ABEL Moodle Pages. Moodle - Version 1.9

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1 ABEL Mdle Pages Mdle - Versin 1.9 Prepared by: Anita Drssis - Teacher, Vaughan S.S., YRDSB Nathalie Rudner - Teacher, Thrnhill S.S., YRDSB August 2009 ABEL 2009

2 List f Mdle Pages ` Mdle Pages Tpic Mdle Pages Number Setting up a Curse Setting up a New Curse 1 Editing Curse Settings Editing Curse Settings and Persnal Prfiles Editing Curse Settings After Curse is Set Up 2 Editing yur Persnal Prfile Settings Custmizing yur Curse Hmepage Returning t yur Curse Hmepage Editing yur Curse Explanatin f the Editing Icns 3 Different Views f yur Curse Hw t Add, Remve and Mve Blcks Hw t Edit Tpic Titles Adding a Resurce Adding a Text, Wrd, pdf, Pwer Pint, r Vide File 4 Adding a Link t a Website Adding a Discussin Frum 5 Adding a Glssary Using the Glssary 6 Adding a Randm Glssary Entry Blck Adding a Wiki Editing the Wiki (Teacher) 7 Editing the Wiki (Student) Creating Student Grups Creating Grups Creating Yur Own grups 8 Using Aut-create t Create Grups Using Grups with Activities Enrlling Students in the Curse 9 Adding Images t Yur Mdle Hmepage Adding an HTML Blck One Static Image 10 Adding a Glssary Blck Changing Images Adding an Assignment 11 Adding a Quiz Adding Questins t a Quiz 12 Viewing the Quiz Results Adding a Ht Ptates Quiz Dwnlading Ht Ptates 13 Creating yur Ht Ptates Activity Adding the Ht Ptates Activity t yu Mdle Adding a Database Adding Fields t yur Database Adding an Entry t yur Database 14 Viewing the Entries in yur Database Exprting the Data

3 Setting up a Curse ` Mdle Pages 1 Setting up a New Curse 1. G t the ABEL Mdle lgin page: 2. Lgin with yur Mdle username and passwrd. This will take yu t the ABEL Prgram Curses page. 3. On the left side f this page in the blck called my curses, click n All curses. This will take yu t a list f all curse categries. Under yur bard, click the categry where yu want yur curse t be placed. 4. Once yu have clicked n a categry, a list f curses that have been created by ther teachers will be shwn. T create yur new curse scrll dwn t the bttm f the page and click n the buttn Add a new curse. NOTE: If yu d nt see this buttn please g t the ABEL website, and lg int the site. T request an upgrade t yur status, click n tls and then in the drp dwn menu fr develpment click n Mdle. 5. Click n Add a new curse. This will take yu t the Edit curse settings page. This is the page that yu will use t set up the basic layut f yur curse. Editing Curse Settings 1. Yu are nw ready t start creating/ changing yur curse by cmpleting the fields utlined belw. If yu need further clarificatin fr a field; click n the symbl fr a descriptin. NOTE: Yu will be able t change these settings at any time nce yur curse is set up. Categry: This is the categry yu chse t put yur curse in. Yu may change this by using the pull dwn menu. Full name: Replace Curse Fullname 101 with a name fr yur curse. This is the name that will appear in the curse listings. Chse a name that will make the curse easy fr yur students t find. Avid generic names like Grade 9 English r Grade 10 Academic Science. Yu may want t include yur schl s name and teacher name. Ex. Vaughan Grade 9 Academic English Ms. Smith Shrt name: Replace CF101 with a shrt name fr yur curse. A shrt name can nly be used nce in Mdle, s yu may need t enter a different name if the name chsen is already used. The shrt name is used thrughut yur curse when apprpriate (navigatin bars, s, etc.) Curse ID number: Enter either the shrt name fr yur curse r yur curse cde. Yu may leave this blank if yu wish. Summary: Click n the text bx and enter a brief descriptin f yur curse. This descriptin is shwn when the student clicks n the curse name. This text bx wrks like a wrd editr. Yu will see ptins t change fnt, clur, frmatting, etc. Custmize the text as yu wish. Frmat: A curse can be set up in ne several different frmats. Use the drp dwn menu t chse ne f the fllwing three recmmended frmats: Scial frmat: ne big frum fr use as a ntice bard Tpics frmat: rganized by tpic/ units STRONGLY RECOMMENDED Weekly: rganized week-by-week with fixed begin and end dates fr each sectin Number f weeks/tpics: Use the drp dwn menu t enter the number f weeks r tpics in yur curse. This will create a sectin fr each week/tpic in yur curse. Curse start date: Enter the date that yur curse starts. Hidden sectins: As yu build yur curse, yu may want t hide certain weeks/tpics frm students. Yu can chse t cllapse the hidden sectins (students can see the sectins but nt their cntent) r make them cmpletely invisible (students cannt see the sectins at all). The teacher can always see hidden sectins. News items t shw: Chse the number f items yu wuld like t shw in the News frum. If yu chse 0 new items, the News frum will nt be shwn. Yu can edit this later if required.

4 Setting up a Curse ` Mdle Pages 1 Shw grades: Chse N t prevent students frm seeing displayed grades in the curse. Students can still view their grades fr a specific assignment, but will nt be able t see ther grades. Chse Yes if yu are interested in using the grading functin in Mdle and having the results displayed t the students. Shw activity reprts: Teachers can always view activity reprts fr any student regardless f this setting. Leave this setting n N. If yu want students t view their activity reprts, chse Yes. Maximum uplad size: Leave this as 100 Mb. Yu can lwer the maximum size f files that students can uplad when setting up individual activities fr students. If yu wish t uplad a file larger than 100 Mb, please cntact abelhelp@yrku.ca t discuss yur ptins. Frce theme: Chse a clur/ backgrund theme using the drp dwn menu. The theme will nly be visible nce yu save changes. Try a number f themes until yu find ne that yu like. Is this a meta curse?: Keep this as N. If yu are interested in setting up a metacurse, read the fr mre infrmatin. Enrlment plugins: Leave as Site Default (Internal Enrlment). Default rle: Participants in yur curse can have different privileges by defining their rle. Leave this setting as Site Default (Student). Yu may change rles and privileges fr participants at any time. Curse enrllable: Select Yes. This will allw students t enrll in yur curse. If yu wish t set a specific time perid during which students can enrll, click n Date range and enter the beginning and end dates f the enrllment perid. CAUTION: If yu chse t enter a date range, students wh try t register befre r after the enrllment perid will nt be allwed int the curse. Enrlment duratin: Select Unlimited. This means that students will be enrlled in the curse until yu remve them. T limit hw lng students have access t the curse, use the drpdwn menu t select the number f days they will have access. Once the time perid is up, students will autmatically be unenrlled frm the curse. As teacher, yu can unenrll students at any time. Enrlment expiratin ntificatin: Leave the default settings fr Ntify, Ntify students, and Threshld. Grup mde: Leave the Grup mde as N and the Frce as N. Leave the Default gruping as Nne. Students can be put int grups nce yu have all students enrlled and yu start activities in yur curse. Availability: Chse This curse is available t students. This will allw students t enrll in and access yur curse. CAUTION: If yu chse t make yur curse Nt available t students while yu are setting it up, students will nt be allwed t access the curse UNTIL yu change this setting. Enrllment key: Enter an enrllment key (passwrd) that yu will give yur students t use t access yur curse fr the first time. This ensures that nly students with the crrect enrllment key will be able t enrll in yur curse. The enrllment key can be changed when necessary withut affecting the current enrllment. Click the Unmask bx t actually see yur key. Guest access: Chse D nt allw guests in. This will prevent ther nn-registered students frm pking arund in yur curse. Frce language: Chse the language yu wuld like everything t be in. Use the drp dwn menu. Rle renaming: If yu wish t change the displayed names given t different rles in yur curse (i.e. change Teacher t Tutr ) enter the display names yu wish t use in the apprpriate bxes. 2. Click n the Save changes t save yur changes when yu have cmpleted all the fields. 3. Click Cntinue t cntinue. Yu will be taken t the Assign rles in Curse page. Click n the shrt name fr yur curse in the navigatin bar in the tp left f yur page. This will take yu t the curse hmepage frm which yu can cntinue custmizing the curse fr yur class. 4. Cngratulatins! Yur Mdle is ready t be custmized! See Mdle Page 3 t start custmizing yur curse.

5 Editing Curse Settings and Persnal Prfiles ` Mdle Pages 2 Editing Curse Settings After Curse is Set Up 1. Once in yur curse, yu shuld be n the curse hmepage with an administratin blck n the left side similar t the ne shwn belw. 2. T edit yur curse settings, click n Settings in the Administratin blck n the left side f yur curse. 3. This brings yu t the Edit curse settings page as described in Mdle Page 1. Edit the curse settings as yu wish. Remember t Save changes t update yur curse settings. Edit yur curse settings Edit yur persnal prfile settings Editing yur Persnal Prfile Settings 1. Frm the curse hmepage, click n Prfile in the Administratin blck, shwn abve. 2. Click n the Edit Prfile Tab. 3. Edit the fields as required. 4. If yu want t hide yur frm students, select Hide my address frm everyne in the display drp dwn menu. 5. If yu want t receive ntificatins when students pst in a frum, yu must set yur activated field as This address is enabled. 6. If yu wish t aut-subscribe t frums, click n the Shw Advanced buttn in the tp right crner and set the Frum aut-subscribe as Yes: when I pst, subscribe me t that frum. Yu can use the digest type t determine hw much infrmatin yu receive in the Click Update prfile when yu are finished t save changes. 8. Yu can use the ther tabs, Frum psts, Blgs, and Activity reprts, n yur persnal prfile t track yur wn activity in the Mdle. Yu can als change yur passwrd here using the Change Passwrd buttn alng the bttm. NOTE: Students can als edit their persnal prfile in the same manner. 9. Yu can use this prfile page mve between yur curses by clicking n their name in yur curses list. 10. Return t the hmepage f this curse by clicking n the shrt name fr yur curse in the navigatin bar in the tp left crner f the page r by using the shrt name fr yur curse buttn at the bttm centre f yur page.

6 Custmizing yur Curse Hmepage ` Mdle Pages 3 Returning t yur Curse Hmepage 1. As yu add cntent and edit yur curse, yu will find that yu end up n pages that are nt yur curse hmepage. T return t yur curse hmepage at any time, click n the shrt name fr yur curse in the navigatin bar in the tp left crner f the page r by using the shrt name fr yur curse buttn at the bttm centre f yur page. D NOT use yur internet brwser s Back buttn. Editing yur Curse 1. T edit yur curse click n the Turn editing n buttn at the tp right crner f yur curse r click n the link Turn editing n in the administratin blck at the left side f yur curse. 2. T return t the nrmal view f yur curse when yu are finished editing, click n the Turn editing ff buttn at the tp right crner f yur curse r click n the link Turn editing ff in the administratin blck at the left side f yur curse. Explanatin f the Editing Icns 1. When yu Turn editing n yu will see several symbls n the screen. These symbls are fund next t text, activities, resurces and tpic sectins r at the tp f blcks. These will be referred t as bjects fr the explanatins. Click n the symbl t cmplete the fllwing actins: - click n this t update r edit the bject - click n this t delete the bject (yu will be asked if yu are sure) - click n the arrws t mve the bject left r right - click, hld and drag n the arrws t mve the bject up r dwn. Release the muse buttn when yu have mved yur bject t the crrect psitin. - the pen eye indicates the bject is visible t students; click the eye t hide the bject (hidden bjects can nt be seen by students, but yu will see the bject in a faint text) - the clsed eye indicates the bject is hidden frm students; click the clsed eye t make the bject visible - indicates the type f grup: n grup, visible grups, separate grups - click t assign specific rles (if different frm curse default) fr a blck r activity - when yu click n the bx, nly the tpic attached t the bx will be made visible. The thers are hidden. - when yu click n the bxes, all the tpics in the curse will be made visible - click n this t highlight the tpic. Can be used t highlight the tpic yu are studying at that time. - click n this t get an explanatin f the bject r field it is next t. - click n this t link t Mdle Dcs which is the help website fr Mdle. It is fund at the bttm f each page

7 Custmizing yur Curse Hmepage ` Mdle Pages 3 Different Views f yur Curse 1. Participants in yur curse can have different rles: teacher, nn-editing teacher, student and guest. Yu can view yur curse the same way smene with any f these rles wuld view it (except guest). 2. Click n the drp dwn menu Switch rle t in the tp right crner f yur main page t change hw yu view yur curse. 3. T return t nrmal view, click n the Return t my nrmal rle buttn at the tp right crner f the page. Hw t Add, Remve and Mve Blcks 1. Blcks are the bxes yu see n the left and right side f the curse hmepage. Yu can add, remve and mve these blcks. T edit these blcks click the Turn editing n buttn. Sme blcks are mre useful than thers and yu can custmize yur curse as yu like. 2. Add a blck: use the bttm right blck entitled Blcks and click n the drp dwn menu. Yu will see all the pssible blcks yu can add similar t that shwn n the right. Once yu have added a blck t yur curse, it will disappear frm the drp dwn menu list. Example: Click n Calendar t add a calendar t the hme page f yur curse. Click n Upcming Events t add a blck that highlights upcming events that yu have entered int the calendar. In the Upcming Events blck, click n New event t add an event t the calendar. 3. Other useful blcks t add are: Messages (alerts yu when yu have a message), Online Users (shws wh is nline) and Randm Glssary Entry (see Mdle Pages 6). 4. Remve a blck: Click n the fr the blck yu want t remve. Example: click n the under the title fr the Search Frums blck t remve this blck. When yu remve a blck it will be added back t the list in the Blcks drp dwn menu. This way yu can add the blck back if yu change yur mind. 5. Mve a blck: Click n the title f yur blck, hld and drag the blck t mve it t the psitin yu want. Blcks can nly g alng the left r right side f yur curse hmepage. Hw t Edit Tpic Titles 1. If yu are nt in edit view, click the Turn editing n buttn. 2. T add r edit titles fr yur tpic/unit, click the symbl at the tp f the tpic blck. 3. Click in the textbx that appears and type in yur title. 4. Click Save changes at the bttm f the windw when yu are finished. Click here t add r edit yur titles

8 Adding a Resurce ` Mdle Pages 4 Resurces are used t build yur curse cntent. Resurces can include wrd files, pdf files, pwer pint presentatins, links t websites, and vide files. Use these steps t add a resurce t yur curse. Adding a Text, Wrd, pdf, Pwer Pint, r Vide File 1. If yu are nt in edit view, click the Turn editing n buttn. 2. Click n the Add a resurce drp dwn menu and select Link t a file r website. A frm called Adding a new Resurce will nw appear n yur screen. 3. Type in a Name that will appear n yur curse hme page as a link t the file. 4. Click in the textbx fr the Summary and type in a summary r descriptin f the file. 5. Click n Chse r uplad a file buttn under the Lcatin field. This is dne t uplad the file frm yur cmputer and create a link t the upladed file. 6. Click n Uplad a file. 7. Click Brwse t search yur cmputer fr the file yu want t add. Once yu have fund and highlighted yur file, click Open and the file will appear in the field next t Brwse. Click n Uplad this file. The file is nw stred n the Yrk University Mdle server in yur curse and appears in the file list. It is still nt accessible t students. NOTE: yu can set up flders fr yur file list t rganize yur files. 8. Find the file yu want t link t in the file list. T the far right f this filename yu will see the highlighted wrd Chse. Click n Chse t add this file t yur curse. 9. Once yu click Chse yu will be back t the Adding a new Resurce frm. Yu shuld see the file name yu chse in the Lcatin field in the Link t a file r website sectin. 10. Click n the Advanced buttn in the Windw sectin. This will pen up the display ptins fr yur resurce. Yu can have yur resurce pen in the same windw (preferred) r in a new windw. Use the windw drpdwn menu t chse Same windw r New windw. If yu chse same windw, then click n the bx next t Keep page navigatin visible n the same page. This will allw students t return t the hmepage easily. 11. Scrll dwn and click n Save and display. 12. Yu shuld nw see a screen with a descriptin f the file at the tp and the cntents f the file belw. If yu want t edit this resurce at this time, click n Update this resurce near the tp f the page. 13. Return t yur curse hmepage. Adding a Link t a Website 1. T add a link t a website, fllw the steps 1-3 abve. 2. Cut and paste the web address f yur web site int the Lcatin field. 3. Fllw step 10 abve t set hw yur website will pen. NOTE: Sme webpages will nly functin prperly if yu pen them in a new windw. If yur webpage des nt seem t functining prperly with the same windw ptin selected, try selecting the new windw ptin. 4. Click n Save and display when yu are dne.

9 Adding a Discussin Frum ` Mdle Pages 5 A discussin frum encurages students t cmmunicate and interact with each ther, encurages hmewrk discussins, prvides pprtunities t ask peers and teachers fr help, and allws teachers t pst annuncements. Adding a Discussin Frum 1. On the hmepage, if yu are nt in edit view, click the Turn editing n buttn. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and select Frum. A frm called Adding a new Frum will nw appear n yur screen. 3. Type in a Frum name that will appear n yur curse hme page as a link t the discussin frum. 4. Chse the type f frum yu want t use frm the Frum type drp dwn menu. There are fur different types: A single simple discussin, Each persn psts ne discussin, Q and A frum, and Standard frum fr general use. Click n the symbl next t the drp dwn menu fr a descriptin f each type f frum. 5. In the Frum intrductin textbx, type a summary r descriptin f the discussin frum. This text will be visible t all students when they access the frum, but is nt cnsidered a psting t the frum. 6. In the Frce everyne t be subscribed field, yu can determine whether r nt students will receive updates when a pst is made t this frum. If yu chse N, students will never receive s frm this frum (students will need t lg in t Mdle t check fr new psts). If yu chse Yes, initially, students will receive s until they unsubscribe themselves frm the frum. If yu chse, Yes, frever, students will always receive updates whenever there is a new pst. (useful fr a Class annuncements frum). CAUTION: If yu anticipate that the frum will be a busy ne, we recmmend that yu chse N. NOTE: If a student has disabled their address in their prfile, they will nt receive any s, even if they have been frced t subscribe. 7. Set Read tracking fr this frum t On. This keeps track f messages that have been read and thse still unread in the frum. This can als be set t Optinal if yu want t let the students chse whether they want tracking r nt. 8. Maximum attachment size can be reduced t limit the size f file students can attach t their psting. 9. RSS feed fr this activity can be set t Nne and the Number f RSS recent articles can be set t In a discussin frum, students can rate the usefulness f a pst. T enable students t rate psts, click n the bx next t Use ratings. Use the drp dwn menu t chse the Grade scale. 11. The number f psts that a student can make in a frum can be cntrlled by yu. T allw students unlimited pstings use the drpdwn menu fr Time perid fr blcking and set t Dn t blck. If yu want t have a time limit fr psting, change the ptin in the drpdwn menu Time perid fr blcking. If yu want t limit the number f psts, type the maximum number f psts in the Pst threshld fr blcking field and t warn students that they are near their limit use the Pst threshld fr warning field. 12. Chse a Grup mde. If yu want ne frum fr all students t use, select N grups. If yu want grups f students t wrk in and see nly their wn frum, select Separate grups. If yu wuld like the grups f students t wrk in their wn grup, but see ther grup s frums select Visible grups. See Creating Grups t learn hw t make grups. 13. Click n Save and display. 14. T add a tpic t the frum, click n Add a new discussin tpic. If the frum is a Q and A frum, click n Add a new questin t start a discussin. 15. Type in yur message/ questin and click n the Pst t frum buttn when yu have finished. NOTE: If yu set up a frum that is rganized int grups, the initial questin r initial tpic must be psted by yu int each grup s frum. Yu need t be a member f the grup t be able t pst! (see Creating Student Grups ) 16. Return t yur curse hmepage.

10 Adding a Glssary ` Mdle Pages 6 A glssary is a tl that helps students build and imprve vcabulary. In Mdle, a glssary can be created fr each unit and then added t a larger curse glssary. Glssaries are editable and students can help build them nce set up. Yu can als have Mdle select a randm glssary entry t display n the curse hmepage each day. Adding a Glssary 1. Enter the edit view by clicking Turn editing n buttn. 2. G t the tpic/week f yur curse in which yu wuld like t add a glssary. 3. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and select Glssary. This will take yu t a screen titled: Adding a new Glssary. 4. Type in a Name fr yur glssary. This name will appear n yur curse hmepage as a link t the glssary. 5. In the Descriptin text bx, type in a descriptin f the glssary. Yu may want t use this space t encurage students t pst new wrds r wrds they have difficulty with. 6. Leave Entries shwn per page at 10. This is the number f glssary entries that a student will see when they enter the glssary. 7. Chse a Glssary Type. Chse Secndary Glssary. This will allw bth yu and students t edit the glssary and will als allw yu t merge yur unit glssaries int ne main glssary at the end f the curse if yu chse. If yu chse Main Glssary nly yu will be able edit/add entries. 8. Set Duplicated entries allwed t N. This will prevent students frm all entering the same wrd. 9. Set Allw cmments n entries t N unless yu want students t be able t cmment n each thers entries. As a teacher, yu will always be able t cmment n an entry r edit it. 10. Set Allw print view t Yes. 11. Set Autmatically link glssary entries t Yes if yu wuld like glssary wrds t be highlighted and autmatically linked t their definitin whenever they appear thrugh the Mdle curse. Nt all wrds need t be linked. Yu will have an ptin t link each wrd when yu enter it int the glssary. Linked wrds will appear in bld/different clur. 12. Chse Yes t have the glssary entries Apprved by default. This means the student s entry will be immediately available t everybdy in the curse. If yu want t check each entry befre it becmes published t the curse, click N. 13. Chse a Display Frmat that will determine hw the glssary entries t appear by using the drp dwn menu. 14. Set Edit always t either N r Yes. If yu chse N, students will nly be able t edit their entries fr a set perid f time after making them. If yu chse Yes, students will always be able t edit their entries. 15. The rest f the page can be left with the default settings. 16. Click Save and display. 17. This will take yu t yur glssary page. This is hw the glssary will appear t yur students.

11 Adding a Glssary ` Mdle Pages 6 Using the Glssary 1. Click n the Add a new entry buttn. 2. Cmplete the fields t enter a new term. Mdle uses the wrd Cncept fr the term. 3. Click n the Cncept bx and type in the wrd. Ex. type in ABEL 4. Click n the Definitin textbx. Ex. type in Advanced Bradband Enabled Learning 5. In the Aut-linking sectin, check the bx next t This entry shuld be autmatically linked. This ensures that every time the wrd ABEL cmes up in yur curse, yu can click n it t view the definitin. 6. Click n Save changes 7. Yu will nw be taken back the glssary screen and yur entry is nw listed. 8. Yu can edit the entry at any time using the editing icns n the right hand side f the entry bx. Yu can add a cmment, delete it, r edit it. Adding a Randm Glssary Entry Blck t yur Hmepage 1. On the curse hme page, in edit view, click n the Add drp dwn menu in the Blcks blck and select Randm Glssary Entry. 2. The Randm Glssary Entry blck will appear directly abve the Blcks blck. 3. Mve the blck t where yu wuld like it n the page. 4. Edit the Randm Glssary Entry blck by clicking n the edit icn. 5. This will take yu t a page titled: Cnfiguring a Randm Glssary Entry Blck 6. Fill in the fields as fllws: Title: Enter a title. This title will becme the title f the blck n yur curse hmepage. Take entries frm this glssary: Use the drp dwn menu t chse the glssary that will prvide the wrds t be shwn n the hme page. Days befre a new entry is chsen: This allws t yu t set the frequency at which the wrd n the hme page changes. If yu want a new wrd every time students g t the hme page chse 0. If yu want it t change everyday, chse 1. Hw a new entry is chsen: Chse hw yu want the wrd t be selected frm the glssary. Yur chices are Randm, Last mdified, r Next entry. 7. Ensure that the Shw cncept (heading) fr each entry bx is checked. 8. Under the wrd in yur Randm Glssary Entry blck, direct links will appear t allw students t enter terms r see mre terms. Change the text t reflect the type f infrmatin yu are putting in the glssary (default is Add yur wn favurite qutes, mre qutes, etc) Fr a glssary yu might want t change these t Add a wrd and Mre wrds. 9. Click the Save changes buttn. Yur blck shuld nw appear n yur hmepage with the changes. If there are wrds in yur glssary, yur blck shuld be displaying a wrd frm the glssary.

12 Adding a Wiki ` Mdle Pages 7 A wiki is a cllabrative wrkspace that allws students t wrk tgether t slve prblems, design activities, and create grup presentatins n their wn time. Adding a Wiki 1. Click n the Turn editing n buttn fr the edit view. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and select Wiki. 3. This will take yu t the Adding a new Wiki t tpic * page. 4. Enter a Name fr yur wiki. Ex. My Test Wiki 5. In the Summary windw, prvide a brief descriptin f yur wiki. This will be visible t all students. Ex: This is my first wiki! 6. In the Type field chse Grups. A Grups wiki allws yu t set up grups if yu wish s that students can wrk in smaller grups. T see a descriptin f the different types f wiki click n the buttn. 7. Skip the next fields until yu see Grup mde. 8. Chse a Grup mde. Fr this exercise, chse N grups. If yu want ne wiki fr all students t see and edit, select N grups. If yu want students t see and edit nly their grup s wiki while wrking chse Separate grups. If yu want the students t see and edit their wn grup s wiki, and be able t see, but nt edit, what ther grups are ding chse Visible grups. 9. Chse whether r nt the wiki is visible t students. If yu Hide it, remember t change the setting t Shw befre asking students t use it!!! 10. Click Save and display. 11. Yu have nw created yur wiki. If yu chse N grups : an edit windw will appear where yu can add text. Enter the fllwing text int the text bx. My wiki is nw set up!!. If yu chse Separate grups r Visible grups and yur grups are nt already set up: yu will nt have an edit bx. Create a grup with yurself in it, (see Creating Grups n Mdle Page 8) and then edit the wiki as described in the Editing the Wiki (Teacher) sectin belw. If yu chse Separate grups r Visible grups and yur grups are already set up: select a grup wiki t edit frm the Other wikis drp dwn menu in the tp right hand crner f the page. Click n the Edit tab t add the text t the wiki. 12. When finished, click the Save buttn. 13. Yu will nw see yur wiki with the text yu just entered. 14. The text yu enter n yur wiki will NOT shw up in the wikis set up fr each grup. T enter text in the wiki fr each grup, yu must enter the text in each grup s wiki. Editing the Wiki (Teacher) 1. Click n the link fr yur wiki frm the curse hmepage. This will take yu the main wiki page. 2. If yu want t edit the wiki f ne particular grup, yu will need t select the grup frm the Other wikis drp dwn menu in the tp right hand crner f the page. This will take yu t their wiki. 3. T edit the text in the wiki, click n the Edit tab. Make any changes t the text in the edit bx. 4. Once yu have finished editing, click the Save buttn t update yur wiki.

13 Adding a Wiki ` Mdle Pages 7 Editing the Wiki (Student) 1. When students click n the wiki link n the hmepage they will autmatically g t the wiki fr their grup. Students will click n the Edit tab t edit their wiki and Save when they are dne. Warning: Explain t students that nly ne persn at a time can wrk n the Wiki and save their wrk (asynchrnus). They will be ntified if smene else in wrking n the wiki and they will nt be able t edit it until that persn has saved their wrk. They may want t keep a wrking wrd dcument with any text that they add s they can replace their wrk easily if anything happens. Wiki pages that have been lst accidentally can be restred by clicking n the Histry tab and clicking n Fetch-back next t the wiki versin t be restred.

14 Creating Student Grups ` Mdle Pages 8 If yu want t have students wrk in grups and use the Grup Mdes feature fr the different activities in Mdle, yu need t create the grups first. If yu create a grup, the same grup will be used fr all activities where yu specify the grup mde. Creating Grups 1. Frm the curse hmepage, click n Grups in the administratin blck n the left side f yur curse. 2. Yu have tw ptins t create grups. Yu can create yur wn grups using Create grup r yu can have Mdle generate grups randmly r alphabetically by using the Aut-create grups buttn. Creating Yur Own Grups: 1. Click n the Create grup buttn which will take yu t the Create grup page. Enter the Grup name fr yur grup (Ex. Test Grup1). Enter a brief descriptin f the grup if yu wish. 2. Yu may prtect the grup with a passwrd s that nly students wh have authrizatin can get in. T d this, enter an enrllment key in the Enrllment key bx. 3. Click n the Save changes buttn at the bttm t create the grup. 4. Use the Create grup buttn t create grups until all yur grup names are in yur Grups windw. 5. Click n the first grup name in the Grups windw. This shuld highlight the grup name. 6. T add students t a grup, click n the Add/remve users buttn. The Add/remve users [grup name] page will appear. There are tw lists: Existing members and Ptential members. In the Ptential members list, highlight the name f the student yu wish t add t the grup and then click n the arrw buttn pinting t the Existing members list. Ex. Select yur name and add yurself t Test Grup Students can be remved frm a grup by highlighting the students in the Existing members list and clicking n the arrw pinting t the Ptential members list. 8. Click n the Back t grups buttn t add members t a different grup. 9. As a teacher yu have full access t view ALL grups. In rder t be able t POST in ALL grups, add yurself t each grup. 10. If yu wish see the members f each grup, click n the Overview tab. Yu will be able t see the members f each grup. Using Aut-create t Create Grups: 1. Click n Aut-create grups. This will take yu t the Aut-create grups page. 2. Begin by selecting which members yu wuld like t include in the grups using the drp dwn menu. Yu may select nly Students, Teachers, r All members. 3. Next t Specify, chse whether yu are setting the number f grups r members per grup. 4. Enter the # f grups r members per grup in the Grup/member cunt bx. 5. Name yur grups in the Naming Scheme bx. Enter t create Grups A-Z. Enter Grup # t create numbered grups. 6. Click n the Advanced buttn in the tp right crner f the page. Find the Allcate members bx. Use the pull dwn menu t chse hw yu wuld like the grup members assigned t their grups. 7. Click n Submit t create and save the grups. The grups will nw appear in yur Grups bx. Using Grups with Activities 1. T use the grups yu created abve, specify Grups in the activity set up (i.e. discussin frum, wiki). 2. Yu may remve r add students frm grups at any time using the Grups tl in the administratin blck.

15 Enrlling Students in the Curse ` Mdle Pages 9 Student must create their wn accunt in Mdle and then enrll in yur curse. Yu might use instructins fr yur students similar t these: Hw Students Enrll in the Curse 1. G t the website: 2. On the right side f the page yu will see instructins t start a new accunt. Click n the Create New Accunt buttn at the bttm f the text. 3. Use the initial f yur first name fllwed by yur last name fr yur user name (fr example jsmith fr Jhn Smith). Chse any apprpriate passwrd. Remember yur passwrd!! 4. Type in a valid address, which yu will be able t hide later if yu g in and edit yur prfile. Enter yur first name and last name in the apprpriate fields. Fllw the rest f the instructins fr lgging in. 5. Once yu have access t the list f curses click n the [insert the categry where yur curse is] categry and yur curse is called: [insert yur curse name]. 6. The enrllment key t get in is: [insert yur enrllment key] 7. Have a lk at the site and see what it has t ffer. Yu may want t start by editing yur prfile. T edit yur prfile, click n yur name in the tp right crner f the main page and then click n the edit prfile tab. Once yu have cmpleted all the required fields, click n the update prfile buttn at the bttm f the page. 8. Shw me yu have access and pst a discussin in the [insert name n a frum]. 9. Fr easy access t yur curse after lgging in, click n the My Curses link in the tp right crner f the page. This will take yu t a list f all the Mdle curses yu are enrlled in.

16 Adding Images t yur Mdle Hmepage Mdle Pages 10 Tired f the same ld Mdle page? Add sme images t yur Mdle hmepage using these tw easy methds. Adding an HTML Blck One Static Image: 1. On the hmepage, if yu are nt in edit view, click the Turn editing n buttn. 2. Click n the Add drp dwn menu in Blcks and select HTML. 3. Mve yur (new HTML Blck) t the lcatin yu wuld like it. See Mdle Pages 3 Custmizing yur Curse Hmepage fr instructins n hw t mve a blck. 4. Click n the cnfigure icn f yur (new HTML Blck) t begin editing yur HTML blck. 5. Enter a title fr the blck in the Blck Title textbx. If yu dn t want a title t shw, leave it blank. 6. Click n the Cntent textbx. 7. T insert an image in the cntent blck: a) Click n the picture frame icn in the textbx tlbar. This will bring up an Insert Image bx. b) Click n Brwse at the bttm and lcate the image file n yur cmputer that yu wish t insert. c) Select the image file and Open it. The lcatin f the file will appear in the windw next t Brwse. d) Click n Uplad at the bttm t uplad the file t the Mdle server. e) The file will nw be listed in the File Brwser windw (the large windw n the left side). f) Lcate the file in the File Brwser windw and click n the filename. g) A URL will nw appear in the Image URL bx and the image will appear in the Preview windw. h) The size f the image can be changed by setting the Width and Height. Yu may als set the alignment and brder thickness if yu wish. i) Type in a name fr yur image in the Alternate text bx and click OK. j) Click n Save changes. Yu can edit yur HTML blck if yu need t resize yur image. Adding a Glssary Blck Changing Images: 1. Add a glssary as described in Mdle Pages 6 Adding a Glssary. In the glssary setup, select Hide frm the Visible drp dwn menu. This will allw nly yu t ppulate the glssary with images. 2. Click n the glssary link frm yur hmepage and click n Add a new entry. 3. Type the name f the picture in the Cncept bx. 4. Click n the Definitin text bx and insert an image as described in Adding an HTML blck. 5. Click n Save Changes. 6. Repeat these steps t include as many images as yu like in yur glssary. 7. Return t the hmepage and add a Randm Glssary Entry blck as described in Mdle Pages 6 Adding a Glssary. Leave the Title bx empty and ensure that the Shw cncept (heading) fr each entry bx is NOT checked. Ensure that the Days befre new entry is chsen bx is set t 0 r 1. This will cause the image t change either every time a student lgs in (0) r everyday (1). 8. Click n Save Changes.

17 Adding an Assignment Mdle Pages 11 An assignment can be used fr students t submit wrk nline fr teachers t assess. Students can wrk nline fr the assignment r create a dcument that can be attached t the assignment. Adding an Assignment 1. Click n the Turn editing n buttn fr the edit view. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and click n the assignment type yu want t create: Advanced uplading f files: Allws students t uplad multiple files with a textbx available fr students t pst infrmatin and dialgue with their teacher. Online text: Allws students t pst their assignment in a textbx where the teacher can prvide inline feedback. Uplad a single file: Allws student t uplad a single file with NO ptin fr a textbx as abve. Offline activity: Allws students t view the assignment nline, but all wrk is dne ffline. There is n ptin fr students t submit their wrk nline. Turnitin: Allws students t view the assignment nline, but all wrk is dne thrugh Turnitin. There is n ptin fr students t submit their wrk nline in Mdle. This will take yu t the Adding a new Assignment page. Begin t set up yur assignment by filling in the fllwing fields: 3. Type in an Assignment name that will appear n yur curse hme page as a link t the assignment. 4. Click in the textbx fr the Descriptin and type in a descriptin f the assignment. 5. If yu want t grade the assignment nline, use the drp dwn menu fr Grade and select the mark value f the assignment. (ex. 10, if yu want t assign a mark ut f 10) 6. Use the Available frm drp dwn menus t set a date when the assignment will be available t students 7. Use the Due date drp dwn menus t set a due date fr the assignment (this will shw up in yur calendar and upcming events) 8. Set Prevent late submissins t Yes r N (recmmended). When Yes is selected, students are unable t hand in assignments past the due date unless yu change this setting t N. 9. Chse a Grup mde. Fr individual assignments leave as N grups. 10. Each type f assignment has certain settings which are unique t that assignment. Once yu have cmpleted steps 3-9, fllw the steps belw fr the type f assignment yu are creating: Advanced uplading f files: a) Chse a maximum size limit fr the files being upladed frm the Maximum size drp dwn menu. Students will be unable t uplad any file larger than this s be careful nt t chse t small a size. b) Set Allw deleting t Yes if yu want t allw students t delete upladed files befre marking. Set it t N if yu dn t want students deleting. c) Set the Maximum number f upladed files as required. d) Set Allw ntes t Yes if yu wish t create a text bx in which students can enter infrmatin and have an inline dialgue with yu abut the assignment.

18 Adding an Assignment Mdle Pages 11 e) Set Hide descriptin befre available date t Yes in rder t hide the descriptin f the assignment until the assignment is assigned. f) Set alerts t teachers and Enable Send fr marking t Yes if yu wish t receive ntificatin that a student has finished, submitted, r updated an assignment. g) Click n Save and display when yu are dne. Online text: a) Set Allw resubmitting t Yes t allw students t resubmit assignments after they have been graded. b) Set alerts t teachers t Yes if yu wish t receive ntificatin that a student has submitted r updated an assignment. c) Set Cmment Inline t Yes if yu wish t have the text f the submitted assignment cpied int a textbx that will allw yu t cmment inline (ex. using a different clur) r edit the riginal text submitted. d) Click n Save and display when yu are dne. Uplad a single file: a) Set Allw resubmitting t Yes t allw students t resubmit assignments after they have been graded. b) Set alerts t teachers t Yes if yu wish t receive ntificatin that a student has submitted r updated an assignment. c) Chse a maximum size limit fr the files being upladed frm the Maximum size drp dwn menu. Students will be unable t uplad any file larger than this s be careful nt t chse t small a size. d) Click n Save and display when yu are dne.

19 Adding a Quiz Mdle Pages 12 Online quizzes can be used t prvide students with pprtunities t test their wn knwledge and receive immediate feedback abut their prgress. Quizzes can be used as diagnstic, frmative, and in sme cases summative assessments. Adding a Quiz 1. Click n the Turn editing n buttn fr the edit view. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and click n Quiz. 3. This will take yu t the Adding a new Quiz t tpic * page. 4. Type in a quiz Name that will appear n yur curse hme page as a link t the quiz. 5. Click in the textbx fr the Intrductin and type the instructins/ intrductin t quiz. 6. T cmplete the initial set up fr the quiz, wrk thrugh the fllwing sectins: Timing: Yu can cntrl a number f ptins abut when, hw, and hw many times the students can take the quiz. If yu want the quiz t be available immediately, with n time limit r time delay between attempts, leave the settings in their default state. If nt, change them as yu wish. Display: Yu can cntrl hw many questins the students see n each page. Yu can als decide if the quiz questins shuld be shuffled each time the student attempts the quiz by selecting Yes fr Shuffle questins. If yu want t shuffle the multiple chice questin answers, select Yes fr the Shuffle within questins. Attempts: Yu can set the number f times a student can attempt the quiz by selecting a number frm the Attempts allwed drp dwn menu. If yu want the student t start the quiz fresh each time they attempt it, leave the Each attempt builds n the last as N. If yu want students t be allwed t reattempt the questin immediately if they get it wrng, select Yes in the adaptive mde drp dwn menu. If yu want students t nly have ne attempt n a questin, select N. Grade: Students can receive a grade n the quiz. The grade can als be included in the Mdle Gradebk. Yu can chse hw the student s final grade fr the quiz will be calculated by using the Grading methd drp dwn menu. Yu can chse t apply penalties t questins if the quiz is being run in adaptive mde by selecting Yes in the Apply penalties drp dwn menu (Every time the student attempts a questin with an incrrect answer, the maximum scre n the questin decreases). Finally, yu can specify the number f decimal places yu want reprted in grades. Setting the Decimal digits in grades t 0 will reprt grades in integers, but will nt affect calculatins invlving thse grades (i.e. all decimals are used fr calculatins). Review ptins: Yu can chse what infrmatin the students will have access t after they cmplete the quiz. Check/ uncheck any bxes that apply. Security: If yu wish t shw the quiz in a secure windw, chse Yes frm the Shw quiz in a secure windw drp dwn menu. This prevents certain muse actins and keybard cmmands t be prevented, making it a little harder t cheat. CAUTION: This des nt prvide cmplete prtectin against cheating!!! Yu can als passwrd prtect the quiz by entering a passwrd in the Require passwrd textbx. The students wuld need t enter this passwrd t access the quiz. Cmmn mdule settings: Mst likely yu will want the students t perfrm the quiz independently, s leave the Grup mde as N grups. Chse whether r nt the database is visible t students. If yu Hide it, remember t change the setting t Shw befre asking students t use it!!! If yu are using Mdle Gradebk, yu can specify the categry that the quiz grade shuld be entered int by selecting the categry frm the Grade categry drp dwn menu. If yu have nt set up yur grade bk, yu will nt have any categries t chse frm. Overall feedback: Yu can prvide students with an verall cmment abut their perfrmance nce they cmpleted the quiz. Yu can break dwn the feedback by grade and enter an apprpriate cmment. The Grade bundary is the highest grade at which the cmment typed will be shwn t students. Nte: If yu chse t use verall feedback, yu must enter cmments fr all grade bundaries. 11. Once yu have set up the quiz, click n Save and display.

20 Adding a Quiz Mdle Pages 12 Adding Questins t a Quiz 1. Once yu have clicked n Save and display yu will be n edit quiz page which allws yu t add/edit questins n yur quiz. If yu are accessing yur quiz frm the hme page, click n the quiz and then click n the Edit tab t get t this page. On the left side f the screen yu will see a sectin titled Questins in this quiz. Belw this heading will be a list f questins that yu have added t the quiz. Since yu have nt created any questins yet, it will say that n questins have been added yet. On the right side f the screen yu will a sectin titled Questin bank. 2. Use the Create a new questin drp dwn menu t select the type f questin that yu want t create. Once yu have selected the type f questin yu want, yu will be taken t a page that has the required fields t enter the questin, answers, and feedback. Once the infrmatin fr the questin has been entered, click n Save changes at the bttm f the page. 3. Under Create a new questin yu will nw see a table with the headings Actin, Questin name, and Type. Select the questin yu created using the check bx next t the questin name. Under the with selected: heading, click n the <<Add t quiz buttn. The questin shuld nw be listed under the Questins in this quiz heading. 4. Cntinue t create and add questins until yur quiz is built. If yu want t change the rder f yur questins use the up/dwn arrws under the rder heading. This rder will nt be maintained if yu have set the questins t shuffle. 5. When yu have finished adding questins, click n the Preview tab at the tp. This allws yu t preview the quiz and test it ut t make sure that the answers/ frmat are crrect. 6. If yu need t change a questin at any time, click n the Edit icn under the Actin clumn next t the questin yu wish t edit. Make any changes necessary and Save changes when yu are dne. 7. The quiz is nw ready fr students t cmplete. Viewing the Quiz Results 1. T view the results f the quiz, click n the quiz frm the hme page. This will take yu t the quiz infrmatin page. Click n the Results tab t see a detailed list f attempts fr each student. 2. If yu have entered questins that require manual grading, click n the Manual grading at the tp and it will take yu t a list f questins that need t be graded. Click n the questin t be graded and yu will be taken t a page that allws yu t manual enter cmments and marks fr the answers prvided by the student. These marks will then be added t any ttals already btained fr the quiz. 3. If yu need t regrade a quiz, click n the Regrade link. 4. If yu wish t perfrm an item analysis f each questin, click n the Item analysis link. This infrmatin can be exprted in Excel r Text frmat fr further analysis. Yu can generate a reprt that includes mark infrmatin fr each questin

21 Adding a Ht Ptates Quiz Mdle Pages 13 Ht Ptates is a dwnladable applicatin that allws yu t create a variety f educatinal activities including crsswrd puzzles, clze activities, multiple chice, and matching quizzes. These activities can be created ff-line and upladed t the Mdle at a later time. Dwnlading Ht Ptates 1. In rder t use the Ht Ptat quizzes yu need t dwnlad Ht Ptates frm: 2. Click n Ht Ptates 6.2 installer and fllw the instructins t dwnlad and install the prgram n yur cmputer. 3. Open the Ht Ptates prgram and register yur prgram by clicking n the Help menu and then Register 4. Fllw the instructin t cmplete the registratin and activatin f Ht Ptates. Creating yur Ht Ptates Activity 1. Open Ht Ptates and select the Ht Ptates activity that yu wuld like t create by clicking n the apprpriate ptat. Musing ver the ptates will prvide yu with a brief descriptin f each activity. 2. Once yu have selected yur activity, a new windw will appear with the cntrls and menus needed t create the activity. Use the help menu t learn hw t use the prgram if necessary. 3. Save the file in a place that yu can find it later. Adding the Ht Ptates Activity t yur Mdle 1. Click n the Turn editing n buttn fr the edit view. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and click n Ht Ptates Quiz. 3. This will take yu t the Adding a new Ht Ptates Quiz t tpic * page. 4. Enter the Name f the quiz in the text bx. 5. Next t File name, click n the Chse r uplad a file buttn. 6. Click n the Uplad a file buttn, brwse yur cmputer t find the Ht Ptates activity yu wish t add, and duble click n the file r select the file and click Open. 7. Click n Uplad this file t uplad the file. 8. Find yur file and click n the Chse link in the Actin clumn. This will insert the file int the File name field. 9. Leave Add quiz chain t N. If yu wish t link quizzes tgether, chse Yes. 10. In mst cases, yu shuld nt have t change any f the ther settings n this page. Scrll dwn t the bttm and click n Save and display t see the Ht Ptates activity.

22 Adding a Database Mdle Pages 14 Adding a Database A database can be used t cllect specific infrmatin using teacher defined fields. Databases are useful fr student prjects where specific infrmatin is required, student assignments, cllecting prpsals, r cllecting registratin infrmatin fr special events. Database entries can be viewed by all students in the class. Adding a Database 1. Click n the Turn editing n buttn fr the edit view. 2. Click n the Add an activity drp dwn menu and select Database. 3. This will take yu t the Adding a new Database t tpic * page. 4. Enter a Name fr yur database. Ex. Test Database. 5. Prvide a brief descriptin f yur database in the Intrductin windw. This descriptin is visible t all students. We strngly recmmend that yu include instructins n hw t add an entry r view the database fr yur students in this space (see Adding an Entry t yur Database and Viewing the Entries in yur Database belw). 6. Use the Available frm and Available t fields t set dates when the database is available fr students t make entries. 7. Use the Viewable frm and Viewable t fields t set dates when the database is available fr students t view. 8. Set Required entries t the minimum number f database entries a student must cmplete. Once yu have entered a minimum number, students will be reminded t make their entry if they have nt already dne s when they view the database. 9. Set Required entries befre viewing t the number f entries a student must cmplete befre being able t view the database. This is useful if yu wish students t pst their infrmatin befre seeing what thers have psted. 10. Set Maximum entries t the maximum number f database entries a student can enter. 11. Set Cmments t Yes t allw students t make cmments n the entries in the database. 12. Set Require apprval? t Yes if students entries must be apprved by the teacher befre being viewable by ther students. The student can still see and edit their entry even if it has nt been apprved. 13. Skip the next fields until yu see Grup mde. 14. Use the drp dwn menu t chse a Grup mde. If yu want ne database fr all students t see and edit, select N grups. If yu want students t see and edit nly their grup s database while wrking chse Separate grups. If yu want the students t see and edit their wn grup s database, and be able t see, but nt edit, what ther grups are ding chse Visible grups. 15. Chse whether r nt the database is visible t students. If yu Hide it, remember t change the setting t Shw befre asking students t use it!!! 16. Click Save and display. 17. Yu have nw created yur database and must enter the fields t set up yur database Adding Fields t yur Database 1. If yu are n the hmepage f yur curse click n the name f yur database. Yu are nw n the main page f yur database with a rw f tabs alng the tp. 2. On the main page f yur database, click n the Fields tab near the tp f yur page (this is where yu shuld be after step 17 abve). 3. Use the Create a new field drp dwn menu and click n the type f field yu wish t add. This will take yu t a page that prmpts yu fr the infrmatin required t set up the field. **HINT: Plan the rder yu wish the data fields t appear in BEFORE yu create yur fields. Enter the fields in the rder yu wish them t appear. Switching the rder fields after the fact is difficult.