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You can manage course grades in Moodle, set assignment/exam weights, calculate averages, etc. Grade report settings The Grader Report displays all grades received and/or entered into Moodle. You can manage course grades in Moodle, set assignment/exam weights, calculate averages, etc. General information about the Grader Report: 1. Any Assignment or Quiz that appears in Moodle (and/or additional grade items) will automatically appear in the Grader Report. 2. Grades entered in activities of this type, such as Assignments and/or Quizzes (even in cases of quizzes where grades are given automatically) - are also updated directly in the Grader Report. 3. Grades can also be updated for activities that were not submitted through Moodle, such as: presenting reports, class activities, etc. 4. Grades can be uploaded from an Excel file to the course website by ID numbers. For instructions, click here . In this guide: Setting Grade Weights Creating a Grade Category Add bonus to course grade What's Shown on a Grade Report What Students See on a Grade Report Showing and Hiding Grades Set grade weights Create a grade category Add bonus to the course grade What's shown on the Grader Report What students see on a Grader Report Show and hide grades Setting Grade Weights 1. On the course website, in the top course management bar, click the "Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, a list of all assignments and grade resources on the course website will be displayed. 4. A "Weights " column will be shown in the table. The default setting is that each activity in the course that has been defined for a grade has the same weight, and the average of the grades of all resources is a simple average. You can give a weight to each resource of the overall grade. The weights are out of 1 or out of 100 - for example, if the weight of an assignment is 80%, you can write 0.8 or 80 in the Weights column. 5. After updating the weights, click "Save Changes " at the bottom of the table. Creating Grade Categories In the Grader Report, you can create categories. For example, if there are 3 assignments to submit in a course, and you want these assignments to together constitute 10% of the grade, you can define a category called "Assignments" and then specify that the category's weight is 10% of the course's final grade. 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, click the "Add Category " button. 4. In the window that opens, enter a name for the category and save changes. 5. At the bottom of the course grades table, a row will be added with the created category, which has a folder icon, and its default weight is 0.0. Define a weight for the category and save changes at the bottom of the table. 6. To move the relevant activities into the category folder, check the box at the far right of the desired activity row. 7. Scroll down the screen and under the table on the left, select the desired category in the "Move selected items to " field. 8. Now the Gradebook setup page will refresh and the selected items will appear under the category to which they were assigned. Add bonus to the course grade A bonus can be added to the grade report that will not be weighted in calculating the course grades. The bonus will be an additional numerical grade to the final grade of the course up to a maximum grade of 100. 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Gradebook setup ". 3. In the window that opens, click the "Add Category " button. 4. In the next window that opens, enter a name for the category and click on "Show more ". 5. In the Aggregation section, select "Bonus ". 6. At the end of the page, click on "Save changes ". The weight of the bonus category has no meaning in the "Gradebook setup". 7. To add a bonus to a student's grade - the grade must be entered manually on the "Grader report " page. In the scroll box at the top "Gradebook setup ", go to "Grader report ". 8. Enable "Edit mode " on the top right of the page. 9. In the category column, enter the bonus grade in the left field and press Enter on the keyboard. The cell will appear in yellow. The bonus category adds points without weight, and the final course score will not exceed 100. For example, if Student A's course grade is 89 and they receive 3 points as bonus, their final grade will be 92. If Student B's course grade is 99 and they receive 3 points as bonus, their final grade will be 100 (the Moodle grade will not exceed 100). How do I configure what is displayed in the Grade Report? 1. O n the course website, in the top course management bar, click the " Grades " button to enter the Grader Report. 2. In the scroll box at the top, "Grader report ", go to "Course grade settings ". 2. On the page that opens, scroll down a little to the "User report " section where various options appear. For each one, choose whether to display or not. 3. Finally, click "Save Changes ". For detailed explanations for each of the configurable fields, you can click on the question mark icon How do I know what students see in their grade report? Lecturers and teaching assistants see the grade report of all students in the course. Each student sees only their own grades. 1. Go to "Grades " in the top management bar of the course website. In the scroll box at the top of the screen that opens, go to "User report ". 2. On the page that opens, above the table on the left, select one of the students. 3. The table that will be displayed will be exactly the table that the student sees. If there is an activity that is not available to students: Lecturers will see the column in a hidden state (grayed out). Students will not see the column in the grade report. Assignments that students have already submitted and the lecturer entered grades but kept the grades unavailable to students: the teaching staff will see the assignment column and the grades entered in the grader report; Students will not see the assignment column in the grade report. When the assignment is made available to students, they will also be able to see the grades in the grade report. For instructions, continue to the next guide. How do I make grades hidden or visible to students? 1. Go to "Grades ". 2. Enable "Edit mode " on the top right of the page. 3. In each grade column in the table, choose whether to hide the grades or reveal them to students, by clicking the eye icon. Closed eye and title in gray = hidden grades. Open eye and title in blue = visible grades.

"Mark as done" button The "Mark as done" button appears by default under each resource or activity on the course website for both the lecturer and the students. A student who has completed an activity can click the button to mark themselves as completed. The lecturer has the option to set conditions for completing an activity and even specify that this button will not appear under certain activities or resources, or will not appear at all on the course website. What's in the guide? How can a student mark an activity as completed? How can the lecturer set conditions for completing an activity? How to set up automatic grading for activities according to the "Activity completion" conditions? How can a student mark an activity as complete? conditions for completing an activity? automatic grade How to disable the "Mark as done" button? How do I disable the "Mark as Done" button? How can a student mark an activity as completed? 1. Click the "Mark as Completed " button next to a completed resource or activity. 2. The button will change to "Done ". You can click the button again at any time to return the button to the "Mark as Done " state. Good to know! The instructor can track the completion of the activity using the "Activity Completion" Report located on the course Reports page, in the top management bar of the course website. How can the lecturer set conditions for completing an activity? A lecturer can set conditions for completing an activity and in this way monitor and see that students have completed the activity in the "Activity Completion" Report. Also, once the student has completed the activity, the "Mark as done " button will automatically change to a green "Done " button. 1. Go to the resource/activity settings. 2. In the "Activity Completion " section, you can set "Completion Tracking " according to the resource conditions, and you can also set a completion date, in the field "Expect completed on ". Important to know: The completion date, if set, will not appear to students, but will only appear in the "Activity Completion" Report that appears in the course's Reports page. How to set an automatic grade for activities according to the "Activity completion" conditions? New! The lecturer can set an automatic grade in the activities: Assignment, Forum, Forum NG and Questionnaire. This means that the student will receive an automatic grade for the activity after completing it, according to the conditions for completing the activity that the lecturer defined in that activity. 1. Click to enter the activity Settings, in the top menu: 2. The conditions for completing an activity vary from activity to activity. Here we will present some examples of defining an automatic grade: A. In the Assignment - In the "Grade " section, define a "Maximum Grade " In the "Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can define that the student must submit the assignment by the completion date in order to receive an automatic grade. B. In the Forum - In the "Whole forum grading " section, under the "Grade " heading, select the "Point " option and set a "Maximum grade ". In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can set, for example, that the student must post one discussion or one response in order to receive an automatic grade. C. In the Forum NG - in the "Grade " section, under the heading "Grading scale " define "Point " and define what the "Maximum grade " is. In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". You can define, for example, that the student must create one discussion or respond once by the activity completion date in order to receive an automatic grade. D. In the Questionnaire - In the "Response Options " section, the "Submission Grade " must be defined. In the " Activity completion " section, under the " Completion tracking " heading, select the option " Show activity as complete when conditions are met ". It can be defined that the student must submit the questionnaire in order to receive an automatic full grade. How do I disable the "Mark as Done" button? The lecturer can disable the "Mark as Done " button so that it does not appear under the resources and activities on the course website. Canceling the button will eliminate its existence for students as well, not just from the lecturer's perspective. The lecturer has two options for disabling the button: • Disabling the "Mark as Done " button across the entire course website • Disabling the "Mark as Done " button in specific activities Disabling the "Mark as Done" button across the entire course website 1. Click the "Settings " button on the course top menu. Disabling the "Mark as Done" button across the entire course website. 2. In the "Completion Tracking " section under the "Show activity completion conditions " heading, select the "No " option. 3. To finish, click on "Save and display ". Disable the "Mark as Done" button on specific activities 1. On the course website, in the top management bar, click on "More ". In the menu that opens, select "Course Completion ". 2. In the "Course Completion " drop down menu, select the "Bulk edit activity completion " tab. 3. Select the relevant activities and click the "Edit " button. 4. In the "Completion Tracking" section, select the "Do not indicate activity completion " option. 5. Finally, click the "Save Changes " button.

The students entitled to academic adjustments due to the Iron Swords War are updated in the University's systems. These groups are present on the course sites in Moodle and activities can be defined according to these groups on the site. The groups in Moodle are automatically updated every morning according to the registration in the University system. Iron Swords groups The students entitled to academic adjustments due to the Iron Swords War are updated in the University's systems. These groups are present on the course sites in Moodle and activities can be defined according to these groups on the site. The groups in Moodle are automatically updated every morning according to the registration in the University system. What's in this tutorial: group participants message group time extension group restrict access topic restrict access resource See the groups' participants Send a message to only one group Allow extended time in an assignment or quiz to a group Restrict access of a topic to students in a specific group Restrict access of an activity to students in a specific group group participants See groups' participants On each course site, in the first topic on the site, a link called "Iron Swords groups " was added, leading directly to the updated list of groups on the site. When entering the link, the three groups and the students registered to them will be displayed. To download the list of participants: 1. Scroll to the bottom of the page 2. On " Export users as " select "Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) ". 3. Click on "Download ". In addition, in the "Participants " page, it is possible to filter by groups: 1. Click on "Participants " in the course menu. 2. In the “Match ” field, select "Groups ". 3. Select the group or groups you want to filter by. 4. Click on "Apply filters " message group Send messages to a specific group 1. Enter the "Lecturer Messages " forum, then click on " Settings " in the menu at the top of the page. 2. Enter the "Common module settings " section. In the "Group Mode " field, choose the "Separate Groups " option. 3. In the "Grouping ” field choose the "Iron Swords groups ” option, for example. 4. To save your changes, click on "Save and return to the course ”. 5. Go to the "Lecturer Messages " forum on the course website. 6. On the upper right side, select the drop-down list to whom you would like to direct the message to (all participants or a specific group). 7. Click on the "Add discussion topic " button, write a message and click on “Post to forum ”. time extension group Allow extended time in an assignment or quiz to a group In Assignment and Quiz activities, extended time can be allowed for specific groups of students. 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 page that opens, click on the "User overrides " dropdown menu and select "Group overrides ". To finish, click on "Add group override ". 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. In the "Attempts allowed " section it is advisable not to change it. 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 restrict access topic Restrict access of a topic to students in a specific group In each topic, access restrictions can be defined only for a group or grouping, so that any content on this topic will be available only to the group(s) participants. 1. Enable " Edit mode " on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on the three-dot button in the topic line, on the right side. Then, click on "Edit topic ". 3. On the next page, click on "Restrict access " on the bottom of the page. Then, click on the button "Add restriction ". 4 . In the panel that opens, choose the restriction: "Group " or "Grouping ". 5. In the page that opens, select the group that will have access to the topic. The members of the group you choose will be the only ones who can see the topic content. The "Add restriction " button adds a new restriction each time. Therefore, after each restriction is added, click "Save changes " at the bottom of the page. 6. Clicking on the "eye " icon next to the restriction hides the topic from the other students on the course website. If the eye is open, all the students will be able to see the topic and the restrictions. The point of view of other students: The topic is displayed on the course website with the restriction. The topic is not displayed to other students. restrict access resource Restrict access of an activity to students in a specific group In each activity or resource, access restrictions can be defined only for a group or a grouping, so that this item will be available only to these students. 1. Enter the activity in which you would like to set an access restriction (the instructions refer to "Assignment " but are also suitable for resources, quizzes, and every other content). 2. Click on "Settings " in the activity top menu. 3. Scroll down to the "Restrict access " section. Click to open it, then click on the button "Add restriction ". 4 . In the panel that opens, choose the restriction: "Group " or "Grouping ". 5. In the page that opens, select the group that will have access to the activity. The members of the group you choose will be the only ones who can see the content or take part of the activity. The "Add restriction " button adds a new restriction each time. Therefore, after each restriction is added, click "Save changes " at the bottom of the page. 6. Clicking on the "eye " icon next to the restriction hides the activity from the other students on the course website. If the eye is open, all the students will be able to see the activity and the restriction. The point of view of other students: The activity is displayed on the course website with the restriction. The activity is not displayed to other students.

Step-by-step tutorials with written instructions, images and videos on the use of the online systems for teaching and learning at Tel Aviv University (Moodle, Zoom, Panopto and more) - Virtual TAU Support. Academic Year 2024 - 2025 Import content Add Teaching Assistant Virtual TAU Support Quick Search: Zoom Make Course Available צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle First steps in Moodle Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Remote teaching through Zoom Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Recordings and video editing Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Manage the course website in Moodle Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Quizzes, assignments and grades Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Iron Swords groups Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Activities and resources in Moodle Read More > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Guidelines for E-Learning During Emergency Read More (in Hebrew) > צעדים ראשונים ב-Moodle Tomax (official website) Read More > Virtual TAU Welcome to contact us by email or phone. Personal meetings can be coordinated. Check the Innovation in Teaching and Learning website > Email Virtual@tauex.tau.ac.il Contact us Phone 03-6405527 contact us

Attendance management on the course website Class attendance can be managed through the course website. In this way, it is possible to mark for each student whether they were present, absent or late for class. You can also produce a summary report at the end of the course. What's in this tutorial: How to set up the attendance item on the course website? How to set up an option for self-attendance registration or automatic registration of the students? how to set up the attendance item on the course website option for self-attendance or automatic registration How to update student attendance during and after classes How do students see and update their attendance status How to update student attendance during and after classes? How do students see their attendance status and how do they independently update their attendance status? How to set up the attendance item on the course website? 1. Enable Edit mode on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click on "+ Add an activity or resource " in the appropriate topic. 3. Choose "Attendance ". 4. Go to the "Grade " section. In this section it is possible to determine the grading method for attendance in the course: "None " - no grade will be given for attendance "Scale " – fail/pass (the grade will be transferred to the grade report) "Point " - numerical grade (the grade will be transferred to the grade report). 5. To finish, click on "Save and display " and go to the stage of setting the meetings. 6. In the next page, you can see all the course sessions. To add course lessons, click the " Add Session " button. 7. In the "Date " and "Time " sections set the date of the first meeting. 8. Go to the "Multiple sessions " section. Check " Repeat the session above as follows ” if the meeting is repeated, to create a series of sessions. "Repeat on " - mark the relevant day(s) of the course. "Repeat every " - if the class is held once a week leave 1, if the class is held once every two weeks choose "2", etc. "Repeat until " - define the date of the last class in the course, for example in the first semester: January 31, 2025. To finish, click "Add ". It is possible to define that the students record their own attendance. for instructions Students' attendance can be marked by the lecturer. for instructions How to set up an option for self-attendance registration? Students can be allowed to record their own attendance in several ways. In order to do this, you must be on the page adding a meeting or editing a meeting. Go to the "Student Recording " field and check the "Allow students to record own attendance " section. Way 1 - Self-registration of attendance using a QR code 1. In the "Student Recording " field, make sure that the "Allow students to record own attendance " section is checked Select "Rotate QR code to register to class (rotate every 50 sec) " by checking the checkbox. 2. Choose how long before the start of the class it will be possible to access the attendance component and register. If relevant, set how many minutes before class the item will open to update attendance in the field “Open session early for marking ”, for example 10 minutes. If you don't want to open this option, leave the default 0 minutes. To finish, click "Save changes ". 3. Now you can see all scheduled meetings, in the "All " tab. You can also choose to display the sessions by months/weeks/days. A meeting where attendance data has been updated A meeting set up for self-registration via QR code A meeting where student attendance has not yet been updated at all A meeting set up for self-registration with a password 4. In order to activate the self-registration in the class: At the beginning of the class with self-attendance registration via QR code, click on the QR code icon in the lesson date row. A QR code will be projected on the screen in the classroom and will change every 50 seconds. The students will be asked upon entering the class to scan the code, connect to Moodle with their user and then receive a message that their “attendance in this session has been successfully recorded ”. * The code will only appear on the lecturer's computer and must be shared with the students (projected on the screen in class/shared screen in Zoom session, etc.) Attendance registration via QR code is in a new version. We would be happy to receive feedback from you on its use and especially if there were difficulties in its operation. Way 2 – self-attendance recording using a password You can set a permanent password, in the text box below the "Register to class with chosen password " section. 1. Tick the box in the "Automatic marking " section: “Allow students to record own attendance ” 2. Check the box in the "Register to class with chosen password " section. 3. Write the password you chose in the panel. 4. To finish, click on "Save changes ". Way 3 - Automatic self-registration of attendance to the highest attendance status Students can be allowed automatic registration that will be done as soon as they enter the attendance item. 1. Tick the box in the "Automatic marking " section: “Allow students to record own attendance ” 2. Check the box in the "Automatically select highest status available (P=Present) " section. 3. To finish, click on "Save changes ". 4. As soon as the students enter the course item on the course website, their attendance in the class will be immediately registered. How to set up an option for automatic attendance registration of the students? 1. In the "Student recording " field, in the "Automatic marking " section, define whether you want automatic attendance to be registered for the missing students: “Set unmarked at end of session ”, or when completing one of the course activities: “On activity completion ” 2. In the section "Select activity " a list of the activities in the course will open. Choose the activity where automatic attendance will be registered for students. You can choose one of the course activities that upon completion will be registered as student attendance, or choose the student attendance item. 3. To finish, click on "Add ". How to update student attendance during and after classes? 1. In order to update attendance (by the lecturer) at a certain meeting, click on the triangle sign in the "Actions " column. A green arrow marks meetings where attendance has already been updated. The key icon marks meetings with self-registration of attendance by the students using a password. 2. Next to each student's name, mark the relevant attendance status. You can add comments. At the bottom of the page on the left you can see the available presence modes. To proceed click on "Save and show next page " and to finish, click on "Save and back ". 3. You can change the attendance modes provided by default in the Moodle system. To do this, go to the "Status set " tab to define the presence modes that will be used. The default is 4 modes: i. Presence- P Present ii. Late - L Late iii. Absence - A Absent iv. Approved absence - E Excused In the default attendance settings, each of the four attendance statuses is automatically given a "score" out of 2 points, where: present status receives full points (2 points), late and excused receive half of the points (1 point), and absent status receives no points (0 points). Definitions: i. In the "Description " column, you can define whether to use the existing modes or define new presence modes (for example, "left before the end of the lesson", "present remotely", etc.). ii. In the "points " column you can define whether each attendance status will receive a score and if so, how many points for each status. iii. If in the meeting settings you set that the item will open for registration before the start of the meeting, V can be marked in the "Available before session start " column. iv. In the column "automatically set when not marked " you can define "absent" as a status that will be automatically registered for any student who has not updated his status as present (if self-registration has been defined). v. Custom presence modes can be added using the gray "Add " tab. To finish, click on "Update ". 4. To view the summary attendance report of all students in all sessions, go to the "Report " tab. The letter "i" indicates that a student attended independently (possible by defining the item in advance for a certain meeting) The question mark indicates that the attendance status for this session has not been updated for the marked students. Each presence status appears in a different color. 5. In the "Export " tab, you can export the attendance report to an Excel file, by clicking "OK ". How do students see their attendance status and how do they independently update their attendance status? 1. Upon entering the attendance item on the course website, students have the option to see their attendance status in 3 tabs: "This course " - summary of attendance statuses on the current course website "All courses " - summary of attendance in all the courses in which they are registered "All sessions " - attendance at all classes, according to courses 2. For self-registration of attendance at the session defined with a password, the students enter the attendance item during class, and register themselves at the "Submit attendance " link. In the screen that opens, they type the defined password and their presence status and save changes. 3. For the purpose of self-registration of attendance at the meeting defined with a QR code, the students scan the code that appears on the screen at the beginning of the lesson. Upon scanning, they will be asked to log in using their personal user to the Moodle system and then receive a message that their registration has been successfully received. When they enter the course attendance item, they will see that their attendance status in that class is present and in the notes it will be recorded that the attendance is "self-recorded ".

Learn how to create the Group Choice activity in Moodle, so students can enroll themselves into groups in the course. The groups can be used later on for assignment submission or restrict access to activities, for example. 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 ".

Learn how to use the Panopto video server for publishing and sharing recordings with students. Also: grant permissions or restrict viewing, change the name and order of recordings, restore from the archive, upload and download videos, create a folder, transfer and embed videos. Recordings in Panopto What's in this tutorial: Embed a Panopto video in Moodle Add a co editor to a folder Restoring recordings from the archive in Panopto Change order of recordings Change recording name Restrict access to a recording Publication of class recordings for students Sharing folder and recordings add recordings link to the course Publication of class recordings for students Sharing folder and recordings (also from previous years) Embed a Panopto Video in Moodle Add a link to recordings from previous years in the course Restrict access to a recording Add a co-editor to a folder Restoring recordings from the archive in Panopto Change the order of the recordings in a folder Change recording name Recordings that have not been watched for 6 months will be archived and therefore unavailable for viewing. They can be restored, the process may take up to 48 hours. For instructions, click here . Recordings that have not been watched for 30 days after they were returned from the archive will be archived automatically again. Publication of class recordings for students Publication of class recordings for students The recordings of the meetings created through the Zoom resource on the Moodle course website are automatically moved to the course folder on the Panopto server. They will be visible for Teachers in the Panopto block on the right part of the screen, on the course website in gray . The students will not be able to see them until they are approved for publication by the owner of the recording, and will appear in blue . There are two options for publishing the recordings: A. Publication of a single recording – click here for instructions. B. Publication of all recordings in the course folder at once. All recording scheduled via Zoom on the course website will be moved to the course folder in Panopto and will be published to students automatically – click here for instructions. How to publish a recording of a single lesson to students How to publish a recording of a single lesson to students? 1. Go to the relevant course website, and in the Panopto block on the right part of the screen, click on "Course settings ". 2. Close the pop up window that will open on the Panopto website by clicking on the X. 3. Hover the mouse over the recording you want to make available for students and click on the three-dot button. Then click on the "Publish " button. Now, the students will be able to see the recordings published in the Panopto block on the right part of the screen, on the course website. How to publish the entire course folder to students? How to publish the entire course folder to students? 1. Go to the relevant course website, and in the Panopto block on the right part of the screen, click on "Course settings ". 2. In the pop up window that opens, scroll down to the topic "Availability ". Under the heading "Session becomes available " click on "Immediately ” and click on the "X" to close and save. The course folder will be available for students. Every recording made through the course website will be automatically published to students and will be displayed in the Panopto block on the right part of the screen, on the course website in blue . Sharing folder and recordings Sharing folder and recordings (also from previous years) The course folder and specific recordings in Panopto can be shared with students enrolled in courses in the current academic year, even if they are from previous years. You can share them with all course participants or with specific users. Please note: if the recordings have not been viewed for more than six months and have been archived, they must be restored in order to be able to view them. Instructions for restoring from the archive - here . 1. Log into Moodle. In the My Courses page, click on the "Courses from past years " and choose the relevant year. (Pay attention to the academic year in which the course took place: if the course was delivered in 2021-22, you must log into Moodle for תשפ"ב, etc.). 2. In the Panopto block on the right part of the screen on the course website, click on " Course settings ”. 3. Close the pop up window that will open on the Panopto website by clicking on the X. share recording There are two options for sharing the recordings: A. Sharing the entire course folder B. Sharing a specific recording 4. To share the entire folder , click on the Share symbol located in the upper right corner. 4. To share a specific recording (or multiple) , select the recording(s) and click on the Share button under the Course name. 5. In the “Add people and groups ” field, you can either share with all course students, a specific student or multiple students. Option A - To grant viewing privileges to all course students: Type in the course number of the current academic year (for example: 0116593799-2024 -1). Choose the three suggested groups of the course number for the current academic year (each line is separate). Click on "Save ". Click here for instructions to add the link to the course website Option B - To grant viewing privileges to a specific user : Type in the username, or name, or a university email address (Remember to select the option that starts with unified\ ). After the user is identified by Panopto, click "Save" and then click " Done ". To send a message to the user who received the permission - click on " Send an email to notify people ". Click here for instructions to add the link to the course website Option C - To grant viewing privileges to multiple users : T ype in a space-separated list of usernames. Wait until the options list appears and choose "Add multiple users from Moodle2024 " After the users are identified by Panopto, click "Save" and then click "Done ". To send a message to the users who received the permission - click on "Send an email to notify people ". Click here for instructions to retrieve a list of usernames from a course Continue reading to share the link on the course website or with the students add recordings link to the course How to add a link to the recordings in the Course website? 1. Click on "Copy Link " in the Share window in Panopto - in the recording or folder to which you want to give access to. 2. Return to the course website in Moodle (make sure you are in the current school year). Add the "URL " resource in the relevant topic. For instructions on adding an item, click here. 3. In the "Name " field, name the link. For example "Recordings from previous years ". Paste the folder or recording link in the "External URL " field. 4. Click “Save and return to the course ”. The recordings will now be available in the course website. Restrict access to a recording Restrict access to a recording To restrict the access to a specific recording without altering the course folder settings, you can create a subfolder and select the users that have access to it. 1. Enter the folder where the course recordings are located. 2. Click on the "Add folder" button. 3. In the "Enter name" field that opens, type in the name of the folder. (for example, "Recordings for group 1"). Finish by pressing enter on the keyboard. 4. Select the relevant recordings by clicking on the checkbox in the video thumbnail. 5. On the top of the page, click on the "Move" icon under the course name. 8. Enter the new folder and click on the "Share" button located in the upper right corner. 9. In the window that opens, click on the "change " button under the "People and groups " field headline. 10. In the pop-up window that opens, click on "Stop Inheriting " . This action means that the permissions in the new folder will not depend on the course folder. (If you added someone as an authorized viewer to the course folder, they will not be automatically added to this folder) It is important to leave the V mark next to the section: "Keep 3 members as added users " in order to keep your privileges as the owner of the folder 11. In the section named "viewer " (viewer = viewing permission for students), click on X to remove the permission for students. Leave the creator and publisher permits unchanged (=viewing permission for the teaching staff). To finish, click save . 12. In the Add people and groups field, to grant viewing privileges to a specific user : Type in the name of the user to whom you want to give viewing permission. Choose the option that starts with unified\ . 12. In the Add people and groups field, to grant viewing privileges to multiple users : Type in a space-separated list of usernames. Wait until the options list appears and choose "Add multiple users from Moodle2024 " Click here for instructions to retrieve a list of usernames from a course 13. To finish, click save . For instructions on how to copy a recording you want to share to this folder, click here . 6. Select the folder (by typing its name or searching for it), and click "Move" 7. After receiving the confirmation (check signs and "Done"), close the pop-up window. Embed a Panopto video in Moodle How to embed a Panopto video in Moodle? All Panopto course recordings will be visible to students in the Panopto block on the right of the course website on Moodle. In order for the recordings to be displayed on the course website under the relevant topic (like the other content elements in the course), the recording must be added as a new resource. 1. Go to the relevant course website on Moodle. 2. Enable "Edit Mode " on the top right. 3. Click on "Add an activity or resource " at the bottom of the topic you would like to add your item to. 4. On the activity chooser, choose “Text and media area (Label) ". 5. In the editor toolbar, select the button with the Panopto icon . 6. Select the video you want to share by clicking the box next to it. To insert it, click on "Insert". In the Movie Selection pane, only videos that are in the course folder on Panopto appear. 7. Press the "Insert " button. 8. To save, scroll to the end of the page and select "Save changes and return to course ". 9. The video will now appear on the course website, in the desired topic. Add a co editor to a folder Add a co-editor to a folder For more people to be able to edit the folder and the recordings that are in it - there is a need to add them as co-editors. This permission is called "Creator ". It is important to know that adding a user as a Creator will give them full permission to view, share, delete, etc. Creator permissions can be granted to specific users (associated with Tel Aviv University only) in the course's recording folder (as well as from previous years). It is important to note that the default for granting permission is through the "Viewer " permission for viewing only (without the ability to edit, transfer, copy or download the recording to a computer). 1. Enter the relevant course folder in Panopto through the course website in Moodle. For instructions, click here . 2. Click on the "Share " button located in the upper right corner. 3. In the "Add people and groups " field, type in the name of the university user to whom you want to give editing permission in the folder (remember to choose the option that starts with unified\ ). On the right side of the screen, choose the type of permission required: Creator = editing permission Viewer = viewing permission only Finally, click "Save" . 4. Now you can send the link to the participants by clicking on "Copy link " and pasting it in an email (Ctrl+V) or by adding the link to the course website . For more instructions on sending Lecturer messages to students, click here . Restoring recordings from the archive in Panopto Restoring recordings from the archive in Panopto Due to storage limitations, unwatched Panopto recordings are automatically archived. In the course folder - recordings that have not been watched for 6 months will be archived. In the personal folder - recordings that have not been watched for 2 months will be archived. A recording that has been archived will be displayed as unavailable in the folder. If the students and lecturers want to watch a recording that is in the archive, clicking on the recording will restore the video. From the moment you click on the recording, it will be restored (it can take up to 48 hours) and will be available for viewing. If the recording has not been viewed 30 days after restoration, it will be archived again. Therefore, it is recommended to watch the restored recordings, otherwise they might be archived within 30 days. 1. Enter the relevant folder (whether it is the "Meeting Recordings " folder or a course folder). 2. Click on the "Archived " button (it will show the number of recordings in the archive). 3. Check off all the recordings you wish to restore (at least one). 4. After checking all the recordings for restoration, click on "Restore ". 5. Confirm the restoration in the pop-up message by clicking "OK" 6. Now the restoration process will begin and a message will be displayed: “Video restore from the archive started ”. The recordings will be available for viewing within 48 hours . Panopto will also display the estimated time remaining until the recording is fully restored. When the video is restored, you will receive an email from Panopto and the video will automatically move to the folder. Change order of recordings Change the order of the recordings in a folder 1. On the course site in Moodle, click "Course settings" , in the Panopto block on the right. If you don't see the menu, click the arrow tag on the right. 2. On the page that opens, select the order tab in the left menu 4. Mark the “Set the display order for this folder” field 5. Drag the items to change order Please note: For efficient organization, you can change the recordings ' names . Change recording name Change recording name 1. In the recordings folder in Panopto, hover the cursor over the recording thumbnail, and click the "settings" icon (gear) 2. On the page that opens, click “Edit” in the “Name” section 3. Type in the new name and click “Save” to finish

After students have finished a quiz in Moodle, lecturers can see the students' answers, grades, attempts, and statistics. Lecturers can cancel a question or accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades and more. Review and grade a quiz in Moodle After the students finished the quiz you can see the students' answers, grades, attempts, statistics and more What's on this tutorial: Review attempts of students Manual grading essay questions Export quiz attempts to Excel Quiz statistics report Accept another answer Cancel a question Review students' quiz answer attempts Manual grading of essay questions Export quiz answer attempts report to Excel Quiz statistics report Accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades Cancel a question and recalculating a grade after the exam is over Review attempts of students Review quiz answer attempts of students After the students finished answering the quiz, you can view all students' quiz results in one table, as well as view each student attempt, and manually add comments or update their grade. View all students results 1. On the course site, enter the relevant Quiz 2. In the quiz page, go to "Results" in the top menu. 3. Here you can see the quiz results table Note: There are "display options" and report filters ("what to include in the report") above the results table - if needed you can always reset table preferences. View student attempt 4. To view a specific student attempt, in the results table click “Review attempt” under the student’s name 5. Here you can view the attempt, add personal comments and override the grade General details of the attempt The question and the student's answer Add comments and/or override grade The student's response history 6. To finish, click “Finish review” on the “Quiz navigation” block on the top right Manual grading essay questions Manual grading of essay questions In a "Quiz ", there is an option to grade essay questions by question (and not per student). How to grade essay questions by question How to grade essay questions without displaying the students' names grade essay questions How to grade essay questions by question? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. Go to "Results" in the top menu and, on the next page select “Manual grading” in the drop down menu on the top left. 3. On the next page, the essay questions list will be displayed. Review and grade the answers to a specific question, click on "grade" in the “To grade" column, or go to "grade all" , in the “Total” column. 4. On the top of the page, there are options to filter and sort the students' answers for grading Please note: Changes must be saved after giving a grade at the end of each page, so it is recommended to grade 5-10 questions per page. 5. Now, you will be able to see and grade the essay answers manually: On the left: The question number In the blue frame: The question text and the student's answer. In the green frame: In the "Comment" text box, you can write feedback for that answer. In the green frame: At the bottom you can grade that answer. 6. To go to the next page, or to finish grading, click “Save and show next” button at the bottom of the page. 7. To return to the essay questions list, click on link “Back to the list of questions” at the top of the page. grade essay questions without names How to grade essay questions without displaying the students' names Step 1: Change permissions in the quiz Step 2: Switch role to Teaching Assistant Step 3: Grade the assay questions Step 1: Change permissions in the quiz 1. In the relevant quiz item, click on “More” and then "Permissions" in the top menu. 2. On the page that opens, find the field "See student names while grading" (Ctrl+F can be used). In the row of "See student identity fields while grading" locate the "Teaching Assistant" permission and click on the trash can icon to remove the permission. 3. Now the “Confirm role change” window will open. Make sure that the permission is "Teaching Assistant” , and that the removal is from the ability to view the students' names while grading. To finish, click "Remove” . Step 2: Switch role to Teaching Assistant 1. Click on your initials in the upper left corner of the screen and click on "Switch role to...” 2. In the window that opens, select "Teaching Assistant" 3. Now next to your name initials, the permission "Teaching Assistant" will appear. At any stage, to return to the normal permission, click again on your name initials and then on “Return to my normal role”. Step 3: Grade the essay questions After changing the role, return to the quiz and grade the essay questions according to the “Manual grading of essay questions ” . Export quiz attempts to Excel Export quiz answer attempts report to Excel 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz item, go to the "Results" in the top menu 3. To export “results” table: Above the table on the left, select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” in the drop down menu, and click “Download” To export students’ answers: 4. Select “Responses” in the drop down menu on the top left. 5. On “Display options” choose which data to display, and click “Show report” . 6. Select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” in the "Download table data as " menu below, and click “Download” Quiz statistics report Quiz Statistics report 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz item, go to the "Results" in the top menu and select “Statistics” in the drop down menu on the top left. In the top table: General data of the quiz In the lower table: Statistics by question. Clicking on the name of the question will lead to detailed information Download to Excel: at the top of the page, in “Download full report as” field, select “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” and click “Download” Accept another answer Accept another answer as correct and recalculate the grades If needed, after students have finished the exam, it is possible to accept another answer as correct, and recalculate the grades accordingly. This option is available only in “Multiple choice” and “OU multiple response” questions type. Step 1 - Set another answer as correct in a question Step 2 - Recalculate the grades Step 1 - Set another answer as correct in a question accept another answer 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz activity, click on "Quiz questions" in the top menu 3. Click the gear icon on the relevant question to go to its settings If you use a “Random question” from a question category, click “See questions” , find the question and click on "Edit" and “Edit question" 4. In the field of the additional correct answer, change the "Grade" field to 100% (In “OU multiple response” mark “Correct” to the additional answer) 5. To finish, scroll down and click on “Save changes” recalculate grade Step 2 - Recalculate the quiz grade 1. In the quiz item, go to “Results” in the top menu. 2. Click on the "Dry run full regrade” button to see how the change you will be reflected in the students' grades. 3. At the end of the “Dry run” process, a "Regrade completed" message will be displayed, click “Continue” to finish. 4. Now you can see the grades after the recalculating 5. If the change is correct, click the "Regrade all " button to update the grades for all students. 6. At the end of the process, a "Regrade completed" message will be displayed, click “Continue” to finish. Cancel a question Cancel a question and recalculating a grade after the exam is over If a problem was detected in a question in the exam, it is sometimes necessary to cancel the question and recalculate the exam. How to recalculate the grade without weighting this question? 1. On the course site, enter the relevant quiz 2. In the quiz activity, go to the "Quiz questions" in the top menu 3. On the next page, find the question you want to cancel. Click the pencil icon and update its weight to 0 . 4. Press Enter to save and finish. 5. To see the new grade calculation, go to “Results” in the top menu. On the results table, you can see that the question now is not included in the quiz grade calculation.

In an assignment activity, a grade can be set based on a marking guide or rubric that the lecturer defines 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. 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

How to upload multiple-choice or essay questions from a Word file to the course question bank. In the questions you can add media such as pictures, links and YouTube videos. 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.

The text and media editor in Moodle allows you to add different formats of content to your course website. This tool is present in most components and actions in the Moodle , such as: forum, description and instructions in the activities,quiz, page, and diary. The Atto Text and Media Editor The text and media editor allows you to add text and media content to the Moodle website. This tool is present in most components and actions in the Moodle, such as: Forum , description and instructions in the activities, Quiz , Page , Journal . Using the content editor you can: Add a subtitle to a topic. Add links to an external site and file. Add photos and animations. Embed an entire Word file as text. Embed videos and recordings (including H5P video). What's in the guide? How do I add a link to a website? How do I add a link to a file? How do I embed a Word file? How to add an image using the content editor? link to a file on moodle hyperlink Embed a Word file on Moodle add an image using the content editor on Moodle Click on one of the categories to learn about the editing tools General use Add media Edit text Click on the arrow to expand the toolbar New in the 2024 Moodle! Precise language orientation control button: Allows you to change text direction from different languages within text. hyperlink How to add a hyperlink to a website? 1. Type in the text or paste an image into the editing field of the content editor. 2. Select the text or image that will be a link. 3. Click on the link icon . 4. In the panel that opens, enter or paste the link address to the relevant website. 5. Finally, click on "Create link ". Example of creating a hyperlink in text: Example of creating a hyperlink in an image: link to a file on moodle How do I add a link to a file? 1. Enter the text or paste an image into the editing field of the content editor. 2. Select the text or image that will be a link. 3. lick on the "link " icon. 4. In the panel that opens, click on "Browse repositories ...". 5. In "Choose File " search for the desired file on your computer and select it. 6. To finish, click "Upload this file ". Embed a Word file on Moodle How do I embed a Word file? 1. Press the Word button. 2. In "Choose File " search for the desired file on your computer and select it. 3. Finally, click "Upload this file ". add an image using the content editor on Moodle How to add an image using the content editor? There are 3 options for inserting an image in the content editor: Option A - 1. Click on the Add Image icon. 2. Select the desired image by clicking "Browse Repositories ", then browse to search your computer. 3. Finally, click "Save image ". Option B - 1. In the toolbar, click on the image insert icon. 2. In the window that opens, in the "Enter URL " field, enter a link to the image you selected from the Internet. 3. In the box below, add a description to the image and finally click "Save Image ". Option C - 1. Choose an image, and using "copy" and "paste" attach it to the designed content page in the desired place. 2. To finish, click on "Save image ". When you are done editing the content page, click on the "Save and display " button. View an example of a content page that includes a link to a file and an image: How to add a file to the page resource? 1. In the editor box, write the text that will be a link to the file, for example: "Click here to download the file" Highlight the text and click on the "link " icon. 2. In the window that opens, click on "Browse repositories... " 3. In the next window that opens, check that the selected tab in the menu on the left is "Upload a file " and then click on "Choose file ". 4. Choose the file you want to upload from your computer, double-click on it and check that it is now attached. 5. To finish, click on "Upload this file ". Looking for a specific action using Content Editor? We have more tutorials! How to add a secondary title? (Hebrew) How to add a link to a video from YouTube site? How to embed elements using HTML (for example, Padlet or Google Slides)? How to embed a video from Panopto on the course website in Moodle?

The Exams server is a Moodle server for conducting online exams. On the Exams server, the course is "empty": no content, activities and learning materials are displayed. Instructions for using the Exams Server The Exams Server works with Moodle same as the main Moodle courses sites. Every site on the main Moodle will also appear on the Exams server Every user registered on the main course will also be on the Exams server Groups on the course will also appear on the Exams server The distinction between the courses server and the exams server helps to effectively manage the online exams in two ways: Dispersing online exams between the main server and the exams server, in order to avoid overloads during the exams of many students at once. On the Exams server, the course is "empty": no content, activities and learning materials are displayed. What's on this tutorial: Login to the Exams server Prepare exam on the Exams server Add users to the Exams server Import an existing exam How do students enter the exam server? Groups - exam server Import grades Exams server to main How login to the Exams server? How to prepare exam on the Exams server? How to add users (students/teaching assistants) to the course on the Exams server? How to import an existing exam from the main course website to the Exams server? How do students enter the exam server? How to see groups for time extension created on the main site on the exam server? How to import the grades from the Exams server to the main course? Login to the Exams server How login to the Exams server? Enter the exam server at the following link: http://exams.tau.ac.il Log in with your university username. Each user will see on the Exams server all the courses to which they are registered on the main Moodle server. Please note: all course sites on the exam server are not available to students . Remember to make the course website available to students before the exam. Making the site available is the responsibility of the teaching staff in the course (click here for instructions ) Prepare exam on the Exams server How to prepare an exam on the Exams server? On the exam server, exams are prepared and conducted exactly the same way as on the course website on the main server, including granting time extensions, adding an exam honor code statement and any additional settings that are necessary for the exam. For information on preparing exams in Moodle, click here . Add users to the Exams server How to add users (students/teaching assistants) to the course on the Exams server? Participants registered on the main course's sites are automatically synchronized to the Exams server within 24 hours of their registration. If users are added close to the exam, they need to be added on the main server and then perform a manual synchronization on the course website on the exam server. For instructions on adding users to the main site, click here . To manually synchronize participants on the exam server: 1. On the course site on the Exams server, enable "Edit mode" on the upper right corner of the page. 2. On the right menu, click “To sync click here” on the “TAU sync from main site” block. If you don't see the menu, click the arrow tag on the top right corner. 3. The sync process may take several minutes. To finish,, click "Continue”. Import an existing exam How to import an existing exam from the main course website to the course on the Exams server? Activities, such as Quiz and Assignment , can be imported from the main course website in cases that they were created there and the students will be assessed in the exams server. 1. Enter the course site on the Exam server 2. In the course top menu, click on "More" and then choose "Import items from the main site" . 3. A list of all the activities available on the course on the main server will open. Check the relevant item/s and click "Submit" . 4. At the end of the import process, a completion page will appear, click “Continue” button to finish. Please note, after importing it is recommended to go through the exam settings and verify that the exam is displayed correctly. The following details should be checked in particular (if set on main site): 1. Access restrictions; 2. Honor code statement How do students enter the exam server? How do students enter the exam server? The students must be updated and informed in advance about each exam that takes place on the exam server and not on the main Moodle server. Before the exam date: It is recommended to ask the students to log in to the exam server (it is also possible a few days before) to make sure that they are able to login, and to confirm the "Site policy agreement" (on the first login to the exam server). On the day of the test: it is recommended to add on the main course site a direct link to the Exams server course site. Suggestion for a message to send to the students: The online exam in course: ____________ , will take place on the Exam server . To enter the exam server: 1. Click the following link: http://exams.tau.ac.il 2. Log in and enter the course website Please note , if this is your first time on the Exam server, a policy agreement notice will appear. Please read and accept. Once you have accepted the terms, your courses list will be displayed. Groups - exam server How to see groups created on the main site on the exam server for time extension? Groups set on the main course's sites are automatically synchronized to the Exams server within 24 hours. If groups need to be added close to the exam, it needs to be set on the main server, and then perform a manual synchronization on the course on the exam server. For instructions on creating groups on the main site, click here . To manually synchronize participants on the exam server: 1. On the course site on the Exams server’, enable "Edit mode" on the upper right corner of the page. 2. Click “To sync click here” on the “TAU sync from main site” block on the right menu. If you don't see the menu, click the arrow tag on the top right corner. 3. The sync process may take several minutes. at the end, click "Continue ”. Please note: if the groups continue to be updated on the main course website, it is recommended to do another synchronization a few minutes before the start of the exam. Import grades Exams server to main How to import the grades from the Exams server to the main course? The grades will automatically be transferred a day after they are updated on the exam server. If you want to transfer the grades without the waiting time: 1. Enter the course on the main Moodle server and enable "Edit mode" on the upper right corner of the page. 2. On the right menu, click on “Add a block” and select “TAU sync grades from online exams site” If you don't see the menu, click the arrow tag on the top right corner. 4. Click “To sync click here” 5. The sync process may take several minutes. at the end, click "Continue” . 6. To view the grades, click "Grades" in the top menu. In the next window you can see the grade column of the exams. The name of the column will be exams 2024 + the name of the exam. For example: exams2024: final exam.