Iscte Moodle

It is possible to aggregate several Course Units through the Meta-link tool so that the students of all of them are registered in the main one and all the content management is done there.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Select the course unit. Click on Participants
2. In the action menu, choose Enrolment methods and in Add method choose the Course meta link method
3. In the Link course field, select the Course Units from which you want to synchronize enrolments and click on the Add method button
4. To hide the visibility to students of the Course Units from which enrolments have been synchronized, return to the My courses menu > select the required Course Unit(s) > click Settings > in the Course visibility field choose Hide
5. This procedure allows students to view only the Course Unit in which the teacher will make all the content available

The File feature allows teachers to place a file as a resource within a course.

Folder allows teachers to place multiple files with a single link, thus avoiding the clutter of files on the course homepage.

URL allows teachers to link to external content from the course home page.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Access the page of the CU and activate edit mode in the upper right corner
2. Click Add an activity or resource, select File, Folder or URL

The Forum activity allows participants to have discussions in asynchronous mode.

Participants can subscribe to a forum in order to receive notification when new messages are posted on the forum. 

If necessary, students can be prevented from posting more than a certain number of messages in a given time period in order to prevent some students from dominating discussions.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Access the page of the CU and activate edit mode in the upper right corner
2. Click on Add an activity or resource, select Forum
3. Within the settings, set the Forum name, description, availability and the other required options
4. Click on the Save and return to course button, click on the Forum link and then click on Add discussion topic
5. Define the required fields Subject and Message and click Post to forum

A atividade Scheduler permite agendar compromissos com os alunos. Os professores especificam intervalos de tempo para as reuniões e os alunos escolhem um ou mais slots.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Access the Course Unit page and activate edit mode in the upper right corner
2. Click on Add an activity or resource, select Scheduler
3. Within the settings, set the designation, description and the other required options
4. Click the Save and return to course button, then access the created activity from the Scheduler and from the action menu select + Add repeated slots
5. Set the dates, days of the week, time and duration of the slot and other useful information for the students. There exists the option to insert Break between slots. It is mandatory to choose the teacher for the appointment and lastly press the Save changes button

A atividade Scheduler também permite agendar compromissos para grupos.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Access the Course Unit page and activate edit mode in the upper right corner
2. Click on Add an activity or resource, select Scheduler
3. Within the settings, set the designation, description and the other required options
4. Click the Save and return to course button, then access the created activity from the Scheduler and from the action menu select + Add repeated slots
5. Set the dates, days of the week, time and duration of the slot and other useful information for the students. There exists the option to insert Break between slots.
6. Warning: It is needed to untick the box Maximum number of students per slot
7. It is mandatory to choose the teacher for the appointment and lastly press the Save changes button

Users can create Microsoft Teams meetings within Moodle. Teams meetings can be created using the Atto HTML Editor in resources/activities such as Calendar, Page or Forum. So educators can create an audio or video meeting from Moodle.

• Step-by-step instructions

1. Open the top menu on the right (where the initials of your name or profile picture is displayed) and select Preferences
   
   

   

    

2. The preferences page will open, so select Editor Preferences
   
   

   

    

3. Select the Atto HTML editor in the Editor Preferences
   
   

   

4. When editing the description of an activity (using the Atto Editor), click on the Microsoft Teams icon
   
   

   

5. A new window will open. Select Create meeting link (you will need to log in to your Microsoft Teams account)
   
   

   

6. Enter the title, date and time of the meeting and then click Create. The link will be displayed in Your meeting URL field
7. Check Open in new window if you want the meeting to open in a new tab and click Add link
   
   

   

   If you need to change the settings of the created meeting, just click on Teams Meeting Options

Manual or automatic creation of groups or groupings allows the Teacher to manage access to certain Activities or Resources.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

Creating Groups

1. Within the CU, under Participants select Groups from the action menu on the left
2. Click on the Create group button
3. Choose group name and description (optional) and then Save changes
4. Select group and click in the second column the add/remove users button

Creating Groupings

1. Within the CU, under Participants choose Groupings from the action menu on the left
2. Click on Create grouping
3. Choose name and description (optional) and then Save changes
4. Edit and select groups

Managing access

1. Within the CU, select Course and activate edit mode in the upper right corner
2. Within the selected topic on the right side of the content (topic, tab, activity, etc.) edit by selecting the Edit settings option
3. Click on Restrict access and press the Add restriction Choose the Group or Grouping access condition and Save and return to course

A atividade Escolha de grupo permite aos alunos escolherem os seus próprios grupos de trabalho. Enquanto o Professor pode definir num ponto de entrega que apenas os alunos inscritos nesses grupos podem submeter trabalhos.

• Video Tutorial (in Portuguese)
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Group Choice

1. Within the CU, activate edit mode in the top right corner, select Participants and choose Groups from the action menu on the left
2. Click the Auto-create groups button, set whether to create based on Number of groups or Members per group and choose the number of groups or members
3. In the Group members section in the Allocate members field, select No allocation and in the Grouping section you can create a new grouping and define the name of the grouping
4. Add activity Group Choice in a topic and configure the required options / information.
5. Within the activity settings, in the Groups section, add the grouping created and click Save and return to course 

Assignment submission configuration

1. Within the CU, activate edit mode in the upper right corner and add an activity in a topic and select Assignment
2. Configure the fields Name, Description and the other options
3. If applicable, in the section Group submission settings in the field Students submit in groups, select Yes and configure the remaining options

• Video tutorial (in Portuguese)
• Step-by-step instructions

1. Add the groups in the ‘group_name’ column and the usernames in the ‘member_username’ column inside the CSV file
2. Inside the UC, in the top menu click More, select Import groups and members
3. 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 here:
exemplo_import_groups