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UpdatedJuly26,2016
StudentGuide
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TableofContents
GettingStartedwithMoodle................................................................................................3BrowserRequirements...................................................................................................................3HowdoIlogintoMoodle?.............................................................................................................3HowdoIretrievemyMoodlepassword?..................................................................................4WheredoIfindmycourse?...........................................................................................................5WhatamIlookingatinmycourse?............................................................................................5Whycan’tIseemycourse?.............................................................................................................6HowdoIupdatemyMoodleprofile?..........................................................................................6
SubmittingAssignments.......................................................................................................7HowdoIsubmitanassignmentfile?..........................................................................................7HowdoIparticipateinaforum?..................................................................................................8SubmittingaTaskStreamAssignment.......................................................................................9SubmittingaTurnitinAssignment...........................................................................................12BestPracticesforNamingYourFiles.......................................................................................13
FrequentlyAskedQuestionsHowdoIplayStreamingServerVideos?.............14WherecanIfindmycoursegrade?..........................................................................................16HowdoIcommunicatewithmyprofessorandotherstudents?....................................16WhatifIneedmorehelpwithMoodle?..................................................................................18
AppendixA:UsingTheTextEditor.................................................................................19TextEditorFeatures......................................................................................................................23
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GettingStartedwithMoodleWelcometoMoodle,FresnoPacificUniversity’sofficialLearningManagementSystem(LMS)foronline,blended,andweb-enhancedface-to-facecourses.
BrowserRequirementsWhenusingMoodle,werecommendusingoneofthefollowingbrowsers:
GoogleChrome(Freedownload)www.google.com/chrome
Firefox(Freedownload)www.mozilla.com/firefox
SomefeaturesinMoodlearelimitedwithInternetExploreranditisthereforenotrecommendedwhennavigatingcoursesinMoodle.
HowdoIlogintoMoodle?OntheFresnoPacificUniversityMoodlehomepage(learning.fresno.edu),onthetopleftortoprightcornerofthescreen,enteryourMoodleUsernameandPassword,thenclick“Login.”
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HowdoIretrievemyMoodlepassword?
1.OntheMoodlehomepage,clickon“Lostpassword?”
2.EntereitheryourE-mailoryourstudentID,andclick“Submit.”AnemailwithyourMoodlelogininformationwillbesenttoyourFPUemailaddress.
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WheredoIfindmycourse?InthemiddleofthehomepageonMoodleyouwillfindanareatitled“Mycourses”andthefirsttabwillbetitled‘CurrentCourses’.Thereyouwillfindallofyourcoursesyouareenrolledin.
WhatamIlookingatinmycourse?SeetheimagebelowforthesekeyfeaturesofcoursesinMoodle:Blocks:Blocksappearintheleftandrightcolumnsandcontaingroupsofsettings,suchasthe“Navigation”blockandthe“Calendar”block.Administration:Click“Grades”under“Courseadministration”inthe“Administration”blocktoaccessyourcoursegrades.CourseContent:Coursecontentprovidedbyyourprofessorislocatedinsidethemodulesinthecenterofthescreen.Keyresourcesforthecourse,includingthecoursesyllabus,areusuallyatthetopofthecourseintheheadersection.Belowthat,mostcoursesorganizecontentintoindividualmodulesbyweek.
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Whycan’tIseemycourse?Ifacourseyouareenrolledinisnotshowingupinyour‘CurrentCourses’:
1. Thecourseisnotyetvisibletostudents.2. Youmaynotbeenrolled3. Ifyouwerejustregistered,ittakesabouttwohoursforyourcourseto
appear,soitmayappearsoon.
HowdoIupdatemyMoodleprofile?Profileshelpbuildasenseofcommunityinyourclass.YourMoodleprofilewillbeaccessibleinanycourseinwhichyouareenrolled,soyouneedonlycreateitonceandupdateitasneeded.Tovieworedityourprofile:
1. ClickonyourLoginname,whichappearsatthetopofyourMoodlescreen.
2. Clickonthe“Editprofile”tab.
3.Enteryourcontactinformationandaddsomeinformationaboutyourself(major,hobbies,etc)inthe“Description”box.
4.Addapictureofyourself.Thisisespeciallyhelpfulinonlinecoursessoothercourseparticipantscangettoknowyou.
5.Whendone,clickthe“Updateprofile”buttonatthebottomofthepage.
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SubmittingAssignments
HowdoIsubmitanassignmentfile?Anassignmentthatrequiresyoutosubmitafile,suchasaWorddocumentforaresearchpaper,willhavean“Addsubmission”button:
1. Click“Addsubmission.”
2. Onthe“Addsubmission”page,click“Add…”tolocatethefileonyourcomputer,orsimplydraganddropyourfileintothe“Filesubmissions”box.
3. Afteryourfileisfinisheduploadingclick“Savechanges”.
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HowdoIparticipateinaforum?Clickthe“Addanewdiscussiontopic”button,typeyoursubjectandyourmessage,andclick“Posttoforum.”Youmaybeaskedtoreplytotheprofessor’spostortoyourclassmates’post,asinthisexample:
1. Clickthediscussiontopictowhichyou’dliketoreply.
2. Click“Reply.”
3. Onthe“Reply”page,typeyourmessage.Youalsohavetheoptionof
attachingafiletoyourreply.4. Click“Posttoforum.”
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SubmittingaTaskStreamAssignment1. Click on the TaskStream assignment link in your course. You will be directed to the
TaskStream submission page.
2. ClickontheTaskStreamassignmentlink.
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3. Click on the “Work” tab to open the submission window.
4. After you click on the work tab, there are three different ways to submit an assignment. You can either submit an attachment, text & image, or a video.
Attachmenta. Click on “Attachments” b. Click on “Upload from Computer” to select a file c. Once the file has been successfully uploaded, click “Save and Return”
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Text&Imagea. Youcanboth“copyandpaste”textortypedirectlyintothetextboxb. Click“AddanImagetoyourtextsection”ifyouwouldliketoaddan
imagec. Oncefinished,click“SaveandReturn”d.
VideoFilee. Clickon“ChooseFile”f. Namethefileg. Clickon“AddFile”h. Clickon“SaveandReturn”
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SubmittingaTurnitinAssignmentTurnitinfeatureshavebeenintegratedintoMoodleandcanbeusedwithTurnitinAssignments,Workshops,andForums.TomakeuseoftheTurnitinintegration,studentsarerequiredtoaccepttheTurnitinEnd-UserLicenseAgreementonetime.ThiswillgenerateyouruniqueTurnitinID.Youwillbepromptedtoaccepttheagreementpriortosubmittinganassignmentorstartinganewforumthread.
Clickthelinkandyouwillseeapop-upwindowwiththeUserAgreement.
Click“Iagree”.IfyoudonotagreeyouwillnotbeabletosubmittoaTurnitinassignmentorposttoaTurnitinforum.Ifyouaccidentallyclick“Idisagree”thepromptwillreturneachtimeyouattempttointeractwithaTurnitinactivityuntilyoudoagree.
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BestPracticesforNamingYourFilesFilesuploadedtoMoodlewillbeviewedbynumeroususerswithavarietyofoperatingsystems(Mac,PC,andLinuxforinstance)anddevices(desktops,laptops,tablets,andsmartphones).Therefore,itisessentialtoplayitsafeinnamingyourfilesandavoidspecialcharactersthatmaycauseerrorsthatmakefilesinaccessible.
Doyourbesttoavoiduseanyofthesecommonillegalcharacters/symbolsinyourfilenames:
!exclamationpoint@atsign#pound/hashtag$dollarsign%percentsign^caret&ersand+plussign
*asterisk()parenthesis[]bracket{}curlybracket/\slash‘apostrophe“quotationmark—emdash
=equalsign~tilde<>greaterthan/lessthan:colon;semicolon,comma.period|pipe
Also,keeptheserulesinmind:
• Don’tstartorendyourfilenamewithaspace,period,hyphen,orunderscore.• Keepyourfilenamestoareasonablelengthandbesuretheyareunder31
characters.• Mostoperatingsystemsarecasesensitive;alwaysuselowercase.• Avoidusingspacesandunderscores;useahypheninstead.• Avoidnon-Englishalphabetcharacters.
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FrequentlyAskedQuestionsHowdoIplayStreamingServerVideos?ToplayvideosfromtheStreamingServer,werecommendstudentsdownloadtheVLCMediaPlayer(videolan.org).OnceyouhaveinstalledVLCPlayer,ifyouareunabletosimplyclickthelinkandhavethevideoplayback,youmayneedtomanuallyenterthevideoURLfromyourMoodlecoursepageintoyourVLCplayer.ThefirststepistocopytheURLfromthelinkyouareattemptingtoopen.Rightclickonthelinkandselect“CopyLinkLocation”.Yourbrowsermayhaveslightlydifferentwording,butitshouldsaysomethingsimilar
Onceyouhavecopiedthelink,openVLCMediaPlayerandclickFile>OpenNetwork…onaMacorOpenNetworkStreamonWindows
Mac Windows
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PastethisURLyoucopiedfromthevideolinkinthedialogboxoftheVLCscreenandclick“Open”onaMacor“Play”onWindows
Nowenjoyyourvideo!
VLCplayerisalsoavailableasafreeappforplayingStreamingServervideosonmobiledevices.
Mac Windows
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WherecanIfindmycoursegrade?
1. Inthe“Administration”block,click“Grades”under“Courseadministration.”
2. The“Userreport”pagedisplaysgradesforassignmentscompleted,includinganycommentsfromtheprofessor,andthecoursegradethusfar.
HowdoIcommunicatewithmyprofessorandotherstudents?
1. Yourprofessorlikelyprovidedcontactinformationinthecoursesyllabus,whichisusuallyafilepostedintheheadersectionatthetopofthemaincoursepage.
2. Youmayalsoaccessyourprofessor’scontactinformationinthe“Instructorprofile”block,ifoneisincludedinyourcourse.
3. Tocommunicatewithothercourseparticipants,click“Participants”inthe“Navigation”block.
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Onthe“Participants”page,clickonthestudentorteacher’snametoseetheirprofile,includingtheiremailaddress.
WhatisNightMode?NightModeisanewfeaturethatallowsyoutoinverttheblackandwhitesectionsofMoodle;designedtohelpreduceeye-straininlow-lightenvironments.1. Toenablenightmode,clickthelittle
arrownexttoyourprofilepictureinthetoprightcorner,whichwillproduceadropdownmenu.
2. Inthisdropdownmenu,youwillselect“EnableNightMode”.
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Thereisalsoawaytoshift“NightMode”into“GalaxyMode”.PressShift-ZontheMoodlehomepagewhileinNightModeandwatchthestarscomeout.(Note:GalaxyModeisonlyavailableontheMoodlehomepage,notoncoursepages.)
WhatifIneedmorehelpwithMoodle?1.AccesstheMoodletutorialsfromAtomicLearning.2.ContacttheCenterforOnlineLearningat(559)453-3460.3.Follow@fpumoodleonTwitterforimportantinformationregardingupdates,upgrades,bugs,andbugfixes.
(559)453-3460col.fresno.edu
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AppendixA:UsingTheTextEditor
TypinginMoodlehasjustgotteneasier;meetyournewbestfriend,Atto.AttoisajavascripttexteditorbuiltspecificallyforMoodleandhassomeveryuseful
capabilities,whichwe’regoingtocoverinthistutorial.
Acrossfromtheword“Message”,you’llseemultipleicons.LetsexaminewhateachoftheseiconsallowsyoutodoandhowyoucanusethemtoenhanceyourMoodle
experience!
Thesebuttonsallowyouto:
Changethecolorofyourtext
Changethebackgroundcolorof
yourtext
Changeyourfont
Adjustthesizeofyourtext.
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Changetheparagraphstylesof
yourtext.
Boldyourtext
UnderlineyourtextItalicizeyourtext
Createabulletedlist
Createanumberedlist
Insertanimageintoyourtextbox
Insertavideointoyourtextbox
Manageyourfiles
Cleartheformattingofyour
text
Showthewordcountofyourtext
Addalinktoyourtext
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Unlinkanalreadyexistinglinkwithin
yourtext
Preventauto-linkingwithinyourtext
Addastrikethroughto
yourtext
Addasubscripttoyourtext
Addasuperscripttoyourtext
Leftalignyourtext
Centeryourtext
Rightalignyourtext
Addanoutdenttoyourtext
Addanindenttoyourtext
Addanequationtoyourtext
Addaspecialcharactertoyour
text
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Insertatableintoyourtextbox
Insertanemoticonintoyourtextbox
Undoyourlastaction
Redoyourlastaction
Doanaccesibilitycheckwithyourtext
Enablethescreenreaderhelper
Makearecordingfromyourcomputer’smicrophone
Createacolumnedgrid
Insertadrawingintoyourtextbox
Insertanimageintoyourtextboxfromyourwebcam
Recordavideointoyourtextboxfromyourwebcam
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TextEditorFeaturesa. DragfromWord:YoucandragtextstraightfromaWord(or
Pages)documentintotheTextEditorboxinsteadofusingthecopyandpastefunction.
b. WordCountButton:Thereisabuttonthatwilltellyouhowmanywordsyouhavewrittensofar.Itwillalsotellyouhowmanycharactersoftextyouhavetyped.
c. Auto-Save:Ifyouaretypinganentry/submissionintothetexteditor,thereisnowanauto-savefeaturethatpopsuponceaminutetoletyouknowthatyourdrafthasbeensavedinMoodle.