Get Started Using Moodle

Table of contents1 Accessing your Courses2 Opening Your Course to Students3 Enrolling/Unenrolling Students4 How to Post the Course Syllabus5 Sending Email and Messages from Moodle

1 Accessing your CoursesOnce you login to Moodle your courses appear in two places. Bothunder the center Course Overview and under the Navigation blockunder My Courses.1. Courses that are Unavailable to Students - Courses that appear grayed out are not visible to enrolled students.2. Courses that are Available to Students - The courses that appear in blue are available/visible to enrolled students.3. Customizing the Order Courses Appear under Course Overview - To put your most accessed courses at the top of the list, click \"Customise this Page\" and then click the 4 way arrow that appears next to each course title and drag it either up or down. **We recommend using Mozilla Firefox**

What to Do If Your Course Is Not ListedITS will automatically create the Moodle course(s) each term. If youneed a course created for a group, committee, etc. please complete theFaculty Course Request Form and click \"Submit.\" After submittingyour request, you will receive an electronic receipt via email. Allowup to 48 hours for your course request to be processed.

2 Opening Your Course to StudentsHow to Make Your Course Available to StudentsBy default all Moodle courses are unavailable to students. To makecourses available follow the steps listed below:1. Click on Edit Settings (located on the left under Course Administration)2. Scroll down to Visible.

3. From the drop-down next to Visible, select Show to make the course visible to students and then click Save Changes4. At the end of the semester, please close the course by selecting Hide from the Visible options.Opening Your Course - Video Demo

3 Enrolling/Unenrolling StudentsEnrolling StudentsEach term ITS will automatically enroll the students into theircourses. Faculty may need to manually enroll a student on occasion. Ifso:1. Go to Settings > Course administration> Users. Click the triangle to the left of users to expand.2. Click Enrolled Users. A list of enrolled students will appear.

3. Click Enroll Users button in the upper right4. When the Enroll Users box appears be sure to select Student (or the appropriate role) from the Assign Roles drop-down menu. On the bottom you can type the person’s last name, and search for their name in the list. Then click the Enroll button.

5. You can enroll several people at one time following step #4. Please not that after you click the Enroll Button the option disappears next to the users name. Once finished click the Finish Enrolling Users button.

Unenrolling StudentsYou will be responsible for removing students from your courseroster. If any student drops your course, you will have to follow thesteps below.1. Go to Settings > Course administration> Users. Click the triangle to the left of users to expand.2. Click Enrolled Users. A list of enrolled students will appear

3. Click the Red X under the Enrollment Methods column4. A warning will appear, please note that unenrolling a student willremove their grade information from your course. Verify that you areunenrolling the correct student and click Continue.

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4 How to Post the Course SyllabusEvery course shell has the current Chatham University syllabustemplate uploaded. To replace the template with your coursesyllabus, please complete the following steps:1. Go to your course in Moodle2. Click Turn Editing On

*3. If you need to download a copy of the syllabus, click on theSyllabus Template link. If you do not need to download/open a copyof the template, please proceed to step 4.4. Click Edit next to the Syllabus Template5. Select Edit Settings

6. Rename the file, delete the description. Before After

7. Scroll down and click on the Chatham Syllabus Template file.8. A pop-up window will appear, click Delete

9. Another pop-up window will appear. Click OK.10. Next you will need to either upload your syllabus file, or drag and drop your syllabus file into the box.11. To upload your syllabus, click the Upload File button.

12. After clicking the Upload a File button, the File Picker windowwill open. Select Upload a File and click Browse.13. Navigate to your syllabus file, select it, and click Open.

14. Verify that you have selected the correct file and click Uploadthis File.15. Verify the following items are correct. 1. The File Name 2. TheDescription is either blank or customized to your course. 3. Yoursyllabus file is uploaded.

16. After verifying the above items, click Save and Return toCourse.

5 Sending Email and Messages from MoodleSending EmailsThe Quickmail block is an add-on to Moodle that allows a user tosend e-mail to anyone in the class. The e-mail is composed and sentin Moodle, but received in the user's regular e-mail (Outlook,webmail, etc.). NOTE: The Quickmail block is usually a part of mostcourses, however if you do not see it contact the instructor.The image below shows how Quickmail will appear when added to acourse. The three links are described as follows: • Compose: takes you to Quickmail's email composition page. • History: takes you to a history of all your emails sent by Quickmail in the current course. • Configuration: takes you to Quickmail's configuration screen; the same configuration screen as the block's edit button when course editing is turned on. This link only appears for course teachers and administrators.

Sending MessagesThe Moodle messaging system is internal to Moodle therefore allmessages are sent and received within Moodle. Think of it asMoodle instant messaging. NOTE: By default, when a user receives amessage and they are NOT actively online in Moodle, the message isalso sent to the recipient via their configured email address.Recipients, who ARE actively online in Moodle at the time themessage is sent, receive an alert that they have a new message. Tosee a list of messages, click on your name at the top of the page andthen click the Messages button on the left.One drawback to using the Moodle messaging system is the inabilityto handle attachments and the inconsistency in getting the messagesdelivered to the course participants. This is because this system isdesigned more as an instant messaging medium rather than an emailmessaging system. 1. In the Messages window click on the Search tab to search for the person, if appropriate checking the box \"Only in my courses\", then click on their name. (Alternatively, if the person is listed in the Online Users block, simply click on the \"Add/send message\" envelope opposite their name.) 2. Type the message in the pop-up box then click on the \"Send message\" button.