Moodle Setting Up A Moodle Course Grok Knowledge Base

Leo Migdal

-Dec 11, 2025, 2:24 AM

moodle setting up a moodle course grok knowledge base

Before students access a Moodle course for the first time, there are a few preparations instructors can make to ensure that students are able to get to work on the first day of class. It is important to manage time wisely in a 7-week course, so careful planning and early communication are key. This article presents a few strategies for getting students on the right track in the first few days of the term. The following are good things to do when you set up a new course in Moodle: For more information, read the following documentation from Moodle Docs. Note that the documentation does not show the SNAP Theme, but the functionality of the settings is the same.

All links will open in a new window. The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview. To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and training, see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Faculty Resources & Support page. The FTC also provides just-in-time faculty training opportunities and recorded training sessions. Attending at least one training session for Moodle upgrades is highly recommended.

For a comprehensive list of available workshops and recordings, please see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Technology Training page. The following GROK articles provide basic instructions for adding materials and activities to a course, adding more users to the participants list, building a gradebook, and more. Each article contains links to additional relevant information. The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview. To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and training, see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Faculty Resources & Support page.

The FTC also provides just-in-time faculty training opportunities and recorded training sessions. Attending at least one training session for Moodle upgrades is highly recommended. For a comprehensive list of available workshops and recordings, please see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Technology Training page. By default, Moodle courses are created 30 days prior to the first day of class and students are enrolled into the course 14 days prior to the first day of class. Instructors can change the timeframe of these processes, up to a limit of 60-days prior to the first day of class. Moodle courses at the 9000 level are not created by default.

Click on Course preferences in the Workday Preferences block in the blocks drawer in the right side bar menu of the front page of Moodle. If you do not see the Workday Preferences block, you can add it via the following article: Moodle: Course Tools: Adding a Block The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview. To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and training, see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Faculty Resources & Support page. The FTC also provides just-in-time faculty training opportunities and recorded training sessions.

Attending at least one training session for Moodle upgrades is highly recommended. For a comprehensive list of available workshops and recordings, please see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Technology Training page. The Edit Settings option for the course has several sections with useful tools in each. To access the course settings, click on the Administration Menu Gear Icon and then select Edit Settings. Course full name - Name of the course as it appears on the course page and under My Courses. (not editable by the instructor)

Course short name - A shorthand version as a possible secondary way to search for the course. Often the same as the Course full name. (not editable by the instructor) Enable download course content - This setting determines whether course content may be downloaded by users with the download course content capability. This overrides the activity setting. Course start date - This defaults to the official start date on the LSU Academic Calendar for that semester.

The Gradebook setup page provides instructors access to set up and make changes to their Moodle course gradebook. Options available in this view include creating and editing grade categories and graded items. The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview. To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and training, see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Faculty Resources & Support page. The FTC also provides just-in-time faculty training opportunities and recorded training sessions.

Attending at least one training session for Moodle upgrades is highly recommended. For a comprehensive list of available workshops and recordings, please see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Technology Training page. Copyright © 2025 Louisiana State University . All Rights Reserved. Blocks in Moodle are small content areas that contain important tools and functions for managing a Moodle course. Blocks are located in three places in Moodle: on the My Home page, at the bottom of the My Courses page, and in the block drawer.

The block drawer on the Moodle front page or in a Moodle course is an area where an instructor can add or access blocks. The block drawer is located on the Moodle sidebar at the right side of most Moodle pages. The blocks that appear in the sidebar may be different depending on whether the user is on the Moodle front page or the course page. Users with a teaching role in a course (including TAs) can add or remove blocks from the course block drawer. All user roles can add blocks to the My Home page. For instructions, see the article Adding a Block.

The following list of blocks are currently available for the My Home page and/or block drawer. The most commonly used are followed by an asterisk (*) and linked to more details in this article. Those not marked with an asterisk will link to the Moodle Docs information in a new tab, except for Panopto which links to the GROK article. After a block is added and while you are still in edit mode, you can click the ellipsis menu icon on the block to see the editing options: Using these settings, you can hide or show a block, or remove it from your course block drawer. Some blocks need to be configured.

The Course Tools page collects together displays, links, and blocks that are especially useful for instructor management of a course. You may access it by clicking the Course Tools link at the bottom of the table of contents for a course: This will put the gear icon into Course Administration mode. Aside from the usual table of contents for course pages, the Course Tools page is divided into 2 sections: The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview.

To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and training, see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Faculty Resources & Support page. The FTC also provides just-in-time faculty training opportunities and recorded training sessions. Attending at least one training session for Moodle upgrades is highly recommended. For a comprehensive list of available workshops and recordings, please see the LSU Online & Continuing Education Technology Training page. Copyright © 2025 Louisiana State University . All Rights Reserved.

PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to save any content from courses that are older than 18 months, you have several options. The first option is to download and save the content to your own computer. The second option is to import the content into a Blueprint Course in Moodle. For each course you teach, you can get a single Blueprint Course created. Instructors can use a Blueprint Course to create and store content for a course to be taught in a future semester. Students do not get enrolled in Blueprint Courses.

For instructions on how to request a Blueprint Course, please visit GROK 20175: Request a Blueprint Course. Are you a student? If so, see: Moodle: Student Home Page: LSU Overview Watch the short video below for a quick overview of Moodle for Instructors. The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview.

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