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Moodle Help

Looking for some Moodle how-tos? Start here! If you don't find what you need, just email cit@hope.edu or visit the peer-based Moodle help forum. Be sure to include the course number if applicable!

Respondus is Now Available

Moodle quizzes can now be locked down with a third-party tool so that students can not navigate away or have other resources open during the quiz. Learn more

The Basics

Moodle is our system here at Hope for distributing materials to students, collecting assignments, giving out quizzes and tests, recording grades, and much more! Faculty and students are automatically added to Moodle courses when they are enrolled by the registrar. Learn more about how to set up your courses with the resources below.

Uploading Large Files to Moodle

Moodle has the ability to host Resources such as Files or URLs. For the health of the Moodle service and to help support the best user experience, we request that large files such as Videos and Audio files be uploaded to your Google Drive, and distributed via URL in Moodle. Instructions on how to use Google Drive for this are available in the Other How Tos section on this page.

What is a course?

Course Layout

Course Sections

The Edit Icons

Add or Edit Text

What are Blocks?

Drag and Drop Files

HTML Block

Activity Completion

Upload Files

Add Images

Activity Chooser

Page Display

Book Pages

Sound and Video

URL links

Discussion Forum

Course Reports

Choice polling

Submitted Work

Quiz Grading

Gradebook

Other How Tos

Clone a course from one semester to another
If you are teaching the same course again, you can copy the content from one semester to another. Follow this do-it-yourself guide, or email CIT with the course numbers if you have any trouble (for example: Clone Econ-403-01 S18 to Econ-403-01 F18).
Combine two sections into one Moodle (meta-course)
If you are teaching two sections of the same course and want to have them combined for the same moodle content, email CIT to request the creation of a meta course.
Enroll a TA or other participants in your course
Add a live Google Doc
Great for updating your syllabi or other documents on-the-fly. When in Google Drive, changes that you make to a Google Doc are seen immediately, without needing to re-upload an edited file.
Insert a video from Google Drive
Using Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor with Moodle
Change the course format to "Weekly" or "Topic"
Make your course available to students
Moodle Basics Videos by Beth Trembley