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Moodle Basics for New Instructors – Spring 2016 Page A. Login to the District Moodle Online Course Site for teaching your class . . . . . . . 1 B. Login to BCC Resources to Upload Your Syllabi for SLO Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C. Where to find faculty help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D. Student Help on Moodle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 E. More Moodle Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A. Login to the District Moodle Online Course Site, and basic tools.
1. Faculty accounts are carried over from semester to semester.
2. Login at: http://eperalta.org/spring2016 or use the blue button on the BCC homepage a. Username: your PROMT User ID (example for Ann Cooper: acooper) b. Password: your Employee ID # (example: 10345678)
3. Help with logging in:
a. Theresa Rumjahn, [email protected] (Rm 343, Mon – Thurs, 10 – 3) b. Fabian Banga, [email protected] (BCC Distance Education Coordinator) c. District Moodle Helpdesk, [email protected] d. If you do not have a PROMT account yet, please have your Department Chair or
Dean send an email to Theresa Rumjahn, [email protected], with your first and last name, an email address, the course name and class code # (example: ART 15, #20234). We will send you an email with your login information.
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4. Accept the Site Policy (it’s really for students but all users do this once).
5. Add files to your course a. Turn editing on. b. Drag the file from your computer onto the week you want to place it in. c. If your browser does not allow dragging, then use "Add an activity or resource",
scroll down to the Resources section and select the "File" item (refer to #F.5. Add a Link, about how to "Add an activity or resource").
d. To delete the file, click the dropdown menu "Edit" that follows the filename, and then Delete.
e. To move the file, drag the move icon for the file or item to another location.
Drag file
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f. If you cannot upload the file, you may need to increase the max file upload size – go to Course administration > Edit settings, change the Maximum file upload size setting, and save. When done, change it back to 5 MB or 10 MB.
g. There are other tools in the Edit dropdown menu. h. The pencil icon following the file name is a shortcut for quickly changing the name.
6. Open your course to your students
a. Click on "Course administration > Edit Settings". b. Change the "Visible" setting to “Show”, and Save.
#6.a. Click Course administration > Edit settings.
#6.b. Select Visible setting > Show, and Save.
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B. Login to BCC Resources and Upload your Syllabi (for SLO purposes) BCC Resources is not connected with the District’s Spring 2016 Moodle Online Course Site.
1. Login at http://eberkeley.org or use the brown button "BCC Resources" on the BCC homepage. a. Default Username: same as for the Spring 2016 Moodle, or your PROMT User ID b. Default Password: your Employee ID #
c. If you are new faculty and do not have a Peralta Email Address or Employee ID # yet, please have your Department Chair or Dean send an email to Theresa Rumjahn, [email protected] , and indicate your first and last name, an email address, and the course you are teaching. We will send you an email with your login information.
d. If you want to use the Spring 2016 Moodle, please also indicate this in your email, and
provide the course name and class code # (example: ART 15, #20234).
2. Click on "Syllabi Upload and Office Hours for Spring 2016".
3. Rename your file - example: MATH-140-33988-SMITH-S16.pdf (or .doc, .docx, .rtf)
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4. Click on "Syllabi Upload - Click Here"
5. Click the "Add submission" button
6. Drag your file from your computer onto the box area with the blue arrow, and Save.
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C. Where to Find Faculty Help
1. Moodle Online Course Site and BCC Resources a. Technical Support - Theresa Rumjahn, [email protected], Rm 343, M - Th, 10 - 3 b. BCC Distance Education Coordinator - Fabian Banga, [email protected] c. Moodle Support Only - District Moodle Helpdesk - [email protected]
2. PROMT and Peralta Faculty Email - District Help Only
a. [email protected] b. (510) 587-5700 c. District IT website is at http://web.peralta.edu/it/ d. File a help ticket - you need to login at PROMT (https://access.peralta.edu) and click the
link to "Footprints Helpdesk Support Request" e. To just login to Peralta Email, go to http://myperalta.org
3. Websites
a. BCC Distance Ed Site - http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/de/for-faculty/ b. Moodle Tutorials for Faculty - http://eberkeley.org/resources/course/view.php?id=13 or
go to BCC Resources (http://eberkeley.org) > Moodle Help menu item > Faculty Tutorials
c. District Distance Ed Site - http://web.peralta.edu/de/ d. BCC Technology Support - orange button on BCC homepage named "BCC AV and IT
Support"
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D. Student Help on Moodle
1. Student accounts are not carried over from semester to semester. 2. Student data is uploaded to the Moodle installation at the start of the semester. 3. Login Information:
a. Username: the PASSPORT User ID i. Student ID # if a Peralta Student account was created in the last 4 years. ii. May be letters and numbers if Student account was created 4+ years ago.
b. Password: the Birthdate in the form of yyyymmdd
Example #1: Cara Smith, Student ID # 10345678, Birthdate June 3, 1998 Example #1 Username: 10345678 Example #1 Password: 19980603 Example #2: Cara Smith (took classes in 2012), Student ID # 10345678, Birthdate June 3, 1998 Example #2 Username: casm5678 Example #2 Password: 19980603
4. Login Help: a. Login Instructions on the Moodle Online Course Site (http://eperalta.org/spring2016) b. Login - District Moodle Helpdesk - [email protected] c. Login - On-Campus Login Help Only (BCC Students Only) - Theresa, Rm 343, M - Th, 10 -
3 (when available) d. Flyers at Student Ambassadors desk, LRC, Library, Computer Room, 4th floor recpt,
counseling 5. Online Learning Orientation - on the Moodle Online Course Site (in the Frequently Asked
Questions Box); need to login as Guest (click the "Login as guest" button) 6. Peralta Student Email is used as the default address
a. Students can change their Moodle account email address from their Profile Page > Edit Profile
b. Student Email Helpdesk - [email protected] c. Student Email Information and Instructions - http://web.peralta.edu/it/studentemail
7. Moodle Information and Tutorials for Students a. go to BCC Resources (http://eberkeley.org) > Moodle Help menu > Student Tutorials b. BCC Distance Ed Site (http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/de/)
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E. More Moodle Tips
1. Sidebar Blocks
a. Collapse, Expand, or Dock sidebar blocks: click the + or – icon or the “ < ”
dock icon for that block b. Add a Block – turn editing on and select an item from the right bottom-most block.
c. Edit, Move, or Delete Blocks – click the “gear icon” and select Configure, Delete
or other menu item, or use the move icon to manually move the block. If you delete a block, you can always add it back with “Add a Block”.
2. Participants – student list; click on “Participants” – view a student’s last access in your course.
3. News Forum – for the Teacher to post announcements to the entire class; students all get an email.
a. Video on Forums (by moodle.org): http://eberkeley.org/resources/mod/page/view.php?id=2442
4. Increase file upload size
a. Click on Course administration > Edit Settings b. Go to "Files and uploads", and change the “Maximum upload” value, and Save. c. Change the value back to 5 MB or 10 MB (this sets the max for student uploads).
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5. Add a link a. Turn editing on. b. Click “Add an activity or resource” and you get a popup screen. c. Scroll down to Resources and select “URL”, and click the “Add” button.
d. Enter information for red-asterisked (*) required areas:
Name.
External URL – cut and paste in the full URL, example: http://turnitin.com/en_us/login you want the link to open directly on the page, change the “Appearance > Display” setting from “Automatic” to “Open”; and Save.
6. Add a Video a. Turn editing on. b. Click “Add an activity or resource” and select the Label resource. c. Enter the name or some text in the text editor.
d. Highlight the text add a link by clicking the insert ink icon (1st one) and pasting in the full YouTube URL such as https://youtu.be/b-Px0EnV3As, and save.
e. Too many videos on the course homepage will slow down loading time, so instead of the Label Resource, use the Page Resource.
7. Hide content until ready to display it to students. a. Turn editing on. b. Click the “open eye” icon to hide the whole block; the text will be grayed-out. c. Click the dropdown Edit menu and select “Hide” for one activity or resource. d. Reverse the procedure to un-hide the item or block.
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8. Switch your role to Student, so you can check what they are seeing: a. Click “Switch role to…” on the left sidebar in the Administration block. b. Select “Student”. c. Click “Return to my normal role” to go back to Teacher.
9. Dashboard can be customized a. Grayed-out courses are not open to students yet. b. Change the order of courses; change how many courses are shown.
--1/22/2016, TGR
