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Changing Point Values for Exam Questions

Once you have your Moodle exam created you may want to change the default point value for each question. Moodle defaults each question to be worth one point. 

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Uploading a Zoom Cloud Recording to YuJa

If you have a video saved to the cloud in Zoom, you may want to add that video to YuJa in Moodle. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to manually add the video to your course using the external tool. 

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Using the Chat Rooms as a Student

One of the activities that instructors may use as a communication tool in moodle is the built in chat functionality. Chat rooms are generally set up as part of office hours, or in topic or weekly areas, in which case each chat will most likely correspond to the topic you are working within.

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Emailing your Class in Moodle

Moodle currently does not have an internal email function associated with your course. 

To send an email to your entire class, you will have to use your University of Lethbridge email account.

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How to Preview a Moodle Quiz

Once you have your quiz set up in Moodle, it is highly recommended to preview your quiz to make sure everything looks and works as you wish before the exam opens to students.

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My Course List is Gone!

If you had access to your Moodle classes during the semester but now they are gone, it could be one of two things.

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Exporting your Student List from Moodle

If you wish, you can export your grades or your student list from Moodle into an Excel Spreadsheet.

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Building Custom Content

Moodle allows you to create custom resources and content in many areas. Two such areas are labels and pages. This tutorial will walk you through how to build a custom page within Moodle, how to add and resize images, and how to add a YouTube video. At the end of this tutorial, you will know how to manipulate different types of content utilizing the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor.

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Adding an Activity or Resource to your Course

Moodle allows you to add a variety of files and activities to course sections. To add an activity or resource to your course you must turn editing on. This tutorial will show you how to add a file such as a PowerPoint, .pdf or Word documents, and will instruct you on how to get started on creating activities.

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Adding & Removing Sections (topics)

By default, Moodle displays 14 sections with a sequential numbering system (topic 1, topic 2, etc.) You may add more sections if required, or you may remove sections you will not be using.

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