General Forum / Discussion board
Quick Links View discussion Click the name of discussion or forum on the course homepage. Click the discussion topic. The discussion content will be displayed. Add comments to a discussion Click “Reply” on the page of discussion topic. You can type you comments in the box provided. Click “Post to forum” to share the comments.
News forum / Announcements
Quick Links What is news forum The News forum is a special forum for general announcements. By default, it is placed in the top of the center section and only teachers and administrators may add posts or reply to posts. View news forum Click “News forum“. You will see the topic (1) and the date […]
Assignment
Quick Links Upload a file to an assignment Click on the assignment title on the course homepage. Please read the (1) due date, (2) instruction before clicking the (3) “Add submission” button. Please click “Save changes” to submit your work. After you uploaded the file, you will see the submission status as below: Text assignment […]
My eLearning Tab
Students can access their Moodle courses through HKU Portal. Access my Moodle courses Click “My eLearning” from HKU Portal (https://hkuportal.hku.hk). […]
Scheduler
Quick Links Teachers can use Scheduler to set up time slots for planning face-to-face meetings between teachers and students. Students can choose the timeslot and meet with teachers. Create a Scheduler Switch on the “Edit Mode” on the top right of the course site. Click “Add an activity or resource”. Click “Scheduler”. Edit settings […]
Chat room
Quick Links Create a chat room To create a chat room in a course section, Click “Turn editing on” if you have not already done so. Select Chat from the Add an activity drop-down list. The setting page will be displayed. Enter the Name of this chat room. It will be displayed on the course home […]
Attendance
Quick Links Teachers can use attendance function to take attendance during class. Students can view their own attendance record in the Moodle platform. Create an attendance on Moodle Click “Turn editing on” button on the course site. […]
OU blog
Quick Links Teachers can use OU blog to create user blog and course blog. Users can leave comments on the blog. Create an OU blog on Moodle Click “Turn editing on” button on the course site. Click “Add an activity or resource”. Select “OU blog” by clicking the radio button, click “Add”. Edit settings Enter […]
Lecture Recording via Zoom (For Teacher)
Quick Links “Lecture recording via Zoom” can be added to all Moodle courses by via “add a block” on the top of the right pane upon switching on Edit Mode. Recording will start automatically when teachers click to start the Zoom and URL is displayed automatically in the block. Teachers have 2 ways to create […]
Group Choice
Quick Links Before using “Group Choice” function, teacher should create groups on the Moodle course first. Go to the course homepage. Click “Users” on the right pane under the Administration block. Click “Groups“. Click “Create group” button. Enter the group name, the group name will be shown as the option on “Group Choice” function. […]