Getting+Started

How to use Moodle for middle school teachers

1. Go to internet and put http://moodle/ms in the address line. If at home, go to the Madison City Schools website and click on student links. Login in to moodle outside and type in your login and password. 2. Teachers are listed alphabetically by school. Find your last name and click on the name. 3. On next screen, click on your name. 4. Edit profile with your personal information, make sure En_US is chosen – our English language is different from En which is Australian since that is where the author is from. Here is an example.

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6. Click “Update Profile”

7. On the screen, make sure you have editing turned on. Then click settings on the left under administration. 8. Edit course settings. The course name and course number were put in by the IT personnel at CO, but fill in the other blanks for short name and summary. On format, you choose “Weekly” or “Topics”. If you choose weekly, your weeks will always start on the day of creation. (For example: If you set up Moodle on a Wednesday, your weeks will be Wednesday through Tuesday.) Topics allows you to divide your curriculum into units of study. 9. Enrollment Date Range, should be disabled. The best plan is to have an enrollment key that you can share with your students for a specific time period and have them enroll in your class. Then change the enrollment key to prevent students from joining your class and getting an early idea of next year’s or next semester’s lessons and quizzes. Late students can be added as needed. 10. Mark no groups and yes to force. You can always edit to make groups as needed. 11. Click “Save Changes”. 12. Add a resource 13. Add activities 14. Icons. 15. Groups