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To clarify the question. It is not clear if the Moodle easily allows the set-up to be changed so that any image (or files uploaded) can be put on another server. We might want to do this for particular types of files, such as movies or audio clips.Yes you ca...

Under adding resources, when adding a web page, there is a summary field, but it never seems to display after you submit it. Is it a theme decision to ignore them?When you create a resource or activity there is a summary option for the item you are creating. ...

go to http://moodle.org and register to get a login ID. No charge. That will get you into some of the links below. once you’ve logged in, edit your profile, at least to say that you’re at UCLA, which dept. and what systems you’re familiar with. go to Free ...

How to add a syllabus into MoodleIf uploading a file as your syllabus: In the Administration block or in the top right corner, click “Turn editing on” On the Add a resource… drop-down menu in the Syllabus block, choose Link to file or website. In the Name text...

How to add links to outside web sites from within a Moodle class website: First, go to either the public or private site for your class, depending on whether or not you want this: visible to the whole world, or restricted to students enrolled in your class ...

How to add and use a discussion board (aka Forum) in a Moodle class site.How to add a discussion board: Go to the private version of your class site. In the Adminstration block or in the top right corner, click on the Turn editing on link. On the Add a activit...

What does the Reset function in the Administration menu do?From Mary Parke, Instructional Designer, De Anza College:“The reset function allows you to remove all user data from a course and reset it’s start date each term – to “refresh it” one might say (conten...

Forums are divided into two main categories: General forums and Learning forums (forums for specific parts of class, ie: weekly, topic, etc)There are 4 different forum types:1) single simple discussions- single topic on one page, useful for short focused discu...

There are two ways to do it: Place them in the “site files” area. It looks like only the administrator can do this. Also, the file will be viewable by everyone (i.e. don’t put sensitive data there). Use the myFiles module to share the file. (However, someone i...

Does this happen when trying to open a PDF resource?This issue may occur when a user tries to open a PDF resource due to an incompatibility between Moodle and the Adobe Reader plugin on some of the most recent browsers. Generally speaking, refreshing the wind...

What skills do I need to write webpages for UCLA’s CCLE site?: TBDWill someone review my changes? What if I need help?: TBDAre my changes owned by me? Will anyone make changes to my content without telling me?: TBDIs UCLA free to distribute my content to oth...

This is a description of the location of code that should be changed in order to remove the ‘Topic Outline’ header of the class page a replace it with The class name and info. This information is for Moodle v1.7 found at http://xref.moodle.org. The code pertai...

This article is about removing Icons from the course formats page (when displaying the course page) for Moodle 1.7. The code referenced can be found at xref.moodle.org. The lack of a icon switch variable still exists in version 1.8 (found at http://moodle.cvs...

In MoodleOnly instructors can access a complete view of a course site’s files in Administration > Files. There is no personal file space for student users (unless the student attaches or posts files to a designated activity, e.g. Forum, Assignment). In the...

This is a list of the problems that we are currently aware of with special case enrollments in Moodle classes where the person does not have a UCLA Login and can log into My.UCLA (use ISIS). And who can add them? Instructors, TAs, Admins?Problems they won’t s...

Please answer this question and change the tags.In debugging Moodle login problems it would be extremely helpfulv if we could log the attributes Shibboleth delivers for each person on login.The reason this is useful is that some Extension Students have uclaLog...

There are various ways to add someone as a guest to a Moodle site. This article will cover the following topics in the context of using the CCLE: Adding a specific user with a UCLA Logon ID as a guest to a Moodle site Adding a specific user without a UCLA Logo...

A UCLA account must be created for those users who need access to a private Moodle site and don’t have a UCLA Common Logon ID. (Cf. How do I know if I have a UCLA Common Logon ID?)The first step in creating a special case account is to sign up for a UCLA Logon...