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How to create a new UCLA user in Moodle
UCLA Moodle accounts are automatically created when someone first logs into the CCLE site via the UCLA Login. But if you want to set up someone’s UCLA account in advance, follow the steps below.Note: You need the following information about the user to pre-cre...
Creating a checklist for students in Moodle
This very creative solution showed up on one of the Moodle Forums, so I’m copying it in here.Question:I need to make a checklist for one of my activities, does anyone have any suggestions? I envision it to be a list where my students can go into the checklist ...
Moodle Switch Roles Tool
Moodle has a feature called “switch role” which allows users with enough access to choose other legacy roles (the Moodle default roles) and to view the site from the point of view of these other roles.Basics of Switching RolesThe switch roles function allows a...
How do I login as a user in Moodle (for troubleshooting purposes)?
If you’re an administrator to a Moodle class site, you can actually login in as a user to duplicate the error the user is experiencing. You won’t need Moodle wide admin access, just admin access to the course (note, only admins can do this function, not cours...
Modifying Roles in Moodle
Sometimes roles set at the site-level may not properly work because they are over-riden by a system-level setting. For example, see the following exchange on the Moodle forums:Q: “I’m using Moodle 1.8. I went to Users → Permissions → Define roles and for both ...
Moodle Meta/Child Site Gradebook Behavior
Do gradebook grades propagate from meta course sites back to their respective child course sites?When a student takes a quiz in the metasite, it appears that grades are reported to the gradebook of the meta-site but not reported to the children sites.Backgroun...
Blogs in Moodle
Martin Dougiamas, founder of Moodle, explains how blogs work in Moodle:“Firstly, I want blogs to be well-integrated in the Moodle experience. I do not want to just bolt on Simpblog or WordPress. Most standalone blogs have comments because there is no other way...
How do faculty and staff get their official UCLA email address changed?
UCLA faculty and staff cannot change their information in the Campus Directory by themselves. They have to go through their department person. To find the correct person in your dept. there is a link off the Campus Directory website http://www.directory.ucla.e...
Moodle Language Settings
Moodle’s language display is controlled by the interaction of two settings: (1) the “Preferred language” in the user’s profile, and (2) “Force language” in the settings for each individual course. The course setting overrides the user’s preferred language. ...
Moodle Auto-Linking
The Moodle course management system has a feature called “Resource Name Auto-Linking” which as its name indicates, allows Moodle to automatically recognize and create links between site resources. That is, if a user creates a web page titled “Moodle Feature Se...
Moodle Quiz cutoff time
What does the cutoff time for a Moodle Quiz control?The Cutoff time prevents both starting a quiz and submitting an already-started quiz once that time is past. Instructors can check the unsubmitted saved answers and the answers are checked against the correct...
Utilities to convert CSV files or tab-delimited text to Moodle Glossary XML
glossaryXMLconverterglossaryXMLconverter is a GUI utility program for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (does not run on 10.4 Tiger). This can convert CSV files (encoded in ASCII or UTF-8) from Apple’s Numbers or Google Spreadsheet to an XML file that Moodle Glossary T...
Turn off Global Events
If you find the Calendar Global Events or Upcoming Events distracting, you can easily turn them off by using one of the following methods:From Upcoming Events Block: 1. Click on one of the events.2. Locate the text link ‘Global events’ to the far right of the ...
Special Cases Login
In rare situations it becomes necessary for an Admin to create a Special Case Login to help in administering course sites. Contact a Moodle Admin for creation of such an account. After you receive your Special Case Login, you can gain access to Moodle by click...
Creating CCLE (Moodle) logins for Senior Scholars
Staff, faculty and students all have a UCLA Login ID and can log into the CCLE Moodle site. However, there are cases where certain groups, such as Senior Scholars, will need to create a UCLA Login ID in order to access Moodle. If you are a Senior Scholar, foll...
How to Add a Wimba Voice Tool in CCLE Moodle
These are instructions for instructors on how to add a Wimba Voice Tool (Voice Board, Presentation Tool, Podcaster) to your course site in CCLE Moodle.1. Login at http://ccle.ucla.edu and go to your course site.2. Click ‘Turn editing on’ on the top right corne...
How to crosslist two already existing courses on CCLE
DOCUMENTATION BELOW IS OUTDATED FOR MOODLE 2Please see: https://ccle.ucla.edu/mod/wiki/view.php?pageid=4318-——————————————————————————————————-(This article duplicates: https://kb.ucla.edu/link/1124)Below are the steps to crosslist two already existing courses...
How to Change your CCLE Moodle Email Address
Students who wish to change their CCLE Moodle address can do so by changing their Official UCLA E-mail Address at https://my.ucla.edu. Changes will automatically be reflected in CCLE Moodle within 24-48 hours.For faculty and staff, please refer to this articl...