Moodle

What is Moodle?

Moodle is a learning management system that host course materials, a platform for students to submit or complete assessments, and to participate in discussions.

When you study at the College, you will be able to access Moodle sites for each of your subjects and for some of the extracurricular activities.

What do you use Moodle for?

You can use Moodle to access important documents (like subject outlines, assessment rubrics, lecture slides and recordings), to submit assessments, to complete assessments like quizzes, to check your grades for assessments and to participate in discussion forums.

Accessing Moodle

Navigated to http://moodle.uowplatform.edu.au to see your Moodle homepage (see image below). You may also navigate to Moodle from within Banner from the side menu. In the Site Summary section, you will find a list of sites, including those for each subject you are studying this semester.

Using Moodle

Accessing course materials	To access course materials, like lecture slides or course outlines, locate them in the Moodle site by looking for links that appear in a blue font. Click on the link and the materials will either automatically download or open in a new tab for you. NOTE: Each subject examiner can set up their course’s Moodle site in a variety of formats, which means that course materials may appear anywhere in the site. If you can’t find them, contact your subject coordinator.

Uploading an assessment	To upload an assignment to Moodle, locate the submission link in the subject’s Moodle site.. The link will appear next to a hand symbol . Click on the ‘Add submission’ button at the bottom of the page, and click on the ‘Add...’ button . Follow the prompts to select and add your assessment. When you have added your assessment, check the box that confirms the submission is your own work, and click on the blue ‘Save changes’ button. You will receive a digital receipt via UOWmail notifying you that your assessment has been submitted. This process may be slightly different on different Moodle sites. It is always best to give yourself some leeway with uploading assignments to ensure that if you experience any problems, you have plenty of time to seek help from your Subject Coordinator. NOTE: If you experience difficulty uploading your file, it may be that it is too big. An easy fix is to save it as a PDF and to submit the PDF version.

Using a discussion forum	A Moodle discussion forum is an online communication system the lecturer can organise for the students in the subject to collaborate and engage in discussion regarding set topics by the lecturer. As a user, you are able to read and post messages that can be seen by the whole cohort of students enrolled in the subject. If the lecturer has organised a discussion forum for the subject, the ‘dialogue’ symbol will appear under the subject name to inform you that there is a discussion forum for this subject to which you can contribute.

Closing date of Moodle subjects	Each subject you have enrolled in for the semester will have a closing date, after which you will no longer have access to the subject Moodle site. To prevent disappointment when the subject is no longer in your ‘Site summary’ section in Moodle, it is best practice to save all the lecture notes and any additional information that may be relevant to you before the closing date.

The Moodle Student Dashboard	The Moodle Student Dashboard will display feedback on your activity and results for a particular Moodle site. The dashboard will appear at the top of a Moodle page unless the Subject Coordinator has hidden it from view. Click on ‘Show progress’ to view the feedback. To learn more about the Moodle Student Dashboard, take a look at the ‘Moodle Student Dashboard ’ page.