iTa’leem Instructor Manualiium.edu.my/media/17447/iTaleem instructor manual.pdf · [ITA’LEEM INSTRUCTOR MANUAL] November 26, 2013 Centre for Professional Development | IIUM 8

[ITA’LEEM INSTRUCTOR MANUAL] November 26, 2013

Centre for Professional Development | IIUM 1

iTa’leem Instructor Manual © 2013 Center for Professional Development (CPD)

Last Updated: November 24, 2013



1.0 Logging into iTa’leem

To log into iTa’leem, in your browser, go to http://italeem.iium.edu.my

Click on the “Login” link to log in

You will get the following page:

For staff, log in using your IIUM e-mail username and password. Students will have to

http://italeem.iium.edu.my/



use their matric number as their username and pin no as their password.

Once you are logged in you will able to see your list of courses for the current semester

under “My Courses”.

2.0 Accessing your course After you log in, you should click on the course you want to enter in the My courses block .

If you do not see your course listed don't panic. Just contact your Kulliyyah’s AMAD

representative to make sure that your name has been assigned to the course in



the Student Information System (SIS). If it is not, then that is most probably the

reason you cannot see your course listed in iTa’leem.

You are now at the course homepage.

3.0 Navigating In iTa’leem

Docking

Docking allows the user to collapse a block, thus opening up more of the screen for the course content. To dock a block, simply click the docking icon. But note that not all blocks can be docked. If the docking icon is not visible then that block cannot be docked. You will need to dock all the blocks on one side of the screen to receive any real benefit from docking.



To undock, click the Undock all button:



4.0 Course Homepage Layout

A new course entered for the first time will be mostly blank. Course templates have

block areas on the left and right sides, with course Resources and Activities grouped

by sections which can be arranged by topics or by weeks .

Generally the first or top section is not numbered and is designed for general

information and to contain activities and resources useful during the course.



5.0 Edit your course settings

In each new course, there are a few changes you can make to your course settings such

as the course format and appearance. To edit course settings, in the Administration

block, under Course administration, click on “Edit settings” as shown below.

You will get the Edit course settings page shown below.

IMPORTANT: Do not change course full name, course

short name and course ID number. These are system

generated fields. You can however change the “Visible”

field to either “Show” or “Hide”. This is particularly useful if

you are preparing your course before the semester starts

and you do not want students to see your course yet. You

can also add a course summary or course synopsis in the

Course summary field.

To change your course format, scroll down until you see the Course format field. If the

field is collapsed, click on the small triangle next to it to expand the field.



Choose the desired Format of your course from the drop down list. You have several options to choose f rom but we only describe the two most often used below:

Weekly format - The course is organized week by week, with a clear start date and a

finish date. Each week consists of activities such as readings and assignments as well as

resources such as lecture notes and case studies.

Topics format – It is very similar to the weekly format, except that each "week" is called

a topic. A "topic" is not restricted to any time limit. You don't need to specify any dates.

Choose the desired number or weeks or topics you wish to have in the “Number of

sections” field. This setting controls how many “sections” there are to the course. If you

specified a weekly format you’ll simply choose the number of weeks that are in your

course. If you specified a Topics format you will have to decide how many sections you

need. You may wish to have a section for each chapter, or you may wish to have a section

for each group of chapters.

After making any changes be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

6.0 Adding a resource

To add an activity or resource to your course, first you have to turn the editing on.

The “Turn editing on” button toggles between on and off when you click it. When editing is

on, you will see the “Add an activity or resource” link under each section of your course.



When you click on this link, the Activities and Resources page will appear. There are

several activities and resources to choose from.

In the following sections we will describe some of the most often activities and resources

used by instructors.

6.1 Uploading a File

One of the first things you'll probably want to do when setting up your new course, is to add a

course outline or a document explaining the projects and assignments involved. This might be

a Word document, for example. To add your course outline to your course you need to upload

the file into your course. The following are the steps involved to upload a file:



1. After logging in, enter your

course (click on the course title)

2. Make sure editing is turned

on (click “Turn editing on”)

3. Scroll down to the

Topic/Week to which you intend

to add the resource.

4. Click the Add an activity or

resource link.

5. Choose File under

Resources.

6. Click the Add button

7. In the window that appears

(shown below), key in a name

and description of the file.

8. Click Add to select file.

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9. In the File picker window shown above, choose Upload a file from the left menu,

10. Click Browse, select a file and click Open from the windows explorer.

11. Click Upload this file.

12. The icon of the uploaded file will appear in the Select files box (shown below).

13. Click on the Save and return to course button.



You will see the file appearing in the section that you added the file, with a variety of

editing icons next to the file.

The following image describes the function of each icon.

6.2 Inserting a label

A Label lets you identify parts of your course, or present short snippets of information.

Labels appear on the main screen of the course. They can be added to make your course

more user friendly. Use them to help explain or organize your course.

An example of a Label is shown below.



To add a label the steps are almost similar to the steps to upload a file:

1. After logging in, enter your

course (click on the course title).

2. Make sure editing is turned on

(click “Turn on editing”).

3. Scroll down to the Topic/Week

to which you intend to add the

resource.

4. Click the Add an activity or

resource link.

5. Choose Label

6. Click the Add button.

7. Key in your label text.

8. Apply formatting as desired.

9. Click the Save and return to course button.

6.3 Adding a Page

If we have some instructions or content to deliver to our students that we want them to read

but not download, then we can save time by typing them straight into Moodle instead of

creating a document, for example, in Word and uploading it. To add a page:



1. After logging in, enter your course.

2. Make sure editing is turned on.

3. Scroll down to the Topic/Week to which

you intend to add the resource.

4. Click the Add an activity or resource.

5. Choose Page from the Add an activity or

resource window.


7. Key in your Page name, description and

content.

8. Click the Save and return to course button.

9. The Page resource will appear as a link in your course as shown below.



6.3.1 Using a Page, you can also add a YouTube video to your course (it will appear as a

link and when click, opens a page with the video). To add a YouTube video using Page:



3. Scroll down to the Topic/Week to which you intend

to add the resource.

4. Click the Add an activity or resource link.

5. Choose Page from the Add an activity or resource

window.


7. Key in your Page name

8. Key in your Page description

9. In the Page content text editor, click the HTML button to see the HTML source

editor (shown below).



10. Now go to YouTube, find the video you want to add to your course, click on the

Share button under the video and then click on the Embed button.

11. Copy the HTML code and paste into the HTML source editor.



12. Click the Update button and you will see the video appearing in the Page

Content editor.

13. Click the Save and return to course button and you will see the link to the video

in your course page.

To see what students see when they click on

the video link, switch role to student by clicking

on the Student link as shown (the Switch role

to…section can be found in the Administration

block).



Click on the video link and a new page will appear with the video ready to play as shown

below.

Switch back to instructor role by clicking on the

Return to my normal role link as shown.

6.4 Adding a URL

There are many useful websites that we would like for our students to see. In this section we

will look at how to make a link to a site, to save our students having to search online.



3. Scroll down to the Topic/Week to which

you intend to add the resource.


5. Choose URKL from the Add an activity or

resource window.


7. Key in a name and description for the link.



8. Type or paste the URL of your link into the Location box. If you’re unsure of the exact

URL click the Choose a link... button

9. Select your desired Display setting. This setting determines how the URL is displayed.

Options include:

Automatic - The best display option for the URL is selected automatically

Embed - The URL is displayed within your course page under the section that you

specified

Open - The URL is displayed in the current browser window

In pop-up - The URL is displayed in a new browser window

10. Click “Save and return to course” button.

6.5 Adding an Assignment

The assignment activity module allows students to submit assignments and instructors to

review the assignments and give feedback. Students can submit any digital content including

audio and video files. Alternatively instructor can ask students to type directly into the course

using the online text assignment.

To add an assignment to your course:





3. Scroll down to the Topic/Week to which you

intend to add the resource.


5. Choose Assignment under Activities

6. Click the Add button

7. Key in a name and description for the assignment (shown below)

There are many settings to do with an assignment. For example under Availability (shown

below) we can set dates and deadlines to the assignment. We can set a due date beyond

which it would be classed as late. We can set a cutoff date after which students will no

longer be allowed to send in the assignment.



Under Submission types (shown below), if we simply want students to type their essay

directly on the course page, we would check “Online text”. If we allow students to attach a

document, we would check “File submissions”. If we check “Submission comments”, this

then means that students can send us a little message along with their work.

We can also set the maximum number of files that students can upload and we can choose

the upload limit of each individual file that they send. The limit depends on the course and

the administrator's site settings.

For Feedback types (shown above), instructors have a few options:

Feedback comments - If enabled, the instructor can leave feedback comments for

each submission.

Offline grading worksheet - If enabled, the instructor will be able to download and

upload a worksheet with student grades when marking the assignments.

Feedback files - If enabled, the instructor will be able to upload files with feedback

when marking the assignments. These files may be, but are not limited to marked

up student submissions, documents with comments or spoken audio feedback.

Under the grading options,

instructors can specify the

grading scale, the grading

method, grade category and

whether or not the assignment

uses blind marking, in which the

identity of students are hidden to instructors. Blind marking settings will be locked once a

submission or grade has been made in relation to this assignment.

8. After you have all the necessary options, click on Save and return to course.

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