items in the section to build lessons.

Add Section

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Scroll down to the last week/topic/section in your course.
  3. Click on the “+ Add Weeks/Topics“ link.
  4. A pop-up box will appear asking for the number of sections to add. Input the number.
  5. Click on the “Add Weeks/Topics“ button.
  6. The new section will appear at the bottom of the list.

Move Section

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the section you want to move and click-and-hold on the cross-shaped icon to drag and drop the section where you want it.
  3. Or click on the cross-shaped icon next to the section title.
  4. A pop-up menu will appear with the list of sections in your course. Click on the section to move the section under.
  5. The section will appear under the section you selected.

Hide Section

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the section you want to hide and click on the Edit link.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on “Hide Week/Topic.” This will make the section invisible to students, but the instructor will still see it greyed out.

Delete Section

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the section you want to delete and click on the Edit link.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on “Delete Week/Topic.”

Edit Section Settings

  1. Turn editing on using the gear icon or the link in the Administration Block.
  2. Find the section you want to edit and click on the Edit link.
  3. In the drop-down menu, click on “Edit Week/Topic.”

General Edit Settings

  1. Check the box next to “custom” and provide a title or topic name for the section in the section name box.
  2. Text in the summary box will show on the main course page. Having a summary is optional.
  3. Click on the “Save changes” button.

Moodle 2.8: Course Settings

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A Moodle course is an online environment where students can learn about a topic either through an instructor-led or a self-paced model. When building your own course, you should consider not only the content, but activities to engage and assess students. Having a plan for your course before filling out the initial course settings will help you choose the best settings to suit your teaching style.

Access the Edit Menu

  1. Login with your NetID and password at moodle.rutgers.edu
  2. Go to the course you would like to edit.
  3. In the administration block, click on the “Edit Settings” link. Here you can edit the details of your course.

General

  1. As an instructor, you will not be able to change certain details of your course because they are set up automatically. These are:

    • Course Full Name
    • Course Short Name
    • Course ID Number
  2. You can edit the course’s visibility or when the course can be seen by students and be found in a search. Just choose Show or Hide from the drop-down menu.
  3. You can also input the course’s start and end date.
  4. Start Date: Input the course start date by day/month/year or select the date from the calendar icon. The time is automatically set to midnight, but you can change it if you would like.
  5. Close Date: First, check the enable box. Then input the close date by day/month/year or select the date using the calendar icon.

Description

  1. The course description/summary is optional, but if you would like to give students an idea of what the course is about you can copy and paste the course summary from the syllabus or upload a document file using the Course summary files box.
    • To use the Course summary files box: either drag the document file from your desktop or folder and drop it on top of the blue arrow.

Course Format

  1. Format: Changing the course format changes the way the weeks/sections are displayed on the course page. Choose the layout that best supports your content.

    1. Weekly Format: Shows your course using dates. The titles can be customized to be a topic title or a weekly title such as, Week 1: Audio Intelligence.
    2. Topics Format: Shows your course by topics not dates. The titles can be customized to be a topic title or a weekly title such as, Week 1: Audio Intelligence.
    3. Single Activity Format: Shows your course one activity at a time. There is a drop-down menu where you can jump to different activities in the course.
    4. Social Format: Shows your course as a discussion forum. No activities or course content.
    5. Grid Format: Displays the sections as thumbnails as a grid gallery.
    6. Collapsed Topics: Displays the sections as drop-down menus.
  2. Hidden Sections: This setting lets you show students the hidden sections as collapsed topics or choose to make the hidden sections completely invisible to students.
  3. Course Layout: This setting lets you choose between having all the sections displayed on one page or split over multiple pages.

Appearance

This section can be left at the default settings because they fit the average course.

  1. Force Language: Do not force language. It is set at English by default.
  2. Number of Announcements: You can change the number of announcements if you like. This is for the announcements forum created in the Getting Started section.
  3. Show Gradebook to Students: If you are using the gradebook feature then keep the gradebook visible to students. If you choose to use your own gradebook tool then make the gradebook invisible.
  4. Show Activity Reports: The activity reports show what students have done in the course.

Files and Uploads

  1. Maximum Upload Size: The default setting for this is 100MB which was the limit in previous versions. You can set this higher, up to 1GB.

Groups

  1. Group Mode: This setting allows students to either see just members of their own group (Separate Groups) or see members of the other groups.
  2. Force Group Mode: This is not recommended unless you want students to automatically be sorted into groups AND use these groups for every activity. If you only have one or two group assignments or want students to be in different groups throughout the semester then you want to set up those groups later.
  3. Default Grouping: This is also not recommended unless you want students to be automatically placed in a particular grouping. If so, you need to create the grouping first and then choose that grouping in this section.


Role Renaming

  1. You can leave this section at the default settings.
  2. OR you can assign custom names to the default roles. For example, if you want the teacher role to be labeled Guide and students to be participants, then you can rename those roles here.

Tags

  1. Tags are keywords used to help find your course in a search engine. If someone needs to find your course and cannot remember the name of it, then using keywords closely related to the course subject will help narrow down the options. This is, of course, optional.

When you have completed all your edits, click on the “Save and Display” button to return to the course main page.

Moodle 1.9: Certificates

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How to Add a Certificate

  1. Turn editing on in your course, then find the module where the certificate will be added on the course page.
  2. Open the “Add an activity” dropdown menu and choose “certificate” from the list.
  3. In the certificate settings, give your certificate a name.
  4. For the introduction section, type in any instructions for the participants. For example, “Download and print a copy of the certificate for your supervisor.”
  5. Under Issue Options, you can choose who to notify when a participant is issued a certificate.
    1. Keep the “Email Teachers” option set at ‘No’ because this will send emails to everyone in the course with a teacher role. Some support people have this role and do not need notifications about the certificates. Instead, add the specific emails of the person or people to be notified.
    2. Saving the certificates will keep the issued certificates in the system. This setting is not necessary as the system shows all issued certificates already, but you can set this option to ‘Yes’ if you are concerned.
  6. Locking Options will keep the certificate inaccessible to participants until certain requirements are met.
  7. REQUIRED COURSE GRADE: If every quiz and assignment needs to be completed and the total grade equals a specific percentage then change this option to ‘Yes.’ If the certificate requires a specific grade from one quiz or assignment then skip down to the “Dependent Activities” setting.
  8. DEPENDENT ACTIVITIES: Choose the assignment or quiz that needs to be seen or graded before the participant can access the certificate.
  9. Under the Linked Activity column, choose the activity from the dropdown menu. This menu will list all the activities in the course.
  10. Under Required Grade, set it to the grade percentage needed to access the certificate.
  11. TEXT OPTIONS: This is the information that will be printed on the certificate.
    • The most common information on certificates are:
      • Print date – yes
      • Date format – January 1, 2000
  12. DESIGN OPTIONS: This is how the certificate will look.
    • The most common settings for the design are:
    • Certificate type – Landscape
    • Border Image – (any of the blue or green)
    • Watermark Images – Fleur de Lis
    • Seal or Logo – Logo_small
  13. Save and display to preview the certificate and make sure it looks right. Make any changes if needed then click on Save and return to course.

Moodle 1.9: Quizzes and Quiz Questions

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How to Add a Quiz

  1. Edit your Moodle 1.9 course by clicking the “Turn Editing On” button at the top-right corner of the course page.
  2. Go to the section you want to add a quiz and choose “Quiz” from the “Add an activity” dropdown menu.
  3. Give the quiz a name that will be displayed on the course page.
  4. Include instructions for the quiz in the Introduction text box.
  5. In the Display section, choose the number of questions to be displayed at one time. If the quiz has 10+ questions, then display no more than 5 questions at a time to reduce the risk of a glitch that will cause participants to lose all their progress. For quizzes with 6-9 questions, show 2-3 questions at a time.
  6. If you want the questions in the quiz to be randomized then change “Shuffle Questions” and “Shuffle within Questions” to Yes.
  7. You can allow participants to retake the quiz by setting the number of allowed attempts. The default is set to Unlimited which means participants can retake the quiz as much as they want to get a better grade.
  8. For the Review Options section, check all the boxes under the categories that best suit your grading window for participants to receive feedback for the quiz. This feedback includes quiz scores. So, if you want participants to know their scores immediately after taking the quiz, then check the scores box under “Immediately after the attempt.”
  9. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Save and Display” button to add questions to the quiz.

Add Questions to a Quiz

  1. The screen is split here. On the left, you see the questions in the quiz. For a new quiz, there should not be any questions yet. On the right, you see the question bank. There may be questions listed here if you have quizzes created in the course.
  2. We recommend creating a new category (kind of like a folder) for each new quiz to keep things organized. To create a new category, go up to the tabs and just underneath select “Categories.”
  3. At the bottom of that page, there is the Add category section. For the parent category, you can choose to have the new category nested under the default for your course or choose to have it set at the top. We recommend setting it to Top to reduce mistakes.
  4. Give the category a name that matches the quiz name, then click on the “Add category” button.
  5. Back at the quiz edit page, choose the new category from the Category dropdown menu.
  6. For “Create new question,” choose the question type from the dropdown menu. The different question types have different fields and settings to go through. Click on the yellow question mark icons to find out more about the options.

Multiple Choice Question Type:

      1. Give the question a name. Make sure this is descriptive of the question so you can find it easily if the quiz is ever set to randomize the questions. Do not name a question, Quiz 1 Question 2. Instead try, “Stroke-like symptoms” or “T/F: Dial 2-7000 Stanley Bergen Building.” This allows anyone who needs to make changes to the course to find questions quickly.
      2. To randomize answer options, make sure the “Shuffle the choices?” box is checked.   
      3. Choices in Moodle are the answer option. Be careful in these sections because you might just add an answer option to the feedback field and it will not appear in the quiz. Each choice has the Answer field where you input the answer option to be displayed. Then, there’s the Grade dropdown menu where you will choose the percentage of the points awarded. If only one answer is required, then the grade percentage is set to 100%, 50% for two-answer questions, and 33.33% for three-answer questions. Provide feedback based on the answer chosen by typing that information in the feedback text box.
      4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
      5. Overall feedback is feedback that is given for general answers for that specific question.
  2. When you are done with the question settings, click on the “Save Changes” button. This will take you back to the quiz editing page and the new question will be listed in the question bank area. Click on the << icon to add that question to the quiz. Or click on the “select all” link and the “Add to quiz” button when all the quiz questions have been added to the bank.
  3. In the Questions in this quiz section, find the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the question list. Then you can leave the quiz editing page.

To Edit a quiz question

Route #1

  1. Turn editing on in your course, then find the quiz on the course page.
  2. Click on the edit icon, this will take you to the quiz settings page. That’s not where we want to be, so scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Save and display” button.
  3. Now, we can edit questions. Find the question you want to edit.
  4. Click on the edit icon, make your changes, and be sure to save.
  5. You can preview the question by clicking on the magnifying glass icon next to the question on the Questions in this quiz area.
  6. Save changes to the quiz before exiting the page.

Route #2

  1. Find Questions listed in the sidebar of the course.
  2. Choose the category and find the question you want to edit, click on the edit icon, make your changes, and be sure to save.
  3. You can preview the question by clicking on the magnifying glass icon next to the question.

 

Moodle 1.9: Add a PDF or File

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How to Add a PDF or Other File

  1. You can edit your Moodle 1.9 course easily by clicking the “Turn Editing On” button at the top-right corner of the course page.
  2. Go to the section where you want to add a PDF or file.
  3. Use the “Add a resource” dropdown menu and select ‘Link to a file or website.” TIP: If you are adding a file, go to files in the sidebar first, add the file to your course files bank then go to “Add a resource” to add the link to the course. You can upload files in the Add a Resource menu, but it may take a little longer for the pages to load and upload.
    • Give the item a name that will be displayed on the course page.
    • The summary is where you can add instructions or a note to the students about the link/file.
    • Paste the website URLin the Location text box or click on the “Choose or Upload a File” button to add a file.
  4. In the Window section of the Link to a File or Website settings page, the only settings to change are the Window dropdown menu and the Show Navigation menu. It is set to the default of opening the link or file in a new window. We recommend keeping this default setting for accessibility, but you can change it to open in the same window.
  5. When the file opens in the same window you can set it to show with the course navigation. Choose “With Frame” to have a grey bar across the screen separating the file from the navigation. Or choose “Without Frame” to have the navigation appear without the grey bar.
  6. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Save and Return to Course” or “Save and Display” to preview the link/file.

Moodle 1.9: Basic Instructions to Edit Course

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How to Edit a Moodle 1.9 Course

  1. You can edit your Moodle 1.9 course easily by clicking the “Turn Editing On” button at the top-right corner of the course page.
  2. From there, you can edit a section of the course by clicking on the icon of a hand holding a pencil. It’s a little difficult to see.
  3. To hide a section, use the the eye icon. This will hide the section’s content from training participants, but the instructor and support roles will be able to see and access the content.

Add a PDF or other file

  1. Use the “Add a resource” dropdown menu and select ‘Link to a file or website.” TIP: If you are adding a file, go to files in the sidebar first, add the file to your course files bank then go to “Add a resource” to add the link to the course. You can upload files in the Add a Resource menu, but it may take a little longer for the pages to load and upload.
    • Give the item a name that will be displayed on the course page.
    • The summary is where you can add instructions or a note to the students about the link/file.
    • Paste the website URLin the Location text box or click on the “Choose or Upload a File” button to add a file.
  2. In the Window section of the Link to a File or Website settings page, the only settings to change are the Window dropdown menu and the Show Navigation menu. It is set to the default of opening the link or file in a new window. We recommend keeping this default setting for accessibility, but you can change it to open in the same window.
  3. When the file opens in the same window you can set it to show with the course navigation. Choose “With Frame” to have a grey bar across the screen separating the file from the navigation. Or choose “Without Frame” to have the navigation appear without the grey bar.
  4. Scroll down to the bottom and click on “Save and Return to Course” or “Save and Display” to preview the link/file.

 

How to Add a Quiz to a Moodle 1.9 Course

  1. Go to the section you want to add a quiz and choose “Quiz” from the “Add an activity” dropdown menu.
  2. Give the quiz a name that will be displayed on the course page.
  3. Include instructions for the quiz in the Introduction text box.
  4. In the Display section, choose the number of questions to be displayed at one time. If the quiz has 10+ questions, then display no more than 5 questions at a time to reduce the risk of a glitch that will cause participants to lose all their progress. For quizzes with 6-9 questions, show 2-3 questions at a time.
  5. If you want the questions in the quiz to be randomized then change “Shuffle Questions” and “Shuffle within Questions” to Yes.
  6. You can allow participants to retake the quiz by setting the number of allowed attempts. The default is set to Unlimited which means participants can retake the quiz as much as they want to get a better grade.
  7. For the Review Options section, check all the boxes under the categories that best suit your grading window for participants to receive feedback for the quiz. This feedback includes quiz scores. So, if you want participants to know their scores immediately after taking the quiz, then check the scores box under “Immediately after the attempt.”
  8. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on “Save and Display” button to add questions to the quiz.

Add Questions to a Quiz

  1. The screen is split here. On the left, you see the questions in the quiz. For a new quiz, there should not be any questions yet. On the right, you see the question bank. There may be questions listed here if you have quizzes created in the course.
  2. We recommend creating a new category (kind of like a folder) for each new quiz to keep things organized. To create a new category, go up to the tabs and just underneath select “Categories.”
  3. At the bottom of that page, there is the Add category section. For the parent category, you can choose to have the new category nested under the default for your course or choose to have it set at the top. We recommend setting it to Top to reduce mistakes.
  4. Give the category a name that matches the quiz name, then click on the “Add category” button.
  5. Back at the quiz edit page, choose the new category from the Category dropdown menu.
  6. For “Create new question,” choose the question type from the dropdown menu. The different question types have different fields and settings to go through. Click on the yellow question mark icons to find out more about the options.

Multiple Choice Question Type:

      1. Give the question a name. Make sure this is descriptive of the question so you can find it easily if the quiz is ever set to randomize the questions. Do not name a question, Quiz 1 Question 2. Instead try, “Stroke-like symptoms” or “T/F: Dial 2-7000 Stanley Bergen Building.” This allows anyone who needs to make changes to the course to find questions quickly.
      2. To randomize answer options, make sure the “Shuffle the choices?” box is checked.   
      3. Choices in Moodle are the answer option. Be careful in these sections because you might just add an answer option to the feedback field and it will not appear in the quiz. Each choice has the Answer field where you input the answer option to be displayed. Then, there’s the Grade dropdown menu where you will choose the percentage of the points awarded. If only one answer is required, then the grade percentage is set to 100%, 50% for two-answer questions, and 33.33% for three-answer questions. Provide feedback based on the answer chosen by typing that information in the feedback text box.
      4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
      5. Overall feedback is feedback that is given for general answers for that specific question.
  2. When you are done with the question settings, click on the “Save Changes” button. This will take you back to the quiz editing page and the new question will be listed in the question bank area. Click on the << icon to add that question to the quiz. Or click on the “select all” link and the “Add to quiz” button when all the quiz questions have been added to the bank.
  3. In the Questions in this quiz section, find the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the question list. Then you can leave the quiz editing page.

To Edit a quiz question

Route #1

  1. Turn editing on in your course, then find the quiz on the course page.
  2. Click on the edit icon, this will take you to the quiz settings page. That’s not where we want to be, so scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Save and display” button.
  3. Now, we can edit questions. Find the question you want to edit.
  4. Click on the edit icon, make your changes, and be sure to save.
  5. You can preview the question by clicking on the magnifying glass icon next to the question on the Questions in this quiz area.
  6. Save changes to the quiz before exiting the page.

Route #2

  1. Find Questions listed in the sidebar of the course.
  2. Choose the category and find the question you want to edit, click on the edit icon, make your changes, and be sure to save.
  3. You can preview the question by clicking on the magnifying glass icon next to the question.

 

Add a Certificate to a Course

  1. Turn editing on in your course, then find the module where the certificate will be added on the course page.
  2. Open the “Add an activity” dropdown menu and choose “certificate” from the list.
  3. In the certificate settings, give your certificate a name.
  4. For the introduction section, type in any instructions for the participants. For example, “Download and print a copy of the certificate for your supervisor.”
  5. Under Issue Options, you can choose who to notify when a participant is issued a certificate.
    1. Keep the “Email Teachers” option set at ‘No’ because this will send emails to everyone in the course with a teacher role. Some support people have this role and do not need notifications about the certificates. Instead, add the specific emails of the person or people to be notified.
    2. Saving the certificates will keep the issued certificates in the system. This setting is not necessary as the system shows all issued certificates already, but you can set this option to ‘Yes’ if you are concerned.
  6. Locking Options will keep the certificate inaccessible to participants until certain requirements are met.
  7. REQUIRED COURSE GRADE: If every quiz and assignment needs to be completed and the total grade equals a specific percentage then change this option to ‘Yes.’ If the certificate requires a specific grade from one quiz or assignment then skip down to the “Dependent Activities” setting.
  8. DEPENDENT ACTIVITIES: Choose the assignment or quiz that needs to be seen or graded before the participant can access the certificate.
  9. Under the Linked Activity column, choose the activity from the dropdown menu. This menu will list all the activities in the course.
  10. Under Required Grade, set it to the grade percentage needed to access the certificate.
  11. TEXT OPTIONS: This is the information that will be printed on the certificate.
    • The most common information on certificates are:
      • Print date – yes
      • Date format – January 1, 2000
  12. DESIGN OPTIONS: This is how the certificate will look.
    • The most common settings for the design are:
    • Certificate type – Landscape
    • Border Image – (any of the blue or green)
    • Watermark Images – Fleur de Lis
    • Seal or Logo – Logo_small
  13. Save and display to preview the certificate and make sure it looks right. Make any changes if needed then click on Save and return to course.