Introductory Tutorials for Teachers

This set of tutorials is under construction. Other experienced Moodle users are encouraged to edit this and add to it further. The purpose is to introduce teachers to the use of Moodle by bringing them through a very limited number of sample tasks. The objectives of the tutorials are as follows:

• Basic rules for using a moodle course page as teacher.
• Structure of a course room.
• Navigating your blank course and changing your settings.
• Using a News forum to send post messages to students.
• Setting up a simple discussion forum.
• Using a discussion forum.
• Creating a link to another website in a new window.
• Creating a simple web page (formatting and creating links)
• Making documents available through Moodle
• Creating an assignment submission area
• Awarding marks to and giving feedback on submissions
• Inserting Labels and improving the appearance of your course.
• Modifying entries in your subject.
• Getting your students enroled in your course.

Basic rules for using a moodle course page as teacher

Login as teacher. Go to your course Click on the edit button Choose a ressource or activity Edit the settings page. All settings pages have the same basic structure. Edit first the name of the link at the course page. Give additional content or informations about the ressource or activity in the description area. Make additional settings. Save your settings at the bottom of the page.

Structure of a course room

On the left and the right side you see blocks. Blocks are containing additional information for the course. In the middle are the main informations about the course, ressources, discussions and activities. You can add, hide or edit/change additional material or activities at any time. Order your material based on your topics or the weeks of your course.