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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Uploading a File

Teachers must post a syllabus as a PDF for each course.  Other files, such as PowerPoint presentations, may also be uploaded. Please follow the steps below to upload a file and link it to the course page.

1) Once you are in your course, click "Turn Editing On."
2) Click "Files" under the Administration block.
3) Click on the folder in which you wish you place the file. You may choose to create some additional folders by clicking on "Make a Folder."
4) Click "Upload a File."
5) Browse for the file on your computer.
6) Once you have selected the file, click "Upload this File."
7) Return to your course homepage.
8) Click on the "Add a Resource" drop-down menu in the block where you wish to place the file.
9) Click "Link to a File or Website."
10) Give the file a name. This will appear as a link to students to access it.
11) Click "Choose or Upload a File" and a list of your files will appear.
12) Click "Choose" to the right of the file that you want to put on the course page. Do not click the check box. That is used for other actions.
13) Click on the "Window" drop-down menu and select "New Window" if you would prefer that the students are not taken out of eLearn when they click on the link to the file.
14) Click "Save and Return to Course."
15) Click on the link to be sure that the file opens successfully.

-bbcmoodler

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

"Quick Grading"

To grade an assignment, click on the assignment link and then click “View X Submitted Assignments.”  You will then be able to click “Grade” for each student and have a new window appear where you can give a grade and write a comment.  To speed up the grading process, click on the check box next to “Allow Quick Grading” on the bottom-right portion of the screen.  Then click “Save Preferences.”  This allows you to quickly grade the assignment for multiple students all on one page rather than having each one open in a new window.  Simply add the grades and comments and, when you’re finished, click on ”Save All My Feedback” at the bottom of the page.  If you want to upload a file back to a student, you will need to click ”Grade” for each student individually.  If you have already given the student a grade, “Grade” will change to “Update” and you will have the opportunity to modify the grade.  You will also be able to upload a file to a student even if you initially used the “quick grading” feature.

-bbcmoodler

Welcome!

Welcome to the teachwithmoodle blog site!  This page is specifically designed with Baptist Bible College & Seminary faculty and students in mind, but it is open to anyone with interest.  I desire to collaborate with the entire Moodle community and with the entire world of online education.  This page will serve as a resource for the online teacher as I will provide Moodle tips, general online teaching tips, and the latest news and developments in online higher education.  I will also discuss technology that can be used in the classroom to enhance interactivity.  Please feel free to share your ideas, too!

-bbcmoodler

Keeping Track of Reading Assignments

Need an easy way to track whether or not students have completed their reading assignments?  There are two options for this in Moodle.
1) Consider using the quiz activity for this purpose.  Set up a multiple choice question and give partial credit using the “Grade” dropdown menu for responses that indicate only partial completion of the reading and give 100% for the response that indicates that the reading has been completed in its entirety.  The grades will automatically appear in the grade book.
2) If you do not grade reading assignments but would still like to track where students are at with it (so that you know how to gauge discussion, etc.), you may want to consider using the “Choice” activity instead.  This activity does not generate an automatic grade.

-bbcmoodler

Homesick for Eden

A Garden so green where water ran clean
And the animals roamed without names
Love was a girl who walked through the world
Where passion was as pure as a flame
In the back of our minds is a time before time
And a sad irreversible fact
We can't seem to think of why we left there
And we can't seem to find our way back
All of us are homesick for Eden
We yearn to return to a land we've never known
Deep is the need to go back to the Garden
A yearning so strong for a place we belong
A place that we know is home
Have you ever just cried with no reason why
Like a child that has been left on its own?
In the back of your mind is an image of what should have been
And you know that you'll never be happy
Until you find your way back there again

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Importing Course Data

Course data may be imported into a course from another course that you are teaching or have previously taught.  This allows teachers to re-use rather than re-create activities and resources.  If you are teaching both an online and an on-campus version of the same course and you wish to post some of the same activities (assignments, quizzes, forums, etc.) or resources (web pages, PDFs, etc.) for both, you might find it beneficial to copy these items from one course to the other.
Follow these steps:
1. Select the import option from the Administration Block.
2. Next, select the course you wish to import the material from and click on “Use this course.”
3. You will be presented with a list of checkboxes from which you can select the activities and resources you wish to import.
4. Click “Continue” through the next few screens.  The data will then be imported.
Click here for a video demonstration of the import process.

-bbcmoodler