Moodle Basics - L2

What is the default self-enrollment key for a course on moodle?

The short name of the course and the semester/year (e.g. ENVS330-01/15SP)

When updating a Topic in a moodle course, what does the "update" icon look like?

A gear

What is the number one reason IT recommends using the automatic enrollment function for Moodle courses?

Because if students drop the course, they will be automatically unenrolled whereas other methods don't do that.

A professor has a TA who needs to be manually enrolled in their Moodle course - how can they accomplish that?

Click the "Participants" link then click "Enroll Users". Select the "Assigned Role" and search the user's name or email then click "Enroll".

If a professor does not want their course in Topic format, how do they change it?

Course Administration > Edit Settings > Format > change Topic to Weekly

If a professor wants to allow self-enrollment instead of (or in addition to) manual or automatic enrollment, how can they do that?

Select "Enrollment Methods" and "Self-enrollment (student)", change "Allow new-enrollments" to "Yes"

How can professors export a roster from a Moodle gradebook?

Settings > Grades > Export > Excel spreadsheet > Submit (to preview) > Download

A professor calls in concerned that her students cannot see a Moodle course even though the Moodle course was created and the students are enrolled in it. What is most likely the problem?

The course is still "hidden" and the professor needs to make it "visible".

What does "Blind Marking" in Moodle mean?

The professor cannot see the student identity while grading until all the grading is finished.

When importing an existing course into a new course, what should professors usually uncheck before clicking "perform import"?

"News forum"

How does a professor make a Moodle course visible to students?

Go into "Edit Settings" and change the setting under "Visible" to "show".

A professor calls in and says that they can't figure out how to change the current enrollment key for their moodle course, where should you direct them?

Participants > Enrollment Methods > Self-enrollment > Click the Gear; from here it will allow them to change the key.

When creating a new forum in Moodle, what is the default forum type?

Standard forum for general use

Professors can search for students by either their name or email when trying to manually enroll them in a course.

True

Someone calls in and complains that they are getting individual emails for every Moodle forum post, and wants to turn the feature off. How would they do this?

Under "My Profile" and "Edit Profile" change the Forum Auto-subscribe settings to "No."