How can I make my Moodle course more accessible for students with disabilities?

The Accessibility and e-learning guide  provides suggestions on steps which can be taken to make Moodle courses more accessible.

How can I link from Moodle to a file stored in the LMF?

To create a resource link to a file which is stored in the Learning Materials Filestore (LMF) see this guide.

Important : in order to do this you first need to set the correct permissions in the LMF , i.e. share the file(s) with the relevant group(s).

How can I get a unit created in Moodle?

Units are automatically created in Moodle from data in SAMIS.
Please see this guide.

How can I get a Moodle course created for a unit in a future semester?

1. Check with your departmental administrator, or whoever in your department can add data to SAMIS, that you are listed as the Module tutor on SAMIS for the unit. If you are not, then ask them to add you.
2. Log in to Moodle and go to the Staff area
3. In the bottom right hand corner you will see the “Create your courses” wizard
4. Click on “Start Wizard”
5. Enter the year and period and click on “make my courses”

How can I get a course created in Moodle which isn’t in SAMIS?

Contact e-learning@bath.ac.uk with details of the course name, a short name for it (max 11 characters) and staff who will need teacher/administrator access.

How can I export a list of students in my course to Word or Excel?

• Go to the “Participants” list in the top left of your Moodle course.
• Scroll to the bottom of the list and select “Show all …”.
• Select all the participants, and copy them.
• In Excel select Edit - Paste special, and choose Text, then click on OK
• or in Word select Edit - Paste special, choose “Unformatted text” then click on OK

How can I copy activities from one course to another?

Activities can be copied by using the “Import course data” tool. This copies all activities of a selected type or types from one course to another:

• Go in to the course you want the activities to be copied to
• Click on “Import course data” (in the administration menu)
• Choose the course you want to copy the activities from in the “courses I have taught” drop down menu
• Click on “use this course”
• Select the desired activities from the list
• If you have files e.g. images linked into the activities then in the course files drop down menu select “yes”.
  
• Click continue 4 times.
• All selected activities will be imported into the current course, and will be placed in the same topic sections as they were in in the course from which they came.
• You may then need to either move activities or delete unwanted ones.

How can I clear quiz attempts so I can add or remove questions?

Moodle will not allow you to add or remove questions from a quiz which has been attempted by students. In order to add or remove questions, you will first need to delete the quiz attempts.
To do this:

• Click on the quiz
• Click on the reports tab
• You may wish to download the results before deleting them. If so select one of the download options at the bottom of the page
• When you are ready to delete the attempts, click on the “Select all” button to select all attempts
• Click on the “With selected” drop down menu, and choose “Delete”

How can I backup forum posts?

Unfortunately there is no easy and efficient way. The only options currently available are:

1. Display discussions in nested form and copy and paste them into Word (would need to be done on a per-discussion basis)
2. Backup all the forums in a course (using the backup utility in the admin block). This produces an XML file from which message data could be extracted but not easily.

1. is easier, though could be time-consuming if there are a lot of discussions in a forum. 

How can I add an image to my course page?

Images can be added to the page either in a label or in an HTML block.
See this guide for instructions.