Moodle 3.0 Student Guide 7.26.16 - The Center for …Welcome to Moodle, Fresno Pacific...

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UpdatedJuly26,2016

StudentGuide

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TableofContents

GettingStartedwithMoodle................................................................................................3BrowserRequirements...................................................................................................................3HowdoIlogintoMoodle?.............................................................................................................3HowdoIretrievemyMoodlepassword?..................................................................................4WheredoIfindmycourse?...........................................................................................................5WhatamIlookingatinmycourse?............................................................................................5Whycan’tIseemycourse?.............................................................................................................6HowdoIupdatemyMoodleprofile?..........................................................................................6

SubmittingAssignments.......................................................................................................7HowdoIsubmitanassignmentfile?..........................................................................................7HowdoIparticipateinaforum?..................................................................................................8SubmittingaTaskStreamAssignment.......................................................................................9SubmittingaTurnitinAssignment...........................................................................................12BestPracticesforNamingYourFiles.......................................................................................13

FrequentlyAskedQuestionsHowdoIplayStreamingServerVideos?.............14WherecanIfindmycoursegrade?..........................................................................................16HowdoIcommunicatewithmyprofessorandotherstudents?....................................16WhatifIneedmorehelpwithMoodle?..................................................................................18

AppendixA:UsingTheTextEditor.................................................................................19TextEditorFeatures......................................................................................................................23

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GettingStartedwithMoodleWelcometoMoodle,FresnoPacificUniversity’sofficialLearningManagementSystem(LMS)foronline,blended,andweb-enhancedface-to-facecourses.

BrowserRequirementsWhenusingMoodle,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingbrowsers:

GoogleChrome(Freedownload)www.google.com/chrome

Firefox(Freedownload)www.mozilla.com/firefox

SomefeaturesinMoodlearelimitedwithInternetExploreranditisthereforenotrecommendedwhennavigatingcoursesinMoodle.

HowdoIlogintoMoodle?OntheFresnoPacificUniversityMoodlehomepage(learning.fresno.edu),onthetopleftortoprightcornerofthescreen,enteryourMoodleUsernameandPassword,thenclick“Login.”

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HowdoIretrievemyMoodlepassword?

1.OntheMoodlehomepage,clickon“Lostpassword?”

2.EntereitheryourE-mailoryourstudentID,andclick“Submit.”AnemailwithyourMoodlelogininformationwillbesenttoyourFPUemailaddress.

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WheredoIfindmycourse?InthemiddleofthehomepageonMoodleyouwillfindanareatitled“Mycourses”andthefirsttabwillbetitled‘CurrentCourses’.Thereyouwillfindallofyourcoursesyouareenrolledin.

WhatamIlookingatinmycourse?SeetheimagebelowforthesekeyfeaturesofcoursesinMoodle:Blocks:Blocksappearintheleftandrightcolumnsandcontaingroupsofsettings,suchasthe“Navigation”blockandthe“Calendar”block.Administration:Click“Grades”under“Courseadministration”inthe“Administration”blocktoaccessyourcoursegrades.CourseContent:Coursecontentprovidedbyyourprofessorislocatedinsidethemodulesinthecenterofthescreen.Keyresourcesforthecourse,includingthecoursesyllabus,areusuallyatthetopofthecourseintheheadersection.Belowthat,mostcoursesorganizecontentintoindividualmodulesbyweek.

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Whycan’tIseemycourse?Ifacourseyouareenrolledinisnotshowingupinyour‘CurrentCourses’:

1. Thecourseisnotyetvisibletostudents.2. Youmaynotbeenrolled3. Ifyouwerejustregistered,ittakesabouttwohoursforyourcourseto

appear,soitmayappearsoon.

HowdoIupdatemyMoodleprofile?Profileshelpbuildasenseofcommunityinyourclass.YourMoodleprofilewillbeaccessibleinanycourseinwhichyouareenrolled,soyouneedonlycreateitonceandupdateitasneeded.Tovieworedityourprofile:

1. ClickonyourLoginname,whichappearsatthetopofyourMoodlescreen.

2. Clickonthe“Editprofile”tab.

3.Enteryourcontactinformationandaddsomeinformationaboutyourself(major,hobbies,etc)inthe“Description”box.

4.Addapictureofyourself.Thisisespeciallyhelpfulinonlinecoursessoothercourseparticipantscangettoknowyou.

5.Whendone,clickthe“Updateprofile”buttonatthebottomofthepage.

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SubmittingAssignments

HowdoIsubmitanassignmentfile?Anassignmentthatrequiresyoutosubmitafile,suchasaWorddocumentforaresearchpaper,willhavean“Addsubmission”button:

1. Click“Addsubmission.”

2. Onthe“Addsubmission”page,click“Add…”tolocatethefileonyourcomputer,orsimplydraganddropyourfileintothe“Filesubmissions”box.

3. Afteryourfileisfinisheduploadingclick“Savechanges”.

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HowdoIparticipateinaforum?Clickthe“Addanewdiscussiontopic”button,typeyoursubjectandyourmessage,andclick“Posttoforum.”Youmaybeaskedtoreplytotheprofessor’spostortoyourclassmates’post,asinthisexample:

1. Clickthediscussiontopictowhichyou’dliketoreply.

2. Click“Reply.”

3. Onthe“Reply”page,typeyourmessage.Youalsohavetheoptionof

attachingafiletoyourreply.4. Click“Posttoforum.”

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SubmittingaTaskStreamAssignment1. Click on the TaskStream assignment link in your course. You will be directed to the

TaskStream submission page.

2. ClickontheTaskStreamassignmentlink.

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3. Click on the “Work” tab to open the submission window.

4. After you click on the work tab, there are three different ways to submit an assignment. You can either submit an attachment, text & image, or a video.

Attachmenta. Click on “Attachments” b. Click on “Upload from Computer” to select a file c. Once the file has been successfully uploaded, click “Save and Return”

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Text&Imagea. Youcanboth“copyandpaste”textortypedirectlyintothetextboxb. Click“AddanImagetoyourtextsection”ifyouwouldliketoaddan

imagec. Oncefinished,click“SaveandReturn”d.

VideoFilee. Clickon“ChooseFile”f. Namethefileg. Clickon“AddFile”h. Clickon“SaveandReturn”

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SubmittingaTurnitinAssignmentTurnitinfeatureshavebeenintegratedintoMoodleandcanbeusedwithTurnitinAssignments,Workshops,andForums.TomakeuseoftheTurnitinintegration,studentsarerequiredtoaccepttheTurnitinEnd-UserLicenseAgreementonetime.ThiswillgenerateyouruniqueTurnitinID.Youwillbepromptedtoaccepttheagreementpriortosubmittinganassignmentorstartinganewforumthread.

Clickthelinkandyouwillseeapop-upwindowwiththeUserAgreement.

Click“Iagree”.IfyoudonotagreeyouwillnotbeabletosubmittoaTurnitinassignmentorposttoaTurnitinforum.Ifyouaccidentallyclick“Idisagree”thepromptwillreturneachtimeyouattempttointeractwithaTurnitinactivityuntilyoudoagree.

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BestPracticesforNamingYourFilesFilesuploadedtoMoodlewillbeviewedbynumeroususerswithavarietyofoperatingsystems(Mac,PC,andLinuxforinstance)anddevices(desktops,laptops,tablets,andsmartphones).Therefore,itisessentialtoplayitsafeinnamingyourfilesandavoidspecialcharactersthatmaycauseerrorsthatmakefilesinaccessible.

Doyourbesttoavoiduseanyofthesecommonillegalcharacters/symbolsinyourfilenames:

!exclamationpoint@atsign#pound/hashtag$dollarsign%percentsign^caret&ampersand+plussign

*asterisk()parenthesis[]bracket{}curlybracket/\slash‘apostrophe“quotationmark—emdash

=equalsign~tilde<>greaterthan/lessthan:colon;semicolon,comma.period|pipe

Also,keeptheserulesinmind:

• Don’tstartorendyourfilenamewithaspace,period,hyphen,orunderscore.• Keepyourfilenamestoareasonablelengthandbesuretheyareunder31

characters.• Mostoperatingsystemsarecasesensitive;alwaysuselowercase.• Avoidusingspacesandunderscores;useahypheninstead.• Avoidnon-Englishalphabetcharacters.

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FrequentlyAskedQuestionsHowdoIplayStreamingServerVideos?ToplayvideosfromtheStreamingServer,werecommendstudentsdownloadtheVLCMediaPlayer(videolan.org).OnceyouhaveinstalledVLCPlayer,ifyouareunabletosimplyclickthelinkandhavethevideoplayback,youmayneedtomanuallyenterthevideoURLfromyourMoodlecoursepageintoyourVLCplayer.ThefirststepistocopytheURLfromthelinkyouareattemptingtoopen.Rightclickonthelinkandselect“CopyLinkLocation”.Yourbrowsermayhaveslightlydifferentwording,butitshouldsaysomethingsimilar

Onceyouhavecopiedthelink,openVLCMediaPlayerandclickFile>OpenNetwork…onaMacorOpenNetworkStreamonWindows

Mac Windows

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PastethisURLyoucopiedfromthevideolinkinthedialogboxoftheVLCscreenandclick“Open”onaMacor“Play”onWindows

Nowenjoyyourvideo!

VLCplayerisalsoavailableasafreeappforplayingStreamingServervideosonmobiledevices.

Mac Windows

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WherecanIfindmycoursegrade?

1. Inthe“Administration”block,click“Grades”under“Courseadministration.”

2. The“Userreport”pagedisplaysgradesforassignmentscompleted,includinganycommentsfromtheprofessor,andthecoursegradethusfar.

HowdoIcommunicatewithmyprofessorandotherstudents?

1. Yourprofessorlikelyprovidedcontactinformationinthecoursesyllabus,whichisusuallyafilepostedintheheadersectionatthetopofthemaincoursepage.

2. Youmayalsoaccessyourprofessor’scontactinformationinthe“Instructorprofile”block,ifoneisincludedinyourcourse.

3. Tocommunicatewithothercourseparticipants,click“Participants”inthe“Navigation”block.

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Onthe“Participants”page,clickonthestudentorteacher’snametoseetheirprofile,includingtheiremailaddress.

WhatisNightMode?NightModeisanewfeaturethatallowsyoutoinverttheblackandwhitesectionsofMoodle;designedtohelpreduceeye-straininlow-lightenvironments.1. Toenablenightmode,clickthelittle

arrownexttoyourprofilepictureinthetoprightcorner,whichwillproduceadropdownmenu.

2. Inthisdropdownmenu,youwillselect“EnableNightMode”.

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Thereisalsoawaytoshift“NightMode”into“GalaxyMode”.PressShift-ZontheMoodlehomepagewhileinNightModeandwatchthestarscomeout.(Note:GalaxyModeisonlyavailableontheMoodlehomepage,notoncoursepages.)

WhatifIneedmorehelpwithMoodle?1.AccesstheMoodletutorialsfromAtomicLearning.2.ContacttheCenterforOnlineLearningat(559)453-3460.3.Follow@fpumoodleonTwitterforimportantinformationregardingupdates,upgrades,bugs,andbugfixes.

(559)453-3460col.fresno.edu

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AppendixA:UsingTheTextEditor

TypinginMoodlehasjustgotteneasier;meetyournewbestfriend,Atto.AttoisajavascripttexteditorbuiltspecificallyforMoodleandhassomeveryuseful

capabilities,whichwe’regoingtocoverinthistutorial.

Acrossfromtheword“Message”,you’llseemultipleicons.LetsexaminewhateachoftheseiconsallowsyoutodoandhowyoucanusethemtoenhanceyourMoodle

experience!

Thesebuttonsallowyouto:

Changethecolorofyourtext

Changethebackgroundcolorof

yourtext

Changeyourfont

Adjustthesizeofyourtext.

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Changetheparagraphstylesof

yourtext.

Boldyourtext

UnderlineyourtextItalicizeyourtext

Createabulletedlist

Createanumberedlist

Insertanimageintoyourtextbox

Insertavideointoyourtextbox

Manageyourfiles

Cleartheformattingofyour

text

Showthewordcountofyourtext

Addalinktoyourtext

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Unlinkanalreadyexistinglinkwithin

yourtext

Preventauto-linkingwithinyourtext

Addastrikethroughto

yourtext

Addasubscripttoyourtext

Addasuperscripttoyourtext

Leftalignyourtext

Centeryourtext

Rightalignyourtext

Addanoutdenttoyourtext

Addanindenttoyourtext

Addanequationtoyourtext

Addaspecialcharactertoyour

text

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Insertatableintoyourtextbox

Insertanemoticonintoyourtextbox

Undoyourlastaction

Redoyourlastaction

Doanaccesibilitycheckwithyourtext

Enablethescreenreaderhelper

Makearecordingfromyourcomputer’smicrophone

Createacolumnedgrid

Insertadrawingintoyourtextbox

Insertanimageintoyourtextboxfromyourwebcam

Recordavideointoyourtextboxfromyourwebcam

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TextEditorFeaturesa. DragfromWord:YoucandragtextstraightfromaWord(or

Pages)documentintotheTextEditorboxinsteadofusingthecopyandpastefunction.

b. WordCountButton:Thereisabuttonthatwilltellyouhowmanywordsyouhavewrittensofar.Itwillalsotellyouhowmanycharactersoftextyouhavetyped.

c. Auto-Save:Ifyouaretypinganentry/submissionintothetexteditor,thereisnowanauto-savefeaturethatpopsuponceaminutetoletyouknowthatyourdrafthasbeensavedinMoodle.