Can feedback in working groups be given individually to each student?
Yes. In the correction of the work, in the feedback, you can activate or not the option Apply grades and feedback to entire group.
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Do students receive email notification of announcements?
Yes. Notifications of Announcements and Forums are also sent by email and appearing in the Notifications menu within the platform itself.
Does Moodle have a plagiarism tool (like Blackboard)?
Yes, the plagiarism tool in Moodle is called Turnitin. More information here.
How can I export the grades to a CSV file?
Within the Course Unit, in the top menu click Grades, select Export, choose the format “Plain text file” and click Download.
How can I extract a file with all the participant groups in Moodle?
It is possible to export an Excel or CSV file with the groups, just go to the Course Unit page, and in the Participants menu select Overview and press the button below Download.
How can I keep a meeting safe?
Scope: Iscte Community
During a Zoom meeting, the host and co-host have access to the Host Tools.
This menu centralizes the security control of the meeting, allowing the host or co-host to manage participants, video, audio, chat and other important options.
Most of the settings can be predefined when the meeting is scheduled.
This menu provides a clear overview of the security features in place, where the host can:
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- Lock meeting: locks the meeting, preventing new participants from joining the meeting.
- Enable waiting room: activates the waiting room for new participants or to move current participants to the waiting room.
- Hide profile pictures: hides all profile pictures, including that of the host. Instead, the names will be displayed.
- You can set the following participant permissions independently: Share screen; Chat; Rename self; Activate own audio; Start video; Annotation on shared content; Share whiteboards; Share annotations; Record on computer; Request to record on computer; Request host to start cloud recording; Collaborate with Zoom Apps; Set meeting timers.
- Remove participant: allows you to remove a participant from the meeting. The participant cannot rejoin unless you allow removed participants to rejoin in the Meeting settings.
- Suspend participant activities: disable video, audio, Zoom Apps and the ability to share the screen for all participants. It also locks the meeting to prevent participants from joining. This option will be applied to all participants.
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See the following Zoom help article for more information.
How do I schedule a meeting on the Colibri website?
Scope: Iscte Community
Zoom offers multiple methods to schedule a meeting. A host has control over the options for their scheduled meetings, except for settings that an administrator has locked for all users in the account or for all members of a specific group.
- Schedule from the Zoom desktop client or mobile app.
- Schedule from the Zoom web portal.
- Schedule for someone else.
To schedule a meeting from the web portal:
- Sign in to the Colibri (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us) using your RCTSaai federation credentials (xxnes@iscte-iul.pt).
- Click “Meetings” and click “Schedule a Meeting“.
- Select the meeting options. Note that some of these options might not be available if they were disabled and locked to the off position at the account or group level.
- Click “Save” to finish.
Find out more details here.
How do I schedule a meeting using Zoom App?
Scope: Iscte Community
To schedule a meeting using the Zoom App, open the application and proceed as follows:
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- Log in to the Zoom Desktop Client, using your RCTSaai federation credentials (xxnes@iscte-iul.pt).Check out how to do this here.
- Click on the “Schedule” icon.
- Choose the meeting settings. Note that some of these options may not be available if they have been disabled at the account or group level.
- Click on “Save” to finish.
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How long is my recording available in the cloud?
Scope: Iscte Community
- Through the Colibri service it is possible to record Zoom meetings in the Cloud.
- These recordings are available for consultation and download for up to 30 days after the recording date.
- The recordings can be consulted and managed on the Zoom recordings page.
- To avoid losing your recording, transfer it to Educast.
How to access the Moodle App on mobile devices?
In the Moodle application, enter https://moodle24.iscte-iul.pt/ and then select the option Connect to your site https://moodle24.iscte-iul.pt/ and log in.
How to insert a mathematical formula in LaTeX?
In order to embed a mathematical formula in LaTeX, it must start with $$ and end with $$ (e.g. $$ x^2 $$).
Notice: unlike Moodle 22/23, it is no longer necessary to enter the text in the text editor box in HTML mode.
How to schedule a Webinar?
Scope: Iscte Community
The Colibri service provides the possibility of requesting Webinars. This service is available through a request for institutions that are members of RCTS (Rede Ciência Tecnologia e Sociedade).
The Webinar service component is dedicated to online events aimed at large audiences, so it should only be requested for events that require a minimum of 300 participants. Current licensing allows for a maximum capacity of 1000 participants in each webinar.
Requests for the webinar service must be made two working days (48 hours) in advance. Requests are subject to analysis and approval by our support team and reservations may be conditioned by the type of event, licensing availability and/or previously scheduled reservations.
You can make a request at: videoconf-colibri.fccn.pt/utils/user/webinar
I can log in to Moodle, but I can’t see the courses. Why?
Make sure that you are correctly enrolled in courses on Fénix+.
After being enrolled in Fénix+, you must wait up to 48 hours for the courses to become available in Moodle.
Note: Course enrollment only takes place at the beginning of the semester on the Moodle e-learning platform. Therefore, the 1st semester courses will not be visible to students who access Moodle before September 2024 and the 2nd semester courses will not be visible until December 19th, 2024 (although they are already on Fénix+).
I can’t add alternative Hosts (Co-hosts)
Scope: Iscte Community
In the Colibri service it is only possible to add alternative hosts (Co-hosts) other Colibri users belonging to the RCTSaai network, who have been assigned a PRO account at the time of the invitation.
To ensure success at the time of the invitation, you should ask the user to log in to the Colibri service so that they can become a PRO user at that time.
During a meeting, the host can set any participant as an alternative host (Co-host).
I set up a zoom activity and it appears as an assessment activity on the Grades. Is that supposed to happen?
In order for this not to happen, in the zoom activity settings, option Grade, in Type choose None.
Is IBM SPSS Amos available for the macOS operating system?
No.
Is it possible to create groups by CSV?
Scope: Iscte Teachers
Yes. To do this, add the groups in the “group_name” column and the usernames in the “member_username” column in the CSV file:
In the course unit, click on “More” in the top menu and select “Import groups and members”.
Drag (or select) the CSV file with the groups into the “Import” field and press the “Import groups and members” button, then “Continue”.
You can download an example csv file below:
Is it possible to hide the contents from students while editing the Course Unit?
Yes. In edit mode, on the right side of the content (topic, tab, activity, etc), edit by selecting the Hide option.
Is it possible to make activities or resources (file, assignment, test, etc.) visible or invisible to students?
Yes. In the Edit button on the right side of the activity or resource, choose the Hide option.
Is it possible to view our Course Unit in Student mode?
Scope: Iscte Teachers
Yes. In the top right corner of the Course page, under your name, choose the option Switch role to… and select Student. At the end, go back to the same menu and select Resume to my normal role.