Quick Guide for Teachers
Centre for Learning and Teaching (September 2019)
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Table of Contents1. What is Moodle
2. Software Requirement
3. Logging in VTC Moodle Platform
4. Your Moodle Homepage
5. My Moodle Page
6. Changing My Profile Settings
(photo)
7. Creating a VTC Course
8. Deleting a VTC Course
9. Batch Enrolling Students
10.Batch Enrolling Students via Excel
11.Enrolling a Co-teacher
12. Changing Course Settings
13. Uploading a Batch of files
14. Adding a Resource – Single File
15. Adding a Resource – URL
16. Adding an Activity – Assignment
17. Adding an Event into the Calendar
18. Checking Students' Participation
19. Checking Reports
20. Backup & Restore
21. Where to get support
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1. What is Moodle
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic
Learning Environment
It is an Open Source Course Management System for
education providers to support teaching and learning
online, customise or further develop it for usage.
Official Website: https://moodle.org
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2. Software Requirement
• Recommended browsers
Google Chrome
Firefox
Edge / Internet Explorer (ver. 10 or above)
• Pop-up blockers to be disabled
• Acrobat Reader
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3. Logging in VTC Moodle Platform
URL: https://moodle.vtc.edu.hk
Log in
Username = Your CNA username
(without @vtc.edu.hk)
Password = Your CNA password
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4. Your Moodle Homepage
Click to expand the pull-down
menu for more extra links &
resources
Course List – links all the
modules available to you
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4. Your Moodle Homepage
Click the > icon to
collapse/expand items
Click the icon to
hide Navigation Block
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6. Changing My Profile Settings (photo)
• Each user has a
personal profile.
• Only staff can edit the
profile settings.
• Please use your real
photo (in JPG, JPE,
JPEG, PNG, GIF, SVG
or SVGZ format).
• Students can’t edit their
profile settings. The
student photo is
obtained from the SRS.
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6. Changing My Profile Settings (photo)• Click “Your name” at top right corner >> Click “Profile” link at top
left corner >> Click “Edit profile” link under User details.
Drag your real photo
to the dotted area
Click “Edit profile”
Click “Update profile”
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Photo should be in
JPG, JPE, JPEG,
PNG, GIF, SVG or
SVGZ format
Scroll down to “User picture”
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Click “You name”
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Click “Profile”
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7. Creating a VTC Course
• Navigation >> Management Utilities >> Create course
Click
“Create course”Select
“VTC course”
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Click “Next”
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7. Creating a VTC Course
Select Discipline,
Programme board
& VTC Module
Click “Confirm”
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4b
4c
Click “Next”
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8. Deleting a Course
• Navigation >> Management Utilities >> Delete course
Select the course
to delete
Click
“Delete course”
Click “Next”
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8. Deleting a Course
Click “Confirm delete course”
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Click “Continue”
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9. Batch Enrolling Students
• Administration >> Batch enroll student
Click
“Batch enroll student”
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9. Batch Enrolling Students
Click “Add Filter”
Select correct option(s)
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By default, the course
code is shown here
By default, your CNA
is shown here
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Add more filters,
e.g. Programme code, Stream,
Class/Module Study Group,
etc.
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9. Batch Enrolling Students
Check the total no.
of students
Click “Next”
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Click “Continue”
Click “Confirm”
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* Special Remarks• You can add a single student here.
Enter Student ID
(9-digit number)
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Click “Add filter”2
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10. Batch Enrolling Students via Excel
• Administration >> CSV enroll user
Click “Download CSV template
for student enrollment”
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Click
“CSV enroll user”
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a) Open the csv file.
b) Under the username, enter the lists
of students’ CNA which is the 9-
digital student number.
c) Save the file in “csv” format.
*Only users with valid CNA will be enrolled.
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10. Batch Enrolling Students via Excel
Click “Continue”
You can see the
student list
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Click “Next”
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Drag the csv file to
the dotted area
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Click
“Enroll user”
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Select “Student”
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11. Enrolling a Co-teacher• Administration >> Course administration >> Users
Click
“Enrolled users”
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Click “Users” to expand
the pull-down menu
Click
“Enrol users”
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3
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11. Enrolling a Co-teacher
In the search box, enter the CNA
of Co-teacher (email without
@vtc.edu.hk).
Select the teacher.
Select the user role
• Teacher
• Non-editing teacher
Click “Enrol users”
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Repeat Step 4 & 5 to enroll
another Co-teacher
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11. Enrolling a Co-teacher
Click to assign other
role
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12. Changing Course Settings• Administration >> Edit settings
Click “Edit Settings”
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• Completion tracking
• Course start date
• Course summary
• Topics/Weekly/Social
Format
Change the settings
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Click “Save and
display”
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13. Uploading a Batch of Files
• Using “Drag and drop upload”
Click “Turn editing on”
Drag the files to
the dotted target area
Notes: - This drag and drop function does not support the hierarchy structure of files.
- If the files are no longer required, you have to delete them one by one.
Use Google Chrome,
Firefox or
Microsoft Edge1
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Select the files
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14. Adding a Resource – Single File
Click “Add an activity or
resource”
Enter a “Name” and
“Description”
(! must fill in data)
Select “File”
Click “Add”
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14. Adding a Resource – Single File
Drag your file to
the dotted target area
Click “Save and
return to course”
In Display option, select
“In pop-up” or “Force download”
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Click “Add restriction…”
to specify restrict access
settings (Optional)
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15. Adding a Resource - URL
Select “URL”Enter a “Name”,
“External URL” and
“Description”
(! must fill in data)
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Click “Add an activity or
resource”
Click “Add”
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Click “Save and return to course”
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16. Adding an Activity - Assignment
Select “Assignment”
16 types of
interactive
learning
activities are
available
Complete the specific
form provided
by each activity and
specify the settings
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Click “Add an activity or
resource”
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Click “Add”
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Enter a “Name” and
“Description”
(! must fill in data)
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16. Adding an Activity - Assignment
Add an additional files
(e.g. assignment
instruction)
* Optional
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Specify the
commencing date,
due date & cut-off
date
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16. Adding an Activity - Assignment
In the VeriGuide parameters
section. Check the “Enable
VeriGuide” checkbox to enable
VeriGuide.
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Specify a maximum
grade for an
assignment
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Click “Save and return to course”
Click “Add restriction…”
to specify restrict access
settings (Optional)
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17. Adding an Event into Calendar
Click the month link
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Click “New event”
2Enter the information
and click “Save”
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18. Checking Students’ Participation
• At “Navigation” block
Check students’
Last access to course
record
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Select “Role: Student”
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Click the course, click
“Participants”
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19. Checking Students’ Grades• Administration >> Grades
Click
“Excel spreadsheet”
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To download
gradebook,
click “Export”
Click
“Download”
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Click the course,
click “Grades”
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Check
students’ grades
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Select Grade item(s)
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20. Checking Reports
Select
report type to view
Click to expand
“Reports” at
Administration
block
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• Administration >> My courses
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Click the course
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20. Backup & Restore
• You are reminded to keep a course backup.
• File format is mbz.• A full backup, including content
and user data, is recommended.• You can always restore the
backup to retrieve the full content and user data.
• Remember to download the backup to your computer as backup files will be automatically removed by the system on the last day of the month.
Maximum storage quota for each Moodle course is 1 GB.
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• You can visit Moodle Resources Website
URL: eLsupport.vtc.edu.hk
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21. Where to get support
• You can access the following Moodle course to get
useful Moodle resources for reference
(https://moodle1920.vtc.edu.hk/course/view.php?id=587)
• You can visit Moodle Login page
URL: https://moodle.vtc.edu.hk Select the site from
the Navigation
Menu
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21. Where to get support
• You can contact the e-Learning Coordinators
(Campus, Discipline, Faculty/Department/Stream)
• You can send an email to the ITSD Help Desk
• You can contact the Moodle Support from CLT▫ Charlotte Lee (2836-1952; [email protected])