Moodle

Jan 7, 2025

Prepare Your Moodle Course for the Start of the Semester

Getting a course ready to re-teach in Moodle during a new semester involves a variety of housekeeping tasks to ensure that your semester runs smoothly for you and your students. This page lists the recommended tasks with some tips, and we have provided a convenient checklist for you to use each time you are teaching a course again in Moodle.

Sep 12, 2024

Step-by-Step Moodle Course Creation Guide

In this article Depending on your needs and experience, you may choose to follow every step or skip ahead to specific sections. At the end of this guide, you’ll also find links to additional resources for deeper exploration. Step 1: Develop a plan Before diving into Moodle, take time to plan. A little preparation makes…

Mar 21, 2024

Make Your Gradebook Student-Friendly

In this article Gradebook calculation methods: a quick review One of the first decisions you’ll need to make about your gradebook is which grade calculation method (also called aggregation) to use. The two most common options—natural and weighted mean of grades—are both student-friendly, so in most cases it’s best to choose the one you feel…

Feb 29, 2024

Designing an Effective Moodle Course

What does a well-designed course look like in Moodle?

Oct 18, 2023

Why Gamify Your Moodle Course?

In this article How to Get Started Step 1: Reflect on course evaluations, other student feedback, and your own experience as the instructor as you consider what you really want students to gain from your course. Consider your reasons for choosing gamification: Step 2: Now that you have reflected, the Recorded Gamification Workshop can help…

Oct 18, 2023

Group Work in Moodle: Introduction and Examples

In this article Why Assign Group Work? Group work has numerous benefits on students’ comprehension of course material and psychological welfare. Other articles in this series discuss strategies for success, how to assess and evaluate group work, a deep dive into using digital tools for group work, and an overview of other digital tools that…

Sep 8, 2023

Assessing Student Learning with Core Moodle Tools

In this article Best Practices Core Moodle Assessment Tools Low-stakes assessments can be “formative,” meaning they administered before or during the learning process to guide your teaching or help learners monitor their progress. A major assessment like an exam or project may be used in a “summative” way at the end of a unit to…

Jul 27, 2023

Help Students Stay Organized in Moodle

In this article Benefits of providing support for organization Students in multiple courses that use Moodle can experience stress and frustration when each course is organized differently. When they have to spend mental energy to figure out where to start, what to do next, and keep track of what’s been completed, students have less cognitive…

Feb 16, 2023

Promoting Academic Integrity in Moodle Quizzes

In this article Review Moodle Quiz Basics New to Moodle quizzes? Check out the Quizzing in Moodle video playlist to get started. Considering AI in online quizzes Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, are reshaping traditional assessment practices and raising new questions about academic integrity. Students may be tempted to use these tools on quizzes—sometimes without…

Jan 26, 2023

Finding and Teaching with Digital Library Resources in Moodle

There are different strategies for finding resources that work for your classes and then integrating them into Moodle to provide easy access for you and your students.

Jan 26, 2023

Customize Learning Experiences for Students: Moodle Lesson Activity

The Moodle Lesson Activity allows instructors to create branching exercises where students are presented with content and then, depending on their responses or choices, are directed to the next stage of the lesson.

Jan 3, 2023

Moodle Gradebook: Basic Setup, Display and Functionality

The Moodle gradebook is a tool that allows instructors to enter grades for course activities and to view a summary of their students’ grades in one place.

Dec 7, 2022

Customize Learning Experiences for Students: Adaptive and Personalized Pathways in Moodle

In this article Overview: What is Customized Learning? Customized learning in this context can also be referred to as personalized learning or adaptive learning. Essentially we are designing courses, activities, or modules to provide students agency in how they move through course content via choices in format, mode of instruction, pacing, or content selection based…

Nov 16, 2022

Moodle Course Roadmap Overview

Roadmap is a Moodle activity you can build into your course to provide students with an interactive visualization of course activities and assessments.

Sep 7, 2022

Turnitin: Writing Feedback, Plagiarism Checks, and Peer Review

In this article How to get started Turnitin Assignment: Students will use the Turnitin interface from within Moodle to submit their work, and instructors will grade work from the Turnitin Feedback studio. Instructors can add a rubric to make grading easier. Moodle Assignment or Forum: Instructors enable the Turnitin settings within the assignment or forum…

Aug 13, 2022

Tips for Organizing Your Moodle Course

How can you organize the layout of your Moodle course so that students can focus their energy on learning?

Jan 12, 2021

Google Assignments in Moodle

In this article Features and Limitations Here’s what to consider as you decide whether Google Assignments in Moodle is right for your course or assignment. Feedback: Rich, In-Context Commenting: Because students submit Google files (doc, slides, etc.), you can use Google’s built-in tools – inline suggestions, comments and a reusable comment bank – to provide…

Nov 24, 2020

Using H5P Interactive Content in Moodle

H5P allows you to create a variety of tasks to provide interactive content delivery and quick knowledge checks alongside your course content within Moodle.

Nov 10, 2020

Helping Students Get Started in an Online Class

First impressions make a big difference in the online classroom. How can you ensure online learners feel welcome in the class and have all the information they need to get started successfully? In this article, we will discuss strategies for introducing students to the components of your online course and creating a welcoming online environment.…

Oct 21, 2020

Academic Technology

How to Choose and Assess a Learning Tool — Selecting and evaluating a learning tool requires careful consideration. This article aims to provide guidance and resources for selecting and assessing DELTA’s instructional tools, enabling you to integrate them into your courses effectively to enhance student outcomes. Moodle Assessing Student Learning With Core Moodle Tools — Moodle…

Sep 2, 2020

Administering Online Exams

In this article Moodle Exam Resources For in-person classes seated in a classroom, instructors can administer bring-your-own device (BYOD) testing in the classroom using Safe Exam Browser (SEB) with the Moodle Quiz activity. If you need help setting-up your exams online in Moodle, please contact the LearnTech Help Desk. Unmonitored Assessments If possible, use alternative…

Dec 28, 2019

Real-time Assessments and Check-ins

In this article Getting Started Determine your goal(s) for adding real-time assessments and/or check-ins to your course. What kinds of questions do you want to ask? Some of the most common categories of questions include: Consider the delivery of your course. Different tools are appropriate for synchronous in-person classes, synchronous online classes, and asynchronous use.…

Mar 15, 2016

Group Work With Digital Tools

In this article Tools for group creation Grouping students can be a logistical challenge, especially in large classes. Both Moodle and Zoom have tools that can help you group students randomly (automatically), manually, or based on student choice. See “Tips and Strategies for Successful Group Work” for things to consider when deciding how to form…