Monday, September 17, 2012

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Adding new users to Moodle Course

Adding Users to Moodle (1.9)

1. Log in to moodle
2. on the left hand side select Assign Roles
3. select Students
4. look up student's username: in the little searchbox on the right
5. select student's name and press the ADD button in the middle of the two boxes (student's name should appear in the student list)
6. then press Assign Roles on the bottom.

To Add Instructors, follow the same instructions, except select Instructor in step 3.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Opening a quiz for selected students - Blackboard 9


Three Different Scenarios

Scenario 1

1. Student has not attempted the quiz (no score or icon in grade center)

2. The Due Date has passed

If this is the first time the student will be attempting the quiz (in other words, they do not have any scores for this quiz) AND  if the due date for the quiz has passed (in other words, if the quiz has closed to all students already), do the following:

Step 1

·                     Go to Assessments
·                     Click the drop down menu next to the quiz you want to open
·                     Select Adaptive Release
·                     Uncheck the dates in the next screen (leave them blank; you will change them in step 2)
·                     Put in the username of the students you want to open the quiz for in the Membership Field (separated by commas) - if you dont know their username, select browse and check off the names of the students
·                     Then leave everything else the way it is and press Submit

Step 2

·                     Go to Assessments
·                     Click the drop down menu next to the quiz you want to open
·                     Select Edit Test Options
·                     Under Test Availability - change the End Display date to the new extended date you are giving the students 
·                     Under Due Date - change it to the same date you changed the End Display Date.
·                     Press Submit

Now you have only opened the quiz for the students you specified in the Adaptive Release screen.

Scenario 2

1. The student attempted the quiz (score or icon in the gradecenter)

2. The Due Date has passed.

If this student had a problem taking the quiz the first time AND has a score in the Gradebook,  but you want to give the student another chance to complete the quiz AND the due date for the quiz has passed. Follow Step 1 and Step 2 above and Step 3 below:

Step 3


·                     Go to Grade Center
·                     Go to Full Grade Center
·                     Find the score or icon of the student whose grade you want reset
·                     Select the drop down menu next to the score
·                     Click View Grade Details
·                     Select Clear Attempt for the score you want to reset


And, now this student can attempt the quiz again, and the quiz is only available to him/her.


Scenario 3

1. 
The student attempted the quiz (score or icon in the grade center)
2. The Due Date has NOT passed.

If the due date for the quiz has not past, but the student had a problem taking the quiz the first time AND has a score in the Gradebook, then only do Step 3.