Resources for Faculty
DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES AND VIDEOS
- Snap Theme Basics: Learn more about the themes and how to make adjustments to your course.
- Moodle Basics for Faculty: A self-paced tutorial covering the basics of navigating and adding content to your Moodle course shell.
- Moodle Gallery of Courses: Self-enroll in this Moodle course to see examples of current online course design by UM faculty.
- Course Maintenance for Instructors: A step-by-step guide for course maintenance for the end of a semester and preparing a course for a new semester.
- Moodle Gradebook Tutorial: An overview of the Moodle gradebook with best practices and tips for managing your gradebook.
- OER-Open Education Resources: Self-enroll in this tutorial to learn about OERs. Includes links to OER repositories, open textbooks sites, and various resources to learn more about OERs.
- Instructor Course Checklist and End of Semester Information.
TIP SHEETS AND TUTORIALS
Tip Sheets
- How to Import Moodle Grades into CyberBear
- How to Export Grades from Moodle
- Atto HTML Editor Overview
- How to Backup a Course in Moodle
- How to Import Course Content in Moodle
- How to Restore Course Content in Moodle
Online Guidelines and Ideas
- Association of College and University Educators - Online Teaching Toolkit
- Suny - Designing an Online Course and Becoming an Online Educator - A Step-by-Step Guide
Video Tutorials
RECOMMENDED BROWSER AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION
Whether you’re using a PC or Mac, Firefox and Chrome are the preferred browsers for working in Moodle. Using alternative browsers can sometimes limit Moodle’s functionality.
Chrome and Firefox are free and easy to use, you can download it from the following Firefox Download and Chrome Download links.
Individual courses may require additional hardware or software, such as a webcam and speakers for web conferencing.