Moodle Help

You must turn tracking on for your course to use activity completion. (For information on how to turn on course Completion Tracking, see this tutorial: Turning On Completion Tracking)

Step 1	Create or edit an existing activity or resource.
Step 2	On the left side in the settings area, expand Activity completion. Settings include: Completion tracking: If enabled, activity completion is tracked, either manually or automatically, based on certain conditions. Multiple conditions may be set if desired. A check next to the activity name on the course page indicates that the activity is complete. Require view: If enabled, the resource or activity is considered complete when a student views the resource. Expect completed On: This setting specifies the date when the resource or activity is expected to be completed. The date is not shown to students and is only displayed in the activity completion report. Check this option to enable and set a date. Once you have set the options, choose Save and return to course or Save and Display.
Step 3	Discussions have additional activity completion settings: Require posts: Student must post discussions or replies. Require discussions: Student must create a certain number of discussions before the forum is considered complete. Require replies: Student must post a certain number of replies before the forum is considered complete. Once you have set the options, choose Save and return to course or Save and display. For more information, please see: Activity Completion Tracking (Open LMS Documentation).
Step 4	When an activity has been set as required for activity completion, students will see a "To do" message in the activity with information about what must be done to receive the "done" designation.
Step 5	When they have completed the activity, the message will change to "Done."
Step 6	Want to see what students have successfully completed in your course? Click on the Reports and on the resulting page select Activity Completion
Step 7	On the resulting screen, you'll see a table with student names and each of the activities in the columns, with green circles for any activities that were completed by the student and gray circles for those that have not yet been completed

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Creating an Ungraded Activity

This tutorial will help you set up an ungraded activity that shows in your gradebook. (Forums can be set to "ungraded" and Quizzes can be set to have 0 points, but this means that neither of these activities will show up in your Gradebook.)

Step 1	Navigate to your course's gradebook setup area by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right corner of your course, then clicking Gradebook setup.
Step 2	Whether you are using a Natural or Weighted Grade set up, you will follow the same steps. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Add category button.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, type a name in the Category name area, such as "Ungraded Items."
Step 4	Next, click Save changes. Note: you may see a screen that says "Recalculating grades" with a Continue button. Click this to return to the gradebook.
Step 5	Next, it's time to move the item you want to be ungraded into the new "Ungraded Items" category. Locate the item you wish to be ungraded. In that item's row, click the checkbox under Select.
Step 6	Scroll to the bottom of the page, and use the drop down menu next to Move selected items to: and choose the new category you made. When you release the mouse after clicking the new category, the item(s) will automatically move to that category. Note: you may see a screen that says "Recalculating grades" with a Continue button. Click this to return to the gradebook.
Step 7	The last step is to ensure that the "Ungraded Items" category is truly ungraded. In the box next to the title of the category, enter "0" and then click Save changes at the bottom of the screen. If you find you are unable to edit this box, check the little checkbox to the left of the box to make it editable. Be sure to click Save changes. This set up means the gradebook will assign 0 weight to anything in this category.

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You may move items, assignments, activities, and resources within sections/topics or into different sections/topics. There are two ways to do this. A video tutorial can be found here: Moving Activities and Resources in Your Course

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Navigate to the resource or activity you wish to move and click the three dots to the right of the assignment. Select the Move option from the drop-down.
Step 3	Select where you would like to move the activity.
	OR
Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Hover your mouse over the activity and a four-arrow icon will appear. If you click and hold you can drag and drop the activity where you would like it.

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The Announcements forum is a special forum for general news and announcements. This forum is automatically created in a new course. By default, it is placed in the top section of the course. As this section is displayed at the top of all course materials, it is a best practice to limit the content in this area to only the Announcements forum.

The Announcements forum, includes only posts made by the instructor, and students cannot post in it. The forum has forced subscription set by default, which means that students will receive emails every time an announcement is posted.

For a video tutorial, click here.

Step 1	Navigate to the Announcements (or first) section in your course. Click on Announcements.
Step 2	On the resulting page, click Add discussion topic.
Step 3	Type a subject for your announcement and then a message in the body of the announcement. (The editing menu will allow you to add images and videos). Click Post to Forum.
Step 4	On the resulting page, click the subject line to view the announcement.
Step 5	If you wish, when viewing an announcement, you can "pin" it to the top of the Announcements forum by clicking the three dots to the right of the Announcement title and choosing Pin.

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Use this tutorial to learn how to set your forum posts to be delayed and appear to students (and be emailed to them) later on. 

Step 1	Navigate to the forum where you wish to make the post, then click its title to open.
Step 2	Click Add a new discussion.
Step 3	Click on the Advanced link on the bottom left (below the forum post).
Step 4	Scroll down to the Display period options and click the box next to Enable. This will allow you to adjust the Display start date. You can also choose a date for the forum post to disappear ("Display end").
Step 5	After typing your post and making your selections in the display period area, click Post to forum. Your post will now display to students based on the date(s) you have set.

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Assignments allow students to submit work to their teacher for grading. The work may be text typed online or uploaded files of any type the teacher’s device can read.

When you create an assignment, you have the ability set it up to check for possible plagiarism using CopyLeaks. For a video tutorial, click here.

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Scroll to the bottom of the section where you want to place the activity, then click Add an Activity or Resource, on the resulting page choose Assignment.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, type a name for the assignment and an optional description. The description can include instructions for the students. (If you wish to make the description available on the front page of your course, you can check the box next to Display description on course page.)
Step 4	You may set the assignment's availability in the Availability area.
Step 5	In the Submission types area, you may choose the submission types you wish to accept.
Step 5	In the Grade area, you can change the number of points allotted for this assignment. If you wish, you may change the Grading method from "Simple direct grading" to Marking guide or Rubric. If you use Grade categories, you may assign a category here as well. (For more information on creating categories, click here.)
Step 6	You may adjust any other settings you wish. For more information on Assignment settings, please click here. When you are done setting up the assignment, choose either Save and return to course or Save and display.

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You may wish to allow another attempt on an assignment for a student. Follow this tutorial for steps to do so. A video tutorial can be found here: Allowing Another Attempt on an Assignment

Step 1	Start by ensuring that the settings on your assignment will allow for another attempt to be made. Navigate to the assignment and click the three dots in the upper right corner of the assignment, then choose edit settings.
Step 2	On the resulting screen, scroll down to expand the Submission settings area. Under Attempts reopened, choose Manually. Under Maximum attempts, set any number from 2 to Unlimited.
Step 3	Click Save and display.
Step 4	On the resulting screen, click on View all submissions.
Step 5	On the next page, locate the student whose attempt you wish to re-open, and click on the Edit button.
Step 6	Choose Allow another attempt.
Step 7	The page will reload, showing "Reopened" next to the student's name. (Note that you will still have access to the student's original uploaded file on the right side of their row on this screen.)
Step 8	We recommend that you Instruct the student to return to the attempt and choose Add a new attempt (as opposed to Add a new attempt based on a previous submission).	Note: this is that students will see when they return to the assignment to submit again.

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This tutorial will walk you through editing an existing assignment.

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This tutorial will walk you through editing an existing quiz.

Step 1	Enable the Edit Mode on your course page.
Step 2	Navigate to the assignment you wish to edit. Click on the three dots then choose Edit settings.
Step 3	You may edit the name, description, and/or assignment settings on the resulting screen.
Step 4	After making any needed updates, click Save and display.

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A video tutorial can be found here: Grading Assignments

Step 1	Access student submissions, by first locating it within the course, then clicking the assignment name.
Step 2	On the resulting screen, click Grade.
	On the resulting screen, you will see the various items that need to be graded. To change the assignments that are available, click the filter icon in the upper right corner of the screen and choose the appropriate filter setting.
Step 3	You can download the student submission by clicking the file name in the right menu.
Step 4	To annotate the student submission within Moodle, once an assignment is displayed, use the icons in the upper right of the screen. This tool will generate a PDF from the student's submission (even if the submission is in a Word doc format) that the student can view after grading.
Step 6	Assign a grade by typing in the Grade text box. Optionally, provide feedback in the Feedback Comments box (This feedback can include text, images, or video.).
Step 7	Click Save and Show Next to advance to the next assignment requiring grading. If you would like to send a notification to your student that a grade has been added, ensure the check mark next to notify student is enabled.

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When students have submitted assignments after the due date set on an assignment, instructors can receive an email notifying them of this.

Step 1	You may set this setting for assignments when you first create the assignment or you can edit an existing assignment. To edit an existing assignment, click on the three dots in the upper right corner, then choose edit settings.
Step 2	Expand the Notifications option, then use the drop down menu to set Notify graders about late submissions to Yes.
Step 3	Click Save and return to course.

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Adding Events to the Calendar in your Course

Assignments and quizzes with due dates will appear on the course calendar for users. However, instructors can also add calendar events for the course, which are visible to all users. Students can add User events, which are private and seen only by the user who created them.

Step 1	Navigate to the course in which you want to edit the calendar, and click on the tab that opens the Block Drawer on the right-hand side.
Step 2	Scroll down to find the Calendar and click on the Full Calendar link.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, click the New event button.
Step 4	Select Course for the type of event and enter the course number. Next, select Show More. The dialogue box will expand and you can enter the necessary information and dates.
Step 5	Click Save.
Step 6	You will now be able to navigate through the calendar to see the event you added. For more information on the course calendar, click here.

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Instructors may use logs to see the actions of students in their courses, even the previous activity of students who have dropped or withdrawn from the course.

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Choice

The choice activity module enables a teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses. It's a good tool to get a simple response from students. For a video of this tutorial, click here.

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Activity completion lets students know when they have a certain number of assignments to complete or items to view; this information is displayed underneath each section in the form of "Progress" information.

You must turn tracking on for your course to use activity completion. (For information on how to turn on course Completion Tracking, see this tutorial: Turning On Completion Tracking)

Step 1	Create or edit an existing activity or resource.
Step 2	On the left side in the settings area, expand Activity completion.  Settings include: Completion tracking: If enabled, activity completion is tracked, either manually or automatically, based on certain conditions. Multiple conditions may be set if desired. A check next to the activity name on the course page indicates that the activity is complete. Require view: If enabled, the resource or activity is considered complete when a student views the resource. Expect completed On: This setting specifies the date when the resource or activity is expected to be completed. The date is not shown to students and is only displayed in the activity completion report. Check this option to enable and set a date. Once you have set the options, choose Save and return to course or Save and Display.
Step 3	Discussions have additional activity completion settings: Require posts: Student must post discussions or replies. Require discussions: Student must create a certain number of discussions before the forum is considered complete. Require replies: Student must post a certain number of replies before the forum is considered complete. Once you have set the options, choose Save and return to course or Save and display. For more information, please see: Activity Completion Tracking (Open LMS Documentation).
Step 4	When an activity has been set as required for activity completion, students will see a "To do" message in the activity with information about what must be done to receive the "done" designation.
Step 5	When they have completed the activity, the message will change to "Done."
Step 6	Want to see what students have successfully completed in your course? Click on the Reports and on the resulting page select Activity Completion
Step 7	On the resulting screen, you'll see a table with student names and each of the activities in the columns, with green circles for any activities that were completed by the student and gray circles for those that have not yet been completed

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Importing (Copying) Your Course

The process for copying content from one course to another in Moodle is called "import." To copy content from one course to another, you will need to start in the destination course (where you wish the content to appear). For a video tutorial, click here: Copying Materials from Another Course

A video tutorial can be found here: Copying Materials from Another Course

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	In Moodle, navigate to your destination course. Click on More below the title of the course, and select Course resuse.
Step 3	On the resulting page, choose the course you wish to import from and click Continue.
Step 4	Depending on what you want to import, you may wish to deselect some of the items on this page (such as the Include question bank option, as this will bring over all the questions from quizzes in the course). Click the Next button.
Step 5	On the resulting screen, deselect anything you do not want to bring over to the destination course. At the bottom of the screen, click Next.
Step 6	On the resulting screen, review your choices and either choose Previous to change your selections or click Perform import to continue.
Step 7	The process of importing may take a few minutes. When you see Import complete. Click continue to return the course, click Continue to finish.

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Copyleaks is a plagiarism and cheating detection tool that can be used in assignments, forums, and quizzes. To enable Copyleaks for an activity, follow the steps below.

This resource allows you to submit files to Copyleaks. It can be very useful for submissions that were not automatically submitted.

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Adding a Course Card Image

If you wish to add some personalization to your course, you may want to add a course image that will appear on the "My Courses" page.

Step 1	Navigate to the Moodle course where you want to add the course image. At the top of the course, click Settings.
Step 2	Scroll down until you see the Course Image area and click in the open space or on the Add File button in the top left corner of the box.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, choose the image you want to add to your course and click Open.
Step 4	Scroll to the bottom of the settings page and click Save and display.
Step 5	The image will now appear on your My courses page.

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Downloading All Submissions from Assignments

If you prefer to grade offline, you may download all of the student submissions to an assignment simultaneously.

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Downloading Your Gradebook

Instructors may wish to download gradebooks for record keeping.

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Feedback

The feedback activity enables instructors to create a custom survey for collecting feedback from students using a variety of question types, including multiple choice, yes/no or text input. A video tutorial can be found here: Feedback

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Adding Files

This tutorial will help you upload a file, such as a syllabus, into your Moodle course. Most files can be uploaded and accessed through Moodle, but the student needs to have the correct software to be able to open them. For a video tutorial, click here.

Questions? Please submit a Help Ticket to SCC E-Learning (under Select Type of Help, choose Moodle Assistance).

Adding Files

This tutorial will help you upload a file, such as a syllabus, into your Moodle course. Most files can be uploaded and accessed through Moodle, but the student needs to have the correct software to be able to open them.

Click here to access an adding files video walkthrough. 

(Video files are too large for the Moodle server, so click here for instructions on using the Yuja Streaming Server for video files).  

Tutorial Steps

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Navigate to the bottom of the section where you would like to place the file, then click Add activity or resource
Step 3	On the resulting screen, choose File.
Step 4	Type a name for the file.
Step 5	In the Select files area, click the paper icon to begin the upload.
Step 6	Choose either to Upload a file from your computer, or retrieve from your Recent files.
Step 7	Next, choose Save and return to course. Click here for more information on files from Moodle.org.

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Inserting a File using Google Drive

Moodle provides an easy way to share files with students via Google Drive. When you insert a file from Google Drive into Moodle using the steps below, Moodle will automatically update the sharing settings so that students may view and download the files.

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You may move items, assignments, activities, and resources within sections/topics or into different sections/topics. There are two ways to do this. A video tutorial can be found here: Moving Activities and Resources in Your Course

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Navigate to the resource or activity you wish to move and click the three dots to the right of the assignment. Select the Move option from the drop-down.
Step 3	Select where you would like to move the activity.
	OR
Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Hover your mouse over the activity and a four-arrow icon will appear. If you click and hold you can drag and drop the activity where you would like it.

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Folder

The Folder resource allows instructors to organize files. Activities (such as assignments and quizzes) and most resources (such as URLs, labels, and pages) cannot be added into folders.

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Step 1	In the Whole forum grading section of the Forum settings, choose Grading guide in the Grading method drop-down menu.
Step 2	Once you've set the other settings for the Forum and are ready to save, click Save and display.
Step 3	Click the Create new grading form from a template button.
Step 4	Look for the marking guide called Basic Marking Guide for Forum Shared template. Click Use this template. On the resulting page, click Continue.
Step 6	You will be redirected back to the Advanced grading page and will see that the title of the Marking guide now says Ready for use. If you need to adjust the maximum score (it is set to 100 by default), you can click the Edit the current form definition button at the top of the page and make the change. You may now navigate back to the course.

A video tutorial can be found here - Moodle 4.0 - Adding a Comments Field to a Forum for Feedback

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Q & A Forums are "question and answer" forums. Instructors begin the process by adding a discussion post including their questions.  Students then must post at least one reply before they can see and reply to others. This encourages individual responses to questions. A video tutorial can be found here: Q&A Forums

*Note: There is a bit of lag time (approximately 15 minutes) between when students post their first reply, and when they can see classmates' replies.

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Scroll to the bottom of the section, where you would like to place the forum, then click Add an activity or resource.
Step 3	Choose Forum from the available activities
Step 4	On the resulting page, type a name for the forum. Optionally, type a description.
Step 5	In Forum type, choose: Q&A Forum  The follow links provide information on configuring the forum settings, grading options and availability.
Step 6	Once you have updated settings, grading and availability, scroll to the bottom of the page and choose Save and display. *Note: It's important to do steps 7 & 8 below so that students will have a way to respond to the forum question!
Step 7	On the resulting screen, you'll see your new Q&A forum. Click Add a new discussion topic.
Step 8	On the resulting screen, type your post title and the question. Click Submit.
Step 9	Now students will be able to click on your post, then click Reply to post their response in the Q&A forum.

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The Forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a "thread." Files such as images and media may be included in forum posts. A video tutorial can be found here: Creating a New Forum

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Click Add Activity or Resource and choose Forum from the Activities tab.
Step 3	On the next page, type a name for the forum. Optionally, type a description.
Step 4	In Forum type, you may choose the type of forum. For our example, we will use the Standard forum for general use (which is the default). For more information on the forum types, click here.
Step 5	You may set forum settings using the areas on the bottom of the page. For more information on forum settings, click here.
Step 6	If you wish the forum to be graded, click on Whole forum grading and use the drop-down menu to choose the grade type. In most cases, you will want to choose Point for the grade type.
Step 7	If you use an advanced grading tool (rubric or marking guide), choose the desired option from the Grading method drop-down menu. Also, if you use grade categories, be sure to select it in the Grade category drop-down menu. NOTE - Simple direct grading does not provide a place for the instructor to leave comments or feedback for students. If you would like to be able to leave feedback, there is a marking guide template that you can use that will allow for this. Instructions for adding that are in this tutorial.
Step 8	Choose Save and Return to course or Save and Display.

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This tutorial will show you how to comment on forum posts while grading them.

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Displaying Word Counts in Forum Posts

You may wish to easily see the number of words students use in their discussion forum posts. This tutorial shows you how.

Step 1	Edit the forum where you would like to display the word count for students' posts. Expand the Attachments and word count menu and check the box next to Display word count.
Step 2	Click Save and return to course.
Step 3	To view students' posts and the word counts, click on the forum name.
Step 4	On the students' posts in forum, you will see the word count on the right of the post.

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Tutorial Steps

Step 1	Navigate to the Forum in the Moodle class and click on the Forum's title.
Step 2	Click the Grade users button.
Step 3	Use the arrow buttons in the upper right corner to navigate through students' posts.
Step 4	On the right hand panel, use the Grade field to enter the student's grade and choose whether you would like for a notification to be sent to the student.
Step 5	Click the Save button in the upper right corner. Once it's saved, you can use the arrows to navigate to the next student.

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Q&A Forum

Q & A Forums are "question and answer" forums. Instructors begin the process by adding a discussion post including their question.  Students then must post at least one reply before they can see and reply to others. This encourages individual responses to questions.

*Note: There is a bit of lag time (approximately 15 minutes) between when students post their first reply, and when they can see classmates' replies.

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Scroll to the bottom of the section, where you would like to place the forum, then click Add an activity or resource.
Step 3	Choose Forum from the available activities
Step 4	On the resulting page, type a name for the forum. Optionally, type a description.
Step 5	In Forum type, choose: Q&A Forum  The follow links provide information on configuring the forum settings, grading options and availability.
Step 6	Once you have updated settings, grading and availability, scroll to the bottom of the page and choose Save and display. *Note: It's important to do steps 7 & 8 below so that students will have a way to respond to the forum question!
Step 7	On the resulting screen, you'll see your new Q&A forum. Click Add a new discussion topic.
Step 8	On the resulting screen, type your post title and the question. Click Submit.
Step 9	Now students will be able to click on your post, then click Reply to post their response in the Q&A forum.

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Using Rubrics to Grade

This tutorial will show you how to use rubrics to grade student work.

You must first create a rubric in order to use it to grade student work. If you have not yet created a rubric, click here for more information.

Step 1	Select OpenLMS from the top of your course and click on Open Grader.
Step 2	On the resulting screen, you will see a list of the submitted assignments to be graded. Scroll to the one you wish to grade or use the drop-down menu to select the name of the assignment you wish to grade.
Step 3	Click Grade with rubric.
Step 4	In the resulting pop-up screen, select the appropriate point value for each criterion by clicking on the appropriate box.
Step 5	Additionally, you may type feedback or attach a file to the rubric as feedback for the student - scroll to the area below the rubric to do so. You may also choose to annotate a PDF of the student's submission - simply scroll down to the bottom and click Launch PDF editor.
Step 6	When you are finished using the rubric, click Save grade. The grade will be based on the rubric selections you made for the student. Note: If you'd like to tell students how to view their rubric feedback, please share this link to the tutorial with them: https://ecampus.southwesterncc.edu/mod/page/view.php?id=52837

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Scheduling Forum Posts

Use this forum to learn how to set your forum posts to be delayed and appear to students (and be emailed to them) later on. 

Step 1	Navigate to the forum where you wish to make the post, then click its title to open.
Step 2	Click Add a new discussion.
Step 3	Click on the Advanced  link on the bottom left (below the forum post).
Step 4	Scroll down to the Display period options and click the box next to Enable. This will allow you to adjust the Display start date. You can also choose a date for the forum post to disappear ("Display end").
Step 5	After typing your post and making your selections in the display period area, click Post to forum. Your post will now display to students based on the date(s) you have set.

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Subscribing and Unsubscribing from a Forum

The forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a "thread." Faculty and students may receive emails when users post to the forum. 

If you wish to unsubscribe from these emails, please use this tutorial. Note: If you wish to remain unsubscribed from all forums, whether you post or not, please see this tutorial (link opens in a new window).

Step 1	Navigate to the forum from which you wish to unsubscribe or subscribe and click on it's name to open.
Step 2	On the resulting page you will have two subscription options: To Subscribe or Unsubscribe to all forum discussions, click the Subscribe / Unsubscribe button at the top of the page To Subscribe or Unsubscribe from a particular post slide the indicator icon to.

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Adding Files from Google Drive

Moodle provides an easy way to share files with students via Google Drive. When you insert a file from Google Drive into Moodle using the steps below, Moodle will automatically update the sharing settings so that students may view and download the files.

Tutorial Steps

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	Navigate to the bottom of the section where you would like to place the file, then click Add activity or resource
Step 3	On the resulting screen, choose File.
Step 4	Type a name for the file.
Step 5	In the Select files area, click the paper icon to begin the upload.
Step 6	Choose Google Drive
Step 7	Click Log in to your account and Moodle should automatically log you in. (A window may pop up briefly during this process.)
Step 8	After the log in has processed, you will see your folders and files from your Google Drive account. You can click into a folder to locate a specific file. Alternately, you can use the search box to locate a specific file.
Step 7	Next, choose Save and return to course. For more information on Files, click here to access Moodle.org.
Step 9	Click on the file you wish to add.
Step 10	In the resulting pop-up window, click Select this file.
Step 11	Next, choose Save and return to course.

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Creating a Live Virtual Class using Google Meet

Google Meet for Moodle allows instructors to create a live virtual class meeting. Please note: Google Meet works best in the Chrome browser.

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	In your course, click on Add an Activity or resource, then choose Google Meet for Moodle from the Resources tab.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, type a name for the meeting, a description (optional), and select the date and time from the drop-down menu.
Step 4	On the right side of the page, click the Recurrence of the event date section and adjust any settings if needed.
Step 5	Go to the Room url settings and click the Generate Room URL button. You may be prompted to login to your Google account at this point. If you have any guests attending the class (a guest speaker, for example), the Room URL generated here is what you will send to them.
Step 6	In the Notifications settings, choose whether to send a notification to students before the session begins.
Step 7	Click Save and return to course.

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Add Google Meet Recordings to Moodle

After recording a Google Meet for Moodle session, you can add the recordings to Moodle so that your students can access them easily. 

Step 1	Click to link to the Meet session in Moodle.
Step 2	Click the Sync with Google Drive button.
Step 3	You will next be asked to log in to your Google account and give permission to access your drive.
Step 4	Any recordings associated with the session will then be linked and students in the class will be able to view them by clicking the Play button. If you want to hide them from students, click the eyeball icon in the Visible column.

CAUTION: Do not change the name of the Meet Recordings folder on your Google Drive in any way. This folder is where Google Meet saves recordings and where the Google Meet for Moodle module searches for recordings.

Follow the steps below to record a Google Meet session. You can only record from a computer. The mobile apps for Google Meet do not have a record function.

Step 1	Once you are in the Google Meet session, click the Meeting Tools button in the lower right-hand corner.
Step 2	Click Recording.
Step 3	On the next screen, click Start Recording. We also suggest including captions in your recording.
Step 4	You will be prompted to make sure everyone is ready. Click Start when you are ready to begin.
Step 5	When the session is complete, click Stop recording.

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Sharing a Google Meet Session with Students

Step 1	Perhaps the easiest way is for students to simply click the link in Moodle.
Step 2	If you wish to share the link with students or guests, you can copy the link from the Room url settings in the Google Meet for Moodle settings (click the pencil icon below the link in Moodle to access the settings). You can send this link via email or the Announcements forum.

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Using Captions while in Google Meet

Google has made Closed Captioning available while using their Google Meet function. It's not perfect, but it's an excellent automated tool to increase accessibility during an online meeting.

Step 1	During any use of Google Meet, either live or recording, look to the options at the bottom center of the screen.
Step 2	Select the closed captioning icon, and on the resulting pop-up, choose your language. English is the current default.

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Editing Gradebook Categories

Editing Gradebook Categories

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If you set your Gradebook to calculate the mean of grades, the course grade will be the sum of all grades divided by the total number of grades.

Step 1	Click on the Grades tab in the upper menu of your course
Step 2	In the drop-down options menu, click on Gradebook setup
Step 3	On the resulting page, locate the row that shows a folder with the name of the course. Select the three-dot drop-down and click Edit Category.
Step 4	There will be a pop-up window with the edit options. Choose Mean of Grades in the Aggregation area. For more information on grade aggregation, click here. When finished, click Save.

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The default setting for a Moodle gradebook is "natural" (also known as "sum of points").  An entry with a maximum grade of 100 points is significantly more "weighty" than one with a maximum grade of only 10 points.

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A weighted average allows you to assign weight to activities while not adjusting each activities' point value. 

If you use weights or weighted totals to determine the students' overall grades in your course, you may need to use categories when organizing the gradebook. For a tutorial on creating categories click here. 

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Categories allow for several grades of a single type of material (e.g. homework, quizzes, etc.) to all be graded the same way. Also, if you use weights to determine the students' overall grades in your course, you must use categories when organizing the gradebook.

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NOTE: You can only drop the lowest value in the following aggregations with the following situations:

• Mean of Grades, at all times

• Weighted Mean of Grades, only if all of the items in the category carry the same assigned weight

• Natural & Simple Weighted Mean of Grades, if all of the items in the category are worth the same number of points. If the items are not the same point value, the ‘Drop the lowest’ setting will be grayed out/disabled

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This tutorial describes how to exclude a single grade from the overall course grade in the Gradebook. How you exclude a grade will depend on your gradebook set up.

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Inserting Grades in Bulk

The Perform bulk insert function allows instructors to fill all grades or fill only empty grades with a set score. This feature is valuable when you need to fill in a grade of 0 for any missing assignments from students. Another example might be if many students earned the same grade for an assignment and you'd like to keep from typing the same number over again.

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If you do not yet have a category created in your Gradebook, please start with this tutorial.

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If you do not yet have a category created in your Gradebook, please start with this tutorial. A video tutorial can be found here: Moving Items into a Gradebook Category.

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The Override grade function allows instructors to update a grade. This tutorial will also demonstrate how to reverse an override.

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If you would like to send a message to a group of students by grade range (i.e. some students who did not do well on a quiz), you may do so by messaging directly from the Gradebook. You can choose either a specific activity/assignment or a grading category to generate the grade range.

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When teaching a course with multiple sections, especially when a course has a large number of students, using groups in conjunction with the gradebook makes it much easier to filter student data. Multi-section courses automatically have groups created for each section, which you can use in addition to or instead of your own custom groups.

Note: You will not be able to sort the gradebook using groups unless you have created groups for your course. Please see this tutorial.

Step 1	In your course, click on the Grades.
Step 2	Select Grade Report if it is not already.
Step 3	At the top of the Grader report, from the Separate / Visible groups drop-down menu (at left), select a group name.
Step 4	Your gradebook will refresh to show only the students in that group. To view all users again, simply use the Separate / Visible groups drop-down menu again and select All participants.

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to view your course as a student.

Step 1	In any course, click on My Courses.
Step 2	Next, click on Switch role to...
Step  3	On the resulting screen, choose Student.
Step 4	When you are done reviewing the course as a student, click on My Courses again and choose Return to my normal role.

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This tutorial will show you how to move categories and grade columns in the grade book. A video tutorial can be found here: Moving Categories and Columns in the Gradebook

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This tutorial will show you how to use rubrics to grade student work.

You must first create a rubric in order to use it to grade student work. If you have not yet created a rubric, click here for more information.

Step 1	Select OpenLMS from the top of your course and click on Open Grader.
Step 2	On the resulting screen, you will see a list of the submitted assignments to be graded. Scroll to the one you wish to grade or use the drop-down menu to select the name of the assignment you wish to grade.
Step 3	Click Grade with rubric.
Step 4	In the resulting pop-up screen, select the appropriate point value for each criterion by clicking on the appropriate box.
Step 5	Additionally, you may type feedback or attach a file to the rubric as feedback for the student - scroll to the area below the rubric to do so. You may also choose to annotate a PDF of the student's submission - simply scroll down to the bottom and click Launch PDF editor.
Step 6	When you are finished using the rubric, click Save grade. The grade will be based on the rubric selections you made for the student. Note: If you'd like to tell students how to view their rubric feedback, please share this link to the tutorial with them: https://ecampus.southwesterncc.edu/mod/page/view.php?id=52837

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Using a Marking Guide

A marking guide is an advanced grading method that allows an instructor to create a set of criteria for a Moodle assignment activity, optionally share these criteria in advance with students, and grade each criterion using a range of values. It also allows you to build a set of frequently-used comments to use when grading.

Step 1	While creating a new assignment, expand the Grade settings. Set the maximum point value for the assignment, then choose Grading guide from the drop-down menu.
Step 2	After adjusting any other settings for the assignment, click the Save and display button.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, choose Define new grading form from scratch.
Step 4	In the name and description areas, type a name and optionally, type a description of the marking guide for the assignment.
Step 5	On the resulting screen, click where indicated to edit the name of the criterion, the description that students will see, and the maximum score.
Step 6	You can also add additional criteria by clicking Add criterion.
Step 7	Optionally, you can type feedback you think you will be likely to give to multiple students in the Frequently used comments area.
Step 8	It is recommended that you keep the default settings to show the guide definition and show marks per criterion to students. Click Save grading guide and make it ready to continue.
Step 9	If you have allowed students to see the marking guide information, they will see it when they click on the assignment before submitting.
Step 10	When grading, you can use the Open Grader and you'll see an option to "Grade using Marking Guide." When you click this, it will expand text boxes where you can enter comments and point values. For more information about Marking Guides, click here.

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You may hide items, assignments, activities, resources, and entire sections in your course. A video tutorial can be found here: Hiding/Showing Activities and Resources to Students

Step 1	Navigate to the activity or resource you wish to hide or show, and click the icon of three dots in the right corner of the activity, then select Hide or Show.
Step 2	Alternately, you can edit the item by clicking on the edit settings option.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, navigate to the area, then choose Show on course page or Hide on course page in Availability.
Step 4	Click Save and return to course.

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to highlight a section of your course so that students immediately go to that section upon entering the course.

Step 1	Navigate to the section you wish to highlight. Click on the image of three dots in the right corner of the activity.
Step 2	When students log in, the highlighted section will appear.

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If a student is withdrawn from a course, the instructor may wish to view the student's activity afterward in the gradebook. To do so, follow this tutorial.

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User overrides allow you to edit the settings of an activity for a specific student. You can open or close the quiz at a different time or date for an individual, for example. You might also choose to allow a student more time on a timed test. You can edit the override any time. A video tutorial can be found here: Overriding Settings/Making Exceptions

Step 1	Enable Edit Mode
Step 2	Navigate to the assignment you wish to edit and click on the three dots and select Edit Settings.
Step 3	On the resulting page select More and then Overrides.
Step 4	To create a new override select Add user override. On the resulting screen select the student and edit the settings. Click Save to save your changes.

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Moodle automatically adds assignments and quizzes into the gradebook. Additionally, forums can be set to add an item to the gradebook. 

Manual Grade Items are additional entries that are not connected to course activities within the course, and cannot be seen from the course page. These can be added using the Gradebook setup screen. 

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If you have created grade items in the Gradebook Setup area directly (for items such as participation grades or a test students take in person and hand in to you), you can assign those grades in the Gradebook. You can also use this same method to overwrite a grade for any other grade column as well, even if it was automatically graded.

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If you want to send a message to students who have not completed a specific activity, you can use the Open Reports tool to do so.

Step 1	Begin by clicking on OpenLMS and selecting Open Reports on the dropdown.
Step 2	Using the Course Reports drop-down menu, choose "Exception Reports."
Step 3	Next, choose the type of report you want to show. (For this tutorial, we'll use "Assignment Submissions," but you could also use "Quiz Submissions" or "Forum Posts," for example.)
Step 4	On the resulting screen, choose the filters to choose the activity, then click Generate report.
Step 5	When the screen refreshes, you'll see a list of students who have not completed the activity. Using the boxes under Select, select the students whom you wish to message.
Step 6	Next, using the Action drop-down menu, choose "Send message to student."
Step 7	A box will pop up, where you can type in the message. When you have completed the message, click Send message.
Step 8	Finally, you will see a message that indicates you were successful.

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Step 1	You can add an image in just about any resource or activity in Moodle. Create the resource or activity, and then locate the Insert or edit image icon on the text editor of the resource or activity you are editing.
Step 2	On the resulting pop up, click Browse repositories.
Step 3	Choose a repository: choose Upload a file to browse for a file from your computer or choose Google Drive. Once you have added the file, click the Upload this file button.
Step 4	After the image is added, the pop-up will ask you to describe the image. Type a description of the image.
Step 5	Click Save image at the bottom of the pop-up window, and your image will be added with the alt-text.

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Completion tracking lets students know when they have a certain number of assignments to complete or items to view; this information is displayed underneath each section in the form of "Progress" information. If you wish to turn this off or on, follow these instructions.

Step 1	Students will see marks indicating if an activity is complete if you have Completion Tracking on in your course.
Step 2	If you wish to change the completion tracking setting, click on the Settings menu from the Moodle navigation toolbar
Step 3	Scroll down to the Completion tracking area and click on it to expand. You can choose to enable completion tracking as well as whether to show completion tracking to students.
Step 4	Once you've made your changes, select Save and Display to return to your course homepage.

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to view your course as a student.

Step 1	In any course, click on My Courses.
Step 2	Next, click on Switch role to...
Step  3	On the resulting screen, choose Student.
Step 4	When you are done reviewing the course as a student, click on My Courses again and choose Return to my normal role.

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Using the Open LMS Moodle Mobile App

The Open LMS Moodle Mobile App is available to download here (iOS) or here (Android). Depending on your internet speed and reliability, with the Open LMS Mobile App, you can:
• Access your courses directly from your mobile device
• Download content for offline access
• Update your profile information
• Receive course notifications and messages
• As a student: view your course grades and awarded badges on your profile
• As a teacher: grade assignments both online and offline

If you are not an app user, you can also use Moodle via your phone or mobile device's internet browser (i.e. Safari or Chrome, etc.).

Please note: SCC recommends that students complete assignments, discussion forum posts, quizzes, and other important activities from a computer, not a mobile device, for improved reliability.

Step 1	Open the Moodle Mobile app and, when prompted, enter ecampus.southwesterncc.edu as the URL of the Moodle site. Tap Connect!
Step 2	On the resulting screen, type your MySCC username and your MySCC password. Tap Log in.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, tap Dashboard to view the Course Overview screen.
Step 4	On the resulting screen, you'll see a list of your courses. Tap the one you want to access. (Instructors may view their courses through the app, but there is no ability to edit.)
Step 5	If you try to access an Open Forum or a Collaborate session, you may see this screen. Click on the Open in browser button to continue. (You will need to log into MySCC on your phone's browser, then navigate to Moodle and the course.)

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Sorting courses in Moodle is fairly simple. In the My Courses tab, a drop-down menu allows you to choose which courses to display. 

Instructors and students have the option to set up email confirmation notifications for doing such things as submitting assignments and quizzes, as well as receiving emails of forum digests when subscribed to discussion forums. For a video tutorial, click here.

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A page resource creates a webpage that displays content added by the instructor. A page can display text, images, sound, video, and web links. For a video tutorial, click here.

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When clicking on the Participants tab in the Course Dashboard, instructors will see both students who are "Suspended" who have dropped the course and students who are "Active" who are still enrolled. To see only the students currently enrolled in the course, click on the filter at the top of the page and choose "Status - Active". Only active students have access to the course.

Step 1	Start by clicking on the Participants link in the top menu of the  course.
Step 2	On the resulting page, in the box underneath Participants, you'll see a filter area.
Step 3	Click on the Select drop-down menu to select how you wish to filter. In this example, we will use Status to view only active students.
Step 4	In the textbox to the right of the Status area, click in the box, then select Active from the options.
Step 5	Next, click Apply filters.
Step 6	The resulting list will be of students who are active in the course (not withdrawn, dropped, or suspended). From this list, you can message only the active participants. For a tutorial on how to do that, click here and start with Step 4.

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Viewing the Results of Online Test Proctoring (using Respondus LockDown Browser)

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It is helpful to have your picture in your profile, as students are more likely to feel a connection with their instructor if they see a picture. Your profile picture will be visible in the courses you are teaching, as well as in the students' My Courses page, on the course card. For a video tutorial, click here.

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Instructors can use Quickmail in Moodle to email students. The email will appear in students' SCC email accounts with a subject line that includes the ID number of the course (i.e. "[ACA-111-WC1-2020FA] Your Email Subject Line Here").

Step 1	In your Moodle course, open the right side block drawer to reveal the Quickmail block
Step 2	On the resulting screen, scroll until you see Quickmail.
Step 3	To get started with an email, click on Compose Course Message.
Step 4	Choose the recipients for your email by clicking on the student names either under under To (Students to Include), or Exclude (Students to Exclude)
Step 5	Once you have added all intended recipients, scroll down and type a Subject and a Message. You can also add an attachment.
Step 6	If you wish to receive a copy of the email, be sure the radio button next to Yes is selected. Click the Send Email button when you're ready to send.
Step 7	On the resulting screen, you will see your Quickmail history.

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This tutorial will assist you in creating your quiz activity, but you will add questions to the quiz activity in a later tutorial. A video tutorial can be found here: Creating a Quiz

Step 1	Enable the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
Step 2	To get started, click +Add an activity or resource at the bottom of each section of the course.
Step 3	In the pop-up, navigate to Activities and select the Quiz activity.
Step 4	Name the quiz and (optionally) add a brief description.
Step 5	The next step is to configure optional settings to change the appearance, layout, or functionality of a quiz. For more information about each setting, visit the Settings for Quizzes webpage.
Step 6	Click Save and display or Save and Return to Course.

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This tutorial walks you through adding existing questions (from a category) to a quiz.

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This tutorial walks you through adding questions to a quizzes. A video tutorial can be found here: Adding Questions to a Quiz

Step 1	Click on the name of the quiz you wish to add questions to. (Alternatively, choose Edit settings from the menu under the three dots in the corner of the activity).
Step 2	On the resulting screen, click either Add question, or the Questions tab.
Step 3	On the resulting screen, select Add.
Step 4	Choose a new question.
Step 5	Choose the question type you want from the list. (Select a question type to see its description.) Click Add. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are using Multiple choice.
Step 6	Give the question a name; this is required, though students will not see the Question name. (The name will make it easier to identify the question in the future.) Then type the text of the question you want students to answer.
Step 7	You may adjust the point value for the question in the Default mark section.
Step 8	In the Answers section, type the possible answers in each Choice text box section.
Step 9	To assign one of the responses as a correct answer, use the Grade drop-down menu to choose 100%.
Step 10	Click Save changes.
Step 11	Your question has now been added. To add another question to the quiz, return to steps 3-10 of this tutorial.

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The process for copying content from one course to another in Moodle is called "import." To copy content from one course to another, you will need to start in the destination course (where you wish the quiz to appear). For a video tutorial, click here.

Step 1	In Moodle, navigate to your destination course. Click on the gear icon in the upper right of the course, and select Import.
Step 2	On the resulting page, choose the course you wish to import from and click Continue.
Step 3	Leave all of the default boxes checked (though you can deselect some if you wish; however, you must leave Include activities and resources and Include question bank checked). Click the Next button.
Step 4	On the resulting screen, deselect anything you do not want to bring over to the destination course. We recommend clicking None and then selecting only the topic and quiz(zes) you wish to bring over. Be sure to leave the topic selected where the quiz is housed in the original course. This will allow you to select the quiz in that section to import. At the bottom of the screen, click Next.
Step 5	On the resulting screen, review your choices and either choose Previous to change your selections or click Perform import to continue.
Step 6	The process of importing may take a few minutes. When you see Import complete. Click continue to return the course, click Continue to finish.

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Follow this tutorial on the Moodle site for uploading quizzes using different formats: Importing Questions with Text and Word Files

If you need to allow a student to re-take a quiz, you may need to clear the student's first attempt (depending on the settings of the quiz). A video tutorial can be found here: Clearing a Student's Attempt.

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This tutorial will walk you through editing an existing quiz.

Most quiz questions are automatically graded by Moodle. This tutorial will show you how manually grade any questions not automatically graded by Moodle. A video tutorial can be found here: Manually Grading a Quiz

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Moodle uses categories to organize questions for use throughout the course.  Each time you create a quiz, Moodle also creates a question category.  You can also create a categories.  Any question in Moodle can be used in multiple places. Organizing those questions is essential to effectively finding and reusing them.  

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Occasionally, you will find that one of the questions on a quiz activity is incorrect or invalid. Follow the steps in this tutorial to adjust the problematic question and run a regrade for all (or selected) quiz attempts.

Step 1	In your Moodle course, click on the quiz with a question you need to regrade. On the resulting screen, click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of your screen. Select Edit quiz.
Step 2	Click the Questions link in the upper menu to view the Quiz questions
Step 3	Locate the problematic question and click the gear icon.
Step 4	Here you can edit the quiz wording or change the correct answer as needed.
Step 5	Scroll down and click Save changes.
Step 6	Once complete choose Results in the upper menu, then Grades in the dropdown.
Step 7	On this page, when you scroll down, you'll see the list of student attempts on the quiz. Next to the students' names on the left, check the box of any student whose grade you'd like to update. (You can also click the checkbox at the top of the list, which will select all attempts.)
Step 8	Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click the Regrade selected attempts button. When the regrade is done, click the Continue button to return to the Responses page.
Step 9	You will now see the original score for each student crossed out on the question as well as the overall grade for the test.	Question updated: Overall test score updated:

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When creating a Quiz activity, you have many setting options. Below is a table that covers what each of the settings does. 

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This tutorial walks you through previewing a quiz. A video tutorial can be found here: Previewing a Quiz

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If you accidentally delete an activity or resource, don't worry. You can restore any activities or resources that you accidentally delete. The course Recycle bin stores the activities and resources you deleted for 14 days before permanently deleting from the course.

Step 1	Click on the More in the menu at the top of the course and choose Recycle Bin.
Step 2	On the resulting screen, you will see activities or resources that were recently deleted. Click on the Restore icon next to the activity or resource to restore it. (It will go back to the section it was in when it was deleted.)

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Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system. Important Note: If you do not see the Respondus block, contact E-Learning at elearning@southwesterncc.edu to have it added to your course.

We highly recommend adding in a sample ungraded quiz requiring LockDown browser so students have an opportunity to test the software prior to a higher-stakes assessment.

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The restrict access feature enables teachers to restrict the availability of any activity or even a course section according to certain conditions such as dates, grade obtained, group, or activity completion.

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The Restrict Access setting for activities and resources in Moodle allows you to limit access to resources based on various criteria.  To set up restrictions, follow these steps:

The Add a Topic option appears only at the bottom of your course.

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