Create your own course
What the teacher sees
How to open your Moodle course to students. Login to Moodle and enter your course. Locate the Settings Block on the left and Click on Edit Settings. Change the Visible Setting to Show. Click Save Changes to complete the process. A common question at this point is how "Course Start Date" relates to the Visible setting. The answer is: It doesn't.
Create a Lesson in Moodle. On the course homeage, click Turn editing on . In the relevant week or topic, click Add an activity or resource, then in the pop-up generated, select Lesson and click Add. On the Adding a new Lesson page, click Expand all at the upper right to display all the available page sections.
0:036:04MoodleWorld- How to create your free moodle site with MoodleCloud?YouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipIn this video I am going to show you how to create in your first Moodle site for free of cost usingMoreIn this video I am going to show you how to create in your first Moodle site for free of cost using Moodle cloud Moodle cloud is a free hosting solution from the makers of Moodle.
How To Create Your Own Course In Moodle™Ensure that you are a Course Creator within Moodle™. ... Navigate to the category you would like your course to appear in, and click on the “Add a new course” button.Name your course and give it a short name as well.More items...•
Step 1: Create a New Course in Moodle To create a new online course, go to Site Administration → Courses → Add a New Course. Enter full and short course names (“Workplace Safety”) and click Save and Display. Now enroll yourself in the course; this way, it'll appear in the list of available courses.
Organize Your Moodle Course PageCustomize Course Image.Avoid Unnecessary Content on your Course Page.Customize Section Names.Provide Summary text for course Sections.Add Text in a Label.Give Resources and Activities Concise, Informative Names.Indent Items in Course Sections to Create an Outline Form.More items...
How to create an online courseChoose the right subject matter.Test your idea.Research the topic extensively.Write a course outline.Create the course content.Bring your course online.Sell your online course.Market your content.More items...•
Moodle is a free online learning management system, or LMS (also known as VLE.)
Select the course on the left in the Navigation. Click the Add an activity or resource link, for the course section, to access the module list. Select the Lesson module and click Add. Next, the Adding a New Lesson page should load.
Part 1: How to Setup MoodlePlan System Capacity. ... Install Database Server. ... Install Web Server. ... Install PHP. ... Download Moodle & Copy Files into Place. ... Create Moodle Data Directory & Secure Database. ... Begin Moodle Install. ... Setup Backups.More items...
A user may be assigned the role of course creator as a system role (in Administration > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Assign system roles) or in the course category context.
Making Moodle Look Good (Without affecting performance)#1 Creating an Engaging Homepage or Pre-login Experience. ... #2 Improving Post Login Experience. ... #3 Modifying Colours and Fonts. ... #4 Using Better Course Formats. ... #5 Using the Right Theme.
Standard course formatsWeekly format. Weekly format example. ... Topics format. Topic format example. ... Social format. This format is oriented around one main forum,the social forum, which appears listed on the main page. ... Single activity format. ... Buttons course format. ... Collapsed Topics. ... Daily format. ... Grid format.More items...•
Step-by-step instructions to use MoodleStep 1 – learn about the Moodle experience. ... Step 2 – install Moodle. ... Step 3 – configure your site. ... Step 4 – create the framework for your learning site. ... Step 5 – make decisions about common settings. ... Step 6 – add basic course material. ... Step 7 – make your courses interactive.More items...
There are several ways you as admin can create a course. The two most common are:
Make sure the course you want to upload (known as a "course backup") has the file ending . mbz.
According to Michelle, you can further improve your Moodle courses by adding a touch of variety in them, such as creating different types of activities that best suit the needs of your students .
Tips to create even better Moodle courses Moodle September 24, 2020 November 21, 2020. It goes without saying that remote learning is not easy despite popular belief. Many students around the world have expressed the view that, despite the use of technology in education, they’re still finding it harder and harder to keep up with their lessons ...
A great Moodle course really stands out when it has a bit of personality – your personality. And by keeping your course personal you can break down those formal barriers between teacher and student.
One way to keep your Moodle course visual and reduce the word count is to use infographics. An infographic gets across words, facts and figures in far more interesting ways than half a dozen paragraphs or more likely will. Do a quick Google Image search for infographics relating to your course subject.
You can use it to pull through headlines from your favourite news sources, or stories from magazine sites. It can be tailored to be relevant to the Moodle course you’re building, and with thousands of newsfeed options to choose from, you’re sure to find something.
So, at the very least make sure you don’t use dated images or graphics that undermine your message, course topic – or your authority as an educator. Try and use subject matter they can relate to. Also, gamifying their learning makes for an engaging Moodle course.
Most phone cameras are pretty high quality these days, and uploading and embedding your video onto the Moodle course is simple. Put some of your excitement for the course topic not just into your video, but the language you use throughout the course too.
Log in to Moodle and go to the category you would like the new course to appear in. In the Course categories section choose the 'Add a new course' button. If you do not see this button this means that you do not have the role as Course Creator.
You can select the start date for a course By default, the course start is the day after you create the course. You can also select the period of time you would like to allow students to enroll in this course. Note that if you set this to 14 days; students will be removed from the course 14 days after they enroll.