Moodle Help

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.