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SCORM FAQ

2013-05-02T01:46:39Z

Minhtam: new link for scorm plugin

{{SCORM}}
==What is SCORM?==

SCORM was developed as a result of collaboration in the public and private sectors. The President of the United States, Bill Clinton issued an Executive Order that created an agency (ADL) to oversee the standard for developing and distributing online learning. All Federal agencies are mandated to use programs that meet those standards. SCORM is one result of that order.

There's a really simple "What is SCORM" introduction here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3757#p18828

A slightly more detailed introduction here: http://www.rusticisoftware.com/resources/whatisscorm/What%20Is%20SCORM.ht

==Should I make my Moodle courses as SCORM or use Moodle's features?==
It depends how you intend to use it. If you are planning on exporting and using in another LMS then SCORM would make this easier. If you want something shiny, then a SCORM package can fit the bill. However, reporting and grading work better in Moodle and for many educators the standard features do the job perfectly and do not require learning a new program. There is a useful form post discussing the pros and cons of SCORM in Moodle here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=200242

==SCORM Information==

Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) is the organization that wrote the SCORM standard. You can download documentation and samples form ADL's Web site. Documentation for SCORM 1.2 in several languages is available [http://www.adlnet.gov/Technologies/scorm/SCORMSDocuments/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2fTechnologies%2fscorm%2fSCORMSDocuments%2fPrevious%20Versions%2fSCORM%201.2%2fDocumentation%20Suite%20(SCORM%201.2)&FolderCTID=0x0120007F801FCD5325044C89D91240519482D7&View={4D6DFFDE-3CFC-4DD9-A21A-4B687728824A} here].

Philip Hutchison provides an AS3 and JavaScript wrapper, as well as a sample package:
http://pipwerks.com/downloads/

==SCORM Package Contents==

A SCORM package must contains in the root of zip a file named imsmanifest.xml which defines SCORM course structure, resource location and many other things. Other files used in the package, such as HTML files, XML files, multimedia files, and JavaScript for the SCORM API must be listed in this file. The LMS parses the manifest, and provides the files listed there to the content package during runtime.

==AICC Package Contents==

An AICC package is defined by several files (from 4 to 7) with defined extensions as follows:

* CRS - Course Description file (mandatory)
* AU - Assignable Unit file (mandatory)
* DES - Descriptor file (mandatory)
* CST - Course Structure file (mandatory)
* ORE - Objective Relationship file (optional)
* PRE - Prerequisites file (optional)
* CMP - Completition Requirements file (optional)

==Basic Troubleshooting==

* Make sure you are running Moodle 2.1 or higher, a large number of SCORM related bugs are present in previous versions.
* Make sure your SCORM object is SCORM compliant - check it in an external SCORM player like [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Tools_for_creating_SCORM_content#Reload Reload] to see if it works there.
* Upload a copy of your SCORM object to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_hosting_service File Hosting Service] and post a message asking for help in the forums, linking to your SCORM object explaining exactly what you expect to happen, and what is happening instead.
* Read Dan Marsden's blog post [http://danmarsden.com/blog/2012/08/08/scorm-doesnt-work-in-moodle here] (Maintainer of SCORM Module in Moodle)

==Does Moodle Generate SCORM Content?==

Moodle '''does not''' generate scorm content. Moodle presents the content in SCORM packages to learners, and saves data from learner interactions with the SCORM package.

==Supported Versions==

* SCORM 1.2 is supported in Moodle 2.1(or higher) and passes all the tests in the ADL Conformance test suite 1.2.7 for SCORM 1.2. The best place for information on SCORM 1.2 conformance is the [http://www.adlnet.gov/Technologies/scorm/SCORMSDocuments/Previous%20Versions/SCORM%201.2/Conformance%20Test%20Suite%20(SCORM%201.2)/SCORM_1.2_ConformanceReq.pdf SCORM Comformance Requirements documentation (PDF 3.4MB)].

* SCORM 2004 is not completely supported in Moodle at this stage. Parts of the API have been implemented, but others such as Navigation and Sequencing are not yet supported. If you require a fully certified SCORM 2004 Player in Moodle, [http://www.scorm.com Rustici Software] have a [http://scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud-features/app-integrations/moodle-integration/ Moodle plugin] which connects to their commercial [http://www.scorm.com/scorm-solved/scorm-cloud/ SCORM Cloud] service turning Moodle into a fully compliant SCORM 2004 LMS.
:''Moodle Core SCORM 2004 development requires funding!'' See [http://danmarsden.com/blog/2009/05/23/scorm-2004-in-moodle/ SCORM 2004 in Moodle] for details.

* AICC objects are supported in Moodle 2.1 and higher.

* SCORM 2.0 has not been released yet by ADL, and Moodle does not support any of it at this stage.

==Asking for Help in the SCORM Forum==

When trying to engage the community to help with a problem you are facing, you will get a better response if you follow a few simple guidelines:
* Always start your report with '''version information''' - preferably the information displayed on the Admin -> Environment panel eg. http://localhost/moodle/admin/environment.php where http://localhost/moodle is your particular prefix. With this it will be clear how you are running your Moodle instance, on what platform, and at which version. This will quickly expose issues where a simple upgrade will solve your problem.
* Be prepared to '''provide the SCORM package''' that illustrates your problem - if you don't then it will be very difficult for anyone offering assistance to recreate your situation - a real barrier to help.
* '''Screenshots''' are very helpful. Provide a screenshot of all error messages, and any instance where something seems to go wrong in the interface.
* Nonstandard themes can introduce SCORM issues. Be sure to tell us '''what theme you're using'''.
* If you have admin privileges, and have access to a localhost install or other place where real-time users won't be disturbed, be sure to turn on debugging. Navigate to '''Site Administration > Development > Debugging''' and set '''Debug messages: Developer''' and '''Display debug messages: Yes'''. Access the SCORM content. If there are errors printed to the page, include them in your forum post.
* Use [https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/console Chrome's JavaScript Console] or [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console Firebug's JavaScript console] to check that there are no JavaScript errors on the page when the content loads.
* Run your problematic SCORM package through '''API debugging''' (see below) and include the text of that API log with your post. That way we can see right away if the right function calls are not taking place.
* If you're using a content development suite which publishes to SCORM, such as Articulate, Captivate, Lectora, LessonBuilder, Udutu, or some other product, then include that in your post. Every authoring software has its ticks, and if you've run into one, it's likely that someone else has also dealt with it, and will recognize it. However, please keep in mind that '''this is a place to get help with Moodle issues, not help with your SCORM package authoring suite'''.

==Debugging ==

# Debugging settings are located at Settings > Site Administration > Plugins > Activities > Scorm.
# Check the checkbox for '''Activate API debug...'''
# Set the api mask. You can use the mask to enable debugging under certain conditions. For example, if you are logged in using the admin user (username admin) you can set the api mask to: <cite>admin.*</cite> Users not logged in as admin will not see the debugging log. The "Default" api mask is <cite>.*</cite>

==What does the debugging log mean?==

The SCO commonly sends the following communications through the API:

* '''LMSInitialize();''' opens the connection between the SCO and Moodle
* '''LMSGetValue( 'valuename' );''' gets a value from Moodle
* '''LMSSetValue( 'valuename' , 'value' );''' sends a value to Moodle
* '''LMSCommit();''' saves values sent to Moodle via LMSSetValue() and should be called after every LMSSetValue()
* '''LMSFinish()''' saves values sent to Moodle and closes the connection between the SCO And Moodle

Red lines in the debugging log means there was an error in the communication through the API.

If LMSInitialize() fails, returns an error, then no subsequent values sent to Moodle will be saved.

Click through the entire SCORM package. Then access the scorm report for your attempt, and compare the saved values in the debugging log with Moodle's report of the attempt. If the values set in the debug log do not match the values saved to Moodle, then there may be a problem with Moodle. Otherwise it's likely to be an issue with the SCO or the SCORM activity settings not giving you the functionality you need.

==SCORM and the Gradebook==
Please see [https://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#My_SCORM_Module_doesn.27t_function_properly FAQ:My SCORM Module doesn't function properly] and [https://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#Handling_of_Multiple_Attempts FAQ:Handling of Multiple Attempts]

Some SCORM packages report both cmi.core.lesson_status and cmi.core.score.raw. Others report only cmi.core.lesson_status, or only cmi.core.score.raw. The '''Grading Method''' setting for SCORM objects is meant to account for that.

If you have the '''Grading Method''' set to '''Highest grade''', '''Average grade''', or '''Sum grade''', and your learning object does not report a score, only, cmi.core.lesson_status, then there will be no numerical score to pass to the gradebook.

If your SCOs do not report cmi.core.score.raw, then the best '''Grading Method''' setting is '''Learning Objects'''. This reports either a 1 or a 0 as a score for each learning object. The gradebook value for that SCORM activity is the percent of scos in the package for which learners got a 1.

On the other hand, if your SCOs do not report a lesson_status, then select one of the score-based '''Grading Method''' options, such as '''Highest grade''', '''Average grade''', or '''Sum grade''', and not '''Learning Objects'''.

If you do not know what your SCOs are reporting to the LMS, then run them through to completion with debugging on.

Much of the way SCORM objects are graded is controlled inside the SCORM Authoring process before it is packaged for use in an LMS like Moodle - make sure all your grading settings are set correctly. Moodle 2.0 contains some new controls that allow a teacher to override the behaviour as set by the SCORM object to allow for greater, more flexible control. (see MDL-11501 for more information on this)

==SCORM Administration Options==

See [[SCORM settings]]

==Common Solutions==

===Difficulty Displaying a SCORM Package===
If you have difficulty displaying a SCORM, try loading the SCORM in [http://www.reload.ac.uk Reload] and re-saving it, then save the folder as a .zip package and try again.

===Character Display Errors===
When you notice there is a problem displaying characters correctly, it could be a misconfiguration of your server. Make sure that both httpd.conf (when using Apache) and php.ini are set to DefaultCharacterset = utf8 or switch the sending of a default character set off.

===slash arguments warning when I add/update SCORM objects in my course===
SCORM forces what is referred to as "slash arguments" - Unfortunately, some PHP servers don't allow this method and your SCORM objects may not display. This affects IIS 5 and earlier, and some Apache servers. Under IIS 5 and earlier, a workaround using an [http://www.isapirewrite.com/ ISAPI re-write] tool can be used, Apache users should look at this link: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installation_FAQ#Uploaded_files_give_.22File_not_found.22 - A check on the admin/tool/health/index.php page is also made to see if slasharguments is supported - visit http://yourmoodlesite/admin/tool/health/index.php to check to see the status of slasharguments on your server.

===SCORM doesn't work on Godaddy Host===
Godaddy hosts give a 404 file not found error - this is because by default they do not allow slash arguments which SCORM requires. The best way to test this is to visit http://yourmoodlesite/admin/tool/health/index.php - but the fix involves adding a php.ini or php5.ini file with the following text:
AcceptPathInfo
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

===My Flash-Based Content Loads, then Stalls===
This issue is most commonly associated with zlib compression. Classic presentation is that the base HTML file and SWF are loaded into the SCORM player, but the SWF is not able to load any audio or video assets, and therefore stalls. You can watch the loading of SWFs and assets using Chrome's Developer Tools or other.

Check your site's zlib compression settings as an admin by loading up the Server > phpinfo page. zlib compression is not a Moodle setting but a server setting, so you'll need a server admin to disable it. Be sure to Purge All Caches, and clear browser caches, before confirming the change.

===Zlib warning when I add/update SCORM objects in my course===
Zlib is a php compression setting made in a websites PHP configuration - unfortunately some browsers don't handle this well (especially Internet Explorer 6) Some webhosts enable this setting, but it will likely cause issues for your users when they attempt to view/use the SCORM object. You will need to contact your server administrator to turn this off. The setting to change in php configuration is "zlib.output_compression"

===Incorrect file package - missing imsmanifest.xml or AICC structure===
This means that Moodle cannot find a file called imsmanifest.xml inside the SCORM object. Reasons for this could be:
* imsmanifest.xml needs to be immediately inside the scorm directory, NOT inside a directory inside of that. So if the zipped scorm package is package.zip, the unzipped package directory should contain immediately inside of it the imsmanifest.xml. This is a common mistake and normally occurs when a SCORM author creates a package themselves and then selects that folder to compress. This places the content folder inside of another folder, The imsmanifest.xml is there, but it is 2 directories deep. To avoid this problem when zipping scorm content into a package, go INSIDE of the exported scorm folder, select all files inside, and compress them while all are selected. The resultant compressed directory has the imsmanifest.xml file in the first directory, immediately available to the moodle scorm loading process.
* when using linux based systems the filename imsmanifest.xml must be all in lowercase not IMSmanifest.xml or Imsmanifest.XML
* The SCORM authoring tool Articulate sometimes fails to create the imsmanifest.xml -Try exporting the package again and see if the manifest is generated.
* The SCORM authoring tool Articulate Presenter will publish packages where the imsmanifest.xml file is in the correct place, but there are several lines of white space in the manifest file if you do not fill out the Reporting and Tracking Options in Articulate Presenter for Keywords and LMS Description. Moodle will give a "Manifest not found" error when encountering this. To fix this problem select the Reporting and Tracking Options in the Articulate Presenter publish dialog and fill in the LMS Description and Keywords.

===File not found error===
You have this error if the scorm package is created in moodle, and the scorm menu loads, but inside of the viewing area for the scorm content, you get a page with a 404 file not found error, usually showing the current Moodle theme.

What this means is that one of the files listed in the imsmanifest.xml is not in the scorm package or not in the correct directory.

Download and unzip the package, open up imsmanifest.xml. At the bottom of the xml file, below any metadata, you'll find a place where organizations and resources for those organizations are designated:

<code xml>

<organizations default="TOC1">
<organization identifier="TOC1">
<title>SCORM Test</title>
<item identifier="I_SCO0" identifierref="SCO0">
<title>Library Quiz</title>
<adlcp:masteryscore>0</adlcp:masteryscore>
</item>
</organization>
</organizations>
<resources>
<resource identifier="SCO0" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="sco" href="scorm.html">
<file href="scorm.html"/>
<dependency identifierref="ALLRESOURCES" />
</resource>
<resource identifier="ALLRESOURCES" type="webcontent" adlcp:scormtype="asset">
<file href="scorm.html" />
<file href="scorm.js" />
<file href="swfobject.js" />
<file href="scorm.swf" />
<file href="scormwrapper.js" />
</resource>
</resources>
</manifest>
</code>

In this xml, we have a single organization, and in that organization is a single resource, a single sco. There are 5 files necessary for that resource to work correctly. The scorm.html file is loaded first. It loads 3 external js files and a swf.

What you need to do now is go to the directory containing imsmanifest.xml, and check that all of those listed files are available at the correct path from imsmanfiest.xml, as listed in imsmanifest.xml. If any one of those files is missing (especially the html file or the swf), or if the paths in imsmanifest.xml are incorrect, then it's very likely that the scorm object won't be able to load at all.

Sometimes the files aren't missing, but are simply misnamed in the manifest, or placed in the wrong directory. You can fix this by moving the files to the correct places, or updating their names so that the imsmanifest and the actual file names match up. In the case of a misnamed file, change the manifest rather than the actual file names, since the the files also reference one another in other places!

===Unzip issues===
If you get a blank page after filling in the title, description, and selecting a large SCORM file, it's likely you haven't installed the PHP-zip lib which is required for Moodle 2.x for more info see [[admin/environment/php_extension/zip]]

===Clear an Attempt===
To clear attempts by a student:

# Go to the SCORM activity and select the link "View reports for x users"
# Select the attempt or attempts you want to clear using the checkbox
# Select Delete in the drop-down box at the bottom of the page

===Handling of Multiple Attempts===
SCORM is designed to allow a learner to exit and return at a later date to the same point they left from. This means that each time they enter the SCORM they are using the same single attempt. Some SCORM packages are intelligent about handling re-entry, many are not. What this means is that if the learner re-enters an existing attempt, if the SCORM content does not have internal logic to avoid overwriting cmi.core.lesson_status and cmi.core.score.raw, they can be overwritten by a lower score, confusing the learner.

When a SCORM sets the cmi.core.lesson_status value to 'completed', 'passed' or 'failed' then Moodle allows the user to create a new attempt by adding a '''Start new attempt''' checkbox to the entry page. If cmi.core.lesson_status is set to 'incomplete', 'browsed' or 'notattempted' the learner can only re-enter the existing attempt. If you are using the setting 'Student skip content structure page', this checkbox will never be shown to the user.

Moodle provides a range of settings to allow this to be controlled, some of these settings are hidden by default as advanced options.
* Number of attempts
:This allows the teacher to set how many SCORM attempts the learner may create - this is not how many times a learner can re-enter a SCORM attempt.
* Attempts grading
:This allows the teacher to set how multiple SCORM attempts(not re-entries) are graded. It is important to note that a 'failed' cmi.core_lesson_status allows a new attempt to be generated but the attempts grading setting "last completed attempt" only includes 'completed' and 'passed' values in it's calculations.
* Display attempt status
:This displays a users SCORM attempts and how their final grade is calculated on the SCORM entry page and the My Moodle page for the learner.
* Force completed
:This is a setting that can be used to force a SCORM package to report a 'completed' cmi.core.lesson_status if it doesn't currently set the value.
* Force new attempt
:This hides the '''Start new attempt''' checkbox and will force a new attempt if the previous attempt has cmi.core.lesson_status value to either 'completed' or 'passed' - this setting can also be used to make sure a new attempt is generated when the 'Student skip content structure page' setting is used.
* Lock after final attempt
:This prevents access to the SCORM after the total number of attempts have been used - if this is not set the learner can re-enter their last attempt and potentially change/overwrite their score each time depending on how the SCORM package supports multiple re-entries.

===Reducing Load Time with Captivate===
* Modify the percent that must be downloaded before the content starts to play. In Captivate 4, there's a setting in: Preferences / Project / Start and End / Preload. Reduce that to 50%.
* If you use audio in your Cp file (as background or element attachment), try to put a gap of 0,1 second at the beginning of each element including audio on your slides. If you don't do that, Cp merge all the audio files in one big audio file it need to download before playing the project. This problem have been report many times from the Cp community.

===Moodle changes cmi.core.lesson_status from "completed" or "passed" to "failed"===
Many SCORM authorware suites generate a masteryscore node in the imsmanifest.xml by default. This node is not necessary to the XML file. But when it is there, the SCORM standard designates specific behavior with regard to the value set there.

Here's what is in the scorm standard, on page 35 of 155 in SCORM_1.2_ConformanceReq.pdf, numbered page 2-19 ([http://www.adlnet.gov/Technologies/scorm/SCORMSDocuments/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2fTechnologies%2fscorm%2fSCORMSDocuments%2fPrevious%20Versions%2fSCORM%201%2e2%2fDocumentation%20Suite%20%28SCORM%201%2e2%29&FolderCTID=0x0120007F801FCD5325044C89D91240519482D7&View=%7b4D6DFFDE%2d3CFC%2d4DD9%2dA21A%2d4B687728824A%7d SCORM Version 1.2 Conformance Requirements Version 1.2]):
<blockquote>
If the value for this element is not set to “incomplete” by the SCO, then the LMS shall re-evaluate and change the value based on the following:<ul>
<li>If there is no mastery score in the Manifest, and the SCO sets a score (cmi.core.score.raw) and the lesson_status (cmi.core.lesson_status) then the LMS shall not override the SCO determined status.</li>
<li>If there is a mastery score in the Manifest, the LMS can change the status to either passed or failed depending on the student's score (cmi.core.score.raw) compared to the mastery score.</li>
<li>If the student is taking the SCO for no-credit, (cmi.core.credit = “no-credit”) there is no change to the lesson_status, with one exception. If the lesson_mode (cmi.core.lesson_mode) is "browse", the lesson_status may change to "browsed" even if the cmi.core.credit is set to no-credit.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
This can result in some functionality you don't intend. You can fix the problem by removing the mastery score node from your imsmanifest.xml file. You will also want to find out what options you have, within your authorware suite, for the writing of that node into the manifest file, and change your authoring process accordingly.

===Player Look 'n Feel===
You should be able to adjust height and width settings for the SCORM player window '''so long as''' your theme is based on/not too much of an aberration from one of the standard themes which ship with Moodle 2.

If your site or course theme isn't closely based on one of the standard M2 themes, then it's possible that your theme CSS is overriding local height and width settings for the SCORM player. Have a Web developer (or a Moodle Partner) examine how your theme is interacting with the player layout, and make changes to your theme as needed.

'''Why can't I just change it locally?''' You can change height and width per individual SCORM package, and you can set defaults for these local height and width values ( [[SCORM Admin Options]] ). Other things, such as colors, shading, borders, backgrounds, are controlled by CSS, just like everything else on the site.

=== Courselab 2.4 ===
If you receive a " found more than one record!" error when trying to run your SCORM 1.2 package check the imsmanifest.xml file of your SCORM package and ensure that the values for <organization identifier> and <item identifier> are unique. To change the <organization identifier>, in Courselab, go to File > Course Runtime Settings. The dialog says 'Course identification in LMS' but changing the Identifier field is what sets the <organization identifier>. (see MDL-38060 for more information)

==See also==

* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1951 SCORM forum]
* [http://danmarsden.com/blog/2012/08/08/scorm-doesnt-work-in-moodle SCORM doesn't work] blog post from developer Dan Marsden
* [http://danmarsden.com/blog/2009/05/23/scorm-2004-in-moodle/ SCORM 2004 in Moodle] blog post from developer Dan Marsden
* [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/SCORM_schema Internal SCORM Schema]
* The official standard: [http://www.adlnet.gov/Technologies/scorm/default.aspx Advanced Distributed Learning - SCORM]

Online resources
* [http://www.scormcourse.com/ SCORMCourse.com] serves the SCORM and ADL community as an educational resource for SCORM technology.
* [http://www.eduworks.com/index.php/Publications/Learning-Object-Tutorial.html Learning Object Tutorial]
* [http://elearningweekly.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/tutorial-build-scorm-compatible-lesson-templates-for-your-lms/ Tutorial: Build SCORM-Compatible Lesson Templates for Your LMS]

Using Moodle forum discussions:
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3757 Simple introduction to SCORM]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=57059 Are there any sugestions for scorm authoring with Microsoft word / or any other easy (maybe free) scorm authoring tool?]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=95946 Is SCORM worth it?]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=207964 Updating an Object]

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Assignment activity

2012-06-01T02:29:01Z

Minhtam: /* Assignment types */

{{Activities}}
{{Update}}
The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.

The assignment module has undergone a significant rewrite for Moodle 2.3 and both the old Assignment module with four subtypes and the new Assignment module are included in Moodle 2.3. This allows administrators to transition users from the old assignment type to the new one. Upgrade tools also exist.

'''For documentation on the old Assignment module, please refer to the Moodle 2.2 documentation: https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Assignment_module '''

'''needs update''' [Image:Assignmentexample.png]]

* [[Assignment settings]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Using Assignment]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Assignment FAQ]] ""needs amendments""

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into a text field in Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

== Assignment types ==
An assignment has a date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.
Graders can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions.
An assignment may, depending on settings, allow students to upload one or more files or none at all. It may allow the student to inter rich text in to a text field.
Teachers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.

== See also ==

*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=126431 single file upload vs. advanced uploading] forum discussion

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Assignment activity

2012-06-01T01:31:50Z

Minhtam:

{{Activities}}
{{Update}}
The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.

The assignment module has undergone a significant rewrite for Moodle 2.3 and both the old Assignment module with four subtypes and the new Assignment module are included in Moodle 2.3. This allows administrators to transition users from the old assignment type to the new one. Upgrade tools also exist.

'''For documentation on the old Assignment module, please refer to the Moodle 2.2 documentation: https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Assignment_module '''

'''needs update''' [Image:Assignmentexample.png]]

* [[Assignment settings]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Using Assignment]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Assignment FAQ]] ""needs amendments""

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into a text field in Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

== Assignment types ==
An assignment has a date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.
Graders can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions.
An assignment may, depending on settings, allow students to upload one or more files or none at all. It may allow the student to inter righ text in to a text field.
Teachers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.

== See also ==

*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=126431 single file upload vs. advanced uploading] forum discussion

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[[fr:Devoir]]

Assignment activity

2012-06-01T01:09:39Z

Minhtam: a small start on changes for 2.3

{{Activities}}
The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.

The assignment module has undergone a significant rewrite for Moodle 2.3 and both the old Assignment module with four subtypes and the new Assignment module are included in Moodle 2.3. This allows administrators to transition users from the old assignment type to the new one. Upgrade tools also exist.

'''For documentation on the old Assignment module, please refer to the Moodle 2.2 documentation: https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Assignment_module '''

'''needs update''' [Image:Assignmentexample.png]]

* [[Assignment settings]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Using Assignment]] ""needs rewriting""
* [[Assignment FAQ]] ""needs amendments""

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into a text field in Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

== Assignment types ==
An assignment has a date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.
Graders can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions.
An assignment may, depending on settings, allow students to upload one or more files or none at all. It may allow the student to inter righ text in to a text field.
Teachers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.

== See also ==

*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=126431 single file upload vs. advanced uploading] forum discussion

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blocks/configurable reports/managereport

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Add a new user

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{{Accounts}}
An administrator can create new user accounts in ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Add a new user''. (To add users in bulk, see [[Upload users]].)
[[File:Addanewuser.png]]

Certain fields can be set as default. For example, the city and country defaults may be set in ''Settings > Site administration > Location > Location settings''.

==General==

===username===
The user will use this username to log in to the Moodle instance. It needs to be unique.

===Authentication method===
The setting specifies how Moodle will check whether the user's specified password is correct.

Accounts created by an administrator use the '''Manual Accounts''' method, and accounts created by the user themselves using the email sign-up method use the E-mail based self-registration method.

===password===
this is the user's password. It is subject to the [[password polcy|Site_policies#Password_policy]]

===First Name===
The user's first name. It is displayed along with the last name in messages, forum posts, participants list, reports and anywhere where something about the user is shows on the page.

===Surname===
The user's surname. It is displayed along with the first name in messages, forum posts, participants list, reports and anywhere where something about the user is shows on the page.

===Email address===
password reset notices, forum digests and other messages are sent to this email address from Moodle.

===Email display===
This setting controls who can see the user's email address.

===Email format===
This setting can be used such that Moodle will send text-only emails to the user.

===Email digest type===
This setting set whether the user will receive an email for each new forum post in subscribed forums, or if new posts should be sent once per day in a digest, and which type of digest.

===Forum auto-subscribe===
If a user subscribes to a forum, new posts will be sent in the digest as specified. This setting sets whether a user is automatically subscribed to forums or if a manual click on the subscription button in each forum is required.

===Forum tracking===
THis setting specifies whether new posts written since the user's last visit should be highlighted as such.

===When editing text===
This setting specifies whether the user prefers to see the WYSIWYG text editor or just a plain text box.

===AJAX and Javascript===
This setting enables and disables AJAX and Javascript features such as drag&drop for this user. The availability of these features is also dependent on the user's browser.

===Screen Reader===
Enabling this setting will improve the display of Moodle to make it more compatible with screen readers.

===City/town===
The user's city or town

===Country===
The user's country

===Timezone===
This setting is used to adjust the times of messages and assignment/quiz due dates to match the user's local time

===Preferred language===
This will cause the Moodle interface to be displayed in the specified language. (See [[Language packs]])

Note: Content will not be translated automatically, but if multi-language content is entered the appropriate language content will be displayed, if available.

===Description===
Information about the user that other users can see.

==User Picture==
The user picture will be displayed next to the user's name next to any content he/she has posted in Moodle Activities such as the forum.

==Interests==
The list of interests can be used as a way of connecting users with similar interests. (See [[Tags]])

===Optional===
These fields offer the option to specify more detail about the user, including alternative contact methods. All fields are optional and may be turned off by the administrator to protect the users' privacy.

Upload users

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{{Accounts}}
An administrator can upload multiple user accounts via text file in ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users''.

There are many robust options for uploading information (fields associated with a user) with this method: from enrolling users in multiple courses with course specific [[Roles|roles]] to updating user information in the [[User profile]] to deleting users from the site.

''Tip:'' It is usually not necessary to upload users in bulk with Upload users. To keep maintenance work down you should first explore forms of authentication that do not require manual maintenance, such as [[External database authentication|connecting to existing external databases]] or letting the users create their own accounts ([[Self enrolment]]). See [[Authentication]] for more information.

[[File:Upload users initial 2.0.JPG|thumb|center|Initial upload users screen 2.1]]

==Upload user process==
Here is an outline of the process:

# Create file for uploading
# Go to ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users''
# Add file to upload
# Upload users preview - check settings and default user profile settings
# Upload users preview - click "Upload users"
# Upload users results - shows list of users, exceptions made in upload and summary of number of users
# Upload users results - click "Continue"
# Returns to Upload users screen

==Updating users preview==
There are settings for the kind of Upload user function you want to perform on the "Upload users preview" page.
[[File:Upload users preview 2.0.JPG|thumb|center|Upload users preview in Moodle 2.x]]

===Updating existing accounts===

By default Moodle adds new user accounts and skips existing users lines where the <code>username</code> matches an existing account. Set "Upload Type" to '''Add new and update existing users''', and existing user account will be updated.
*Add all, append number to usernames if needed
*Add new and update existing users
*Update existing users only
There are also fields settings to force password change, allow renames, allow deletes, prevent email address duplicates, standardise usernames and select for bulk operations(new users. updated users, all users).

'''Warning''': errors updating existing accounts can affect your users badly. Be careful when using the options to update.

===Set default user values===

You may be able to set default user field values, if the fields were not included in the uploaded file on this page.

==Upload user results ==
After accepting the preview settings by clicking on "Upload users", you should see the the Upload users results screen.
[[File:Upload users results 2.0.JPG|thumb|center|The 2.0 results screen, everything went well]]
This screen will show you any exceptions or changes that were made to each user in the upload process. For example if you were updating user information, the updated information will be shown. Or if a user was not added that record will be highlighted.

The screen will summarize how many users were uploaded or updated, indicate the number of week passwords and the number of errors.

==File formats for upload users file==
The upload files have their fields separated by a comma (or other delimiter). The first line contains the valid field names. The rest of the lines (records) contain information about each user.

'':Tip:'' If you are not an expert, avoid special characters in field information like quotes or other commas. Test a file with only one record before a large upload. Remember there are other ways to authenticate users on you site or enroll users in a course.

'':Tip:'' You can use a spread sheet program to create the file with the required columns and fields. Then save the file as "CSV (comma delimited)". These files can be opened with simple text editors for verification.

===Valid upload file for testing===
Here is an example of a simple valid upload file:

<code>username, password, firstname, lastname, email, course1, group1<br />
jonest, verysecret, Tom, Jones, jonest@someplace.edu, math102, Section 1<br />
reznort, somesecret, Trent, Reznor, reznort@someplace.edu, math102, Section 3</code>

===Fields that can be included===
'':Tip:'' We strongly recommend that you test a file that contains fields you proposed to use with one user before attempting a file upload for the first time. demo.moodle.net might be a good place to see if your test file works.

*'''Required fields''':
:<p><code>username, firstname, lastname, email</code>
:Validity checks are performed for:
#<code>username</code> can only contain alphabetical '''lowercase''' letters , numbers, hypen '-', underscore '_', period '.', or at-sign '@'
#<code>email</code> is in the form: ''name@example.com'' .</p>

*'''Password field''': "password" field is optional if "Create password if needed" setting is chosen (default).
**If included, values should meet the requirements for the site's [[Site_policies#Password_policy|Password policy]]. To force password change for a particular user, set the password field to <code>changeme</code>.
**If omitted, a password will be generated for each user (during the next Cron job) and welcome e-mails sent out (not working in v2.0.2?).

*'''Optional fields''': To provide values other than the default include one or more of these
:<p><code>institution, department, city, country, lang, auth, ajax, timezone, idnumber, icq, phone1, phone2, address, url, description, mailformat, maildisplay, htmleditor, autosubscribe</code></p>
*Country- use a country TWO LETTER CODE
*Some fields have a maximum number of characters that are allow. See hints below.
*Maildisplay, htmleditor and autosubscribe can be set from an import screen in Moodle 2.0.

*'''Custom profile field names''': (Optional). xxxxx is the real custom user profile field name (i.e. the unique shortname)
:<p><code>profile_field_xxxxx</code></p>
: Create the custom fields BEFORE importing. Use the standard header. The "shortname" for your custom field is xxxxx (NB: as at v2.0.2, the shortname must be all lowercase, otherwise won't be recognised). The first record must include "profile_field_xxxxx".
:'''Example''': To create a custom field "genre", you must write a shortname "genre" in the new field, and write "profile_field_genre" in the header of the .csv file.

*'''Special fields''': Used for changing of usernames or deleting of users
:<p><code>oldusername</code>, <code>deleted</code></p>

*'''Enrolment fields''': (Optional):
:<p><code>course1, type1, role1, group1, enrolperiod1, course2, type2, role2, group2, enrolperiod2</code> etc.
**<code>course</code> is the "shortname" of the course, if present the user will be enrolled in those courses.
** <code>type</code> refers to the role to be used for associated course enrolment. Value 1 is default course role, 2 is legacy Teacher role and 3 is legacy Non-editing Teacher.
** You can use role field instead to specify roles directly - use either role short name or id (numeric names of roles are not supported).
** Users may be also assigned to groups in course (group1 in course1, group2 in course2, etc.).
*** A group is identified by name or id (numeric group names are not supported).
** From Moodle 2.0, you can set the enrolment duration, in days, for each course (<code>enrolperiod1</code> for <code>course1</code>, <code>enrolperiod2</code> for <code>course2</code>, etc.).

Commas within a field must be encoded as &#44 - the script will decode these back to commas.

For Boolean fields, use <code>0</code> for false and <code>1</code> for true.

To prevent users from receiving a large number of emails from courses or forced subscription forums use the '''maildigest'''. The options for this field are 0 = No digest, 1 = Complete digest and 2 = Digest with just subjects.

==Advanced potentials of Upload user==
===Templates===

''Note: This section needs checking and updating if necessary for Moodle 2.0. Please do so and remove this note when finished.''

The default values are processed as templates in which the following codes are allowed:

* %l - will be replaced by the lastname
* %f - will be replaced by the firstname
* %u - will be replaced by the username
* %% - will be replaced by the %

Between the percent sign (%) and any code letter (l, f or u) the following modifiers are allowed:

* (-) minus sign - the information specified by the code letter will be converted to lowercase
* (+) plus sign - the information specified by the code letter will be converted to UPPERCASE
* (~) tilde sign - the information specified by the code letter will be converted to Title Case
* a decimal number - the information specified by the code letter will be truncated to that many characters

For example, if the firstname is John and the lastname is Doe, the following values will be obtained with the specified templates:

* %l%f = DoeJohn
* %l%1f = DoeJ
* %-l%+f = doeJOHN
* %-f_%-l = john_doe
* http://www.example.com/~%u/ = http://www.example.com/~jdoe/ (if the username is jdoe or %-1f%-l)

Template processing is done only on default values, and not on the values retrieved from the CSV file.

In order to create correct Moodle usernames, the username is always converted to lowercase. Moreover, if the "Allow extended characters in usernames" option in the Site policies page is off, characters different to letters, digits, dash (-) and dot (.) are removed. For example if the firstname is John Jr. and the lastname is Doe, the username %-f_%-l will produce john jr._doe when Allow extended characters in usernames is on, and johnjr.doe when off.

When the "New username duplicate handling" setting is set to Append counter, an auto-increment counter will be append to duplicate usernames produced by the template. For example, if the CSV file contains the users named John Doe, Jane Doe and Jenny Doe without explicit usernames, the default username is %-1f%-l and New username duplicate handling is set to Append counter, then the usernames produced will be jdoe, jdoe2 and jdoe3.

===Deleting accounts===

If the <code>deleted</code> field is present, users with value 1 for it will be deleted. In this case, all the fields may be omitted, except for <code>username</code>. After uploading the file, be sure to change the "Upload type" to "Update existing users only" and the "Allow deletes" option to "Yes".

Deleting and uploading accounts could be done with a single CSV file. For example, the following file will add the user Tom Jones and delete the user reznort:

username, firstname, lastname, deleted
jonest, Tom, Jones, 0
reznort, , , 1

==Encoding file format==
On the initial Upload user screen, you may select the file encoding format from a pull down list. These include UTF-8 (the default), ASCII, ISO-8859-1 to ISO-8859-11 or any one of over 36 formats.

==Hints==

===Spreadsheet===

If you use a spreadsheet program such as Excel to create your .csv file, check the resulting output in a text editor before you upload it. It is possible to get trailing commas on each line from an empty field if you have added and deleted columns of information prior to saving the final file. Also check the character encoding. A csv file is a simple text file (ASCII or Unicode) that can be used to upload user accounts.

Excel translates passwords that begin with - (minus) or + (plus) as zero. Even when saving as .csv and saying "Yes" to "Keep this format, and leave out any incompatible features." Check for this before uploading, as a zero halts the upload process.

If you use a formula in Excel to create fields (for example, the concatenate function to create a user name), then remember to copy the cells with the formula and use special paste with values checked to make them into an acceptable data for a csv file.

===Country===
The country should be written as a two letter code, in capitals. For example, use BE for Belgium or NL for the Netherlands. Using "be" or "nl" as a country code will result in a database error.
:''Tip:'' If you are having trouble working out the two-letter code for a country, you can consult this Moodle source code file /moodle/lang/en_utf8/countries.php [http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/lang/en_utf8/countries.php?view=markup&pathrev=MOODLE_19_STABLE or click here for a 1.9 STABLE list].
ISO Website: [http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm]
===Field size limits===
Some fields have maximum character lengths. Typically the file will import to the preview list screen but not finish the process. Turn on debug to see the fields that are too long.

== See also ==

*[[Flat file]] enrolment

Using Moodle forum discussions:
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=36851 Can I auto enroll from Excel?]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=58215 Making Email Optional]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=97903 Uploading users to custom roles]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=181259 User upload option: standardise usernames]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=144569 Matriculacion con flat file csv] - discussion in Spanish

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Course settings

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{{Creating a course}}
Settings > Course administration > Edit settings

[[Image:Settings.gif]]'''Course settings''' control how the things appear to the participants in a course. It is the first page viewed after [[Add/edit courses|creating a course]]. In the case of existing courses, the '''Course settings''' page is accessed though the '''Settings''' block as a sub-entry to '''Course administration''' titled '''Edit settings'''.

This page has links to other pages that may describe a setting in more detail. Different versions of Moodle may not have all the settings listed below.

==General==
[[Image:generalsettings1.gif|thumb|General settings]]
===Category===

The site administrator may have [[Add/edit course categories|created course categories]] to help teachers and students find their courses easily. Course categories are reflected in the [[Navigation block]]

The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changecategory|moodle/course:changecategory]] controls whether a user can edit the course category.

===Course full name===

This is the name of the course. It is displayed as a link on course lists on the [[Front page]] and on [[My Moodle]] and in reports. It is also used in the browser title bar when the course is viewed.

===Short name===
Many institutions have a shorthand way of referring to a course, such as BP102 or COMMS. Even if you do not already have such a name for your course, make one up here. It will be used in several places where the long name is not appropriate, such as the Navigation block. In older Moodle versions, it appeared as the navigation link to what is now referred to as "Home".

The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changeshortname|moodle/course:changeshortname]] controls whether a user can edit the short name field.

===ID number===
The ID number is an alphanumeric field. It has several potential uses. Generally, it is not displayed to students. However, it can be used to match this course against an external system's ID, as your course catalogue ID or can be used in the certificate module as a printed field.

The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changeidnumber|moodle/course:changeidnumber]] controls whether a user can edit the ID number.

===Course summary===

The summary appears on the course listings page. This field is searched when searching for a course and also appears in the Course/Site description block.

The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:changesummary|moodle/course:changesummary]] controls whether a user can edit the course summary.

===Format===
[[Image:generalsettings3.gif|thumb|Format section in course settings]]
See [[Course formats]]

===Number of weeks/topics===
This setting is only used by the 'weekly' and 'topics' course formats. In the 'weekly' format, it specifies the number of weeks that the course will run for, starting from the course starting date. In the 'topics' format, it specifies the number of topics in the course. Both of these translate to the number of "boxes" down the middle of the course page.

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===Course start date===
This setting affects the display of logs and the weekly format topic dates.

If you use the "Weekly" course format, the start date will appear in the first section of the course. For example selecting 27 July, will display "27 July - 2 August" in the first section (when default display is selected for that section).

This setting will have an effect on the display of logs. This will be the earliest possible date the log activity will display.

This setting will '''not''' affect courses using the 'social' or 'topics' formats.

:''TIP:'' If your institution runs on a weekly schedule, you may want to consider setting the start date for courses on the first day of the week, like a Monday.

:''TIP:'' In general, if your course does not have a real starting date then set the date to yesterday and use the availability setting to reveal the course to students.

:''TIP:'' See self enrolment course settings to prevent students from entering the course before a certain date/time.

===Hidden sections===
This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually grey) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizzes you don't want your students to see.

:''TIP:'' If you choose, these non-available items can be completely hidden, so that students do not even know that sections or an activity in the course are hidden.

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===News items to show===
How many news items should show the [[Latest news block]]. Set it to 0 and Latest news block will not appear.

The Latest News block relies on the use of the associated News Forum. News posted in other forums do not display in the latest News block

===Show gradebook to students===
Many of the activities allow [[Grades|grades]] to be set. By default, the results of all grades within the course can be seen in the Grades page, available from the main course page for students and teachers.

:''TIP:'' If a teacher is not interested in using grades in a course, or just wants to hide grades from students, then they can disable the display of grades with this option. This does not prevent the teacher using or setting grades for an individual activities, it just disables the results from being displayed to students.

===Show activity reports===
[[Activity_report#Individual_Activity_Report|Activity reports]] are available to each student. These reports or logs show their activity and contributions in the current course. These reports include their detailed access log.

Student access to their own reports is controlled by the teacher via this course setting. For some courses, these reports can be a useful tool for a student to reflect on their involvement and appearance within the online environment, but for some courses, this may not be necessary.

Teachers always have access to these reports. Teachers can use the button or tab visible on each person’s profile page or use the [[Reports]] link in the course administration block.

Your site administrator may ask you to turn this feature off. Showing activity reports can place a load on the server, slowing it down at times. For large or long classes it may be more efficient to keep it off.

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===Maximum upload size===
[[Image:Changeupload.jpg|thumb|Maximum upload size setting]]
This setting defines the largest size of file that can be uploaded by students in this course. The site administrator can determine [[Site_policies#Maximum_uploaded_file_sizefile |sizes available]] for the teacher to select. Teachers should be aware of a course's [[Files|file structure]].

It is possible to further restrict this size through settings within each activity module.

:''TIP:'' When uploading large files, consider that your students will need to download them to view them.

===Force theme===
If the site administrator has allowed the teacher to set a course [[Themes|theme]], this pull down menu will appear with a list of themes on the site. Teachers can use this to choose a different look for the course from the rest of the Moodle site.

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==Guest access==

Allows any authenticated user (i.e. logged in) to access the course (as a [[Guest role|guest]]), including those who have logged in "as guest". You can choose if they need a password to enter the course or if they may enter without a password. This password is a password to the unit, not the users password to gain access to Moodle.

People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on a login screen, where that feature is enabled for the site. When the user tries to enter a course, they will see the [[Log in|login screen]]. If you only need people authenticated via your normal authentication method to access courses (as Guest or not) it is probably wise to disable "Login as a guest" for a slight improvement in site security. See [[Manage authentication]].

Guests in a course ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they cannot leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. No user information is stored for a guest.

:''TIP:'' This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enrol.

:''TIP:'' You have a choice between two types of guest access: with a password or without. If you choose to allow access for guests who have the password, then the guest will need to provide the current password EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow access to guests without a password, then anyone can get straight into your course.

==Groups==
[[Image:generalsettings6.gif|thumb|Groups settings]]
===Group mode===
Here you can define the [[Groups|group mode]] at the course level by a pull down menu. "[[Groups#No_groups|No groups]]", "[[Groups#Separate_groups|Separate groups]]" and "[[Groups#Visible_groups|Visible groups]]" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the [[Participants]] list and who they can interact with in activities.

===Force===
If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting.

:''TIP:''The force setting is useful when the teacher wants to set up a course and not have to change each activities group settings.

===Default grouping===

If [[Groupings|groupings]] are enabled, a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.

:''TIP:'' You may leave it set to "No groups" and still have specific activities use groups. In this case the force setting below should be set to "no". For example, the teacher can use a group setting to completely separate cohorts of students such that each group is unaware of the other in the course.

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==Availability==

[[Image:generalsettings7.gif|thumb|Availability settings]]
This option allows you to "hide" your course completely. It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators. Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.

:''TIP:'' The [[Course_settings#Course_start_date|Start Date]] of the course can also affect course visibility.

==Language==
[[Image:generalsettings8.gif|thumb|Language settings]]

If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile.
==Student progress==
[[Student progress]] be enabled for [[Activity completion]]. [[Course completion]] criteria may also be based upon Activity completion values found in the activity's settings.

*Completion tracking can be either Disabled, not shown in activity settings, or enabled.
*You can enable starting the tracking upon student enrolment.

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==Role renaming==
[[Image:rolesimages.gif|thumb|Role renaming settings]]
You can rename the [[Roles|roles]] used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the [[Teacher role]] as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the [[Participants|participants]] and the override permissions pages.

Please note that the site administrator or a [[Course managers|course manager]] may have changed the names or added new roles. These names will appear and the teacher may rename them.

:''Tip'': Do not worry about changing every role name. Only change the site roles which are used in your course. For example, you may want to ignore renaming roles such as the [[Administrator role]] or the [[Authenticated user role]].

:''Tip'': To include new role names in a course backup, users should be included in the backup.

==Enrolments==

Note for people upgrading to Moodle 2.0 from an earlier version: Enrolment settings can now be found in ''Settings > Course administration > Users > [[Enrolment methods]]''.

==Cost==

If [[Paypal]] or [[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] is set as the [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], then the course cost can be set in the cost field.

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== Admin settings for Default course settings==
''*Settings > Site administration > Courses > Course default settings''

An administrator can set course settings defaults in [[Course default settings]]''.

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==See also==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOp1oq-TvI Video showing how to create a course in Moodle]

[[Category:Course]]

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[[ru:course/edit]]

User:Minh-Tam Nguyen

2009-10-14T22:23:50Z

Minhtam:

Minh-Tam Nguyen,
University of Canberra,
Teaching and Learning Centre

User:Minh-Tam Nguyen

2009-10-14T22:23:27Z

Minhtam: New page: Minh-Tam Nguyen University of Canberra Teaching and Learning Centre

Minh-Tam Nguyen
University of Canberra
Teaching and Learning Centre

Development talk:My Moodle 2.0

2009-10-14T22:21:13Z

Minhtam:

==Why CONTEXT_MYPAGE?==

I don't see the need for CONTEXT_MYPAGE. I think it is fine if all of My Moodle is in the user context, just like all of the pages of the forum module are in CONTEXT_MODULE.

Of course, different capabilities for whether different bits of My Moodle are visible to a given user makes perfect sense.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 18:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

:With an extra context level, one could assign different roles to different sub-pages. If we just used the user context, then the permissions would apply to all of a user's My Moodle pages. It could also add the possibility of applying permissions to "'locked' pages that would always be the same layout for all users" ("sticky" pages?), which would not be associated with a specific user context. (Though I'm not sure if this is how Mike was planning on implementing that feature.) --[[User:Hubert Chathi|Hubert Chathi]] 20:35, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

::Yes, you could do that, but why would you want to? Give me some use-cases expressed in the user's vocabulary.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 18:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

:::Assuming we want to do this with block functionality as much as possible (and I assume we do), then you would want to be able to restrict the editing of some subpages to specific roles. For example, the course listing page you will want to always display the course listing information. This would be by pre-configured blocks. You would not want the user to be able to remove this block from that subpage. On the other hand, the home page subpage you would want to give the user free reign over what blocks would be displayed there as well as how they are ordered. I can't think of any other way to do this except through contexts for the My Moodle pages. --[[User:Mike Churchward|Mike Churchward]] 14:40, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

::::Should we move this discussion to the My Moodle forum? Anyway, I disagree. This feature is called My Moodle. Not 'the teacher's Moodle' - that is the course page - nor 'the admin's Moodle', that is the site front page. This is a space for user's to create their personal dashboard. If they don't want the My courses list, they should be able to delete it. If they suddenly regret deleting it, it should be really easy for them to add that block back. At most, the admin should be able to control the default layout for new users.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 21:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

:::::Moving it to the large forum would probably be a good idea. While it is called "My Moodle" one of the main purposes of it is to provide information that user-centric rather than course-centric. It has the dual purpose of providing a customized personal experience as well. Unfortunately, I know that a lot of institutions will want to provide non-customizable pages that pertain to the user - that is the reality we see of the clients we service. That doesn't rule out the customizable bits; just allows for both. The front page is not typically seen as a user-specific page, rather a generic site page. My Moodle is a more natural experience to display information that pertains to the user only. --[[User:Mike Churchward|Mike Churchward]] 12:52, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

(created discussion http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=135191 --[[User:Mike Churchward|Mike Churchward]] 12:58, 14 October 2009 (UTC))

:::One example is that the admin creates a global "Local News" page, and allows certain people to add content (add RSS feeds or other various blocks), but doesn't want those users to the global "Site News" page. --[[User:Hubert Chathi|Hubert Chathi]] 14:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

::::But surely what you really mean is that the admin will configure a Local News block. And blocks already have a context. In fact, see the OU's newsfeed block, I think it is in contrib.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 21:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

::::: No, I do mean a "Local News" ''page'', in which certain people may have permission to manage the blocks on that page, and add, remove, or manage content (e.g. a new local news site opened up, so someone can create a new RSS feed block. Or someone with the right privileges can rearrange the blocks on the page). --[[User:Hubert Chathi|Hubert Chathi]] 21:16, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

:::::: Err, OK. What has that got to do with My Moodle though? If you want that, create a special course, give some people editing teacher access, and add whatever blocks you like there. This threaded discussion really would be easier in a forum.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 21:55, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

==Can we do it all with blocks?==

I think it would be architecturally very elegant, and maximally flexible, if the whole of My Moodle could be done as blocks. That is, My Moodle would just be a set of empty pages (subpages, or canvases, call them what you will) and all the functionality we might want there would be in the form of blocks.

I cannot immediately see why that would not work, however, I freely admit that I have not thought about this as much as you.--[[User:Tim Hunt|Tim Hunt]] 18:54, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I think that is what we are saying too. The subpages or canvases are the new elements for My Moodle; everything else is a block. Some can sit in the centre. --[[User:Mike Churchward|Mike Churchward]] 19:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

==Including functionality from other myMoodle modifications==

Ideally, this should include all the additional features that have been added to myMoodle (myCourses sub-page).
For instance, people have made it possible to show more details about the course, such as the teacher, last access date, etc.
There are modifications of myMoodle that group courses by category (with different background colours) or sort them by title, or allow user to move them, like topics within a course.
Maybe it would be worth looking at pagination of courses for users with lots of courses (>50) --{{Unsigned|Minh-Tam_Nguyen}}

I agree. These would be sub-tasks of this entire task to update all of this functionality into new blocks for the My Moodle functions. Then, the effort to make those correct could be added/tracked in those subtasks. --[[User:Mike Churchward|Mike Churchward]] 14:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Development talk:My Moodle 2.0

2009-10-10T05:09:09Z

Minhtam:

User:James Neill/Training notes

2008-09-19T04:31:25Z

Minhtam: /* UC-specific: Psychology */

{{TOCright}}
<p class="note">[http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au UC Moodle] '''training notes''' by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]] during 2-day training at [[University of Canberra]] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/drechslerm Mark Drechsler] ([[Netspot]]), September 16-17, 2008. '''Feel free to edit'''.<br>''To be sorted later.''</p>
==Adding Content==
===[[Label|Insert label]]===
* Adds information to a topic (or week)
* Good for a brief summary; but will add to length of site homepage, so keep it simple
* Can use html, images, etc.
* Can't add a heading for a topic when in Weekly mode
===Add [[Web page|web page]]===
* Adds a link on the homepage to a webpage
* Summary
** Isn't often displayed - (it does display on resource page but whether "resource" shows in the navigation bar is configurable at admin level and is sometimes/often switched off)
* Page content can be 'anything' e.g., can embedded multimedia (e.g., add a youtube video) (using object or iframe html code)

===[[Breadcrumbs]]/Navigation bar===
* Resources/Activities breadcrumb can switched on/off globally, but not site-specifically.

===[[Files]]===
* It seems there is no restriction on file type :)
* Uploading mp3, swf, wma, wmv, etc. will automatically be recognised, with relevant icons added, etc. - where's the list of such recognised file types?

===[[LaTeX]]===
* LaTeX code works for mathematical expressions (and much more) - start with $$ - can also use equation editor

===[[Help]]===
* (i) yellow links to [[MoodleDocs]]
* (?) blue links to help info (opens pop-up)

===[[Sideblocks]]===
* Sideblocks are fixed width (not%)

===[[Resources]]===
====[[Book]]====
* Gathers together a group of [[Web page|web page]]s (essentially a book is a link structure; must be web pages - not other stuff unless embeddedded in web pages)
* WimbaCreate can also do something similar (can import a whole book); currently Book can only import only headings
* Can have sub-chapters
* Students can download a book

====[[SCORM]]====
* [[SCORM]] - standard format for importing/exporting between [[Learning Management System]]s.
** Includes traceability e.g., [[assessment]]s

===[[File]] storage===
* General Moodle files are stored at a global level e.g., logo
* Site files are stored locally within a site
* Eventually UC will use [[Equella]] - [http://www.thelearningedge.com.au/products.php Equella]
* e.g.,
** Algebra
*** Notes
** Images
* Moving - goes to clipboard, then go to Folder
* Bulk actions vs. single file actions
* Pop-ups (consider - because of pop-up blockers)

===External content creators===
Moodle is not a high-end content-creation tool (e.g., to convert ppt, etc. and export to swf or html or other more playable etc. formats)
* Articulate $$ (e.g., ArticulateEngage)
** Several products, e.g.,
** PPT to flash converter (advantages of flash)
*** Smaller file size
*** More accessible format
*** 99% of browsers have flash presenter
** Wimba Create $
*** Good for converting .doc to .html
** Adobe Captivate $$$
** Camtasia
*** Screen recording
*** Annotate powerpoint
*** Zoom in on stuff
*** MoodleTraining site vides (UC) done this way
** Powerconverter
** eXelearning.org (free)
** Courselab (free; Russian; obscure
** FreeMind (free)
* Conversion to html will be to something like index.html, default.html, <filename>.html plus folders such as /CSS, /XML, /FLV, /SWF, etc. - all of this would need to brought into Moodle
* ZIP and then upload, unzip OR use [[WebDAV]]
* Dilemma - new window uses pop-up but as a page includes top nav-frame (which varies browser to browser) -> another option it to use iframe

===iFrame===
A way of embedding local pages or external content within a webpage:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFrame IFrame] (Wikipedia)
<iframe src="http://example.com" height="200">Alt text</iframe>


==[[Groups]]==
* [[Social constructivism]] background - some aspects about this are good; others not so good
* [[Roles]]
*# Lecturer
*# Tutor
*# Guest
*# Auditing Student
*# Auditing Staff
* "Student" roles will be auto-populated from Callista
* One extreme - no groups - everyone sees/can do everything
* Other extreme - separate groups - separate groups cannot see the conduct of other groups or be aware that they existed
* Groups separate by activities
* Groups see the same content and assignments
* But they see different discussion fora
* Middle option - Visible groups - can see other groups, but can't post to them
* Each of these is true for tutors and students
* Various ways of allocating groups e.g., random allocation
* If making a forum posting (as a lecturer/teacher), make sure to select which groups can reply to the post.
* Could set up for student to self-subscribe to groups (with [[Enrolment key]])

==[[Groupings]]==
* Must have Groups - then use Groupings tab
* e.g., "Honours Group" and "Remedial Group" - then the Grouping is set (e.g., only Group A belongs to Honours Grouping and Group C belongs to Remedial Grouping) (can add/remove Groups to Groupings - any combination possible)
* Can then see Activity allocations to a Grouping
* For an [[activity]] or [[resource]], in common module settings, can allocate to a Grouping (not a Group)

==[[Forums]]==
* Most utilised collaboration tool in Moodle.
* Setting up an announcements-only forced subscription
** All students automatically subscribed to announcements forum (one-way) forum - initial discussion seems to be around support for this as a part of the initial site template for UC
* 30 minutes editing
** e.g., watch out - can change a post and make someone's reply look 'silly'
** Pedagogical implications of this feature warrant further discussion and investigation
* Edit [[Profile]] - settings - choose no email, digest, or email per message

==[[Enrolment|Enrolling]]==
* Go to the URL - ID and then join (depends on default config for enrollability and whether an enrollment key is used)
* How can one [[Unenrolling|unenrol]]?

==[[Glossary]]==
* In general there are Resources or Activities - glossary seems to straddle these

==Archiving==
* TBD

==UC==
===Help (staff)===
* learnonline.support@canberra.edu.au (goes to LearnOnline Help Desk (Netspot) )
* learnonline.admin@canberra.edu.au (lola@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Admin)
* learnonline.training@canberra.edu.au (lolt@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Training)

===IT===
* Disk image needs to allow pop-ups from learnonline.canberra.edu.au

==[[Database]]s==
* e.g., see work by [http://www.google.com/search?q=Julian+Ridden Julian Ridden] (Moodle guru) - pre-packaged database structures

==[[Collaboration]]==
* [[Forums]] are most common
* [[Constructivism|Constructivist philosophy]] - but implementation of this to date is so-so
* Possible tools/functions to consider:
*# Forums - good e.g., ratings, etc. -> [[Gradebook]] (Pretty good)
*# Databases and [[Glossary|Glossaries]] -> [[Gradebook]] (OK-ish/Pretty good)
*#* e.g., must submit one entry before seeing other databases
*# [[Wikis]] - nWiki (not the default/original one ([[Erfurt]]) but will be the one used for v.2 - simple, OK, but not as powerful as [[MediaWiki]])
*# [[Blogs|Blogging]] - student blogs are whole-of-moodle (only way to make specific to a site is to add tags which make specific)
*# [[E-portfolios]] (-> social constructivist POV is to allow students to publish publically - Moodle core doesn't allow this) - integration now written with [[Mahara]]
## [[Journals]]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=102212 Using Google Docs with Moodle]

==[[Assignments]]==
There are 4 types of assignments:
(''Note: Hardest part is creating an appropriate question so that students know what to do / what buttons to click'')
# '''[[Online text assignment|Online text]]''': Text area submission (lecturer receives email)
# '''[[Upload a single file assignment|Upload a single file]]''' (simple; file upload; no comments, etc.)
# '''[[Advanced uploading of files assignment|Advanced uploading of files]]''' (upload bunch of files, with comments, etc.)
# '''[[Offline activity assignment|Offline Activity]]''' (student can't do anything with it e.g., a practical session -> but we still want it in the Gradebook - manually add grades or bulk upload grades from a spreadsheet)

===Dates===
* Available from
* Due by
* Prevent late submissions

===Online text===
* Allow resubmitting (e.g., drafts/feedback/resubmit)
* Email alerts to teachers
* Comment inline (teacher's commented text)

===Common module settings===
* Group mode
* Grouping
* Available for group members only
* Visible
* ID number
* Grade category

===Report -> Grading===
* Comments - could be extensions in here (students can see) - using quick grading

==[[Quizzes]]==
===[[Quiz categories]]===
* Can be site-specific, discipline-specific, or whole-installation (e.g., student evaluation questions)

===[[Quiz import]]===
* Can important many types

===[[Quiz question types]]===
* Calculated
** e.g., allows use of a formula for determing the answer (can have a range)
* Description
* Essay
** e.g., write a paragraph on X - the only type which is not auto-marked
* Matching
* [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type|Embedded answers (cloze)]]
** Requires markup
* Multiple choice
* Short answer
** Must match a pre-canned words/phrased (not a "long" short answer)
* Numerical (can accept range)
* Random short-answer matching
** Choose a combination of short-answer choices
* True/False
See also: [[:Category:Question types]]

===Quiz fields===

====Time====
* Open time & close time
* Time limit
* Time delay b/w first and second attempt
* Time delay b/w later attempts

====Display====
* Questions per page
* Shuffle questions
* Shuffle within questions

====Attempts====
''Relates to multiple attempts''
* Attempts allowed
* Each attempt builds on the last
* Adaptive mode

====Grades====
* Grading method
* Apply penalties
** Toggle on/off
** Only applies if multiple attempts
* Decimal digits in grades

====Review options====
# Immediately after the attempt
# Later, while the quiz is till open
# After the quiz is closed
* Responses
* Answers
* Feedback
* General feedback
* Scores
* Overall feedback

====Security====
* Secure (pop-up window) - not that 'secure'?
* Require password
* Require network address - e.g., proctored exam

====Common module settings====
* Group mode
* Visible
* ID number
** unique identifier for that quiz - can be used later to call up that quiz

====Overall feedback====
''Responses based on their overall marks''
* Note that can only seen own results (in a quiz and a gradebook)

===Question admin===
* Question bank
* Questions in this quiz
** Could be random
** Adds default grade per questions (can override the default at this point)
** Shows total (e.g., 8) -> can be expanded to a Max. grade for the gradebook (e.g., 10)
* There are no conditional activities within quizzes

===Question fields===
* Question name
** Display of this are configurable
* Weighting
* Penalty
** e.g., can have another go, but if wrong, receive penalty e.g., if weight 1 is penalty is .1 they can have 10 gos
* Feedback
** General (always)
** For each option
* For simple questions, a correct answer gets 100% for that question

===Quiz sideblock===
* Can be added to show top/bottom results by name, ID, or anonymously
* Probably need to upload class feedback separately (unlike WebCT, can't see class graph)

==[[Lesson]]==
* Complex
* Add Activity - Lesson
* Conditional pathways (branches) for content.
* Can be exploratory, or can have quiz-type graded questions
* Can take any 'html' content

==[[Gradebook]]==
* Turn editing on
* Admin - Grades
* Add category e.g., Total?
* [[Grade calculations]]
* Looks like its best to set up assessment items to be weighted out of 100, e.g., essay 20, exam 50, participation 30, then use a a calculation to total to 100

==Questions==
''Stuff to follow-up'':
* How to find lecturer contact details? (A: via Participants)
* [[Email preferences]]
* [[Messaging]] & [[Contacts]]
* Why is http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au (sometimes) so slow? e.g., when logging in/out in UC computer lab? Mostly, it is smooth, but on logging in/logging out, it took me in the order of 5-10 minutes sometimes
* Dummy students - how to create these? (e.g., to input responses such as too quizzes and student-view output check output, messaging, feedback, etc.)

==UC-specific: Psychology==
* Get staff to login - creates a login - this will change shortly
* Then do a course request for a playpen - this will be replaced by the Callista integration script
* James to list all units (check with staff) to be requested for bulk migration

==Reports==
* Admin - Reports - various ways to explore activities by activity and/or by user

==Communication==
* Contacting with one another?
* Can select students by amount of activity

==See also==
===General===
* [[../Using Moodle|Using Moodle]]

===Other topics===
* [[Lesson]]

===Student FAQ===
Some most asked student FAQs include:
* [[Edit profile]]
* [[Jump to]] (make students aware of this navigation feature)
* [[Navigation bar]] (for usability -> hide Resources / Activities?? I'm not so sure)

==External links==
===Sample Moodle site===
* [http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/course/view.php?id=219 learnonline219]
===General===
* http://moodle.org
* https://docs.moodle.org

User:James Neill/Training notes

2008-09-19T04:14:29Z

Minhtam: /* Help (staff) */

{{TOCright}}
<p class="note">[http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au UC Moodle] '''training notes''' by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]] during 2-day training at [[University of Canberra]] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/drechslerm Mark Drechsler] ([[Netspot]]), September 16-17, 2008. '''Feel free to edit'''.<br>''To be sorted later.''</p>
==Adding Content==
===[[Label|Insert label]]===
* Adds information to a topic (or week)
* Good for a brief summary; but will add to length of site homepage, so keep it simple
* Can use html, images, etc.
* Can't add a heading for a topic when in Weekly mode
===Add [[Web page|web page]]===
* Adds a link on the homepage to a webpage
* Summary
** Isn't often displayed - (it does display on resource page but whether "resource" shows in the navigation bar is configurable at admin level and is sometimes/often switched off)
* Page content can be 'anything' e.g., can embedded multimedia (e.g., add a youtube video) (using object or iframe html code)

===[[Breadcrumbs]]/Navigation bar===
* Resources/Activities breadcrumb can switched on/off globally, but not site-specifically.

===[[Files]]===
* It seems there is no restriction on file type :)
* Uploading mp3, swf, wma, wmv, etc. will automatically be recognised, with relevant icons added, etc. - where's the list of such recognised file types?

===[[LaTeX]]===
* LaTeX code works for mathematical expressions (and much more) - start with $$ - can also use equation editor

===[[Help]]===
* (i) yellow links to [[MoodleDocs]]
* (?) blue links to help info (opens pop-up)

===[[Sideblocks]]===
* Sideblocks are fixed width (not%)

===[[Resources]]===
====[[Book]]====
* Gathers together a group of [[Web page|web page]]s (essentially a book is a link structure; must be web pages - not other stuff unless embeddedded in web pages)
* WimbaCreate can also do something similar (can import a whole book); currently Book can only import only headings
* Can have sub-chapters
* Students can download a book

====[[SCORM]]====
* [[SCORM]] - standard format for importing/exporting between [[Learning Management System]]s.
** Includes traceability e.g., [[assessment]]s

===[[File]] storage===
* General Moodle files are stored at a global level e.g., logo
* Site files are stored locally within a site
* Eventually UC will use [[Equella]] - [http://www.thelearningedge.com.au/products.php Equella]
* e.g.,
** Algebra
*** Notes
** Images
* Moving - goes to clipboard, then go to Folder
* Bulk actions vs. single file actions
* Pop-ups (consider - because of pop-up blockers)

===External content creators===
Moodle is not a high-end content-creation tool (e.g., to convert ppt, etc. and export to swf or html or other more playable etc. formats)
* Articulate $$ (e.g., ArticulateEngage)
** Several products, e.g.,
** PPT to flash converter (advantages of flash)
*** Smaller file size
*** More accessible format
*** 99% of browsers have flash presenter
** Wimba Create $
*** Good for converting .doc to .html
** Adobe Captivate $$$
** Camtasia
*** Screen recording
*** Annotate powerpoint
*** Zoom in on stuff
*** MoodleTraining site vides (UC) done this way
** Powerconverter
** eXelearning.org (free)
** Courselab (free; Russian; obscure
** FreeMind (free)
* Conversion to html will be to something like index.html, default.html, <filename>.html plus folders such as /CSS, /XML, /FLV, /SWF, etc. - all of this would need to brought into Moodle
* ZIP and then upload, unzip OR use [[WebDAV]]
* Dilemma - new window uses pop-up but as a page includes top nav-frame (which varies browser to browser) -> another option it to use iframe

===iFrame===
A way of embedding local pages or external content within a webpage:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFrame IFrame] (Wikipedia)
<iframe src="http://example.com" height="200">Alt text</iframe>


==[[Groups]]==
* [[Social constructivism]] background - some aspects about this are good; others not so good
* [[Roles]]
*# Lecturer
*# Tutor
*# Guest
*# Auditing Student
*# Auditing Staff
* "Student" roles will be auto-populated from Callista
* One extreme - no groups - everyone sees/can do everything
* Other extreme - separate groups - separate groups cannot see the conduct of other groups or be aware that they existed
* Groups separate by activities
* Groups see the same content and assignments
* But they see different discussion fora
* Middle option - Visible groups - can see other groups, but can't post to them
* Each of these is true for tutors and students
* Various ways of allocating groups e.g., random allocation
* If making a forum posting (as a lecturer/teacher), make sure to select which groups can reply to the post.
* Could set up for student to self-subscribe to groups (with [[Enrolment key]])

==[[Groupings]]==
* Must have Groups - then use Groupings tab
* e.g., "Honours Group" and "Remedial Group" - then the Grouping is set (e.g., only Group A belongs to Honours Grouping and Group C belongs to Remedial Grouping) (can add/remove Groups to Groupings - any combination possible)
* Can then see Activity allocations to a Grouping
* For an [[activity]] or [[resource]], in common module settings, can allocate to a Grouping (not a Group)

==[[Forums]]==
* Most utilised collaboration tool in Moodle.
* Setting up an announcements-only forced subscription
** All students automatically subscribed to announcements forum (one-way) forum - initial discussion seems to be around support for this as a part of the initial site template for UC
* 30 minutes editing
** e.g., watch out - can change a post and make someone's reply look 'silly'
** Pedagogical implications of this feature warrant further discussion and investigation
* Edit [[Profile]] - settings - choose no email, digest, or email per message

==[[Enrolment|Enrolling]]==
* Go to the URL - ID and then join (depends on default config for enrollability and whether an enrollment key is used)
* How can one [[Unenrolling|unenrol]]?

==[[Glossary]]==
* In general there are Resources or Activities - glossary seems to straddle these

==Archiving==
* TBD

==UC==
===Help (staff)===
* learnonline.support@canberra.edu.au (goes to LearnOnline Help Desk (Netspot) )
* learnonline.admin@canberra.edu.au (lola@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Admin)
* learnonline.training@canberra.edu.au (lolt@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Training)

===IT===
* Disk image needs to allow pop-ups from learnonline.canberra.edu.au

==[[Database]]s==
* e.g., see work by [http://www.google.com/search?q=Julian+Ridden Julian Ridden] (Moodle guru) - pre-packaged database structures

==[[Collaboration]]==
* [[Forums]] are most common
* [[Constructivism|Constructivist philosophy]] - but implementation of this to date is so-so
* Possible tools/functions to consider:
*# Forums - good e.g., ratings, etc. -> [[Gradebook]] (Pretty good)
*# Databases and [[Glossary|Glossaries]] -> [[Gradebook]] (OK-ish/Pretty good)
*#* e.g., must submit one entry before seeing other databases
*# [[Wikis]] - nWiki (not the default/original one ([[Erfurt]]) but will be the one used for v.2 - simple, OK, but not as powerful as [[MediaWiki]])
*# [[Blogs|Blogging]] - student blogs are whole-of-moodle (only way to make specific to a site is to add tags which make specific)
*# [[E-portfolios]] (-> social constructivist POV is to allow students to publish publically - Moodle core doesn't allow this) - integration now written with [[Mahara]]
## [[Journals]]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=102212 Using Google Docs with Moodle]

==[[Assignments]]==
There are 4 types of assignments:
(''Note: Hardest part is creating an appropriate question so that students know what to do / what buttons to click'')
# '''[[Online text assignment|Online text]]''': Text area submission (lecturer receives email)
# '''[[Upload a single file assignment|Upload a single file]]''' (simple; file upload; no comments, etc.)
# '''[[Advanced uploading of files assignment|Advanced uploading of files]]''' (upload bunch of files, with comments, etc.)
# '''[[Offline activity assignment|Offline Activity]]''' (student can't do anything with it e.g., a practical session -> but we still want it in the Gradebook - manually add grades or bulk upload grades from a spreadsheet)

===Dates===
* Available from
* Due by
* Prevent late submissions

===Online text===
* Allow resubmitting (e.g., drafts/feedback/resubmit)
* Email alerts to teachers
* Comment inline (teacher's commented text)

===Common module settings===
* Group mode
* Grouping
* Available for group members only
* Visible
* ID number
* Grade category

===Report -> Grading===
* Comments - could be extensions in here (students can see) - using quick grading

==[[Quizzes]]==
===[[Quiz categories]]===
* Can be site-specific, discipline-specific, or whole-installation (e.g., student evaluation questions)

===[[Quiz import]]===
* Can important many types

===[[Quiz question types]]===
* Calculated
** e.g., allows use of a formula for determing the answer (can have a range)
* Description
* Essay
** e.g., write a paragraph on X - the only type which is not auto-marked
* Matching
* [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type|Embedded answers (cloze)]]
** Requires markup
* Multiple choice
* Short answer
** Must match a pre-canned words/phrased (not a "long" short answer)
* Numerical (can accept range)
* Random short-answer matching
** Choose a combination of short-answer choices
* True/False
See also: [[:Category:Question types]]

===Quiz fields===

====Time====
* Open time & close time
* Time limit
* Time delay b/w first and second attempt
* Time delay b/w later attempts

====Display====
* Questions per page
* Shuffle questions
* Shuffle within questions

====Attempts====
''Relates to multiple attempts''
* Attempts allowed
* Each attempt builds on the last
* Adaptive mode

====Grades====
* Grading method
* Apply penalties
** Toggle on/off
** Only applies if multiple attempts
* Decimal digits in grades

====Review options====
# Immediately after the attempt
# Later, while the quiz is till open
# After the quiz is closed
* Responses
* Answers
* Feedback
* General feedback
* Scores
* Overall feedback

====Security====
* Secure (pop-up window) - not that 'secure'?
* Require password
* Require network address - e.g., proctored exam

====Common module settings====
* Group mode
* Visible
* ID number
** unique identifier for that quiz - can be used later to call up that quiz

====Overall feedback====
''Responses based on their overall marks''
* Note that can only seen own results (in a quiz and a gradebook)

===Question admin===
* Question bank
* Questions in this quiz
** Could be random
** Adds default grade per questions (can override the default at this point)
** Shows total (e.g., 8) -> can be expanded to a Max. grade for the gradebook (e.g., 10)
* There are no conditional activities within quizzes

===Question fields===
* Question name
** Display of this are configurable
* Weighting
* Penalty
** e.g., can have another go, but if wrong, receive penalty e.g., if weight 1 is penalty is .1 they can have 10 gos
* Feedback
** General (always)
** For each option
* For simple questions, a correct answer gets 100% for that question

===Quiz sideblock===
* Can be added to show top/bottom results by name, ID, or anonymously
* Probably need to upload class feedback separately (unlike WebCT, can't see class graph)

==[[Lesson]]==
* Complex
* Add Activity - Lesson
* Conditional pathways (branches) for content.
* Can be exploratory, or can have quiz-type graded questions
* Can take any 'html' content

==[[Gradebook]]==
* Turn editing on
* Admin - Grades
* Add category e.g., Total?
* [[Grade calculations]]
* Looks like its best to set up assessment items to be weighted out of 100, e.g., essay 20, exam 50, participation 30, then use a a calculation to total to 100

==Questions==
''Stuff to follow-up'':
* How to find lecturer contact details? (A: via Participants)
* [[Email preferences]]
* [[Messaging]] & [[Contacts]]
* Why is http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au (sometimes) so slow? e.g., when logging in/out in UC computer lab? Mostly, it is smooth, but on logging in/logging out, it took me in the order of 5-10 minutes sometimes
* Dummy students - how to create these? (e.g., to input responses such as too quizzes and student-view output check output, messaging, feedback, etc.)

==UC-specific: Psychology==
* Get staff to login - creates a login
* Then do a course request for a sandbook
* James to list all units (check with staff) to be requested for bulk migration

==Reports==
* Admin - Reports - various ways to explore activities by activity and/or by user

==Communication==
* Contacting with one another?
* Can select students by amount of activity

==See also==
===General===
* [[../Using Moodle|Using Moodle]]

===Other topics===
* [[Lesson]]

===Student FAQ===
Some most asked student FAQs include:
* [[Edit profile]]
* [[Jump to]] (make students aware of this navigation feature)
* [[Navigation bar]] (for usability -> hide Resources / Activities?? I'm not so sure)

==External links==
===Sample Moodle site===
* [http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/course/view.php?id=219 learnonline219]
===General===
* http://moodle.org
* https://docs.moodle.org

User:James Neill/Training notes

2008-09-19T04:14:08Z

Minhtam: /* Help (staff) */

{{TOCright}}
<p class="note">[http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au UC Moodle] '''training notes''' by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]] during 2-day training at [[University of Canberra]] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/drechslerm Mark Drechsler] ([[Netspot]]), September 16-17, 2008. '''Feel free to edit'''.<br>''To be sorted later.''</p>
==Adding Content==
===[[Label|Insert label]]===
* Adds information to a topic (or week)
* Good for a brief summary; but will add to length of site homepage, so keep it simple
* Can use html, images, etc.
* Can't add a heading for a topic when in Weekly mode
===Add [[Web page|web page]]===
* Adds a link on the homepage to a webpage
* Summary
** Isn't often displayed - (it does display on resource page but whether "resource" shows in the navigation bar is configurable at admin level and is sometimes/often switched off)
* Page content can be 'anything' e.g., can embedded multimedia (e.g., add a youtube video) (using object or iframe html code)

===[[Breadcrumbs]]/Navigation bar===
* Resources/Activities breadcrumb can switched on/off globally, but not site-specifically.

===[[Files]]===
* It seems there is no restriction on file type :)
* Uploading mp3, swf, wma, wmv, etc. will automatically be recognised, with relevant icons added, etc. - where's the list of such recognised file types?

===[[LaTeX]]===
* LaTeX code works for mathematical expressions (and much more) - start with $$ - can also use equation editor

===[[Help]]===
* (i) yellow links to [[MoodleDocs]]
* (?) blue links to help info (opens pop-up)

===[[Sideblocks]]===
* Sideblocks are fixed width (not%)

===[[Resources]]===
====[[Book]]====
* Gathers together a group of [[Web page|web page]]s (essentially a book is a link structure; must be web pages - not other stuff unless embeddedded in web pages)
* WimbaCreate can also do something similar (can import a whole book); currently Book can only import only headings
* Can have sub-chapters
* Students can download a book

====[[SCORM]]====
* [[SCORM]] - standard format for importing/exporting between [[Learning Management System]]s.
** Includes traceability e.g., [[assessment]]s

===[[File]] storage===
* General Moodle files are stored at a global level e.g., logo
* Site files are stored locally within a site
* Eventually UC will use [[Equella]] - [http://www.thelearningedge.com.au/products.php Equella]
* e.g.,
** Algebra
*** Notes
** Images
* Moving - goes to clipboard, then go to Folder
* Bulk actions vs. single file actions
* Pop-ups (consider - because of pop-up blockers)

===External content creators===
Moodle is not a high-end content-creation tool (e.g., to convert ppt, etc. and export to swf or html or other more playable etc. formats)
* Articulate $$ (e.g., ArticulateEngage)
** Several products, e.g.,
** PPT to flash converter (advantages of flash)
*** Smaller file size
*** More accessible format
*** 99% of browsers have flash presenter
** Wimba Create $
*** Good for converting .doc to .html
** Adobe Captivate $$$
** Camtasia
*** Screen recording
*** Annotate powerpoint
*** Zoom in on stuff
*** MoodleTraining site vides (UC) done this way
** Powerconverter
** eXelearning.org (free)
** Courselab (free; Russian; obscure
** FreeMind (free)
* Conversion to html will be to something like index.html, default.html, <filename>.html plus folders such as /CSS, /XML, /FLV, /SWF, etc. - all of this would need to brought into Moodle
* ZIP and then upload, unzip OR use [[WebDAV]]
* Dilemma - new window uses pop-up but as a page includes top nav-frame (which varies browser to browser) -> another option it to use iframe

===iFrame===
A way of embedding local pages or external content within a webpage:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFrame IFrame] (Wikipedia)
<iframe src="http://example.com" height="200">Alt text</iframe>


==[[Groups]]==
* [[Social constructivism]] background - some aspects about this are good; others not so good
* [[Roles]]
*# Lecturer
*# Tutor
*# Guest
*# Auditing Student
*# Auditing Staff
* "Student" roles will be auto-populated from Callista
* One extreme - no groups - everyone sees/can do everything
* Other extreme - separate groups - separate groups cannot see the conduct of other groups or be aware that they existed
* Groups separate by activities
* Groups see the same content and assignments
* But they see different discussion fora
* Middle option - Visible groups - can see other groups, but can't post to them
* Each of these is true for tutors and students
* Various ways of allocating groups e.g., random allocation
* If making a forum posting (as a lecturer/teacher), make sure to select which groups can reply to the post.
* Could set up for student to self-subscribe to groups (with [[Enrolment key]])

==[[Groupings]]==
* Must have Groups - then use Groupings tab
* e.g., "Honours Group" and "Remedial Group" - then the Grouping is set (e.g., only Group A belongs to Honours Grouping and Group C belongs to Remedial Grouping) (can add/remove Groups to Groupings - any combination possible)
* Can then see Activity allocations to a Grouping
* For an [[activity]] or [[resource]], in common module settings, can allocate to a Grouping (not a Group)

==[[Forums]]==
* Most utilised collaboration tool in Moodle.
* Setting up an announcements-only forced subscription
** All students automatically subscribed to announcements forum (one-way) forum - initial discussion seems to be around support for this as a part of the initial site template for UC
* 30 minutes editing
** e.g., watch out - can change a post and make someone's reply look 'silly'
** Pedagogical implications of this feature warrant further discussion and investigation
* Edit [[Profile]] - settings - choose no email, digest, or email per message

==[[Enrolment|Enrolling]]==
* Go to the URL - ID and then join (depends on default config for enrollability and whether an enrollment key is used)
* How can one [[Unenrolling|unenrol]]?

==[[Glossary]]==
* In general there are Resources or Activities - glossary seems to straddle these

==Archiving==
* TBD

==UC==
===Help (staff)===
* learnonline.support@canberra.edu.au (goes to NetSpot LearnOnline Help Desk)
* learnonline.admin@canberra.edu.au (lola@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Admin)
* learnonline.training@canberra.edu.au (lolt@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Training)

===IT===
* Disk image needs to allow pop-ups from learnonline.canberra.edu.au

==[[Database]]s==
* e.g., see work by [http://www.google.com/search?q=Julian+Ridden Julian Ridden] (Moodle guru) - pre-packaged database structures

==[[Collaboration]]==
* [[Forums]] are most common
* [[Constructivism|Constructivist philosophy]] - but implementation of this to date is so-so
* Possible tools/functions to consider:
*# Forums - good e.g., ratings, etc. -> [[Gradebook]] (Pretty good)
*# Databases and [[Glossary|Glossaries]] -> [[Gradebook]] (OK-ish/Pretty good)
*#* e.g., must submit one entry before seeing other databases
*# [[Wikis]] - nWiki (not the default/original one ([[Erfurt]]) but will be the one used for v.2 - simple, OK, but not as powerful as [[MediaWiki]])
*# [[Blogs|Blogging]] - student blogs are whole-of-moodle (only way to make specific to a site is to add tags which make specific)
*# [[E-portfolios]] (-> social constructivist POV is to allow students to publish publically - Moodle core doesn't allow this) - integration now written with [[Mahara]]
## [[Journals]]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=102212 Using Google Docs with Moodle]

==[[Assignments]]==
There are 4 types of assignments:
(''Note: Hardest part is creating an appropriate question so that students know what to do / what buttons to click'')
# '''[[Online text assignment|Online text]]''': Text area submission (lecturer receives email)
# '''[[Upload a single file assignment|Upload a single file]]''' (simple; file upload; no comments, etc.)
# '''[[Advanced uploading of files assignment|Advanced uploading of files]]''' (upload bunch of files, with comments, etc.)
# '''[[Offline activity assignment|Offline Activity]]''' (student can't do anything with it e.g., a practical session -> but we still want it in the Gradebook - manually add grades or bulk upload grades from a spreadsheet)

===Dates===
* Available from
* Due by
* Prevent late submissions

===Online text===
* Allow resubmitting (e.g., drafts/feedback/resubmit)
* Email alerts to teachers
* Comment inline (teacher's commented text)

===Common module settings===
* Group mode
* Grouping
* Available for group members only
* Visible
* ID number
* Grade category

===Report -> Grading===
* Comments - could be extensions in here (students can see) - using quick grading

==[[Quizzes]]==
===[[Quiz categories]]===
* Can be site-specific, discipline-specific, or whole-installation (e.g., student evaluation questions)

===[[Quiz import]]===
* Can important many types

===[[Quiz question types]]===
* Calculated
** e.g., allows use of a formula for determing the answer (can have a range)
* Description
* Essay
** e.g., write a paragraph on X - the only type which is not auto-marked
* Matching
* [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type|Embedded answers (cloze)]]
** Requires markup
* Multiple choice
* Short answer
** Must match a pre-canned words/phrased (not a "long" short answer)
* Numerical (can accept range)
* Random short-answer matching
** Choose a combination of short-answer choices
* True/False
See also: [[:Category:Question types]]

===Quiz fields===

====Time====
* Open time & close time
* Time limit
* Time delay b/w first and second attempt
* Time delay b/w later attempts

====Display====
* Questions per page
* Shuffle questions
* Shuffle within questions

====Attempts====
''Relates to multiple attempts''
* Attempts allowed
* Each attempt builds on the last
* Adaptive mode

====Grades====
* Grading method
* Apply penalties
** Toggle on/off
** Only applies if multiple attempts
* Decimal digits in grades

====Review options====
# Immediately after the attempt
# Later, while the quiz is till open
# After the quiz is closed
* Responses
* Answers
* Feedback
* General feedback
* Scores
* Overall feedback

====Security====
* Secure (pop-up window) - not that 'secure'?
* Require password
* Require network address - e.g., proctored exam

====Common module settings====
* Group mode
* Visible
* ID number
** unique identifier for that quiz - can be used later to call up that quiz

====Overall feedback====
''Responses based on their overall marks''
* Note that can only seen own results (in a quiz and a gradebook)

===Question admin===
* Question bank
* Questions in this quiz
** Could be random
** Adds default grade per questions (can override the default at this point)
** Shows total (e.g., 8) -> can be expanded to a Max. grade for the gradebook (e.g., 10)
* There are no conditional activities within quizzes

===Question fields===
* Question name
** Display of this are configurable
* Weighting
* Penalty
** e.g., can have another go, but if wrong, receive penalty e.g., if weight 1 is penalty is .1 they can have 10 gos
* Feedback
** General (always)
** For each option
* For simple questions, a correct answer gets 100% for that question

===Quiz sideblock===
* Can be added to show top/bottom results by name, ID, or anonymously
* Probably need to upload class feedback separately (unlike WebCT, can't see class graph)

==[[Lesson]]==
* Complex
* Add Activity - Lesson
* Conditional pathways (branches) for content.
* Can be exploratory, or can have quiz-type graded questions
* Can take any 'html' content

==[[Gradebook]]==
* Turn editing on
* Admin - Grades
* Add category e.g., Total?
* [[Grade calculations]]
* Looks like its best to set up assessment items to be weighted out of 100, e.g., essay 20, exam 50, participation 30, then use a a calculation to total to 100

==Questions==
''Stuff to follow-up'':
* How to find lecturer contact details? (A: via Participants)
* [[Email preferences]]
* [[Messaging]] & [[Contacts]]
* Why is http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au (sometimes) so slow? e.g., when logging in/out in UC computer lab? Mostly, it is smooth, but on logging in/logging out, it took me in the order of 5-10 minutes sometimes
* Dummy students - how to create these? (e.g., to input responses such as too quizzes and student-view output check output, messaging, feedback, etc.)

==UC-specific: Psychology==
* Get staff to login - creates a login
* Then do a course request for a sandbook
* James to list all units (check with staff) to be requested for bulk migration

==Reports==
* Admin - Reports - various ways to explore activities by activity and/or by user

==Communication==
* Contacting with one another?
* Can select students by amount of activity

==See also==
===General===
* [[../Using Moodle|Using Moodle]]

===Other topics===
* [[Lesson]]

===Student FAQ===
Some most asked student FAQs include:
* [[Edit profile]]
* [[Jump to]] (make students aware of this navigation feature)
* [[Navigation bar]] (for usability -> hide Resources / Activities?? I'm not so sure)

==External links==
===Sample Moodle site===
* [http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/course/view.php?id=219 learnonline219]
===General===
* http://moodle.org
* https://docs.moodle.org

User:James Neill/Training notes

2008-09-19T04:13:44Z

Minhtam: /* Help (staff) */

{{TOCright}}
<p class="note">[http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au UC Moodle] '''training notes''' by [[User:James Neill|James Neill]] during 2-day training at [[University of Canberra]] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/drechslerm Mark Drechsler] ([[Netspot]]), September 16-17, 2008. '''Feel free to edit'''.<br>''To be sorted later.''</p>
==Adding Content==
===[[Label|Insert label]]===
* Adds information to a topic (or week)
* Good for a brief summary; but will add to length of site homepage, so keep it simple
* Can use html, images, etc.
* Can't add a heading for a topic when in Weekly mode
===Add [[Web page|web page]]===
* Adds a link on the homepage to a webpage
* Summary
** Isn't often displayed - (it does display on resource page but whether "resource" shows in the navigation bar is configurable at admin level and is sometimes/often switched off)
* Page content can be 'anything' e.g., can embedded multimedia (e.g., add a youtube video) (using object or iframe html code)

===[[Breadcrumbs]]/Navigation bar===
* Resources/Activities breadcrumb can switched on/off globally, but not site-specifically.

===[[Files]]===
* It seems there is no restriction on file type :)
* Uploading mp3, swf, wma, wmv, etc. will automatically be recognised, with relevant icons added, etc. - where's the list of such recognised file types?

===[[LaTeX]]===
* LaTeX code works for mathematical expressions (and much more) - start with $$ - can also use equation editor

===[[Help]]===
* (i) yellow links to [[MoodleDocs]]
* (?) blue links to help info (opens pop-up)

===[[Sideblocks]]===
* Sideblocks are fixed width (not%)

===[[Resources]]===
====[[Book]]====
* Gathers together a group of [[Web page|web page]]s (essentially a book is a link structure; must be web pages - not other stuff unless embeddedded in web pages)
* WimbaCreate can also do something similar (can import a whole book); currently Book can only import only headings
* Can have sub-chapters
* Students can download a book

====[[SCORM]]====
* [[SCORM]] - standard format for importing/exporting between [[Learning Management System]]s.
** Includes traceability e.g., [[assessment]]s

===[[File]] storage===
* General Moodle files are stored at a global level e.g., logo
* Site files are stored locally within a site
* Eventually UC will use [[Equella]] - [http://www.thelearningedge.com.au/products.php Equella]
* e.g.,
** Algebra
*** Notes
** Images
* Moving - goes to clipboard, then go to Folder
* Bulk actions vs. single file actions
* Pop-ups (consider - because of pop-up blockers)

===External content creators===
Moodle is not a high-end content-creation tool (e.g., to convert ppt, etc. and export to swf or html or other more playable etc. formats)
* Articulate $$ (e.g., ArticulateEngage)
** Several products, e.g.,
** PPT to flash converter (advantages of flash)
*** Smaller file size
*** More accessible format
*** 99% of browsers have flash presenter
** Wimba Create $
*** Good for converting .doc to .html
** Adobe Captivate $$$
** Camtasia
*** Screen recording
*** Annotate powerpoint
*** Zoom in on stuff
*** MoodleTraining site vides (UC) done this way
** Powerconverter
** eXelearning.org (free)
** Courselab (free; Russian; obscure
** FreeMind (free)
* Conversion to html will be to something like index.html, default.html, <filename>.html plus folders such as /CSS, /XML, /FLV, /SWF, etc. - all of this would need to brought into Moodle
* ZIP and then upload, unzip OR use [[WebDAV]]
* Dilemma - new window uses pop-up but as a page includes top nav-frame (which varies browser to browser) -> another option it to use iframe

===iFrame===
A way of embedding local pages or external content within a webpage:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFrame IFrame] (Wikipedia)
<iframe src="http://example.com" height="200">Alt text</iframe>


==[[Groups]]==
* [[Social constructivism]] background - some aspects about this are good; others not so good
* [[Roles]]
*# Lecturer
*# Tutor
*# Guest
*# Auditing Student
*# Auditing Staff
* "Student" roles will be auto-populated from Callista
* One extreme - no groups - everyone sees/can do everything
* Other extreme - separate groups - separate groups cannot see the conduct of other groups or be aware that they existed
* Groups separate by activities
* Groups see the same content and assignments
* But they see different discussion fora
* Middle option - Visible groups - can see other groups, but can't post to them
* Each of these is true for tutors and students
* Various ways of allocating groups e.g., random allocation
* If making a forum posting (as a lecturer/teacher), make sure to select which groups can reply to the post.
* Could set up for student to self-subscribe to groups (with [[Enrolment key]])

==[[Groupings]]==
* Must have Groups - then use Groupings tab
* e.g., "Honours Group" and "Remedial Group" - then the Grouping is set (e.g., only Group A belongs to Honours Grouping and Group C belongs to Remedial Grouping) (can add/remove Groups to Groupings - any combination possible)
* Can then see Activity allocations to a Grouping
* For an [[activity]] or [[resource]], in common module settings, can allocate to a Grouping (not a Group)

==[[Forums]]==
* Most utilised collaboration tool in Moodle.
* Setting up an announcements-only forced subscription
** All students automatically subscribed to announcements forum (one-way) forum - initial discussion seems to be around support for this as a part of the initial site template for UC
* 30 minutes editing
** e.g., watch out - can change a post and make someone's reply look 'silly'
** Pedagogical implications of this feature warrant further discussion and investigation
* Edit [[Profile]] - settings - choose no email, digest, or email per message

==[[Enrolment|Enrolling]]==
* Go to the URL - ID and then join (depends on default config for enrollability and whether an enrollment key is used)
* How can one [[Unenrolling|unenrol]]?

==[[Glossary]]==
* In general there are Resources or Activities - glossary seems to straddle these

==Archiving==
* TBD

==UC==
===Help (staff)===
* learnonline.support@canberra.edu.au (goes to NetSpot)
* learnonline.admin@canberra.edu.au (lola@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Admin)
* learnonline.training@canberra.edu.au (lolt@canberra.edu.au - UC LearnOnline Training)

===IT===
* Disk image needs to allow pop-ups from learnonline.canberra.edu.au

==[[Database]]s==
* e.g., see work by [http://www.google.com/search?q=Julian+Ridden Julian Ridden] (Moodle guru) - pre-packaged database structures

==[[Collaboration]]==
* [[Forums]] are most common
* [[Constructivism|Constructivist philosophy]] - but implementation of this to date is so-so
* Possible tools/functions to consider:
*# Forums - good e.g., ratings, etc. -> [[Gradebook]] (Pretty good)
*# Databases and [[Glossary|Glossaries]] -> [[Gradebook]] (OK-ish/Pretty good)
*#* e.g., must submit one entry before seeing other databases
*# [[Wikis]] - nWiki (not the default/original one ([[Erfurt]]) but will be the one used for v.2 - simple, OK, but not as powerful as [[MediaWiki]])
*# [[Blogs|Blogging]] - student blogs are whole-of-moodle (only way to make specific to a site is to add tags which make specific)
*# [[E-portfolios]] (-> social constructivist POV is to allow students to publish publically - Moodle core doesn't allow this) - integration now written with [[Mahara]]
## [[Journals]]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=102212 Using Google Docs with Moodle]

==[[Assignments]]==
There are 4 types of assignments:
(''Note: Hardest part is creating an appropriate question so that students know what to do / what buttons to click'')
# '''[[Online text assignment|Online text]]''': Text area submission (lecturer receives email)
# '''[[Upload a single file assignment|Upload a single file]]''' (simple; file upload; no comments, etc.)
# '''[[Advanced uploading of files assignment|Advanced uploading of files]]''' (upload bunch of files, with comments, etc.)
# '''[[Offline activity assignment|Offline Activity]]''' (student can't do anything with it e.g., a practical session -> but we still want it in the Gradebook - manually add grades or bulk upload grades from a spreadsheet)

===Dates===
* Available from
* Due by
* Prevent late submissions

===Online text===
* Allow resubmitting (e.g., drafts/feedback/resubmit)
* Email alerts to teachers
* Comment inline (teacher's commented text)

===Common module settings===
* Group mode
* Grouping
* Available for group members only
* Visible
* ID number
* Grade category

===Report -> Grading===
* Comments - could be extensions in here (students can see) - using quick grading

==[[Quizzes]]==
===[[Quiz categories]]===
* Can be site-specific, discipline-specific, or whole-installation (e.g., student evaluation questions)

===[[Quiz import]]===
* Can important many types

===[[Quiz question types]]===
* Calculated
** e.g., allows use of a formula for determing the answer (can have a range)
* Description
* Essay
** e.g., write a paragraph on X - the only type which is not auto-marked
* Matching
* [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type|Embedded answers (cloze)]]
** Requires markup
* Multiple choice
* Short answer
** Must match a pre-canned words/phrased (not a "long" short answer)
* Numerical (can accept range)
* Random short-answer matching
** Choose a combination of short-answer choices
* True/False
See also: [[:Category:Question types]]

===Quiz fields===

====Time====
* Open time & close time
* Time limit
* Time delay b/w first and second attempt
* Time delay b/w later attempts

====Display====
* Questions per page
* Shuffle questions
* Shuffle within questions

====Attempts====
''Relates to multiple attempts''
* Attempts allowed
* Each attempt builds on the last
* Adaptive mode

====Grades====
* Grading method
* Apply penalties
** Toggle on/off
** Only applies if multiple attempts
* Decimal digits in grades

====Review options====
# Immediately after the attempt
# Later, while the quiz is till open
# After the quiz is closed
* Responses
* Answers
* Feedback
* General feedback
* Scores
* Overall feedback

====Security====
* Secure (pop-up window) - not that 'secure'?
* Require password
* Require network address - e.g., proctored exam

====Common module settings====
* Group mode
* Visible
* ID number
** unique identifier for that quiz - can be used later to call up that quiz

====Overall feedback====
''Responses based on their overall marks''
* Note that can only seen own results (in a quiz and a gradebook)

===Question admin===
* Question bank
* Questions in this quiz
** Could be random
** Adds default grade per questions (can override the default at this point)
** Shows total (e.g., 8) -> can be expanded to a Max. grade for the gradebook (e.g., 10)
* There are no conditional activities within quizzes

===Question fields===
* Question name
** Display of this are configurable
* Weighting
* Penalty
** e.g., can have another go, but if wrong, receive penalty e.g., if weight 1 is penalty is .1 they can have 10 gos
* Feedback
** General (always)
** For each option
* For simple questions, a correct answer gets 100% for that question

===Quiz sideblock===
* Can be added to show top/bottom results by name, ID, or anonymously
* Probably need to upload class feedback separately (unlike WebCT, can't see class graph)

==[[Lesson]]==
* Complex
* Add Activity - Lesson
* Conditional pathways (branches) for content.
* Can be exploratory, or can have quiz-type graded questions
* Can take any 'html' content

==[[Gradebook]]==
* Turn editing on
* Admin - Grades
* Add category e.g., Total?
* [[Grade calculations]]
* Looks like its best to set up assessment items to be weighted out of 100, e.g., essay 20, exam 50, participation 30, then use a a calculation to total to 100

==Questions==
''Stuff to follow-up'':
* How to find lecturer contact details? (A: via Participants)
* [[Email preferences]]
* [[Messaging]] & [[Contacts]]
* Why is http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au (sometimes) so slow? e.g., when logging in/out in UC computer lab? Mostly, it is smooth, but on logging in/logging out, it took me in the order of 5-10 minutes sometimes
* Dummy students - how to create these? (e.g., to input responses such as too quizzes and student-view output check output, messaging, feedback, etc.)

==UC-specific: Psychology==
* Get staff to login - creates a login
* Then do a course request for a sandbook
* James to list all units (check with staff) to be requested for bulk migration

==Reports==
* Admin - Reports - various ways to explore activities by activity and/or by user

==Communication==
* Contacting with one another?
* Can select students by amount of activity

==See also==
===General===
* [[../Using Moodle|Using Moodle]]

===Other topics===
* [[Lesson]]

===Student FAQ===
Some most asked student FAQs include:
* [[Edit profile]]
* [[Jump to]] (make students aware of this navigation feature)
* [[Navigation bar]] (for usability -> hide Resources / Activities?? I'm not so sure)

==External links==
===Sample Moodle site===
* [http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/course/view.php?id=219 learnonline219]
===General===
* http://moodle.org
* https://docs.moodle.org