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Giving factor to an exam You can give a factor to a Quiz (exam) or Assignment directly in the grader report, without changing the original grades in the grade item itself (such as quiz, assignment, etc.) If you want to add bonus points in the course grade for specific students, click here for instructions. How to give a factor in Moodle? 1. On the course website, click "Grades" in the top menu. 2. In the next window, select “Gradebook setup” in the “Grader report” dropdown menu, on the top left. 3. In the row of the grade item, click "Edit" and then “Edit Settings” 4. On the next page, click in the “Show more...” link in the “Grade item” section 5. In the “Offset” field, write the points to be added as factor 6. To finish, click on the "Save changes" button at the bottom of the page. The factor points will be added to the grades, up to the maximum grade set in the item. For example, If a 3 point is set in the "offset" field: for a student who received a 90 on the exam, the updated grade will be 93 for a student who received a 98 on the exam, the updated grade will be 100

Hiding the quiz item from the students Hiding course materials during the exam The quiz item can be hidden so that students cannot view it on the course website. Also, the course materials can be hidden for the duration of the exam only. What's in this tutorial: Hiding a quiz from students How to hide course materials Hide the quiz (exam) from the students Hide the course materials during the exam Hiding a quiz from students How to hide the quiz on the course website? 1. Turn on Edit mode on the upper right corner of the page of the course website, and then click on the three edit dots in the relevant quiz item. 2. Click on "Hide " to hide the quiz item. 3. When the "hidden from students " indicator appears, students cannot see it. Remember to display the quiz before starting the exam. In order to show the quiz, you must repeat the actions again and select "Show " How to hide course materials How to hide the course materials during the exam? 1. Enter the course website and activate "Edit mode ". 2. In the topic you want to hide, click on the three editing dots. 3. In the window that opens, click on "Hide topic ". In this way it is possible to hide all the relevant topics on the course website. You can make the topics available again in the same way: By clicking on the three dots and then on "show topic ". How to make sure the topics are hidden? 1. In the upper right corner, click on the initials of your name 2. In the panel that opens, click on "Switch role to... " 3. In the window that opens, select the role " Student " Now you will see the site from the students' point of view and you will be able to see whether the subject and the contents under it are visible or hidden. To return to your normal point of view again: Click again on your initials in the upper right corner and then on " Return to my normal role "

Adding an Honor Code Declaration In “Quiz ” and "Assignment " items, it is possible to add Honor Code Declaration that students will be required to sign before starting the exam. You can select a declaration form "with Zoom supervision" or a declaration "without supervision". *The wording of the statements was decided by the Academic Secretariat. What's in this tutorial: Add Honor Code Declaration to “quiz” or “assignment“ items See the list of students who approved the declaration Cancel the use of the Honor Code declaration add Honor Code Declaration Honor Coide declaration report Cancel Honor Code declaration add Honor Code Declaration How to add an Honor Code Declaration to a “Quiz” or an “Assignment“? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Quiz/Assignment 2. Click on “More” and then "Add Honor Code declaration" in the top menu. 3. In the drop down menu select the relevant declaration according to the way the exam will be performed: None: the students will enter the exam without a declaration Supervision via Zoom: students will enter the exam only after approval of the Honor Code declaration that includes zoom supervision . Without Supervision: students will enter the exam only after approval of the exam declaration of a home exam . "None" option - does not open declaration for students, but it provides the lecturer with report of the student's entry into the exam. (This is a recommended way to document the student's entry into the assignment item, since there is no record of entering to the assignment until the it has been submitted). When selected, the full declaration will be displayed 4. Click on "Add declaration" . 5. Now when the students enter the exam, the declaration will open, and they will have to sign by clicking "I agree ". Only after signing they will be transferred to the exam. Honor Coide declaration report How to see the list of students who approved the declaration? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Quiz/Assignment Click on “More” and then "Honor Code Declaration Report" in the top menu. Cancel Honor Code declaration How to cancel the use of the Honor Code declaration? At any time, you can cancel the use of the Honor Code declaration: Return to the declaration settings (“More ” > "Add Honor Code declaration " in the top menu) and select "None ". This can also be done after the exam had started. Once cancelled, students entering the exam will not be required to confirm the Honor Code declaration.

Create a Quiz The "Quiz " is an activity that allows you to create a quiz or a test inside the course website. The Quiz can include questions of various types, such as multiple choice, matching, true/false and essay questions. Closed questions (such as multiple choice, true/false) are graded automatically according to the settings. Essay questions allow students to answer the question in text and therefore need to be graded manually. Do not duplicate a Quiz What's on this tutorial: Create questions in the Question bank Create a category in the Question bank Create a rubric for grading Essay questions Create the Quiz activity Add questions to the Quiz Add images to the Quiz Edit the Quiz pages Limiting the answer attempts in the Quiz Add a password to the Quiz Print a copy of the Quiz How to create a category in the Question bank? The questions in the Course question bank can be divided according to different categories (for example, divided into subjects/degrees of difficulty/time). Below are instructions for creating a new question category. 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the course's top menu. Then, click on "Course question bank ". 3. In the dropdown menu, choose "Categories ". 4. In the page that opens, click on "Add category ". 5. In the section "Parent category ", select the parent category. In the "Name " field, enter a title for the new category. To save, click on the "Add Category " button at the bottom of the screen. How to move a question to a different category? 1. To move existing questions from one category to another, enter the "Course question bank " and check V on the checkbox next to the relevant question or questions. At the bottom of the page, click on "With selected ", and then "Move to... ". 2. In the page that opens, select the category in the dropdown menu, and then click on the "Move to " button. Updating a question in the course question bank will change the question in all quizzes . Therefore, it is advisable to create a category and questions for each quiz separately . How to create a question in the Course question bank? 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the in the course's top menu. Then, click on "Course question bank ". 3. In the page that opens, select a category and then click on "Create a new question... ". 4. Click on the type of question that you would like to add and click on "Add ". You can find a detailed explanation on the main question types available in Moodle.org. Click here to access it. How to create a rubric for grading essay questions? An essay question is checked manually. If the grading is divided between the teaching staff, it is recommended to build a rubric to make the process more efficient and coherent between the different graders. 1. Choose "Essay " as the question type and click on "Add ". 2. Type in the name of the question, the content of the question, and the response options. If there is a template to be followed by the students, define it in the "Response Template " field. * These instructions will be visible to students on the response input box. 3. You can enter the rubric for the quiz and the instructions for the graders of the essay question in the field "Information for graders ". * These instructions will be visible to those with teaching faculty permission in the course only. 4. To finish, click "Save changes ". Create the Quiz activity It is recommended to create each Quiz separately and not duplicate . If a question from the Course question bank is changed in a duplicated quiz, the question will also be changed in the original quiz, even if the original quiz has already ended and has been graded. 1. Enable " Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on "Add an activity or resource " at the bottom of the section you would like to add your item to. 3. On the activity chooser, choose “Quiz ”. 4. In the "Name " field, type in the name of the quiz. 5. in the " Description " field, you can add opening instructions. C heck V in the checkbox " Display description on the course page " so the instructions will appear on course website, even before entering the quiz. Timing section 1. In the section "Open the quiz ", check V in "Enable " and choose the date and time of the start of the quiz. 2. In the section "Close the quiz ", check V in "Enable " and choose the date and time of the end of the quiz. Day Month Year Hour Minute 3. In the "Time Limit " section, you can determine the duration of the exam from the moment the students begin. Check V in the "Enable " and type in the number of weeks/days/hours/minutes/seconds allocated for the exam. Example : On "Open the quiz " the start time was set for 14:00 On "Close the quiz " the end time was set for 15:00 On "Time limit " it was set for 15 minutes The students will be able to take the quiz in the defined time range (14:00-15:00), but from the moment they start answering the test, they will have fifteen minutes to complete it, else it closes automatically. In this example, if the student started the quiz at 14:55, they will have 5 minutes to complete the exam. (the end time overrides the time limit). Grade section limit attempts You can define the number of attempts the students are allowed when answering the quiz. Layout section 1. In the "New page " field, you can define if the questions will all appear on one single page or define how many questions will appear on each page. 2. By clicking on "Show more ", in "Navigation method " you can select "Free " or "Sequential ". Select "Free " to allow students to navigate freely between the questions during the quiz. That is, even if they have answered a question and moved on, they will be able to go back at any time until the test is closed. Select "Sequential " if you want the students to navigate according to the order of the pages and questions. When the quiz includes many questions, it is recommended to divide the questions into several pages. Click here to learn how to edit the quiz pages. If it is a small number of questions (10-15 questions), it is recommended to present each question on a separate page. Question behaviour section To randomly mix the order of the question choices, you can set the section "Shuffle within questions " as "Yes ". In this situation, if you define in a certain question that choices will not be mixed, only in that question will the choices remain in their order. If you define "No " in the above section, the choices will never be mixed, even if a certain question was defined differently. Review options section 1. You can define what the students will see and when. In the quiz it is advisable not to allow automatic feedback at all . Please note: in the upper left corner, the option "The attempt " in the column "During the attempt " - is permanently marked. During the attempt The students will be able to see what they chose during the answer to the test (in real time). Immediately after the attempt The feedback will appear to the students immediately after the submission (after clicking "Submit all and finish " and until they exit the exam). Later, while the quiz is still open The feedback will appear to students from the moment of submission until the Quiz is officially closed. For example: if a student submitted at 14:55 and the test closed at 15:00, the student can log out and log in to view the feedback, until 15:00. After the quiz is closed The students will be able to see the feedback only after the closing date of the Quiz, without limitation. For example: if the test closes at 3:00 p.m., the students will be able to see the feedback starting at 3:00 p.m. and without a time limit as long as the settings have not been changed. "The attempt " - Shows all the questions (including choices) in the quiz and how the student responded to each question. "Whether correct " - Displays whether the students response to each question is correct, partially correct, or incorrect. "Marks " - Shows the numerical grade for each question and the grades awarded to the student. "Specific feedback " - Shows the feedback for the response to the answer as set when adding the question. Each response to a question can have feedback for both correct and incorrect answers. "General feedback " - Displays the general feedback for the whole question as set when adding the question to the quiz. You can use the general feedback to give students some background to what knowledge the question was testing. "Right answer " - Reveals the correct answer to each question, even if the student answered incorrectly. "Overall feedback " - Displays feedback for the entire quiz depending on the student's grade, as set in the quiz settings. 2. To save, click on "Save and display ". Add questions to the Quiz How to add questions to the quiz? A. Add questions from one of the categories in the question bank B. Add a random question from a category add questions from category A. Add questions from a category in the question bank 1. Enter the quiz by clicking on it's icon on the Course webpage. 2. Click on "Quiz questions " in the quiz top menu. 3. Click on "Add " and then choose "from question bank ". 4. In the window that opens, click on the dropdown menu in the " Select a category " section and select the relevant category. 5. Check the questions that you would like to add to the quiz with a V. To finish, click on "Add selected questions to the quiz ". When the test includes many questions, it is recommended to divide the questions into several pages. If it is a limited number of questions (10-15 questions) it is recommended to present each question on a separate page. At this stage you can perform the following actions: A. Determine the "Maximum grade " for the test - it is recommended to keep the default of 100. Moodle calculates the quiz grade based on the "Total of marks " and the points awarded in each question. B. Choose whether to "Shuffle " questions (each student will receive the questions in a different order) add random question B. Add a random question from a category You can select a category from which each student will receive a random question. For example, if there is a pool of 50 questions in a category, and 5 were added as random questions, each student would receive 5 different questions from the category, randomly. 1. After entering the relevant quiz in the course menu, enter "Quiz questions ". In the window that opens, click on "Add " and select "a random question ". 2. In the " Category " section, choose the desired database (category) in the dropdown menu. 3. In "Number of random questions ", choose how many questions from the category will be included in the quiz. 4. To finish, click on "Add random question ". 5. Random questions in the test are marked with a cube icon. At this stage you can perform the following actions: A. Determine the "Maximum grade " for the test - it is recommended to keep the default of 100. Moodle calculates the quiz grade based on the "Total of marks " and the points awarded in each question. B. Choose whether to "Shuffle " questions (each student will receive the questions in a different order) Add images to the Quiz When images are added to questions in the quiz, the image may not be displayed in full. In this guide you will find instructions on how to set the image as a responsive image (an image that is displayed in a way adapted to the size of the screen). How to add images to the quiz that adjust to fit the screen (responsive)? 1. Enter the "Course question bank ". Option 1 : Click on " More " in the course's top menu. Then, click on " Course question bank ". Option 2 : Through the quiz, click on "Course question bank ". 2. Click on "Edit " next to the question with the image you want to make responsive (self adjustable). 2. Click on the image (the image will appear in blue). 3. Click on the image icon in the text editor. 3. In the "Image properties " window, check "Auto size " in the "Size " section. 4. Click on "Save image ". 5. To finish, in the "Edit question " page, click on "Save Changes " on the bottom of the screen. How to make sure that the image is responsive? 1. Enter the Quiz page. 2. Click on "Preview quiz ". 3. Go to the relevant question through "Quiz navigation ". 4. Reduce the size of the window by clicking on the panel icon in the corner of the browser. 5. You can change the window size by placing the mouse cursor at the edge of the window (the cursor is displayed as a double arrow), then clicking and dragging it. If the image does not change its size, contact Virtual TAU and we will be happy to check and help. Edit the Quiz pages What's in the guide? Divide the questions in the quiz into pages Dividing the questions into chapters using headings Organize the order of the questions Assign points to questions divide into pages How to divide the questions in the quiz into pages? To add or remove a page in the quiz pages, use the arrows next to the questions. Clicking on the arrows pointing out creates a new page that separates the questions. Clicking on the arrows pointing towards each other removes the page and merges the questions from the previous pages. Add page Remove page add a section heading How to add a section heading? You can divide the test into chapters and give them a name by adding a section heading. 1. In the Quiz questions page, click on "Add " and then, click on "a new section heading ". 2. Click on the pencil icon, type the desired section title and save by pressing Enter on the keyboard. 3. After the division into chapters, checking V in the "Shuffle " checkbox on the left will allow shuffling the questions only within the same section . The section titles and the questions' order will be visible to the students in the quiz. If you are not interested in add a title, you can press the "space" button on the keyboard and press Enter to save. That way, the title box will be empty and the questions in the test will appear in sequence. change the question order How to change the order of the questions? You can change the position of the question by pressing the "four arrows" icon and dragging the question to the appropriate place. question points How to assign points to questions? Updating points for a question is performed by clicking on the pencil symbol, typing the score for that question, and pressing Enter to save. If all the questions have the same number of points (the default is one), they will have the same weight in the quiz final grade. Add a password to the Quiz Creating a password in the Quiz activity It is possible to set a password in advance, so only the students will be able to enter the quiz activity. How to set a password in a Quiz? 1. Enter the quiz you created. 2. Choose "Settings " in the quiz page top menu. 3.In the "Extra restrictions on attempts ", click on "Click to enter text " and enter the password you want to set. 4. To save, press Enter on the keyboard. 5. Clicking on the "eye" icon will reveal the password. 6. Clicking on the pencil again will allow you to change the password. It is important to remember to send the password to the students. Print a copy of the Quiz 1. Enable " Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. If the right-side menu is closed, click on the tab to open the menu. 3. In the right-side menu, click on "Add a block ". 4. In the window that opens, click on "Print exams ". 5. A new block will be created on the right-side menu. If the right-side menu is not open, open it. 6. In the newly created block in the right-side menu, check V in the check box next to the quiz you want to print. Click on "Print " next to the name of the quiz. Checking the box with a V means that the printed test will include the correct answers. Therefore, if you want the test to be printed without the correct answers, do not check the box with a V, only press the "Print " button. 7. The test will now be previewed. To finish and confirm the print, scroll down and click on "Print " again.

Group choice This activity allows students to divide themselves into groups in Moodle. Groups that the students choose are saved on the course website, so assignments and activities can be connected to them, for example: submitting assignments in a gr oup, opening an activity for a specific group (such as a dedicated forum for the group, re-examination, etc.). What's in this tutorial: Create the activity Set a time period for the activity Change number of students per group See group division create the activity time period change number of students see group division create the activity How to create the Group Choice activity ? 1. Enable "Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on "Add an activity or resource " at the bottom of the section you would like to add your item to. 3. On the activity chooser, choose “Group Choice ”. 4. Type in a name for the activity in the "Group choice name " field, for example "groups for assignment 1". 5. You can write in the "Description " field an explanation/description for dividing into groups. 6. In the "Miscellaneous settings " section, you can choose: To allow students to enroll for several groups If the students will be able to see who signed up for which group (the lecturer will always see the names) To allow students to change their choice If the students see the names of those who have not answered yet (it is recommended to keep it "No ") 7. To limit the number of students who can register for groups, choose "Enable " in "Limit the number of members for each group ". Otherwise, there is no limit to the number of students who can register for each group. 8. To limit the number of members in all groups, mark V in "Limiting number of participants for all groups " and then write the limit in the field "Maximum number of participants for all groups ". 9. Groups: You can create new groups for this activity or choose groups from existing groups in the course. Option A - Creating new groups for the activity: Write a group name followed by # in the "Naming scheme " field. For example: "Group Choice #" Each group will receive the typed name and a different number. For example, if the "Naming scheme " is "Group Choice #", then the names of the groups will appear as follows: Group Choice 1, Group Choice 2, Group Choice 3... Define how many groups you want to be created in the "Number of groups " field. Option B - Choosing groups from existing groups in the course. In the "Available groups " panel, a list of the existing groupings in the course is displayed (marked with a triangle next to the name of the grouping) and all additional groups in the course. To select all the groups in the grouping: select the desired grouping and click on the "Add Grouping " button. To select a group/groups: select the desired group/groups and click on the "Add Group " button. The selected groups with appear on the right panel. time period Set a time period for the activity 1. If relevant, check the field "Restrict answering to this time period ". 2. Define a time range for selecting the groups, in the "Open " and "Until " fields. 3. To finish, click on "Save and display ". change number of students Change number of students per group 1. Return to the "Settings " page and scroll to the "Groups " section. 2. Select the group you want to change the limit of the number of participants. A box will open under the panel, where you can write down the new limit. You can see that the restriction has been updated next to the group name: 3. To finish, click on the button "Save changes and return to the course ". New in "Group choice ": If there are X groups in a sequence and you would like to add additional groups in the same sequence in the field: "Naming scheme" 1. In the field "Naming scheme", type in the same name (with a # at the end) 2. In the field: "Number of groups", type in how many groups you would like to add 3. In the new field "The numbering of groups will start from" type in which number to continue from the sequence For example: if there are 3 groups: Group 001, Group 002, Group 003 and we want to add two more groups to this sequence, we will fill in the fields as follows: • in the "Naming scheme": Group # • in the "Number of groups" field: 2 • in the field "The numbering of groups will start from": 4 After saving, two new groups will be created: Group 004 and Group 005. see group division See "Group Choice" division A list of groups and their members will appear for everyone in the course, according to the activity settings. Lecturers can also export the list of groups and members to an Excel file. 1. Enter the "Group choice " activity on the main page of the course website. 2. The list of students will appear according to the groups they chose to insert into the content 3. Click on "View X responses " located on the upper left side, in order to export the list of groups to Excel. 4. On the next page, click on "Download in Excel format ".

Adding time extensions for groups or specific students In Assignment and Quiz activities, extended time can be allowed for groups of students or students individually. This must be done in advance for each test or assignment on the Moodle course website. In this guide we will explain the several ways how to do this. What's in this tutorial: user-overrides groups-from-excel groups-created-in-moodle group override Allow extended time for groups created and imported from Excel Allow extended time for groups created on the course website Set extended time for the group Set extended time for a specific student prepare excel file Option A - Allow extended time for groups from Excel The course staff can create new groups on the course website by uploading all the groups at once, from an Excel file. After uploading the groups to the course website, extended time can be set for each group as needed. What's in this tutorial: prepare excel file upload excel file group override Prepare the Excel file with a list of students and groups Upload the file to the course website Allow extended time for groups in an assignment or quiz Step 1 - How to prepare an Excel file with a list of students and groups? 1. Create a new Excel file. 2. Create a column of ID numbers titled "idnumber " (type in lowercase letters). You can use the downloaded list of students as a basis. Click here for the guide to download a list of students. 3. Create a column of the names of the groups titled "group " (type in the first line in lowercase letters). 4. Make sure that each line shows an ID number as well as a group name. 5. The columns must be copied from Excel. This can be done by selecting all the cells in both columns and copying them (Ctrl+C). Step 2 - How to upload the Excel file to the course website? 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the main toolbar of the course. Choose "Groups " in the menu that will open. 3. On the screen that opens, click on "Enrolling participants - Paste from spreadsheet ". 4. On the next screen paste (Ctrl+V) the columns in the Data box 5. In order to create the groups, click on "Enrolling participants to groups " 6. To finish, click on "Continue ". Groups in the course List of students in the selected group If the group in the Excel file already existed on the course website, the students will be added to the existing group. If the group did not exist - a new group will be created and the students listed in the Excel file will be added to it. upload excel file + 7. In the groups page, on the left you can see the groups created, in brackets the number of participants in each group, and in the box on the right the names of the participants in each group. Step 3 - How to allow extended time for groups? Option B - Allow extended time for groups created on the course website Step 1 - Creating the groups on the Moodle course website 1. Enter the course website. 2. Click on "More " in the in the course's top menu. Then, click on "Groups ". 3. On the page that opens, click on "Create group ". 4. In the "Group name " field, type in the name for the new group (for example, "Group 1"). 5. To finish, click on "Save changes " at the bottom of the page. Groups can be added in this way as needed. Step 2 - Adding students to the group 1. To add students to the group, mark the name of the group you created, which appears in the left table, by clicking on it. 2. Under the right table, click on "Add/remove users " 3. The names of the course participants will appear in the right block. Click on the names of the students you want to add to the group you created. 4. To complete the operation of adding them to the group, click on "Add ". New: To the right side of the display, you can see which groups the user is already a member before adding him to the intended group. 5. The names of the added participants will appear in the left table. To leave the page, click on "Back to groups " Step 3 - How to allow extended time for groups? How to allow extended time in an assignment or quiz to a group? This guide includes how to define extended time for a group in a quiz or assignment , due to educational adjustments for example. *In this guide, the examples refer to the "Quiz " activity, but it applies in the same way to the "Assignment " activity. 1. Enter the Quiz or Assignment activity on the course website. 2. In the activity top menu, click on "More ". In the menu that opens, click on "Overrides ". 3. In the window that opens, click on the "Add group override " button. 4. In the "Override group " field, select the group to which you would like to give a time extension. 5. In the "Open the quiz ", "Close the quiz " and "Time limit " sections, the times defined in the quiz settings for all students will appear. Define the Quiz closing time according to the desired extended time: The original end time + the defined time increment 6. It is advisable not to change the "Attempts allowed " section. If the group submitted the test and needs an additional answer (timeout/late start, etc.), the whole group can be granted another attempt. 7. To finish, click "Save ". 8. After saving, you will see the group override in the quiz main page. 9. By clicking on the group override in the brackets, a new page opens. It shows the extended time granted to the group. It is recommended to make sure that the time set corresponds to the need. Overrides must be set for each group separately user-overrides How to allow extended time in an assignment or quiz to a specific student? In Assignment and Quiz activities, extended time can be allowed for specific students. This must be done in advance for each quiz or assignment on the Moodle course website. This guide includes how to define this for specific students, due to educational adjustments for example. *In this guide, the examples refer to the "Quiz " activity, but it applies in the same way to the "Assignment " activity. 1. Enter the Quiz or Assignment activity on the course website. 2. In the activity top menu, click on "More ". In the menu that opens, click on "Overrides ". 3. In the window that opens, click on the "Add user override " button. 4. In the page that opens, in the "Override user " field, enter the student's username or ID number and click on his/her name in the box below. 5. In the "Open the quiz ", "Close the quiz " and "Time limit " sections, the times defined in the quiz settings for all students will appear. Define the Quiz closing time according to the desired extended time: The original end time + the defined time increment 7. To finish, click "Save ". 8. After saving, you will see the student override in the quiz main page. Overrides must be set for each student separately

Advanced grading in Assignment In an Assignment activity, a grade can be set based on a marking guide or rubric that the lecturer creates in advance. These methods show evaluation criteria and the relative weight of each criterion within the overall grade. Using a predefined guide or rubric can clarify the expectations in the assignment for the students. Also, the guide/rubric ensures greater reliability in grading when different graders are involved. It is advisable to make the marking guide or rubric available to the students in advance to promote submissions more in line with the lecturer expectations. There are two methods of advanced grading in Moodle Marking guide: the grade is divided into criteria, a numerical grade is given for each criterion, comments can be added for each criterion. Rubric: the grade is divided into criteria, and given a scale (for example "needs work, good, very good, excellent"), comments can be added for each criterion. Note: The assessment scale is predefined by the lecturer for each criterion. What's in this tutorial: setting Marking guide grade with Marking guide Rubric indicator grade with Rubric Create a marking guide in an assignment Grade an Assignment using a marking guide Create a rubric in an Assignment Grade an Assignment using a rubric setting Marking guide Create a Marking guide in an Assignment 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Assignment . If you have not yet created the assignment, click here for instructions for creating an Assignment . 2. In the assignment item, click on "Advanced grading" in the top menu 3. On the “Change active grading method to” field, select "Marking guide" and click on the "Define new grading form from scratch" button. 4. On the next page, name the Marking guide. It is possible to add general information or a description in the "Description " field. 5. Define the first criterion: Criterion name , for example: Introduction chapter Description for students: You can write description or instruction for the students, for example: "In the Introduction chapter you need to define the issue being examined, explain its importance and set the goals of the research. " Description for Markers: You can write an instruction for the evaluators, for example: "note that all the required information is clearly written... Add points for… Deduct grade for... " Maximum score: Set the maximum grade (points) for this criterion. 6. Additional criteria can be added as needed by clicking "Add criterion" . 7. In the “Marking guide options” section, you can define whether the grading criteria will be available to students and whether they will see the grade for each criteria. 8. To finish, click “Save marking guide and make it ready” button grade with Marking guide Grade an Assignment using a marking guide 1. Enter the Assignment and click on "View all submissions" . 2. Choose a student's assignment and click on the "Grade" button. 3. On the submission page you can see the submission file on the left side and the submission details on the right side. You can navigate between the pages using the arrows in the upper left corner. Navigate between pages Submission details 4. On the right, in the "Grade" section you can grade and add comments for each criterion you created. To enlarge the marking guide click on the arrow icon in the corner 5. The total grade will be calculated automatically. To finish, click on "Save changes" at the bottom of the screen or click on "Save and show next " to go to the next student. Note: you can change the page layout to your convenience with the buttons in the lower right corner Rubric indicator Create a Rubric in an Assignment 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Assignment If you have not yet created the assignment, click here for instructions for creating an Assignment . 2. In the assignment, click on "Advanced grading" in the top menu 3. On the “Change active grading method to” field, select "Rubric" and click the "Define new grading form from scratch" button 4. On the next page, name the rubric. It is possible to add general information/description in the "Description " field. 5. Set the Rubric criteria: "Click on edit criterion" to name and describe the criterion. "Click to edit level" to set the scale name and points Click “Add level” to add levels to the scale Additional criteria can be added as needed by clicking "Add criterion" . 6. Rubric options: The default is that all sections are checked 7. To finish click “Save marking guide and make it ready” button grade with Rubric Grade an Assignment using a Rubric 1. Enter the Assignment and click on "View all submissions" . 2. Choose a student's assignment and click on the "Grade" button. 3. On the submission page you can see the submission file on the left side and the submission details on the right side. You can navigate between the pages using the arrows in the upper left corner. Navigate between pages Submission details 4. On the right, in the "Grade" section you can grade and add comments for each criterion you created. Click on the scale square to select it. To enlarge the marking guide click on the arrow icon in the corner. 5. The total grade will be calculated automatically. To finish, click on "Save changes" at the bottom of the screen or click on "Save and show next " to go to the next student. Note: you can change the page layout to your convenience with the buttons in the lower left corner

Upload questions from a Word file to course question bank You can upload questions from a Word file to the Moodle course question bank. In the questions you can add media such as pictures, links and YouTube videos. The questions can be m ultiple-choice questions or essay questions. To upload them to Moodle, prepare the Word file as described in this guide. What's in this tutorial: prepare the file upload the questions Prepare the Word file Upload the questions file to Moodle prepare the file Prepare the Word file In order for Moodle to identify the questions according to the fields that exist in Moodle, the file must include indicators to the fields to the system. The fields are: Question name Question text Correct answer Wrong answers End of question 1. These are the indicators that should be used in the file: Images can be added in any field in the Word file: in the question name field, in the question content field, and also in the answers. After uploading the question with the image to Moodle, the image will appear in its designated place. Examples of questions: A. Multiple choice question B. Essay question Recommendations: - You should number the questions with at least two digits so that the questions are displayed continuously in Moodle, for example: 01, 02, 03 - You can also add the correct answer to the question name, which can make it easier if students have questions (the question name is shown only to the teaching staff). Click here to download a Word file model for the two types of questions upload the questions Upload the questions file to Moodle After the file is ready, the file must be uploaded to the course question bank. 1. On the course website, go to "More ", in the top menu. In the drop-down menu, select "Course question bank ". 2. Click on "Uploading questions from a Word file ". 3. In the next page, choose whether to upload the questions to an existing category, or create a new category. Adding questions to an existing category: Adding questions to a new category: 4. Select the field "Add the questions to a new category " and type in a name for the category. 5. Upload the Word file to the file upload panel. You can upload by dragging it or by clicking the "choose file... " button. 6. Mixing answers in multiple-choice type questions: The default setting is that in multiple-choice questions the answers will be mixed up (presented in different orders to students). If you want the answers not to be mixed , remove the V in the field "Mixing answers in multiple-choice questions ". Please note: 1. In the settings of each quiz it is possible to set not to mix answers, even if in the questions themselves it is marked "yes" to mix. 2. At any stage you can enter the settings of a specific question and change the choice (mixing answers or not) for that question. 7. To finish, click on "Save changes ". 8. A summary page will now be displayed: Make sure all the questions are included in the table and that the questions were uploaded correctly . If so, you can use the questions for quizzes on the course website. Click the "Continue " button to finish the process.

Improve your video display in the Zoom meeting You can improve the quality of your video - how participants see you - by changing the camera settings within the Zoom session. How can the video quality be improved in a Zoom meeting? 1. Enter the Zoom meeting 2. Click on the arrow button next to Video in the toolbar 3. Select the option "Video Settings... " 4. Marking V in the "Touch up my appearance " field opens a scale that simulates a cosmetic filter of the participant's face. 5. Dragging the button to the right will allow softening of face features and dragging the button to the left will allow highlighting details on the face 6. Marking V in the "Adjust for low light " field will open a "brightness scale" with which you can control the brightness of the screen manually 7. After the update, the changes are automatically saved and displayed immediately in the Zoom session

Import and export grades with ID numbers using Excel Import grades: you can upload grades and feedback from an Excel file directly to the "Grader report " on the Moodle course website, either to an existing activity or as a new grade item in the grader report. * Each student sees only their grades In the Grader report Export grades: The grader report including the students' ID numbers and usernames can be exported to an Excel file. What's in this tutorial: Uploading grades from an Excel file Uploading grades and feedback from an Excel file Export grades Upload grades from an Excel file Upload feedback from an Excel file Export the grader report including ID numbers and usernames to an Excel file Uploading grades from an Excel file Upload grades from an Excel file Step A - Preparing the Excel file 1. Create an Excel file with at least two columns: ID numbers - column title: ID Grades column - column title: the name of the grade item (for example "Assignment 1") . You can create as many grade columns as necessary. 2. Copy the columns from Excel (select the relevant cells -> Ctrl+C) + In an activity that uses Scale grading , the scales should be written in English in lowercase letters, for example: pass/fail; submitted/not submitted. Step B - Upload the grades to the course website 1. On the course website, click "Grades" in the top menu. 2. In the next window, select “Import” in the “Grader report” selectbox on the top left. 3. In the Data box, paste (Ctrl+V) the Excel data and to finish click on “Upload grades” . 4. On the next page you can preview the 10 first rows uploaded from the Excel file. On the bottom of this page, several fields must be defined: Identify user by: “Map from": select the ID columns name "Map to": select "ID number " (make sure to select “ID number” and not “User ID”) Grade item mappings: In the ID field , select “Ignore” In the grade field (as you named in the Excel file): To create a new item in the grader report - select “New grade item” To upload the grades for an existing item, select the item from the dropdown menu. 5. Click on the "Upgrade grades" button. 6. A confirmation message “Grade import success ” will appear - click on “Continue”. 7. Now you can see grades in the Grader Report If you uploaded grades to an existing item, you will see the grades in the item column, with orange background (indicating that manual changes were made to the item grades). If you uploaded grades as “New grade item ” – the new item will be created with the name from the Excel file. Uploading grades for several grade items at once To upload grades to several grade items at once, prepare the file in the same way and add grade columns as needed, make sure to give different names to each grade column. In the "Grade item mappings" stage - select for each column its grade item (if existing or new). Uploading grades and feedback from an Excel file Upload grades and feedback from an Excel file Note: feedback can only be uploaded to a grade item that already exists in the grader report (such as, assignment, quiz, grade item etc.). Step A - Preparing the Excel file 1. Create an Excel file with three columns: ID column - column title: ID Grades column - the column title: the name of the grade item (for example "Assignment 1") feedback column - column title: feedback + the name of the item (for example "Feedback Assignment 1") 2. Copy the columns from Excel (select the relevant cells -> Ctrl+c) + In an activity that uses Scale grading, the scales should be written in English in lowercase letters, for example: pass/fail; submitted/not submitted Step B - uploading the grades to the course website 1. On the course website, click "Grades" in the top menu. 2. In the next window, select “Import” in the “Grader report” selectbox on the top left. 3. In the Data box, paste (Ctrl+V) the Excel columns and click on “Upload grades”. 4. On the next page you can preview the 10 first rows uploaded from the Excel file On this page, several fields must be defined: Identify user by: “Map from": select the ID columns name "Map to": select "ID number " (make sure to select “ID number” and not “User ID”) Grade item mappings: Note: the “Grade item mappings ” dropdown menu is divided into two sections: “Grades items ” and “Feedbacks ” In the ID field , select “Ignore” In the grade field (as you named in the Excel file) "Assignment grade 1" select the relevant item in the “Grades items” section. In the feedback field (as you named in the Excel file) "Feedback Assignment 1" select the relevant item in the “feedbacks ” section. 5. To finish, click on the "Upgrade grades " button. 6. A confirmation message “Grade import success ” will appear - click on “Continue” . Now you can see grades in the grader report. To see the grades and the feedback: Select “Single view” in the “Grader report ” dropdown menu on the top left. Click “Grades Item” and then select the grade item in the field "Select a grade item". Export grades Exporting the grader report with ID numbers and usernames to an Excel file 1. On the course website, click "Grades" in the top menu. 2. In the next window, select “Export” in the “Grader report” selectbox on the top left. 3. Check the grade items you wish to export (click on "all" or "none" if you want to mark or unmark all the items at once). To finish, click on " Download" .

Grading activities not submitted via Moodle This option enables grading activities submitted outside of Moodle, such as: presentations, class activities, etc., managing all grades on the course website. In this option, you can create an "Assignment " activity without actual submission in Moodle. You can grade and write feedback to the activity, and choose when to make them available for students. Step A – Open an "assignment" (not for submission) 1. Enable "Edit mode" on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on "Add an activity or resource" at the bottom of the section you would like to add your item to. 3. On the activity chooser, choose “Assignment” . 4. In the "Assignment name" field, write the name of the assignment (for example: “Presentations grades”) 5. Uncheck the “Enable” checkbox from all four fields in the availability section 6. In the "Submission types" section, remove the mark from the “File submission” option 7. Click on the "Save and display" button at the bottom of the page to finish. Step B – Grading 1. In the next window, click on “View all submission” 2. For quick grading, scroll down and check the "Quick grading” field 3. Add grades and feedback in the table 4. To finish, click on the “Save all quick grading changes” button at the bottom of the table

Manage items in the course website What's in this tutorial: restrict-access Reports of quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities recycle-bin Performing operations on several items at once-Mass actions block Restrict access to an activity, resource or topic Reports on quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities Recycle bin - restoration of items on the course site Perform operations on several items at once (Mass actions block) restrict-access Restrict access to an activity, resource or topic In each activity or resource on the course site, you can define an access restriction, allowing access only to those who meet certain conditions. For example: activity availability only at certain times; access only to members of a certain group; only users who have completed a previous activity, and more. How to set access restriction? 1. Enter the activity for which you would like to restrict access (the instructions refer to "activity" but are also suitable for resources, topics, etc.). 2. Enter "Settings " in the top menu of the activity. 3. Scroll down and click on "Restrict access " 4. In the window that opens, click on "Add restriction ...". 5. In the panel that opens, choose the type of restriction you want: 1 2 3 4 5 1 The new activity cannot be started before the previous activity is completed 2 The activity will be available to students only from a certain date until a certain date (you must add a deadline "from" and then in the scrolling panel change to "until" and select the date) 3 If there are activities that are defined with a grade (such as an exam / assignment), it can be defined that the new activity cannot be started before receiving an X grade in the previous activity 4 If a grouping or group is defined on the course website, it can be defined that only their members will see the activity/resource 5 It is possible to define that an activity will be available only for certain students by adding the user/email of the relevant students. 6. After clicking on the desired restriction, it must be defined according to the sections: For example, by selecting date : on the date and time you set, students will have access to the item. Until then, it will be locked to them. For example, by selecting group : in the window that opens, select the group you want to connect with the activity. The members of the group you choose will be the only ones who can perform the activity. *To set access restriction for a group or grouping they must exist previously in the course. For instructions on creating groups, click here . 7. By clicking on the eye icon you will completely hide the item from the students. If the eye is open, the students will be able to see the item and restrictions. And that is how it looks from the lecturer point of view: Reports of quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities Reports on quizzes, assignments, forums and H5P activities On the Moodle course website, several reports of student activity are available for the lecturers: such as forums, assignments, quizzes, and H5P activities. How to download the reports to the computer? 1. Enter the course website 2. Click on "Reports " in the in the course's top menu. 3. In the menu that opens, click on one of the options to get the following information: For example: Summary of each student's activity in each forum - this option will display each student's interactions in forum activities Summary of each student's activity in each assignment - this option will display each student's submissions in all the assignments Summary of each student's activity in each quiz - this option will display each student's attempts in all quizzes H5P video modules (including attempts reviews links) - this option will show the attempts of each student in the H5P activities 4. On the new page a table that summarizes the list of submissions for each student is displayed. In this case, an example of "Summary of each student's activity in each assignment " is shown. The table will show status "Submitted ", "Not submitted " and "Raised draft " for each student. 5. To download the report, click on the scrolling panel "Download table data as " and select "Format Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (xlsx) ". Click the "Download " button and save the file in the desired location. recycle-bin Restoration of items on the course site Items deleted on the course site can be restored by clicking on the "Recycle bin " button and selecting the items you want to restore. How to recover deleted items? 1. Go to the course website where items have disappeared and click on "more " in the upper management bar of the course. 2. In the menu that opens, select "Recycle bin " 3. The deleted items and their deletion date will appear on the new page, next to the item name 4. Click on the button in the "Restore " column to restore it. Performing operations on several items at once-Mass actions block Perform operations on several items at once (Mass actions block) Main actions that can be performed in items: show, hide, delete, duplicate, move to another section, indent (this action only exists in the course format "Collapsed Topics "). How to perform operations on several items at once? 1. Enable "Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. In the right menu, click on "Add a block ". 3. Select the option "Mass actions ". 4. The "Mass actions " block will appear on the right. 5. Now, for each of the items on the site, a check box will be added on the left side. The action you select in the "Mass actions " block will apply to all the selected items at once, for example "Hide ", "Indent " or "Move to section ". 6. In order to perform an action on all the items on the course site, you must click on "Select all " in the " Mass actions " block on the right. To cancel the selection, click "Deselect all ". 7. To select all the items in a certain topic, in the scroll box, select "select all in section " and then select the desired topic.