Become familiar with the different parts of a Moodle course, and turn on editing for a course (video: 2:06 minutes)
Moodle Help
- Need Help? Start an eLSupport Help Request Now!
This will take you directly to the eLSupport help request form (you may need to login) - Check out our ever-growing KnowledgeBase - a resource for you to find just-in-time help.
Top-tip: If you need to complete a task several times (e.g.each time you start teaching an online course or when it comes to grading time), you can bookmark the KnowledgeBase article(s) using your browser's bookmarking/favorites feature. - Learn more about asking for help from eL Support
The 10 Moodle Skills You Need To Know
Below are the 10 key skills you need to know to deliver engaging online and blended courses using VCC Moodle:
Options for the way a course appears to your students (video: 3:08 minutes)
Add Blocks (video: 1:26 minutes)
Course Editing (video: 1:44 minutes)
Add and Edit Text in Moodle (video: 2:39 minutes)
Add images (video 1:46 minutes)
Drag/Upload files (video: 1:39 minutes)
Using the Moodle File Picker (video: 3:06 minutes)
How can I add course content on my Moodle site? (video: 2:21 minutes)
More about Moodle Resources and Activities
Add links to external content using Moodle URL (video: 2:04 minutes) - note that you can also add inks using the text editor tool (see link above)
Show/Hide an entire course
- Click the green cog icon and choose Edit settings:
- Under General, set the course visibility to Hide or Show.
Show/Hide a section of a course
With editing for the course turned on, click the Edit button beside a section name and choose Show section or Hide section:
Show/Hide individual resources and activities
With editing for the course turned on, click the Edit button beside a resource or activity and choose Show or Hide:
The Moodle Announcements Forum: One-way communication from Instructor to students
Don't forget to make use of other communications tools such as email in your online and blended courses
Using Moodle Discussion Forum (video: 4:20 minutes)
Using Moodle Wiki (video: 3:28 minutes)
Create an assignment (video: 4:53 minutes)
Using Moodle Quiz (video: 6:26 minutes)
Moodle Training
Follow these links to get started using Moodle to deliver online courses:
- Introduction to Moodle
The aim of this short course is to introduce you to the basics of using Moodle and help you get started quickly delivering your online course. - Moodle Resources for Faculty
The purpose here is to pull together all of the useful resources for you, as a Moodle "Teacher." - CTLR eLearning Toolkit - including the CTLR Training Map
This self-service toolkit is your one-stop-shop for the training and resources you need to become a better online course builder and teacher.