Moodle
Moodle is the primary online learning environment at the University of Waikato.
Moodle 4.1 upgrade
Moodle was upgraded on 9 November 2023 to version 4.1. There are a number of changes to Moodle, mostly to the user interface.
This screencast gives you a view of key changes in Moodle 4.1. Please be aware that this video was done in a preliminary environment.
See the Moodle 4.1 upgrade page for more details about the changes.
How-to guides
These step-by-step instructions cover the most common questions people ask us. Please let us know if there are other instructions you would like.
- Paper Outlines
- How Paper Outlines work
- Paper Outlines interim changes
- Add paper information
- Connect learning outcomes
- Create topics and schedule
- Preview and Submit Paper Outlines
- Approve Paper Outlines
- Dashboard
- Manage my paper
- Prepare a new Moodle paper
- Import a Moodle paper into another Moodle paper
- Import specific content from a Moodle paper
- Edit paper settings
- Change language to Māori
- Change the number of topics
- Edit paper content
- Move and edit topics
- Add text to a topic or section
- Make a paper visible to students
- Create Groups
- Groupings
- Auto-create groups
- Group Choice self sign-up
- Turn off auto-linking
- Restrict access
- Configure the Assessments block
- Compulsory assessments
- Paper Outlines interim changes
- Communication tools
- Dialogue
- Forums
- Add a forum
- Use groups with forums
- Add a Discussion Topic
- Grading Forums
- Anonymous Discussion
- Activities
- Introduction to Activities & Resources
- Introduction to Activity Completion
- Glossary
- Group Choice self sign-up
- Attendance Activity
- Feedback
- Choice
- Workshop
- Create a workshop activity
- Workshop - Setup Phase
- Resources
- Hide/delete/move resources
- Edit resource and activity settings
- Add a file
- Add a folder
- Add a URL
- Add a web page
- Add a book
- Add a Waikato Reading List
- Link to a full Reading List or Specific Items with URL
- Assignments
- Edit an assignment
- Turn on workflow
- Grant an extension
- Group assignment submission
- Find a student's assignment using filters
- Submit an assignment on behalf of a student
- Revert an assignment to draft.
- Quizzes
- Question Bank
- Add questions to the question bank
- Duplicate question bank questions
- Create a Quiz
- Quiz settings
- Academic integrity for quizzes
- Quiz settings details
- Add a new question to a quiz
- Question types
- Add Randomised questions
- Add multiple choice question
- Preview a Quiz
- Duplicate a Quiz
- Reopen a quiz to a student
- Quiz manual grading
- Release Quiz Marks
- Grading
- Grading Wizards
- Wizard 2: Create Gradebook Categories
- Wizard 3: Add Assessment Items
- Wizard 4: Review Grade book
- Create a gradebook category
- Release marks with workflow
- Release quiz marks
- Attach a Feedback File
- Enter marks for assignments
- Quick Grading
- Standard grading
- Feedback Studio grading
- Offline grading worksheet
- Enter marks for manual gradebook item
- Feedback Studio
- How to access Feedback Studio
- Rubric or Grading Form?
- Create a new rubric
- Create a new grading form
- Attach a rubric or grading form to an assignment
- Mark an assignment using a rubric
- Mark an assignment using a grading form
- Add a comment to an assignment
- Turn a comment into a Quickmark
- Import a new rubric from Excel
- Share a QuickMarks set
- Add audio comments
- Quiz manual grading
- Add an IC to a paper
- Maximum mark for an assignment
- Administrators: sending marks to SITS
- SITS export error messages
- Student guides
- Online exams and alternatives
- Exporting list of participants