Your guide to
transition Moodle courses each Semester and for preparing to teach online.
IMPORTANT SEMESTER DATES
JANUARY 10 - Students enrolled in Moodle courses
JANUARY 13 - First day of spring semester
JANUARY 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – no classes
MARCH 7 - Mid-semester date, Spring Break begins at 4:30
MARCH 28 - Last day for student-initiated withdrawal
MAY 12-16 – Final exams
MAY 16 – Commencement
MAY 19 – All grades are due in the Office of Admissions and Records
JANUARY 10 - Students enrolled in Moodle courses
JANUARY 13 - First day of spring semester
JANUARY 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – no classes
MARCH 7 - Mid-semester date, Spring Break begins at 4:30
MARCH 28 - Last day for student-initiated withdrawal
MAY 12-16 – Final exams
MAY 16 – Commencement
MAY 19 – All grades are due in the Office of Admissions and Records
TRANSITION CHECKLIST
EXPORT GRADES
- From the main page of your course, click Grades in the Settings block under Course Administration.
- Choose the Export tab, then Excel spreadsheet sub tab.
- Under Options, click the “Include Feedback in Export” check box.
- Scroll down and click submit.
- Click Download and save the file to your computer or flash drive.
EXPORT ATTENDANCE
- Access your attendance.
- Click on the Export tab near the top.
- From the Format pull-down menu, choose the file format you’d like the report exported in.
- Click on the OK button.
- Choose Display or Save.
IMPORT YOUR COURSE
Before
the first day of class, import content into your new course shell from a
previous course, if applicable.
Directions can be found here.
UPDATE YOUR COURSE
Make
appropriate updates to your course. To
update your dated activities:
- Turn editing on.
- Click the Edit icon for the activity you wish to update.
- Change the availability or due date and click ‘Save and Return to Course’ at the bottom.
- Repeat as needed.
EMAIL NEW STUDENTS
Invite
your online students into your class, using SOAR to send all of your
enrolled students an introductory email.
Include your contact information and Moodle login information. View
a tutorial detailing how to email your online students through
SOAR. You may utilize the Template for Emailing an Online Class provided in Instructor
Resources for this purpose. For special
instructions regarding ILCCO students,
see page two of this document.
MAKE
COURSE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
Students will not
have access to your class until you make it available to them. By default, all
courses created for the spring semester will be hidden from students. Follow
these steps to make the course available to students.
- Go into your course.
- Go to ‘Edit settings’ in the Settings block under Course Administration.
- Scroll down to the Availability section.
- Change the availability to “This course is available to students”, and Save Changes at the bottom. View a tutorial for changing your course availability.
OTHER
INFORMATION
SVCC
EXEMPLARY ONLINE COURSE CHECKLIST
Use this tool to review your online course with a
colleague or IT staff. The four sections of course design can be used to help
you incorporate best practices in instructional strategies for online courses.
http://www.svcc.edu/employees/it/resources/SVCC_Exemplary_Online_Course_Checklist.pdf
STUDENT LOGIN
INFORMATION
Students’ usernames are firstname.middleinitial.lastname.
For example, John Alex Smith’s username would be john.a.smith. If students do
not have a middle initial in Banner it will not be part of their username.
Students’ passwords start with sv followed by the last 4 digits of their Sauk
ID numbers.
For example, the Sauk ID @00001234 will have the
password sv1234. Printable student login information can be found at http://www.svcc.edu/students/studentlogins.pdf.
ILCCO/ICE STUDENTS
If you receive an email from the ICE system, you
have a student from other Illinois community colleges in your class. This
means you will need to access the ILCCO site to enter tenth day attendance,
midterm grades and final grades. Let us know if you need help accessing the
ILCCO site at http://ice.ilcco.net/.
Please be sure to contact these students. View a tutorial
detailing how to send email to the group via the ICE website. You may utilize
the Moodle Email
ILCCO Students Template provided on the IT website.
RESOURCES
& LINKS
