Instructor Moodle4Me Tips

Moving Content in Moodle4Me

Backup Process

Start in the class that you want to copy or clone (the source course).  To copy from summer 2009 or earlier, go to http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2009.  At the end of the last summer term, 2010 courses or earlier can be accessed at http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/2010.

Click Backup from the Administration block (left side of the page). 

• Do not backup user data
• At the top of the Backup page select None for user data (top of the second column to the right of “Include”) 
• At the bottom of backup page change Users to None, change User files to No 
• Click on None for the Backup role assignments.  Click Continue. 

Next, you will see Backup Details page.  On this page, you can rename your backup by editing the “Name” field (optional).

Click Continue to go to the Backup Completed page
Click Continue to go to the Backup data file within the Moodle4Me Files 

• Right-click on the Backup file, click Save link as 
• Save your backup file to your desktop or other location in your computer 

Restore Process

Go to target course main page located at http://moodle4me.caspercollege.edu/

• Click on Restore in the Administration block 
• Click the Upload a file button 
• Click Browse to find the previously saved file
• Click the file to select and then the Open button 
• Once the file is uploaded, click on the Restore link to the right of the newly uploaded backup file name 
• Click Yes to continue

Next you will see the “Course restore description” page.  Click the Continue button.  The next page will show Restore options.  In the “Restore to” field, change the setting to Existing course, deleting it first  

• Keep all other defaults

Next, you will choose the target course for your content  

• Click the restore now button
• Click Continue

Once the restore process is completed, you will be taken to the target course main page
 
Questions?  Feel free to contact Distance Education at distance_ed@caspercollege.edu


Adding/Removing Students (or Non-editing teachers)


An instructor can manually add a student to a Moodle4Me individual section. This is helpful if a student added the course late in the semester, he/she shows up on the official roster and the LDAP account has already been created, otherwise it may take 24-48 hrs for systems to update.

If you have a metacourse, the participant still has to be added to a specific section (i.e. 01, N1) which in turn "enrolls" the participant in the course. If you do not have access to the individual section, please contact DE at distance_ed@caspercollege.edu.

Please ONLY add students that are listed on the "official" Datatel roster.

1. Go to the Administration block of the course
2. Click on the Assign roles link
3. Click on the Student or Non-editing teacher link
4. On the left column you will see listed all current participants with the selected role (Full name, CC email)
5. Enter the student Casper College username in the search box located on the lower right
6. Click the Search button
7. On the right column, click on the person's name to select. Multiple users may be selected by holding down the Apple or CRTL key while clicking on the names. If you cannot find a person, either there is a typo in the search box or the account has not yet been created.
8. Click the Add button (arrow pointing to the left). Removing someone is done by reversing the add process (moving the user from the left column to the right).  If you remove a student, the data remains in the course.  To see the student activity, re-add the student to the course.

Quickmail - Email your Students from Moodle4Me

Quickmail is a new tool that allows you to send emails to the external email account of Moodle4Me users. This tool allows sending only, not receiving.

Quickmail is helpful when sending materials to the class such as a welcome letter, syllabus, book information, etc. If you do not see the Quickmail block in your course, you can add this block after turning editing on. Starting Fall 2010, the Quickmail block will be standard in all Moodle4Me classes.

Let us know if you have any questions by sending a message to distance_ed@caspercollege.edu.



Browser Tune-up Instructions

To get the best performance of your Mozilla Firefox browser, follow the following directions:

1. Make sure you have the latest version of the browser. As of October 26, 2010, it should be version 3.6.11. To check, go to the Help menu < About Mozilla Firefox. If you do not have the latest version, go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html and install the latest version.
2. In Firefox, click to the Tools menu > then Options...
3. Under the General tab select "Always ask me where to save files".
4. Under the Content tab, make sure that "Block pop-up windows", "Load images automatically", and "Enable JavaScript" options are checked.
   Click on the Exceptions button to the right of the pop-up option.
   In the "Address of website" field enter: moodle4me.caspercollege.edu. Click Allow. Repeat the process to add: smarthinking.com, then click on the Close button.
5. Under the Privacy tab, only select "Accept cookies from sites", "Accept third-party cookies" (Keep until "I close Firefox"), and "Clear history when Firefox closes". Other options should be unchecked.
6. Under the Security tab, make sure the first three options are checked and all of the options in the "Password" section unchecked.
7. Under the Advanced tab > Network tab, click the Clear Now button and set the Offline storage from 50 MB (default) to 0 MB.
8. Click the OK button to close.

If you have any questions, please contact us at distance_ed@caspercollege.edu

Unenrolling from a Moodle4Me Course

If you have course shells you are not using in the current semester, you can remove yourself as the instructor to make your course list more manageable.  This process doe not delete any classes, just removes you access.  Note:  If you remove yourself from individual sections because you are using a metacourse, you will no longer be able to add/remove students.  If you need to be re-added as the instructor, please contact DE.
Steps:

1. Go the Administrator block within your course
2. Click on "Unenroll me from this course"
3. You will be prompted to confirm unenrollment.  Click on Yes to proceed.

Let us know if you have any questions by sending a message to distance_ed@caspercollege.edu.


Unsubscribing from Forums

Forum email messages may be coming to you because you are currently "subscribed" to a discussion forum. This is an option that each course participant can control in forums that have optional subscription activated.

This is a two-step process.

1. First, in the top right corner of the course main page, find your name and click on it. Next, choose the Edit profile tab. Look at your individual profile to make sure your "Forum auto-subscribe" setting is set to "No ...".
   
2. Next, go to the forum from which you are receiving the email messages. In the top right corner of the forum, at the same place where you would see the list of posts made to the forum, look in the top right corner to find the Unsubscribe from this forum link. Click to unsubscribe. Note that this is a toggle, so you can re-subscribe at any time by clicking on the same link to Subscribe to this forum.

If the option to unsubscribe is not available, the forum may be set up to force subscription.  In such a case, you will need to change the setting to "Yes, initially", save, and after you unsubscribe, you can re-apply the force subscription setting.