Basic Steps-Linking a Document to Moodle

Linking a document, such as your class sylabus to Moodle is relatively painless process that can be done in a few simple steps.

1.Turn on Editing on your class page

2. Use the drop-down menu "Add a Resource" to select the "Link to a File or Website" option

3. Create a Title for your document

4. Scroll down to the bottom of your page and click upload a file

5. Select the folder in Moodle where you wish to store the file

6. Browse and select the file you wish to upload from your computer

7. Click Upload this file

After a few moments, that file should appear within Moodle

8. Now, select the option that says "Choose" under the "actions" column on the right side of your screen

9. Click "save and return to course"

The Document has now been uploaded to Moodle



****IMPORTANT NOTE****
It is important to remember that when you load a document to Moodle, Moodle retains a frozen copy of the document, much like an email attachment. If you make changes to the document, for example your sylabus, you will need to reload it to Moodle if you want it to reflect those changes.

Basic Steps-Adding a Quiz to Moodle

The First step to creating a quiz on Moodle comes before questions are even written; setting your quiz preferences.

1. Turn on the editing preferences on your class page

2. Then select "Quiz" from the drop-down menu "Add an Activity"

3. The first thing you should do is Add a name to your quiz in the first blank provided
(you can add a brief description of the quiz in the box below it if you like)


Moodle provides you with lots of choices to format your quiz, you can...

• Use the sets of date and time to create a start-time and deadline for students to take your quiz. If you don't wish to do this, simply check the disable box.

• You can set a time limit for the quiz, or specify how long a student must wait to retake your quiz.

• Specify how many questions will appear on a page at one time

• Shuffle the questions or shuffle the possible answers

• Allow students to make more than one attempt

• Specify how the Moodle will grade the students' quiz attempt(s)

• Apply penalties or deduct points for an incorrect response

• Select the number of decimal points that will appear in a student' end grade

And finally, perhaps most significantly...

Allows you to provide instant feedback to your students depending upon their grade on the quiz you have created.