Teacher quick guide: Difference between revisions

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In Moodle, a teacher has responsibility for the materials in their own course. They often also manage enrolments and are able to change the layout of the course page. This quick start guide introduces Moodle's features to those with the Teacher role.

English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka

English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka is first of its kind in Sri Lanka: its a hybrid version with On-Line: Face to ace ration in 80:20. That is to say

English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka

English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka is first of its kind in Sri Lanka: its a hybrid version with On-Line: Face to ace ration in 80:20. That is to say

Course enrolment

Before a learner can access your course, they must first be authenticated on the site and that is the responsibility of the site administrator.

Enrolment methods

There are several enrolment methods available to a teacher. What is available again depends on the site administrator. The admin might enrol students into course automatically, or the teacher might be able to enrol students from Course administration > Users >Enrolled users. This is the Manual enrolment method. Other options can be seen in Course administration > Users > Enrolment methods and include Self enrolment and Guest access.

Note: Guests can only view the course and its resources; they cannot participate in any activities.

An enrolment key may be set if Self enrolment is enabled so that only students with the key can enter. The screencast How learners access your course gives more information on course enrolment.

Grading

Every course has its own Gradebook which can record scores from assignments , quizzes , peer assessment workshops, 'branching' lessons, SCORM activities and LTI learning resources.

The grader report

Other activities such as forums, databases and glossaries can have ratings enabled which will also then be reflected in the gradebook.

Grade items can be manually created from Course administration > Grades > Set up > Categories and items and it is also possible to import and export grades.

Tracking progress

If completion tracking has been enabled for the site and in Course administration > Edit settings, you can then set completion conditions in activity settings. A checkbox will appear next to the activity and a student may either be allowed to tick it manually, or a tick will display once criteria for that particular activity have been met. This feature can be combined with Course completion so that when certain activities have been completed and/or grades obtained, the course itself is marked complete.

Completion boxes

Badges can also be issued, manually or based on completion criteria to act as a motivator and record of course progress.

Restricting access

A course can be set to display everything to everyone all the time, or it can be very restrictive, displaying certain items at certain times, to certain groups or based on performance in previous tasks.

Options for restricting access

Course items and sections may be manually hidden using the 'hide' icon when the editing is turned on. If Conditional activities have been enabled by the administrator then a Restrict access section will display in each course activity and resource, allowing you to choose how and when this item will be revealed, and whether to hide it completely or show it greyed out with the conditions for access.

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 English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka is first of its kind in Sri Lanka: its a hybrid version with On-Line: Face to ace ration in 80:20. That is to say
-==Adding learning materials==
+English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka
-While Moodle can be used for displaying course materials, it is most effective when students can engage with each other and their teacher. Moodle calls static materials such as word processed documents and presentations '[[Resources]]' and more interactive and graded tasks '[[Activities]]'. The activities available may vary according to what your administrator has enabled in your site and may include non-standard activities installed as extra plugins.
+English On-Line StudyCourse For Adult Learners of Sri Lanka is first of its kind in Sri Lanka: its a hybrid version with On-Line: Face to ace ration in 80:20. That is to say
-Files and folders can be uploaded via drag and drop as in the screencast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z70iLDWqoGA Dragging and dropping files into Moodle] or via the [[File picker]] as the screencast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbvhBeeuM4I Uploading files into Moodle] demonstrates. The documentation [[Working with files]] gives more information on how to add different types of files as resources to your course.
-[[File:tglearningmaterials.png|thumb|center|600px|Activity chooser]]
-When the editing is turned on, Moodle's Activity chooser offers resources and activities for the teacher to select. Clicking on a button displays information about the features of any particular activity so you can see if it meets your needs. For more details, watch the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=yWo0o4tG9YQ Activity chooser] screencast.
-Standard activities include [[Forum]], [[Glossary]] and [[Quiz]]. Students may submit work to an [[Assignment]] or give their opinions in a customisable [[Feedback]]. The full list of standard activities is here: [[Activities]].
 ==Course enrolment==

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