The document provides instructions for how to use Moodle by explaining how to add and edit courses. It describes various course settings like category, name, format, start date, groups, and availability. It also explains how to add resources like files, folders, pages and how to add activities to the course like assignments, forums, quizzes, surveys, and workshops. The document provides explanations for most of the settings and options available for customizing courses on Moodle.
4. Add/Edit Course
Name Explanation
Category This setting determines the category in which the course will
appear in the list of courses.
Course full name The full name of the course is displayed at the top of each
page in the course and in the list of courses.
Course short name The short name of the course is displayed in the navigation
and is used in the subject line of course email messages.
Course ID number The ID number of a course is only used when matching the
course against external systems and is not displayed
anywhere on the site. If the course has an official code name
it may be entered, otherwise the field can be left blank.
Course summary The course summary is displayed in the list of courses. A
course search searches course summary text in addition to
course names.
5. Add/Edit Course
Name Explanation
Format The course format determines the layout of the course page.
◦SCORM format - For displaying a SCORM package in the
first section of the course page (as an alternative to
using the SCORM/AICC module)
◦Social format - A forum is displayed on the course page
◦Topics format - The course page is organized into topic
sections
◦Weekly format - The course page is organized into
weekly sections, with the first week starting on the
course start date
Course start date This setting determines the start of the first week for a
course in weekly format. It also determines the earliest date
that logs of course activities are available for.
Hidden sections This setting determines whether hidden sections are
displayed to students in collapsed form (perhaps for a
course in weekly format to indicate holidays) or are
completely hidden.
6. Add/Edit Course
Name Explanation
New items to show This setting determines how many recent items appear in
the latest news block on the course page. If set to "0 news
items" then the latest news block will not be displayed.
Show gradebook Many activities in the course allow grades to be set. This
setting determines whether a student can view a list of all
their grades for the course via a grades link in the course
administration block.
Show activity reports Activity reports are available for each participant that show
their activity in the course. As well as listings of their
contributions, such as forum posts or assignment
submissions, these reports also include access logs. This
setting determines whether a student can view their own
activity reports via their profile page.
Maximum upload This setting determines the largest size of file that can be
size uploaded to the course, limited by the site-wide setting set
by an administrator. Activity modules also include a
maximum upload size setting for further restricting the file
size.
7. Add/Edit Course
Name Explanation
Allow guest access This setting determines whether a user can access the
course as a guest, without being required to enroll.
Password A password allows guest access to the course to be
restricted to only those who know the password. Guests will
be required to supply the password each time they access
the course.
Group mode 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 groups - Each group member works in their own
group, but can also see other groups
The group mode defined at course level is the default mode
for all activities within the course. Each activity that supports
groups can also define its own group mode, though if the
group mode is forced at course level, the group mode setting
for each activity is ignored.
8. Add/Edit Course
Name Explanation
Force group mode 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.
Availability 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.
Role renaming This setting allows the displayed names for roles used in the
course to be changed. Only the displayed name is changed -
role permissions are not affected. New role names will
appear on the course participants page and elsewhere
within the course. If the renamed role is one that the
administrator has selected as a course manager role, then
the new role name will also appear as part of the course
listings.
9. Add/Edit Course
Ico Explanation
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Move
Right
Update
Duplicate
Delete
Hide
No group
Assign roles
11. Add/Edit Course
Add Resource Explanation
File Useful for learning, or to attach a reference file of material in
the form of a learning resource.
Folder The folder is similar with the files but it is different that it can
tie them in groups.
IMS content package It can put a standardized IMS consortium of international
learning content (IMS GLC).
Label Cover features such as a „Page‟, but you can see the
content appearing on the screen a list of the Weekly Outline.
Page the ability to create your own web page.
URL Learning resources connect to other learning resources in
web links or in other internal resources.
12. Add/Edit Course
Add an activity Explanation
Assignments Assignments enable the teacher to specify a task either on
or offline which can then be graded.
Chat The chat module allows participants to have a real-time
synchronous discussion via the web. This is a useful way to
get a different understanding of each other and the topic
being discussed - the mode of using a chat room is quite
different from the asynchronous forums.
Choice The choice module enables the teacher to ask a question
and specify a choice of multiple responses.
Database Allows students to create , search and manage data.
Glossary The glossary module enables participants to create and
maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary. Glossary
entries may be automatically linked wherever the concept
words and phrases appear throughout the course.
13. Add/Edit Course
Add an activity Explanation
Forum The forum module enables participants to have
asynchronous discussions.
◦A single simple discussion - A single discussion topic
which everyone can reply to
◦Each person posts one discussion - Each student can
post exactly one new discussion topic, which everyone
can then reply to
◦Q and A forum - Students must first post their
perspectives before viewing other students' posts
◦Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format - An
open forum where anyone can start a new discussion at
any time, and in which discussion topics are displayed
on one page with "Discuss this topic" links
◦Standard forum for general use - An open forum
where anyone can start a new discussion at any time
Lesson The lesson module enables the teacher to create an
adaptive learning experience consisting of a series of pages
containing questions.
14. Add/Edit Course
Add an activity Explanation
Quiz The quiz module enables the teacher to design and set
quizzes consisting of multiple choice, true-false, matching
and other question types. Each attempt is automatically
marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give
feedback and/or show correct answers.
SCORM package SCORM and AICC are a collection of specifications that
enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of web-
based learning content. The SCORM/AICC module allows
for SCORM/AICC packages to be included in the course.
Survey The survey module provides three types of survey
instrument for assessing and stimulating learning in online
environments. The teacher can use them to gather data that
will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own
teaching.
Workshop Makes evaluation among fellow learners.
15. Insert image / media
It just can make you insert media by link.
If you want to see on screen, use URL.
Use this html.
<embed src=“Media Address” width=“#” height=“#”/>
* Media Address : Include “http:// ” Height
Size Width
Width/ Height :
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