Add a URL to an external website
Press the “Turn editing on” button to edit the course. Click the link “Add an activity or resource”. Select “URL”. Enter Name, External URL, and Description (optional). If you wish to display description on course page, check the box to enable this function. Click “Save and return to course” button.
Web Page
Quick Links Add a web page as a resource for your Moodle course 1. Go to the course which you want to edit and switch on the “Edit Mode” to enable editing. 2. Select “Add an activity or resource” in the topic section of your choice. 3. Select the resource type as “Page“. Fill in […]
Access Moodle on HKU app
Teachers and students can use HKU app to access Moodle on mobile devices, access some of the Moodle functions like News Forum, Forum, Choice, Feedback, Quiz, URL, Wiki. Teachers and students can download HKU app at Google play/App store by searching “HKU app”. Open HKU app and click “HKU Moodle” icon. Enter your HKU Portal […]
Gradebook
Quick Links How to add external grade items to Moodle gradebook Teachers can add external grade items to Moodle gradebook, e.g. attendance, midterm, etc. In the Moodle course content page, click “Gradebook setup” on the left hand side menu in the administration block. Click “Add grade item”. Enter the name, maximum grade and other information of […]
Quickmail
Quick Links Quickmail is a block that provides emailing capability within Moodle courses. It allows teachers to email students with the following functions: sending regular emails sending emails with attachments retaining email history sending emails with student groups allowing students to use Quickmail too Add a Block Switch on “Edit Mode” on the top right […]
Wiki
Quick Links Access a Wiki page To access the Wiki page, click the relevant section created with the following icon. You can then view the page content. Interact with a Wiki page If the Wiki page is set as a collaborative page, students can work together to contribute to the content of the page, […]
Restrict availability to resources
Quick Links Types of conditional activities Under the “Restrict access” setting of any activities, conditional activities allow teachers to restrict the availability of any activity. By dates Access from/to dates determine when students can access the activity via a link on the course page. By grade condition This setting determines any grade conditions which must be […]
Add a Forum
Quick Links Add Forum / Open Forum activity Go to the course which you want to edit and click “Turn editing on”. Select “Add an activity or resource” where you want to add the forum activity. Select the activity type as “Forum” / […]
Messaging
Teachers can use Messaging function to send messages to the students. Sending Messages Go to the course homepage. Click “Participants” under Course title. If you would like to send message to students, you can click “Select all” (1) to select all students of the class or check the boxes (2) to select the students you […]
Backup & Restore
Quick Links Reminder: Please Do NOT import Turnitin Assignments. Turnitin Assignments must be manually created for each course. Back up My Moodle course Access the course which you want to make a backup. In the “Course administration” on the left-hand side under “Administration”, click “Backup”. You can configure the backup settings (1. Initial settings). Select item(s) […]