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Introduction to Moodle
(for teaching technical support staff)
Angela Siu
eLearningTeam@hku.hk
Information Technology Services
2011-2012
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Agenda
Background
Access Moodle
Moodle functions
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Background
At its June 2011 meeting, Senate approved the
adoption of Moodle as the centrally-supported Learning
Management System (LMS) to replace WebCT
Review of the various LMS on the market, faculty
surveys, interviews with a number of Higher Education
Institutions regarding their current LMS, and
consultations with technical staff
From September 2012, the WebCT license will not be
renewed and it will no longer be available for use by
staff and students
In academic year 2011-12, teachers may choose to use
WebCT or Moodle
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WebCT migration to Moodle
From Aug. 29, 2011
Start of the parallel run of WebCT and Moodle for one year. WebCT courses will
continue to be supported till August 29, 2012. Afterward (from August 30, 2012),
only Moodle will be centrally supported by ITS.
•Early adopters of Moodle can start creating new online courses Moodle from
September, 2011.
•Training of teaching support staff and teachers to use Moodle will start on
September 1, 2011. See training schedule and registration details.
First semester, 2011-2012
•Migration of first batch of WebCT courses to Moodle with priority for those
courses to be offered in the second semester (Jan 2012). (Migration tools or
services will be provided and ongoing training courses will be arranged.)
Second semester, 2011-2012
•Migration of remaining WebCT courses to Moodle. (Migration tools or services
will be provided and ongoing training courses will be arranged.)
•Implementation of additional external functions to Moodle (e.g. Turnitin antiplagarism tool) subject to the Steering Group's recommendations.
Jul. 1 - Aug. 29, 2012
•Final check of any remaining WebCT courses that need to be migrated to
Moodle.
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Moodle course
Each Moodle course should be used for a year
After the academic year, students will not be able to access
the course
Each Moodle course will be kept for ~3 years for teachers’
reference
One Moodle course per subclass
E.g. BUSI1001 has subclasses A and B
=> Create two Moodle courses
For better management of subclasses and integration with
Student Information System (SIS)
Short name of a Moodle course (course code)
Course code, Subclass, Academic year
E.g. BUSI1001_1A_2011
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Access Moodle
My eLearning tab in HKU Portal
Grant access rights to students, teachers,
and guests
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Access Moodle by Teachers
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Teachers’ view
Teachers see a list of courses he/she teaches
The list is based on SIS data, which is in turn
provided by the Syllabus plus system
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Teachers: create Moodle course
You can create a Moodle course by clicking
next to each course listed, if any
All teachers of the course/subclass will be added
with the teacher role in the Moodle course
Teacher list is obtained from SIS
Teachers can start managing the Moodle course
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Teachers: access Moodle course
You can access and manage a Moodle
course by clicking the hyperlink Moodle
next to each course in the courses list, if
any.
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Teachers: grant access
You can grant access to
Students/Teachers/Guests by clicking the
icons next to each course listed, if any.
Student Teacher
Guest
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Teachers: grant student access
Click Activate button to add the students
enrolled in the subclass
The enrollment records are obtained from SIS
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Teachers: grant teacher access
Teachers of a Moodle course are listed
May add new teachers
Teachers can manage course materials, course settings
and user accounts
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Teachers: grant guest access
Guest accounts can be created
For those users who do not have HKU Portal
accounts
For HKU students during enrollment period
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Apply for a Moodle course
When?
The course you are teaching is not listed in
My eLearning tab
You require a special Moodle course
For students of multiple courses/subclasses
For students of faculty/year(s)
For students of curriculum/year(s)
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Application form
CF-130a "Application for Creating Electronic
Course on Learning Management System"
available at
http://www.itservices.hku.hk/home/services/fo
rms.htm
Please fill in the online form, or
print and return the completed form to the
Computer Centre General Office in Room 223, Run
Run Shaw Building, or fax to 2540 2970.
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Application form
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Course code of special
courses must not
coincide with those
registered in Registry
Append the academic
year, e.g. 2011
List the semester and
subclasses for which
the Moodle course will
be used, if applicable
If student group is
specified, the
corresponding students
will have immediate
access
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Access Moodle by Students
Students access Moodle courses under
My eLearning tab in HKU Portal
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Access Moodle by Guests
Guests can access Moodle from
http://hkuportal.hku.hk/moodle/guest
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What is in Moodle
Moodle version 2.1
Course settings
Course materials
Files and Folders
Web pages and URLs
Assessments
Assignments, Quizzes
Communication
Forums, Messages, Chats, Choices, Feedbacks
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Course settings
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Course availability
Guest access
If allowed, any staff, students and guest accounts can view
your course
Availability
If not available, students added to the course will see the
message
“This course is currently unavailable to students”
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Course summary
Appears in course listing
Course summary
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Topics format
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Weekly format
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Edit course contents
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Edit course contents
Add a resource/activity
Edit a resource/activity
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Edit a resouce/activity
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Move right
Move the selected Item to the
right(horizontal).
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Move left
Move the selected Item to the
left(horizontal).
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Move
Move the selected Item to another
position(vertical).
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Update
Update the content and properties for the
selected Item.
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Duplicate
Duplicate the selected Item and edit the
new copy version.
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Delete
Delete the selected Item completely.
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Hide
Hide or Show the selected Item to
students.
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Assign Group
Change the Group Assign Mode for the
selected Item. The available options are
"No Group","Seperate Group", "Visible
Group".
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File
Add a resource -> File
Four ways to add a file
Upload a file
Reuse a file used in any of your courses
Reuse a recently uploaded file
Use a file in My private files
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Upload a new file
Upload a file from the local computer
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Use a file already uploaded to Moodle
Reuse a file used in any of your courses
Reuse a recently uploaded file
Use a file in My private files
Note that updates of the original file do not automatically
reflect in the new file.
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My private files
All users have their own private files
On the left
On the right
Manage my private files
download, rename, delete, or
move a folder or a file, zip a
folder, or unzip a zip file
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Folder
Add a resource -> Folder
A folder contains a number of files
It appears on the course home page as
Click into a folder to get the files inside
Subfolders are allowed
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Page/Web page
Add a resouce -> Page
JavaScript is allowed
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Edit a page/web page
Edit the web page in the web page editor
Edit the HTML code directly
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URL
Add a resource -> URL
Link to external web resources
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Assignment
Add an activity -> Assignment
4 types of assignments
Upload a single file
Allow students to submit one single file
Advanced uploading of files
Allow students to submit multiple files
Online Text
Allow students to type their submission online
Offline activity
Provide instructions only
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View assignment submissions
Click on the assignment link
Click View n submitted assignments
Actions available:
View submitted online texts (as web pages) or uploaded files
Download all assignments as a zip
Click “Grade” to grade a submission
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Grade an assignment submission
Actions available:
Revert to draft –
return to the student
for revision
Grades – assign a
grade
Feedback – provide a
written feedback
Response files – send
a response in a file
Send notification –
send a notification to
the student when the
assignment is graded
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Grade all assignment submissions at once
Click Grades under Settings in
course home page
Select Export Excel spreadsheet
from the dropdown list
Enter grades in the Excel
spreadsheet
Save the file as CSV format
Select Import CSV file from the
dropdown list
Upload the file
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Quiz
Add an activity -> Quiz
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Question bank
A collection of questions in
a Moodle course
Questions are grouped into
categories
They can be used in quizzes
Type
Name
Edit Preview
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Types of questions
Calculated
Calculated multichoice
Calculated simple
Embedded answers (Cloze)
Essay
Matching
Multiple choice
Numerical
Random short-answer matching
Short answer
True/False
Description
Details on each question type:
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Question_bank
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Edit a question
Question name
Question text
Default mark
Details
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Edit quiz settings
Quiz name
Introduction
Start time
Close time
Time limit
Attempts allowed
Grading method
Question order
Shuffle within
questions
Review options
Overall feedback
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Edit a quiz
Add questions
From question bank
By creating new questions
Add a random question
Specify a question category from which a question
is picked randomly
Paginate the questions
Assign marks to questions
Assign total marks to the quiz
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Quiz review
Some questions
may be marked
automatically
Students may
review their
answers subject
to the quiz
settings
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Quiz grading
Some questions are graded automatically
Some, e.g. essay type questions, are not
Teachers grade the questions by clicking “Requires
grading” and entering the marks and feedbacks
Teachers may click “Review attempt” to make
comments or override marks
Teachers may also upload marks through
“Grades” as described in “Grade all assignment
submissions at once”
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Quiz results
Grades
Display students’ grades
Display number of students for each grade
ranges
Responses
Display students’ answers
Statistics
Number of graded attempts
Average/Median grades of attempts
Random guess score of each question
Manual grading
Displays questions that need grading
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News Forum
Announcements
Created by default
Posted by teachers, students cannot reply
Forced subscription by default
All teachers and students of the course receive an email copy when a
new message is posted
Once deleted, cannot be re-created by teachers
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Forum / discussion board
Add an activity -> Forum
5 types of forums
A single simple discussion
Each person posts one discussion
Q and A forum
Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format
Standard forum for general use: used as discussion board
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Add a forum/discussion board
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Forum/discussion board
Participants can modify the post within 30
minutes
After 30 minutes, an email will be sent to all
subscribed participants
Teachers can still edit the post in the forum 30
minutes after posting the message
Students cannot modify the post 30 minutes
after posting the message. Any attempt will
result in the following error message:
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Message
Participants
All teachers and
students of the
course
Select participants
or click on one of
the name, then
choose “Send a
message”
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Send a message
You may send a message to a participant like
using an instant messenger
If he/she is online, he/she will receive your message
in a pop-up window at the bottom
Otherwise, he/she will receive an email containing
the message body with the subject
“New message from xxx”
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Chats
Add an activity -> Chat
Chat rooms can be created
Chat sessions can be scheduled
to gather participants in the
chat room
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Add a chat room
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Choice
Add an activity -> Choice
Choices are available for participants to choose
A quota may be imposed to each choice
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Add a choice
Choice name
Description
Options and quota
Open period
Publish results to
students?
Anonymous choice?
Allow choice to be
updated?
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Feedback/survey
Add an activity -> Feedback
Acts like a survey
Question types:
Label
Longer text answer
Multiple choice
Numeric answer
Short text answer
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Add a feedback/survey
Feedback name
Description
Open time
Close time
Anonymous?
Show analysis
page after
submission?
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Add a question to a feedback/survey
Required?
Question
Details
Depending item
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Feedback/survey analysis and response
Teachers can view the responses of individual
entries (may be anonymous)
Analysis is provided by consolidating the
answers for each questions
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Switch role to…
Teachers may switch role to student to view
the course as a student
The login status at the upper right corner show
the current role
Click “Return to my normal role”
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Getting help
Read
Online user guide:
http://www.itservices.hku.hk/lms/moodle
Moodle official documentation:
http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Main_Page
Email
E-Learning Team eLearningTeam@hku.hk
Call
ITS helpdesk hotline 2859 2480
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Thank you
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