General Help Articles

Instructors are able to run an activity log for the course and then filter for the student's last date of the activity in the course. To display the last date of attendance in a course: Select the gear icon in the Moodle course banner Then s...

On the homepage of your course, locate the module that you wish to have the assignment.    Select “Add an activity or resource”   Select the  activity  of your choice (in the example, we are ...

A single simple discussion  - A single discussion topic which everyone can reply to (cannot be used with separate groups)   Each person posts one discussion  - Each student can post exactly one new discussion topic, which e...

Go to the homepage of your course   Turn editing on   Select “Add Activity or Resource”   Select “Forum” option   Select “Add”   Give forum name,...

In order to access the course formatting options of your course, you will go to the homepage of your course and select “Edit Settings” in the administration block.  Once this is done, you will go down to the “Course Format&rd...

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.    ...

In Mozilla or Internet Explorer. Find a video or website that you wish for your students to view   Save the file as a webpage   Open your  moodle  course   Turn editing on   Add acti...

The procedures for reporting attendance and withdrawing are in the link below:   https://www.mcneese.edu/policy/withdrawal_from_courses_for_non-attendance   ...

Below is suggested text for Instructor Syllabus  Information  -  or -  add to course as a resource. Using LockDown Browser and a Webcam for Online Exams   This course requires the use of LockDown Browser and ...

In order view the forum discussions once a student has posted, you as the instructor would simply click the forum that you would like the view to see all discussions.

Enter the homepage of your course   Select “Turn Editing On”   Scroll to the desired course Module   Click on “Add an activity or resource”   From the Activities and Reso...

There are three ways that an instructor may take  attendance  in the Moodle grade book. They may enter one attendance grade out of a total of points , enter a participation grade for each class date, or use the attendance  activi...

After completing the Moodle setup to take attendance , follow these steps in enter student attendance in a class. Go to the “Sessions” Tab   Click a date and select  the green dot   Select the student...

1.  Go to desired course   2.  Enter the Gradebook   3.  Select the student of your choice   4.  Select the Single View option (pencil icon)   5.  You should now be able to view this stud...

There are times where an instructor may have a Turnitin assignment in a Moodle course. Turnitin reduces the chances of students plagiarizing essays and such.  When submitting an assignment via Turnitin, the written work must have valid text (i...

As an instructor or student, you have the option to add a new discussion topic to a forum. Click the Forum in the course and once on the forum page, you may add a new discussion topic.     By clicking on the forum Discussion title...

Choose Settings Icon   Scroll down and top on mail, contacts, and calendars.   Select “Add Account”   Select “Microsoft Exchange”   Enter  McNeese  email addr...

As an instructor or student, you have the option to add a new discussion topic to a forum. Click the Forum in the course and once on the forum page, you may add a new discussion topic.     By clicking on the forum Discussion title...

Assignment - The assignment activity module enables a teacher to communicate tasks, collect work and provide grades and feedback .   Attendance - The attendance activity module enables a teacher to take attendance during class a...

Book - The book module enables a teacher to create a multi-page resource in a book-like format, with chapters and subchapters. Books can contain media files as well as text and are useful for displaying lengthy passages of information, which ca...

Once creating a quiz in your course, that quiz will be saved as a question bank. When creating final exams, it is recommended that instructors, select specific questions from old quizzes or manually input new questions. ...

There are two ways that an instructor may email a student via Moodle. They may use the Quickmail feature or they locate the list of enrolled users.  Using either option will allow the instructor to email their entire class or specific students...

Turn on the Polycom televisions   Locate the school that you wish to connect to.     From the Polycom Touchscreen, dial the IP address of the school you wish to connect with   ...

An instructor may enable the  Respondus  Lockdown Bro ws er app on an iPad by following the steps in the following article:   http://support.respondus.com/support/index.php?/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/186/0/can...

This article is a spinoff from the attendance article read earlier and will address marking excused absences (as defined by the  university) in the Moodle Gradebook.   Specific Days-One may go in and manually excuse a  studen...

In order to ensure that your students are able to view the gradebook, please do the following.   Open your course  in Moodle  and select "Turn Editing On". Click on the gear icon in Course Banner, next to &q...

In the administration block of your course, locate the “question bank” dropdown option.     Select that menu, and then select “categories”       The following should appear...

As an instructor, you may have a large number of courses listed on your Moodle dashboard. To customize your dashboard so that you only see your current active courses, follow the steps below. From the Moodle dashboard, select the "Customize t...

Microsoft Teams is the evolved version of Skype for Business (not the generic version of Skype) and will officially replace Skype for Business on July 31st of 2021. To view brief guide. Check out the Power Point below. https://mcneesestate.sharepo...