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Putting content into Moodle is quite easy, with multiple methods available. Moodle has a separate file database where it stores all your files. This is located on the homepage, under Administration. Also when you Turn Editing On, you can access the Add a Resource capability that allows you to create and link files to the homepage.
To edit a file, click on the little hand with a pen icon to the file's right.
1. From the homepage, click Turn Editing On.
2. Under Add a Resource, choose Compose a Text Page.
3. Fill out the form with a name. The name becomes the title of the link that the students will see on the homepage. The summary will appear on the index of resources. A text page doesn't give you an html editor for the Full Text and instead assumes that little formatting will be needed. The Full Text box is your actual assignment. Fill out the remainder of the form as shown below.
Choosing a new window will result in a popup window, that can help students with navigation as the old window shows underneath and is easy to return by closing the top new window. Popup blockers on browsers must be disabled, though, for new popup windows to work.
1. Under Add a Resource, choose Compose a Web Page.
2. Fill out the form. The Web Page option allows you to fully format a page and add all web page elements like images and links. Rollover and click on the icons in the html editor for such choices.
What the student sees:
Upload Your Single Files
*Note! Don't upload Word files that were saved as html. Because Word uses odd html code, you'll see question marks in the file whereever the code is unsatifactory for Moodle. Instead, open that Word html file in Word, select the text and copy. Then open Moodle and add Resource, Compose a Webpage, and paste all the text in as described above.
1. Click on Files, under Administration on the homepage. This is your file database, where all your files are stored on the Moodle server.
2. Click Upload a file.
You can also organize files into folders here, choose certain files by clicking on their radio button to the left of their name and then move or delete those files with the dropdown menu.
**Note--Be aware that if you link text and especially image files to certain pages and then later move those files to a different folder in the file database, the original link may be broken, so you will need to edit the original text and re-establish the link. Image links can also be broken when copying course content to a new space.
3. First click Browse to find the file on your computer. Then click Upload this file to move it over the internet to the Moodle server. You should then see the file in the list of files in your Moodle Files database.
Upload Your Multiple Files
Multiple files should be zipped together on your computer into one file and then uploaded and unzipped in the Files area of your Moodle course.
Zip multiple files: If you have Windows XP operating system, you can choose a group of files on your homepage by dragging a box around them with the cursor. Right click on one of the files, and then choose, Send To... and then choose Compressed (zipped) Folder.
If you have Mac OS or another type of operating system, you will probably need to download a zip program from the internet. Zipit is a good program for MacIntosh.
Link Your Files to the homepage
1. Under Add a Resource, choose Add a Link to a File or Website.
2. Fill out the form. Click on Choose or Upload a File. When the list of files appears, click on the word, Choose, to the right of the proper file.
**Note--don't click on the radio box to the left of the file name for this procedure. This is different from WebCT.
1. Under Add a Resource, choose Display a Directory .
2. This form allows you to pick any folder (or directory) of files in your Moodle Files database and allow access to your students. Organize your files into folders, prior to adding this resource, if necessary, by going to Files under Administration on your homepage.
When the student clicks on the directory name on the homepage, the summary of the directory will show, as well as all the files in that particular folder or directory.
1. Under Add a Resource, choose Insert a Label. A label is simply a line of text on your homepage. Because you have an html editor here for the Label text, you can also add an image or a link or special formatting.
Any file that can go on the internet can be put into Moodle.
| Common File Types | Description | Student Access |
| .txt | Plain text | Plain text can be read by all word-processors or Wordpad or Notepad. |
| .html* | Hypertext Markup Language | All web browsers can read html, the native language of the internet. |
| .doc | Microsoft Word Document | Students must have either the full version of Microsoft Word on their computers or the free, downloadable Word Reader |
| Adobe Portable Document File | Students must have Acrobat Reader on their computer. It is free and downloadable. This is not a flexible file type for editing, but has the advantage of retaining its exact format over the internet. | |
| .ppt | PowerPoint | Students must have either the full version of Microsoft PowerPoint on their computers or the free, downloadable PowerPoint Reader. The file size must be smaller than the maximum file upload size in Moodle. PowerPoints can be compressed with a program, called Impatica, located in e-LIS, 207 Varner Hall. |
| .zip | Zip (compressed) files | Zip together files into one compressed package to easily upload them at one time to Moodle, using either the XP desktop or a separate program like Winzip or Zipit. |
| .jpeg or .gif | Image file types | Most browsers can read these compressed image types, as long as the Show Images properties is turned on. |
| .mp3 or .wav | Audio file types | Students need speakers for any audio file and Play Sounds to be turned on in the browser. mp3 is the best audio compression for audio files and widely accessible. |
| .mov or.wmv | Video file types | mov (Quicktime) files work on MacIntosh and wmv (Windows Media Video) works best on PCs, although there is some crossover depending on the software on each type of computer. |
*Html files are the easiest to use and read on the internet. Your students will all be able to access them easily. However, converting Word documents to html will not work in Moodle due to the peculiar code that Microsoft uses. You should copy/paste content directly into Moodle's Compose a Web Page facility, which is an html editor. Or use any other html editor like Dreamweaver.
| File Content | Preferred File Types (in order of preference) | Moodle Upload Process |
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.html* | Compose a Web Page |
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.doc | 1. Upload to file database in Moodle. 2. Create a link to the file on the course homepage. |
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.doc | 1. Upload to file database in Moodle. 2. Create a link to the file on the course homepage. |
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.ppt | 1. Upload to file database in Moodle. 2. Create a link to the file on the course homepage. |
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1. Upload to file database in Moodle. 2. Create a link to the file on the course homepage. |
1. Click on Add Block and choose HTML from the dropdown menu.
2. Fill out the Form.
3. Any block may be moved to the left or right side of the hompage and may be ordered to sit on top or the bottom of the other blocks. Click the arrow when Editing is Turned On if you want to reposition a block or the hand with the pen icon if you want to edit the block.
If you want students to submit a file to you, such as a Word doc file, for an assignment, use the Assignment tool. The files are only seen by the instructor, who can download the files and choose a grades for them. There are 4 types of assignments:
Upload a Single File: Choose upload a single file from the dropdown menu. Fill out the form as follows below and click Save Changes.
