Living in Canberra​

Contents 

• 1 Access and Navigation 
• 1.1 Why can’t I log in? 
• 1.2 How do I gain access to a course? 
• 1.3 How do I jump between my courses? 
• 1.4 How do I get back to the homepage? 
• 1.5 How do I find course X? 
• 2 Course content 

○ 2.1 Where have all of the weeks/topics gone? 

• 3 Emails and forums 

○ 3.1 Why am I not getting any e-mails and others are? 

○ 3.2 How can I stop all of these e-mails? 

• 4 Assignments and grades 

○ 4.1 Why is there no upload box? 

○ 4.2 How can I see my recent assignment feedback? 

○ 4.3 Why is my course average so low? 

• 5 Quizzes 

○ 5.1 Which button do I press when I have finished a quiz? 

○ 5.2 Why am I getting zero grades on my quiz? 

• 6 How to submit an assignment
• 7 How students take a quiz

Access and Navigation 

Why can’t I log in? 

There could be many reasons but the most probable is you have simply forgotten your password, are trying the wrong one or are entering it incorrectly. Some other things to think about include: 

• Does your username or password contain a mixture of upper and lower case letters? It should be entered exactly
• Are cookies enabled on your browser

How do I gain access to a course?

Locate or search for the desired course (you can click ‘All courses…’ in the ‘My courses’ block) and click on the course name. If your teacher has given you an enrollment key, enter it when prompted, and click Enroll me in this course. Once you are enrolled in a course, it will appear under “My courses” any time that your are logged into that Moodle site. 

How do I jump between my courses? 

• ‘My Courses’ block if it has been added to the page you are on ● Go back to the homepage (see below) and then use the main course block (if it has been added!)

How do I get back to the homepage? 

Use the navigation bar at the top left of the page or the button at the very bottom of the course 

How do I find course X? 

If you are not already enrolled in a course you can search for it by name and description. 

Course content 

Where have all of the weeks/topics gone? 

You have probably clicked on the icon. To reveal all of the other weeks/topics you need to click on the icon which you will see in the right margin of the week/topic. You can also use the dropdown box underneath the displayed week/topic to jump to a hidden section 

Emails and forums 

Why am I not getting any e-mails and others are? 

Chances are your email address in your profile is either wrong or disabled. It could also be that you are not subscribed to the forums that are generating emails. AOL users may also not receive e-mails if the administrator has banned the use of AOL email addresses.

How can I stop all of these e-mails? 

E-mails are an essential part of the way Moodle works. They are used to keep you up to date with what is going on. If you wish to reduce the amount of emails you get you could: 

• Edit your profile and change your e-mail settings to digest
• Unsubscribe from non-essential forums (although they are there for a reason!)
• Disable your e-mail address in your profile although this is not recommended and may go against in house rules.

Assignments and grades 

Why is there no upload box? 

This is either because: 

• The assignment has now closed
• The assignment is not yet open
• You already uploaded something and the settings prevent resubmissions

How can I see my recent assignment feedback? 

There are many ways you can access their feedback. The most common method is by simply going to the same place where you uploaded the work. Another common method is to follow the link in the recent activity block (if the teacher has included it on the course). Another method would be to access the grade book and then follow 

the link for the required assignment. Depending upon how the assignment was set up, you may receive an email when it has been marked with a direct link to the feedback. 

Why is my course average so low? 

Don’t panic! The Moodle gradebook takes into account unmarked and unsubmitted work. In other words, you start with zero and as you progress through the course and complete graded activities the percentage will steadily rise 

Quizzes

Which button do I press when I have finished a quiz? 

That depends upon what you want to do… 

Why am I getting zero grade on my quiz? 

You might exceed the quiz time limit. 

This should never happen, because the count-down timer should submit the quiz automatically when time expires, and then the Moodle server should process you submission promptly. However, if the server is overloaded and running slowly, your responses may not be processed until after to ‘too late’ cut-off time, and so you will not receive marks for those questions. 

How to submit an assignment 

A Moodle assignment activity is where your instructor records your grade and provides feedback on your work. Sometimes a Moodle assignment activity is just to remind you about an assignment that is submitted in person, and for these assignments, the feedback may or may not be received through the Moodle assignment activity. 

To find your assignments you can either browse the course for the assignment icon or you can navigate to the Activities block on the right side of the course and click on Assignments to see a list of all assignments in the course.

This list of assignments displays what unit the assignment is in, the assignment name, due date, submission status, and if it has been graded, the assignment grade. To see the assignment description, click on the assignment name. 

To submit your assignment, navigate to the assignment activity and click the Add submission button. 

You will either make a File submission, such as a Word document or type text into the Online text submission area. The assignment description will usually indicate what is required, but file submissions are much more common. To upload a file, simply drag and drop the file into the File submission area. Alternatively, you can click on the Add new file button, click Choose File, navigate to the file and select it, click the Open button, and click the Upload this file button.

If it’s an online text submission enter the text into the Online text submission box. 

Once you have finished either uploading a file or adding online text, click the Save changes button. 

Depending on the assignment settings, you may be able to edit your submission. Note that clicking the Save changes button updates the date and time stamp for the submission, so only click this button if you are either making your original submission or are making changes to your submission. Clicking the Save changes button after an assignment’s due date, whether or not you changed anything, will make the assignment appear late. 

How students take a quiz 

• Click on the quiz link on the course homepage and read the information to check you’re on the right quiz.
• Click on the “Attempt quiz now” button.
• Click on the “Next” button at the bottom of the page to see the next page of questions
• Click on the “flag” in the box next to the question to put a temporary marker on it
• Notice the Quiz navigation block. You can use it to jump to any question.

○ A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right

○ Questions on the current page are shown with a thicker border ○ After viewing a description, it is shown with the bottom half grey ○ After saving an essay question, it is shown with the bottom half grey 

○ A dependent question is shown in grey with a padlock icon 

• To finish the exam, click “Finish attempt” in the navigation block of “Next” on the last page of the exam.
• The “Summary of attempt” page – reviews the questions and alerts you to questions not attempted.
• Click on any question page number or “Return to attempt” to go back to the quiz.
• Click on “Submit all and finish” to have your quiz scored. A warning will pop up telling you you can no longer change your answers.

Autosave 

If Moodle detects that the student’s Internet connection has dropped, and the Quiz autosave feature is enabled, a warning message is displayed, prompting the student to make a note of recent responses.

Quiz autosave is enabled by default, with the default time period set to 2 minutes. This autosave period can be changed, or the setting disabled completely, from Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Quiz>Autosave period. 

How students review a quiz 

• In the quiz navigation block

○ A correct answer is shown with the bottom half green with a 

white tick 

○ A partially correct answer is shown with the bottom half orange with a white circle in it 

○ A wrong answer is shown with the bottom half red 

○ An essay question (requiring manual marking) is shown with the bottom half grey 

○ A flagged question is shown with a red triangle at the top right

• In the questions themselves, correct answers will be in green with a checkmark next to it. Incorrect answers will be in red with a cross next to them.
• According to your teacher’s settings, you might get general feedback, specific feedback on each question and/or overall feedback on your final score.
• Although the quiz may have been split into multiple pages, the review will show all the questions on a single page to make it easier to navigate. You can choose to review the quiz with separate pages as it was when you took the quiz.

Results in a quiz using CBM (Certainty-based marking) 

Quizzes using CBM provides detailed feedback relating to accuracy and certainty:

Saving questions and returning later to a quiz 

• If you answer a number of questions and then want to complete the quiz at a later time, click “Finish attempt”.
• When you return to continue the quiz, Moodle will remember which page you were on and allow you to continue from there, having saved your previous questions.

Retaking a quiz 

If your teacher has allowed multiple attempts, when you click on the quiz again you will be informed how many attempts you have remaining along with your previous scores.