Miniguides

The UCL Moodle Miniguides explain each UCL Moodle feature, why you would use it, what to consider before you use it, how to set one up (including recommended settings), and links through to case studies and further help on the Moodle docs website. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact Digital Education.

• M00 - Navigation
• M01 - Moodle course structure
  • M01a - Moodle course formats
    • M01a1 - Flexible format
  • M01b - Import items from one Moodle course into another
  • M01c - Resource
    • M01c1 - Moodle Resource list
  • M01d - Activity
    • M01d1 - Moodle Activity list
  • M01e - Best settings for navigable, usable Moodle courses
  • M01f - Course backup
  • M01g - Course restore
  • M01h - Making your course visible
  • M01i - Mass Actions block
  • M01j - Recycle bin
• M02 - Text editor
  • M02a - Text Formatting
  • M02b - Add images
  • M02c - Embed video, audio and other media
  • M02d - Equations editor
  • M02e - Lecturecast Media Embedding
• M03 - Links, files and folders
  • M03a - Making lecture materials available in advance
  • M03b - Uploading multiple files using zip
  • M03c - Embed media with multiple files & a PDF
  • M03d - Updating Legacy Course Files
• M04 - Display content directly in Moodle
  • M04a - Text and Media Area (formerly known as Label)
  • M04b - Page
  • M04c - Book
  • M04d - Structured label
• M05 - Organise blocks
  • M05a - Moodle course blocks list
  • M05b - Navigation block
  • M05c - Quickmail Block
  • M05d - Common Timetable block
  • M05e - Activities block
  • M05f - Remote RSS Feeds Block
  • M05g - Online users block
  • M05h - Text (HTML) block
• M06 - Enrolment
  • M06a - Portico enrolments
    • M06a1 - Behaviour of CMIS group imports to Moodle
    • M06a2 - Portico Mappings Deactivated
  • M06b - Enrolment key
  • M06c - Manual enrolment
  • M06d - Bulk enrolment
  • M06e - Guest access
  • M06f - Category enrolment
• M07 - Personalise your Moodle
• M08 - Discussion Forums
  • M08a - Asynchronous discussion
  • M08b - Online Asynchronous Teaching Case Study: Interview with Dr Clare Bentall
  • M08c - Online Asynchronous Teaching Case Study: Interview with Dr Nicole Blum
• M09 - Digital Assessment - an Overview
  • M09a - Moodle Assignment
    • M09a1 - Marking and Giving Feedback in Moodle Assignment
    • M09a2 - Moodle Assignment Marking Guides
    • M09a3 - Moodle Assignment Rubric
    • M09a4 - Anonymous Marking in Moodle Assignment
    • M09a5 - Give Feedback Using Word or a PDF reader
    • M09a6 - Getting data out of a Moodle Assignment
    • M09a7 - Moodle Assignment - Questions & Answers
    • M09a8 - MyPortfolio (Mahara) Assignment in Moodle
  • M09b - Turnitin Assignment
    • M09b10 - Using the Turnitin iPad App
    • M09b11 - Turnitin - Service Status and Known Issues
    • M09b1 - Guidance on anonymous marking in Turnitin
    • M09b2 - How to Activate 'Read Only' Turnitin Assignments
    • M09b3 - Marking Turnitin Assignments via Moodle
      • M09b4 - Mark 'nothing' with Turnitin
    • M09b5 - Turnitin Grading Forms
    • M09b6 - Turnitin Rubric
    • M09b7 - Staff Turnitin FAQs
    • M09b8 - The word count in Turnitin - managing inconsistencies
    • M09b9 - Using PeerMark
  • M09c - Moodle Assignment with Turnitin integration
  • M09d - Marking and producing feedback
  • M09e - Recording marks and feedback
  • M09f - Reflecting
    • M09f1 - Monitoring students' achievement with Gradebook and MyFeedback
    • M09f2 - Monitoring students' engagement with feedback via Moodle and Turnitin
  • M09g - Returning marks and feedback
  • M09h - Setting an assessment
    • M09h1 - Can I put all my Assignments in a single Moodle space?
  • M09i - Specifying an assessment
    • M09i1 - Choosing the right assessment platform for assignments - a comparison
    • M09i2 - Comparing Moodle Assignment and Turnitin
  • M09j - Submitting an assessment
  • M09k - Supporting an assessment
• M10 - Reading List
• M11 - Moodle gradebook
  • M11a - How to apply a grade calculation in the Gradebook
  • M11b - Outcomes
• M12 - Quiz
  • M12a - Moodle Quiz for invigilated online exams
    • M12a1 - Moodle Quiz Invigilator Checklist
  • M12b - Moodle Quiz for non-invigilated online exams
  • M12c - Word Table quiz import
  • M12d - Embed Quiz Questions Anywhere
  • M12e - Multiple True/False Question Type (MTF)
  • M12f Freehand Drawing question type
  • M12g- Enabling Turnitin for essay type questions
  • M12h - Moodle Quiz Safe Exam Browser for invigilated online exams
• M13 - Groups and groupings
  • M13a - Group Choice
  • M13b - How group settings affect different activities
• M14 - Test User Accounts
• M15 - Wiki
• M17 - Question Bank
• M18 - Hot Question
• M20 - Choice
• M21 - Lesson
• M22 - Questionnaire
• M23 - Chat
• M24 - Glossary
• M25 - Roles and Permissions
  • M25a - External Examiners - giving them access to marked work on Moodle
• M26 - Lightbox Gallery
• M28 - Moodle Reports
• M29 - Course completion
• M30 - Preparing your Moodle course for the next Academic Year
  • M30a - Duplicating your Moodle course with the CLC rollover tool
    • M30a1 - Course Rollover Tool: known issues
    • M30a2 - Moodle Course Rollover Tool Training
  • M30b - Duplicating a read-only Moodle course
  • M30c - Duplicating a Moodle course within the academic year
  • M30d - Requesting a new Moodle course or course with template
  • M30e - Duplicating Moodle courses - other requests
  • M30f - Updating and checking your course, ready for use this academic year
  • M30g - Module mapping process for rolled-over courses
  • M30h - Bulk rollover for Moodle courses (category administrators only)
  • M30i - Making a Moodle course Read-Only with Course Snapshot
• M32 - Publish as LTI Tool
• M33 - Filters
• M34 - Activity completion
• M35 - Survey
• M36 - Restrict access
• M37 - Moodle Workshop for peer assessment
• M38 - HotPot
• M39 - External Tool (LTI)
• M40 - Scheduler
• M41 - Moodle Badges
• M42 - Calendar
• M44 - SCORM
  • M44a - Using repositories for Scorm package files
• M45 - Feedback
• M47 - Database
• M48 - IPAC - Individual Peer Assessed Contribution Tool
• M49 - Media Resource
  • M49a - Choosing the right Media platform
• M50 - Attendance
• M51 - IMS content package
• M52 - MyFeedback report
  • M52a - MyFeedback for Personal Tutors
  • M52b - MyFeedback for Module Tutors and Assessors
  • M52c - MyFeedback for Moodle Departmental Administrators
  • M52d - MyFeedback Glossary Of Terms
• M53 - Messaging
• M54 - Custom Certificate
• M55 - H5P Interactive Activities
  • M55a - H5P Activities - Currently Disabled
• M56 - Blackboard Ally
• M57 - STACK online assessment for mathematics and science
• M58 - Checklist
• M59 - MATLAB Grader
• M60 - Zoom Meeting
• M61 - Hypothesis
• M62 - Learning Science
• M63 - Sketchfab 3D Model Embedding in Text Editor
• M64 - Lt (LTI1.3) (Lt licensed users only)
• M66 - Board
• M67 - Date manager
• M68 - GoReact - Video Assessment Tool
• M69 - Using Moodle's Global Search
• M70 - Labster (LTI 1.3) - licensed users only
• M71 - Sharing Cart
• M72 - LinkedIn Learning LTI - course and video embedding
• M73 - Equatio (free Chrome extension)
• M75 - Equatio (Premium Chrome extension)
• M76 - Crowdmark (LTI 1.3) - licensed users only
• M77 - Extensions
• M77 - Feedback tracker
• M78 - Assessment categorisation
• MXX - Partial mark entry from Moodle activities - June 2023