Moodle Faculty Support

moodle The Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) provides faculty with an open source software tool, designed using sound pedagogical principles, that creates effective online learning communities for students.

Any interested faculty who would like a personal one-hour Moodle tutorial should contact the Teaching and Technology Center at 508.531.2634 or via e-mail at ttc@bridgew.edu.

Getting Started Next Steps
Requesting Course Sites or Section Numbers Posting Announcements in the News Forum
Logging in to Moodle Posting Your Syllabus/Adding Other Resources
Changing Your Personal Information Creating an Assignment/Adding Other Activities
Administering Your Moodle Site Creating Discussion Forums
Listing Your Course for Students Using the Calendar and Events Block
Setting the Format of Your Course Reports and the Recent Activities Block
Using People, Activities and News Blocks  

Intermediate Level Tools Course Management Tools
Using the Gradebook Backing Up Your Moodle Course
Setting Up Groups
Creating Questions and Quizzes  

Help

Moodle Docs - the main page of a searchable wiki for Moodle self-help guides

Moodle Docs: Teacher Documentation - featuring links to best practices in setting up and running Moodle courses

Moodle Student QuickStart Page - a sheet for your students on how to log-in to Moodle, and register for your course, or they can watch this Moodle Student QuickStart Video

Moodle Users Group - a BSC course for faculty who are using Moodle to share their ideas and experiences with colleagues

Contact Info

The Teaching and Technology Center
Moakley Center - Rm 200
508.531.2634
ttc@bridgew.edu

Related Links

Moodle.org - the Moodle main site, set up a free account in order to access searchable help resources

"Using Moodle" Course on Moodle.org - an introduction to the Moodle community's world-wide discussion boards

"Demonstration" Course on Moodle.org- self-paced tutorials of all the Moodle features that are available for you to use

"Sandbox" Course on Moodle.org- a place to practice using Moodle from a student or teacher perspective