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Access to Moodle is handled primarily through SPIRE. Students, instructors and teaching assistants, or others who are associated with a class in SPIRE, will automatically be enrolled in the Moodle course for that class. Instructors can also request or allow different types of access to a Moodle...
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About Co-instructor and Instructional Staff Roles
Co-instructors and other instructional staff associated with your class in SPIRE (e.g., librarians, project coordinators) receive unlimited access to Moodle's design and teaching tools. Use these pages to find out how to obtain access to Moodle...
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This page reviews how students gain access to a course in Moodle.
Student Enrollment in Moodle Courses
Once the instructor for a class requests a Moodle course, students who are enrolled in the class in SPIRE will automatically be added to the roster in Moodle. Moodle course rosters are updated...
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This page reviews basic information on getting access to a Moodle course for Teaching Assistants.
About Teaching Assistants (TAs) in Moodle
Your TA must be listed in SPIRE as a Teaching Assistant in order to have access to your Moodle course. By default, TAs automatically receive access to...
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To copy the contents of a Moodle course belonging to another instructor, the owner of the course must give permission by sending an email from his or her UMass email account to instruct@oit.umass.edu with the following information:
the name of the instructor with whom to share the course...
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Instructors can add certain abilities for users already enrolled in their course by adding the role of Course Designer, Course Assistant or Student - Unlimited quiz time. They can add these permissions at the course level, or for a particular resource or activity.
Course Designer can upload...
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The following browser recommendations and settings will improve your experience using Moodle and ensure access to the activities and tools in your Moodle courses.Note: OIT Computer Classrooms and Learning Commons computers are set up for Moodle.
Browser Versions
Recommended browsers and...
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A Course Designer can upload materials to a course, add activities such as assignments and quizzes, and make changes to the general design of a Moodle course. There are a few ways to use the Course Designer role:
An instructor can make a special request to add a departmental staff or student...
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Instructors can set a course to allow Guest access, then share the course URL and a custom password with anyone who they would like to be able to view the course. Guests have minimal privileges in Moodle courses. They cannot participate in activities, view students’ contributions to the course, or...
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This page explains how to log in to Moodle and find your courses, with troubleshooting tips for students and instructors.
Log in to Moodle
To log in to Moodle, visit http://moodle.umass.edu.
In the top left corner, click Login. The UMass Amherst Web Login screen opens.
In the Web...
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Moodle courses will automatically be released to students three days prior to the beginning of courses. However, Moodle gives instructors the ability to hide or show their courses outside of the institutional schedule. This feature can be used by instructors to hide courses that are not ready for...
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Moodle is a widely-used open source learning management system (LMS) used to deliver course content and host online learning activities.
Request a Moodle course in SPIRE
Instructors can now request Moodle for Summer 2013 and Fall 2013 on-campus courses.
To request a Moodle course, log in to SPIRE...
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To reuse a course previously taught in Moodle, first request a Moodle course for the new semester, then use the Import tool in the Settings block of your new course to import the contents of the previous course. You can import a course you taught in a previous semester that is still on our Moodle...
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There are several distinct roles course members can have in a Moodle course, and each role has a specific set of abilities for what members can do in the course. The role you are given in a Moodle course depends on how you are enrolled for the class in SPIRE.
Note: Teaching assistants and co-...
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