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  1. Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Workshops for McNeese Faculty Members 2023-2024

    McNeese is providing faculty members with an opportunity to sign up for professional development workshops sponsored by the university.  OLC offers virtual learning for instructors who are at any stage in their careers.  Whether you are ne...
  2. View course information for suspended students and students that dropped a course in Moodle; or last day of attendance report

    There are several ways to view information about students who have dropped a course depending on how the information will be used - either for advising and mentorship or for the Financial Aid / Registrar's Office's last date of attendance re...
  3. Import or transfer a course from a prior term or from a sandbox course

    To Import a course from a prior term or a sandbox course. Open the course that you want to import from and copy the Short Name of the Course exactly as it is listed or use just the 5 digit CRN (Course Record Number).  To find the short name o...
  4. Moodle Course Visibility / Hidden

    When your Moodle courses are first created, they are not visible to your students. Once you are ready, here's how you make them visible: Go to your course homepage/dashboard.  From the Course, select the gear icon in the Banner, then sel...
  5. Adding a video or audio to a page to course

    Adding a video or audio file to a Moodle course works much like adding URLs. You may add them as files or URLs, however, if your media file is rather short (under 100 MB), you may drag the file directly to the module of your choice.    ...
  6. Distance Learning Updates for COVID-19

    We are dedicated to providing you information about distance education.  This site provides information and resources for transitioning a course to distance learning.  We will be adding resources and instructions for distance education as ...
  7. Hide a student's grade from other class members

    When a student checks his or her grades on Moodle, only their grades should be seen. To reduce the risk of student s being able to guess the grades of their classmates, instructors have the ability to hide the ranks on the user report. It is recom...
  8. Locate missing grade book totals

    A gradebook may viewed in “aggregate only”, “grades only” or “full view” formats.   Locate the gradebook in your course   Select the “View” format and “Grader Report&rdqu...
  9. Transfer, move or copy a course from a prior term

    Go to the homepage of the course that you wish to copy.   In the Administration tab select “ backup ”   You will now see the  backup  settings of your course. He re you may decide whether ...
  10. Excluding grade from grade book

    When selecting the option to exclude empty grades, this may result in an average that’s not accurate. In order to avoid an inaccurate average, an instructor needs to go to the gradebook and select the  grade.    NOTE: the ...