We will be covering: 

• The My Courses page 
• The basic tools and settings of a Moodle course 
• Some of the most commonly utilized types of course content 

You will be able to: 

• Navigate and manage your Moodle course as well as the My Courses page 
• Add and organize content in your course 
• Control the visibility of your course as well as course content 

Course Outline:

• Course creation and My Courses Page 
  • Log into myLSU or simply moodle.lsu.edu (Summer 2020 old, Fall new) 
  • Each term - New blank teaching courses, 1 per course number 
    • Creation / Enrollment date 
    • Hidden courses – expand / Favorite (star) 
• Elements of a Moodle Course 
  • Contents sidebar –   
    • Weekly vs topic  
    • Course Navigation  
    • Rename / Hide / Delete sections 
  • Administration menu  
    • Edit Settings - Visibility, Course Format, Hidden Sections behavior 
    • Users – manual enrollment for TA’s, guest instructors 
    • Groups – Restrict Access, Moodle Mail  
• Activities & Resources 
  • Activities (interactive) 
    • Assignments  
    • Forums 
      • Type of Forums - tool tip for explanation 
      • Announcement Forum – special behavior 
    • Quiz – online testing considerations and suggestions  
      • Using the Question bank - categories, randomize questions 
      • Time Limit 
      • Design question like open book question 
      • Use ProctorU 
  • Resources (non-interactive, generally read only)   
    • URL - can also be utilizes for shared files 
    • File  
• Managing Content - moving / hiding sections and course content items 
• Course Tools 
  • Gradebook (student don’t have Admin gear) 
  • Moodle Mail – makes addressing email easier (role, group) 

Join Zoom Meeting:  https://lsu.zoom.us/j/99444936042?pwd=bi95ZlVFNkkxK25ZOUtZemw1aXdBQT09