Activities

Sometimes instructors use the Turnitin assignment type to accept your submissions. This post explains how to submit these assignments types.

Click the Turnitin assignment link in your Moodle course.
Click the Upload Submission button in the assignment dashboard.
Choose your file (Word, PDF, etc.) and click Upload and Review.
Review the document preview to ensure formatting is correct, then click Submit to Turnitin.
Resubmitting: If allowed by your instructor, click the Resubmit button. Note that resubmitting overwrites your previous file, and generating a new similarity report can take up to 24 hours.

Requesting a Paper be Removed from the Repository

Students cannot directly delete papers from the institutional repository. If you submitted the wrong file or require a permanent deletion, you must contact your instructor. The instructor will evaluate the request and submit a formal deletion ticket to the University’s Turnitin Administrator.

Interactive Book

Rapidly becoming the standard for larger modules, this format allows instructors to combine multiple H5P activities (such as videos, quizzes, and text) into a cohesive, multi-page layout featuring a built-in navigation menu and progress tracking.

Official Tutorial: How to Create an Interactive Book

Column

The most popular layout tool for mobile responsiveness. It allows instructors to stack multiple H5P content types (such as chart, followed by an image hotspot, followed by a question set) into a single, scrollable activity.

Official H5P Tutorial: How to Create a Column

Interactive Video

Enhances video-based learning by embedding multiple-choice questions, drag-and-drop interactions, and information overlays directly into the video timeline to check comprehension on the fly.

Official H5P Tutorial: How to Create an Interactive Video

Course Presentation

A highly active alternative to static PDFs or PowerPoint slides. Instructors can build a series of slides that incorporate audio, video, interactive questions, and web links.

Official H5P Tutorial: How to Create a Course Presentation

Question Set (Quiz)

An essential tool for formative assessment and knowledge checks, allowing instructors to build a sequence of various question types (multiple-choice, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank) in one unified activity.

Official H5P Tutorial: How to Create a Question Set

Image Hotspots

Highly utilized in the sciences and humanities for exploring diagrams, maps, and visual processes. Learners click on specific areas of an image to reveal explanatory text, pictures, or video.

Official H5P Tutorial: How to Create Image Hotspots

H5P: Creating New Content via the Content Bank

Moodle’s integration with H5P centers around the Content Bank, a dedicated repository where all interactive content is built and stored. Once created in the Content Bank, these activities can be embedded directly into your course modules.

Step-by-Step Setup

Navigate to your Moodle course and click on the Content bank link (typically located in the left-hand navigation drawer or the secondary course menu).
- [Image Placeholder: Screenshot of the Moodle course interface highlighting the ‘Content bank’ navigation link.]
Click the Add button to open the H5P content type selector.
- [Image Placeholder: Screenshot of the Content bank highlighting the ‘Add’ button and the resulting dropdown list of H5P types (e.g., Interactive Book, Column).]
Select your desired format (such as Interactive Video, Interactive Book, or Column) to launch the H5P authoring tool.
Build your interactive activity using the specific H5P editor fields, then click Save at the top or bottom of the page. Your activity is now securely saved in the course Content Bank.
Return to your main course page and toggle Edit mode on.
Click Add an activity or resource in the desired week or topic and select the H5P activity module (look for the blue H5P icon).
In the activity settings, click the Package file upload box, select the Content bank repository on the left-hand menu, and choose your newly created activity.
- [Image Placeholder: Screenshot of the Moodle file picker highlighting the ‘Content bank’ repository option on the left side and the selected .h5p file.]
Scroll down and click Save and return to course to deploy the interactive element for your students.

H5P: Adapting Existing Content in Moodle

If you have found an .h5p file online or received one from a colleague, you can upload and adapt it for your own course using Moodle’s built-in Content bank.

Step-by-Step Setup

Download and save the .h5p file to your local computer.
Navigate to your Moodle course and click on the Content bank link (usually located in the left-hand navigation drawer or the secondary course menu).
Click the Upload button at the top of the Content bank.
Use the file picker to select the .h5p file from your device, then click Save changes.
The activity will automatically open in the H5P authoring tool. Make any necessary changes to the content, text, images, or behavioral settings to suit your specific course needs.
Click Save at the top or bottom of the page. The adapted activity is now stored in your course’s Content bank.
Return to your main course page, toggle Edit mode on, and click Add an activity or resource to deploy the newly adapted H5P activity using the Content bank repository.

Adding Zoom Meetings in Moodle

Rather than scheduling Zoom meetings in an external portal and copy-pasting links into Moodle, instructors should use Moodle’s integrated Zoom tool. By creating a unified Zoom dashboard, you can schedule and manage sessions directly within Moodle. Scheduled meetings automatically populate the Moodle Calendar and are instantly visible to all enrolled students.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Log into Moodle (moodle.uleth.ca) and navigate to your course page.

2. In the top-right corner, click to toggle Edit mode into the active position.

3. Scroll to the top topic section of your course and click Add an activity or resource.

4. In the Moodle Activity Chooser, select Zoom meeting(indicated by the Zoom icon).

5. Configure the general Moodle settings:

Activity name: Type a clear, general name for the tool (e.g., Class Name – Section – Online Lectures). This represents the overarching dashboard, not a single meeting. Any future meetings you wish to schedule, whether recurring or a one time meeting can be done via this activity link in the future.
Preconfigured tool: Ensure this dropdown is set to Zoom.

6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and return to course.

7. On your course page, click on the newly created Zoom Online Lectures activity link to launch the embedded Zoom dashboard.

8. Wait a brief moment for the interface to load, then click the blue Schedule a New Meeting button in the top-right corner.

9. Click Save.

Enrolled students will now see this session under their Upcoming Meetings tab when they click the Moodle Zoom link, and it will automatically populate their Moodle Calendar!

How to Enter a Zoom Meeting

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If you must attend or host a Zoom meeting but aren’t sure how to get started, this tutorial will walk you through the steps to join or host a Zoom meeting.

To begin: Go to U of L’s Zoom website: https://uleth.zoom.us/

New UofL Zoom Login

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Scheduling Recurring Class Sessions in Moodle with Zoom

If you teach regular, weekly lectures throughout the semester, you can schedule a recurring Zoom meeting series directly inside your Moodle course. This creates a predictable schedule and avoids the need to build individual activities or links for each week.

If you haven’t added Zoom meeting as an activity or resource yet, do so now. See how to add Zoom meetings tutorial. Once added, continue with the instructions below for Recurring Class Session Step by Step Instructions

Recurring Class Sessions – Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Open your course page and click on your Zoom Online Lectures activity link.

2. Inside the dashboard, click Schedule a New Meeting (or click on an existing meeting title and select Edit).

3. Scroll down below the time settings and check the checkbox next to Recurring meeting.

4. Configure the recurrence parameters:

Recurrence: From the dropdown menu, select Weekly (this is the most common setting for academic schedules).
Repeat every: Set to 1 week.
Occurs on: Check the specific days of the week your class meets (e.g., Tuesday and Thursday).
End Date: Select the date of your final class session of the semester. Moodle and Zoom will automatically calculate the total number of occurrences based on this date.

5. Check your security preferences and click Save.

The entire recurring series will now appear under the Upcoming Meetings tab for both you and your students, complete with individual dates and start times.

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