Topic outline

  • My Moodle courses

    • My Moodle courses

      Moodle courses are available if your teacher has created them and added you as a participant. In some cases, enrolling in a Moodle course may require you to click on the link to the Moodle course (usually sent or otherwise provided by the teacher) and to enter the so-called course enrolment key (also provided by the teacher).

      Enrolment key prompt before joining a Moodle course

      All Moodle courses in which you are already enrolled can be found on the Dashboard of that Moodle platform in the Course overview section. On your relevant Moodle platform, quick links to your ten current courses (their short names) are displayed under My courses in the left side menu.

      My courses list in the left side menu and on the Dashboard page

    • Contents of a Moodle course

      Each Moodle course has two names, i.e. the full name displayed on the Home page and on the Dashboard, and the short name, which is displayed as the subject in e-mail notifications, in the breadcrumb path, or in the side menu under My courses.

      A typical Moodle course page consists of a list of sections organised by topics or weeks. The choice of the layout is up to the teacher. In the weekly layout, the current week is highlighted. In the thematic layout, the teacher may select (highlight) a particular topic. Each section of the course may contain different resources and activities added by the teacher.

      The teacher can hide some sections and other course elements (resources and activities), either permanently or temporarily, for example to gradually reveal parts of the course. Sometimes the entire course may be hidden, which means it is not available to students.

      In addition to the central list of topics/weeks, some AMU Moodle courses may contain information blocks displayed on the right side or (on smaller screens) at the bottom of the page. These blocks make it easier to keep track of current events in a given course:

      • Latest announcements – titles of the last few announcements posted by the teacher.
      • Upcoming events – upcoming assignments, tests, etc.,
      • Recent activity – list of changes introduced since your previous login,
      • sometimes a mini-calendar (with highlighted dates of course events).

      Collapsible left side menu in a Moodle course

      On AMU Moodle platforms, the sliding left-side menu of the course includes:

      • list of course participants (if enabled by the teacher), where you can see the names of other participants and the option to send them a message via the Moodle communicator,
      • links to the titles of course sections,
      • grouped types of activities in the course (all quizzes, all assignments, all forums, etc.),
      • course calendar link to a page displaying the current month,
      • recent activity link to a page where you can check in detail what changed in the course in a selected period of time.

    • Announcements in the General section

      Announcements forum in a Moodle course

      The opening General section (which teachers may rename if they wish) usually features the Announcements forum and also files or subpages introducing the course, the syllabus, etc. Students CANNOT reply to the teacher's posts in Announcements. Here the teacher posts course announcements, which are then sent automatically to students' e-mail addresses; post notifications are displayed on the bell icon in the web interface and in the application (unless you have disabled notifications).

      Students may contribute to discussions using different forums that can be added by the teacher as new activities in the course.

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