1) Introduction to Moodle
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1. 0 oy coll Lds ALMAAHEFA COLLEGES User Manual for Faculty Members Learning Management System Introduction To Moodle LMS Manal Al Shehri 1 8 2014 Manual Intr ion to M Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Content How to Access Moodle 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 PRECESSION AU pectin b a E E 3 H ft si 4 Moodle Home Page Structure 8 5 6659117 OUT OL a 6 Course PACS WA MOOOC 7 8 Navic ation BIOK ars seeen E EE E 8 Namin aon E E E E 8 PACA BIOCK ay EEE EAE 9 10 Coure SCENES d d 12 1 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology How to Access Moodle User Manual Introduction to Moodle 1 In the browser write the following address http lms mcst edu sa 2 The following page will open see table for what each number represent MEST Moodle MCST Moodle Suppart Englich fen fm LOGIN Username Password Remember username Medicine ata NAVIGATION d Home H Couns CALENDAR Nursing Pharmacy Respiratory The Social Networks M 18 n rf al ym ca 11 l i E 4 You are net logged2. Week Name Description 19 July 25 July Lecture 1 this is lecture 1 m Lecture 2 this is lecture 1 26 July 1 August c re 1 this is description G August 15 August this is description 16 August 22 August El Lecture 1 page description 11 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Course Settings Instructors have the ability to change course settings if they are not satisfied with default settings that were completed in initial set up of the course Course settings include the layout of the course page start date of course availability to the students etc To edit the course settings 1 Log into Moodle and select course 2 Select Edit settings in Administration block This will open up a new page to edit 8 categories of settings cee ADMINISTRATION ola Course administration al Turn editing off Activity chooser off ek Edit settings m Reports HE Grades Outcomes da Backup dA Restore f Import Reset m Question bank m Switch role to m My profile settings Categories of Course settings that teacher can edit as follows General Description Course format Appearance Files and uploads Guest access Groups SN DUR WN Role Renaming Email moodle _support mcst edu sa User Manual Introduction to Moodle Al Maarefa Colleges for S
3. 18 July No news has been posted yet ADMINISTRATION mm Course administration Turn editing on 28 UPCOMING EVENTS me 06 Edit settings il Users lu Reports Grades Outcomes amp Backup amp Restore import 2 August 8 August Reset lu Question bank 19 July 25 July There are no upcoming events Go to calendar 26 July 1 August New event A ACTIVITIES zr M Forums Switch role to 9 August 15 August My profile settings 16 August 22 August 23 August 29 August You can manage them and assignments Turn Editing On button that enable you to add materials and blocks to the course page Navigation Block it contains links for Moodle pages Administrator Block It provides links for settings pages in Moodle 7 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Blocks ud Blocks are items which may be added to the left or right or center column of any page in Moodle Usually blocks show information from course page or from external web site such as twitter Each course page has standard blocks which you can add or delete them later Blocks Types 1 Navigation Block m fz NAVIGATION R 2 Administration Block dii Home M y home Navigation Block im Site pages It appears in each Moodle page and it contains links for amp My profile various
4. for Your profile page Navigation Block contains links for Moodle pages which includes My Home Site Pages My Profile and Courses o Calendar Block Administration Block it provides links to the settings pages The content of this block differs depending on context as will be explained later List of your Courses 5 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Accessing your Courses You can access your courses by Navigation bar select your course from My Courses drop down menu My Dashboard My Courses v ar sir v Moodle Support v MCST MCST Moodle Navigation Block select My Courses link it will show list of all your courses select one of them to go to its page My home im Site pages My profile My courses l Course 201 Course 101 6 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Course Page in Moodle onu m Social networks prn ALMAAREFA COLLEGES MCST Moodle English en r My courses MCST Moodle Support gt 054 gt Course 101 g NAVIGATION r SEARCH FORUMS est Course 1 Ti Home ED Go My home il Site pages Advanced search 3 m My profile VE News forum Current course g4 nx paya My courses LATEST NEWS f Add a new topic 12 July
5. cience and Technology 1 General Settings v General Course full name Test Course 1 2 Course short Course 101 name visible Show x Course start date 12 M July x kdi HE Course ID number 8 Note Some fields are locked and can t be changed by teachers You can have more information by pressing Help icon Course full and short name are locked and you do not need to enter any values This setting determines whether the course appears in the list of courses Apart from teachers and administrators users are not allowed to enter the course if this setting set to hide This setting determines the start of the first week for a course in weekly format The ID number of a course is only used when matching the course against external systems and is not displayed anywhere on the site This value is locked 13 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle 2 Description v Description Course summary o Course summary Maximum size for mew files SMB maximum attachments 1 files a Gol HE FF Write a description of your course this will be displayed in the list of courses You can upload any files such as book image or course description in pdf format 14 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa User Manual Introduction to Moodle Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Techno
6. iles Online users People ruiz results Random Floste 4 You can edit block s settings if needed by clicking on setting icon EEB CALENDAR 5 Press the turn editing off button Note I ra e setting icon August 2014 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat n 11 12 13 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 265 27 2 gt the added blocks by teacher will be visible to all students 9 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology Blocks Types Calendar Block User Manual Introduction to Moodle This block displays a copy of the current calendar month and shows range of colorful events as a reminder All course events automatically appear in the calendar for example when you set a day for submitting the assignment activity this date will appear as a course event in the calendar Calendar Events oe ie Global events set by admin Course events set by instructors Group Events set by instructor for specific group in user i e the one created the event Sun Mon 2 CALENDAR August 2014 Tue Wed Thu Fri 3 4 E 7 Personal Events set by students and instructors in their 10 12 3 14 home page and will only be visible by for currently logged 12 9 20 2 24 25 26 27 26 d Hide global events Hide course events You can hide any event by d Hide group events Hide user events clicking eye icon To add event manual
7. ill not be displayed Yes tn roe page R their profile page This setting determines how many recent items appear in the latest news block on 2 Course 201 ses NAVIGATION O SEARCH FORUMS Test Course 2 Home Go My home lu Site pages amp My profile Advanced search Current course amp Course 201 Participants Add a new topic 2777 28 luly 3 August lu 28 July 3 August y 6 No nevvs has been posted yet amp 4 August 10 August T LATEST NEWS Latest Nevvs Block 16 Email moodle support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle 4 Files and uploads Files and uploads Maximum upload Site Upload limit 53MB size This setting determines the largest size of file that can be uploaded to the course by students 5 Guest Access Guest access Allow guest access Moodle has a built in Guest account Visitors can log in as guests and enter any courses which allow guest access without enrolment Guest access is not allowed in our system and this value is locked 6 Groups Groups Group mode 7 6 Hu groups Force group mode 62 E Default grouping 6 El This setting has 3 options No groups There are no sub groups everyone is part of one big community Separate groups Each group member can only see their own group others are invisible Visible group
8. in Log m Collapses all Applied Sciences Emergency Med First method to enter to website click the link login to open new page where you can enter your username and password Second method to enter to the system write your username and password directly to the Login Block 2 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Access Information To Access and manage your course page in Moodle you must have an account If you have any problem accessing Moodle contact the Admin moodle_support mcst edu sa Faculty Members amp Part Time Instructors User name amp Password Contact the admin for your access information via this email Moodle_support mcst edu sa 3 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Update Email d m After logging in to Moodle for first time you need to enter a valid email in your profile page f your email is updated in e register system you will not need this step Follovv these steps to update your emall 1 After logging in to Moodle you vvill be directed to Edit profile page enter your email in Email address field and press Update Profile button ALMAAREFA COLLEGES as Ty MCST Moodle ls English en gt My courses gt MCST gt Moodle Support Fdit profile NAVIGATION NAV Teacher Tes
9. logy 3 Course Format v Course format Format 11 Weekly format M Number or 10 zi sections Hidden sections Hidden sections are shown in collapsed form H Pren R 4 1 Course layout O Show all sections on one page Select the layout of the course page s Topics format The course page is organised into topic sections Weekly format The course page is organised into weekly sections created by Moodle with the first week starting on the course start date Choose number of vveeks or topics You can change this number any time This option determines if the hidden sections will be displayed in collapsed format or to be hidden completely See following images hati I 654 Hidden Format Collapsed Format for Hidden Sections This setting determines whether the whole course is displayed on one page or split over several pages 15 Email moodle support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Appearance Appearance Force language D Do not force M News items to g 5 il show E Show gradebook Yes M to students show activity z M reports ah L k mi choosing forcing language the students vvill not be able to change the course This setting determines the possibility of changing the page language course When language the course page If set to O then the latest news block w
10. ly to the calendar 1 Select month name on calendar Press add new event button F Sat y os s In adding new event page enter the event information such as name and date and click save button Test Course 1 Detailed month view for Course 101 New event August 2014 September 2014 gt 10 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology Upcoming Event Block The Upcoming events block displays future events in a summarized list Events are generated directly from the calendar and or activity deadlines providing a link to full details or link to the activity All event of the course such as assignments due dates exam date and manually added events will be displayed in this block Activities Block The Activities block lists all activities and resources of the current course and allows navigation between the different activities available in your course Forums Quizzes Assignments Lesson module and so forth The activities list will grow as you add activities to your course User Manual Introduction to Moodle UPCOMING EVENTS rr ql 1 saturday 30 August 12 00 Go to calendar New event Fi ACTIVITIES AssiErimerits ME Forums Resources When clicking on the Resource link the block will display a list of all resources added in your course See the next figure Test Course 1
11. parts of Moodle a yey l Course 201 l Course 101 Navigation Block Administration Block lt provides links for settings pages in Moodle Content of this block differs based on context In Moodle context means Role content of this block for teachers is different than the content for students Page content of this block also differs based on page you view see following example T ADMINISTRATION fe Course administration ADMINISTRATION dl Turn editing on a Edit settings Users Ge My profile settings Edit profile Change password Reports E Grades 7 Outcomes amp Backup du Restore Messaging i Blogs Import C Reset im Badges Question bank m Switch role to Administration Block in Home page m My profile settings Administration Block in Course page g Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Adding Blocks Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle To add Block to your course page 1 Log in to Moodle system and then select the course 2 Turn editing on by pressing the editing button 3 Move to the bottom of the page and select any type of available blocks from Add Block menu ae ADD A BLOCK Actiwities Blog menu a i Comments Community Timder Course completion status Course site Summary Courses AThIL Logged in user Messages My latest badges private f
12. s Each group member works in their own group but can also see other groups If group mode is forced then the course group mode is applied to every activity in the course Group mode settings in each activity are then ignored If groupings are enabled a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set 17 Email moodle _support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology 7 Role Renaming v Role renaming Your word for Manager Your word for Course creator Your word for Teacher Your word Tur Non editing teacher Your word for Student Your word for uest Your word for Authenticated user Your word for Authenticated user on frontpage User Manual Introduction to Moodle You can rename the roles used in your course For example you can change the name of the teacher role to lecturer Instructor or professor and you can change student to trainee Note that permissions for each role will not be affected 18 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa
13. t Home My home im Site pages General amp My profile View profile ire Forum posts rirse name Blogs Messages My private files My badges Email address Surname Test im My courses 2 Confirmation email will be sent to your email read it and press the link 3 You will be directed to your profile page press Update Profile button Note s Without updating your email you will not be able to view and manage your course page 4 Email moodle_support mcst edu sa Al Maarefa Colleges for Science and Technology User Manual Introduction to Moodle Moodle Home Page Structure After logging in to the Moodle system the picture bellow shows the front page of Moodle will be displayed Refer to the table to explain the numbers 2774 2 Social networks Hu mu r roll GLuls mu ALMAAREFA COLLEGES MCST Moodle ls English en My courses gt MCST gt Moodle Support gt 062 gt gt 2 cna NAVIGATION oja Home My courses My home is Site pages amp My profile Test Course 2 My courses CALENDAR a ma August 2014 gt Teacher Teacher Test Test Course 1 Teacher Teacher Test Teacher Teacher 2 Test Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat All courses tt ADMINISTRATION My profile settings Navigation bar include links for your courses dashboard language settings and Moodle support Link
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