UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
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MOODLE 101
An instructor’s how-to guide to using the Moodle at the University of Puget Sound
Moodle Access: Logins and Course Creation
You can access Moodle at this web address: http://moodle.pugetsound.edu
All faculty, staff and students have an automatic Moodle account and you can login at the above address at
any time. Your login is your Puget Sound email login and password. Each semester, courses are
automatically created for each instructor, and students are automatically assigned to their registered
courses (based on the Registrar’s info).
Essential features
In order to edit your Moodle page, always make sure you click the button in the upper right-hand corner
that says “Turn editing on”
When creating new content or editing anything on your Moodle page, always make sure to click the “Save”
button that appears at the bottom of the screen.
Choosing your layout
Content by: Topics or Date Ranges
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In left-hand box labeled “Administration”, click on “Settings”
Click on drop-down menu next to “Format”
Choose either ‘Topics Format” or “Weekly Format”
Be aware that “Weekly Format” requires you to pay close attention to course start and end
dates
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Adding basic content to your course
Adding additional topic/weekly boxes:
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In left-hand box labeled “Administration”, click on “Settings”
Click on drop-down menu next to “Number of weeks/topics” and select the appropriate
number for your course information
Adding a summary/title to each topic/date box:
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At the top of each topic/date box, click on the icon
In the new window, type the appropriate text you wish to see for the title of your content box.
Adding links to files and outside websites!
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Click on the drop-down menu that reads: “Add a resource” in whichever topic box you would like
the link to appear
Select “Link to a file or website”
Name the link appropriately
In the section labeled “Link to file or web site”, paste the web site URL or click “Browse” to add a file
from your computer
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Adding activities
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To add an assignment for students to complete, you may choose from a variety of options by
clicking on the “Add an activity” drop-down menu, located in each topic box.
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You can include everything from live-chats, forums, quizzes, etc.
Adding assignments!
To add a specific assignment that you wish your students to complete, click on the “Add an activity” dropdown menu and select from the following options:
Advanced uploading of files
Allows students to upload multiple types of files
as part of an assignment
Online text
Allows students to type text and submit it to the
instructor
Upload a single file
Allows students to upload only one file
Offline activity
Allows instructor to create activity for students to
complete, but doesn’t ask for students to
submit the assignment electronically
Record an audio file
Allows students to submit a recorded audio file
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Turnitin
Allows students to submit an electronic copy of an
essay or written work which is filtered for
plagiarism against other documents in the Turnitin
database
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Editing content!
Hiding/showing content
To hide any content from students until you are ready, click the
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Hidden content will have a closed eyelid
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Available content will have an open eye
icon next to the box/content
Editing or changing content
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To edit any content on your page, click the
icon next to the item you wish to change
Moving content
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To move or change the order of your content/topic boxes, click and drag the
desired location
symbol to the
Deleting content
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Any content you wish to delete, simply click the
remove
icon next to the information you want to
Questions?
Educational Technology
Library 032
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edtech@pugetsound.edu
edtech.pugetsound.edu
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