student moodle infomation 2010

Quick Start Guide 2010

Ian Nield - VLE developer – [email protected] Page 1 of 10

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What is Moodle and how can I use it? 3P

Logging In 3P

Register on your course 3P

The Home Page 4P

The Menus 6P

Your Courses P 01

Moodle from Home P 01

Moodle Help P 01



• It is a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

• Access resources, College information and websites• Take part in online activities • Talk to students and tutors alike • Submit your work• Learn at any time in any place• Research Hopwood and beyond • Find out what’s happening at Hopwood

• usernames and passwords are the same as the computer network

To register on a course the students need to 1. Login in to Moodle

2. Click on the 3. Find the course in the list that then comes up and click

on the course name 4. This will give access to the course, on the left click on

the ‘Enrol me in this course’ link under the ‘Administration’ menu


What is Moodle and how can I use it?

Logging In

You Can …

Register on your course …



5. A page then comes up ‘You are about to enrol yourself as a member of this course. Are you sure you wish to do this?’ click yes and set up is complete

Looks something like this

The ‘Welcome’ button takes you to the welcome page; this is a good place to start if you have any problems accessing the site

My courses will display a list of all the course areas you have access to when you login

This gives a list of all the areas on the VLE, please have a look around

If you need to contact Hopwood click here

Clicking on the date in the top right and calendar will come up


The Home Page


http://moodle.hopwood.ac.uk/my/

http://moodle.hopwood.ac.uk/course/index.php

http://www.hopwood.ac.uk/


By clicking on the on the house on the left you will go back to the home page

Moodle has a “Stay Safe” button which learners can use to let a member of college staff know about a safety concern. This offers an ongoing means of communication for our students to make us aware of issues that are causing them concern.

Click on the button, fill in the questions and one of the Safeguarding team will get back to you within 24 hours




Information and useful inks can be found across the top in the menus

Handbook A copy of the student handbookEvacuation Procedure A copy of the college evacuation

procedure. It’s important that you read this

Fire Alarm Testing Once a week the fire alarm in each building is tested, find out when this will affect you

Forskills A link to the Forskills websiteProMonitor A link to ProMonitorHave Your Say Let us know what you think of

Hopwood - good and badStaff Member of the Month Has a member of staff helped

you or would you like someone to be recognised for the work they are doing? If so vote for them here

W: Drive Some resources are on the W: Drive click here to access them


The Menus

Documents + Websites …



Careers Information on the Careers service offered at Hopwood

Counselling Information on the Counselling service offered at Hopwood

Faith and Diversity Information about Faith and Diversity

Health and Safety Information about Health and Safety

Health and Wellbeing Information about Health and Wellbeing at Hopwood

Higher Education Information Information about Higher Education and what steps to take when leaving Hopwood

Finance Information Student finance information to help you

Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Information about what is on offer and how the new LRC can help you

Webmail Access to your college email, usernames and passwords are the same as the computer network


Student Support …



Principal’s Question Time (PQT) May 2010

Access to the Principal's Question Time questions and answers from May 2010

PQT Online May 2010 Access to the Principal's Question Time Online questions and answers from May 2010

PQT March 2010 Access to the Principal's Question Time questions and answers from March 2010

PQT Online March Access to the Principal's Question Time Online questions and answers from March 2010

Student Reps All information about the Student Reps

Student Reps Forum A discussion forum for students to discuss all things Hopwood

Galleries Photo galleries of events from around Hopwood

Enrichment Information about enrichment activities at Hopwood


Learner Voice …



E-Safety Information on E-SafetyToolkit The Toolkit home for a lot of E-

Learning informationHow to... User Guides How to do a number things with

E-LearningHow to...Videos How to do a number things with

E-LearningPromethean Promethean whiteboard helpMicrosoft Office 2010 Help with Microsoft Office 2010 Example Resources Example E-Learning resourcesUseful Websites Useful E-Learning websites


E-Learning …



Your courses will appear in a list You can see the full list of course areas

that you have access to by clicking on the My Courses button

You will have more courses in the list then you are studying. This is so you can access all parts of Moodle. This list may take 24 hours to set up

If you can’t find the course you are studying on please ask a member of staff

• Moodle is available from outside the college, from anywhere that has internet access

http://moodle.hopwood.ac.uk

• The best place to find help on how to use Moodle is in the LRC. Staff can help with most Moodle issues and will get back to you if they can’t answer your question.

• You can also contact the VLE Developer, Ian Nield• Email - [email protected]• Phone Middleton campus –0161

643 75 60 (3342)• Phone Rochdale campus - 01706 345 346 (2338)


Your Courses

Moodle Help

Moodle from Home



http://moodle.hopwood.ac.uk/