Moodle

Access to Moodle is via SOLS

1. Log into SOLS.
2. Visit the "Learning Platform (Moodle)" tab to enter Moodle - see screenshot below.

Once in Moodle

On the Moodle Dashboard you will find a Site Summary section. In this section you will see a list of sites for subjects that you are studying this semester - see screenshot below.

Your Moodle Dashboard also includes a Timeline and a Calendar that can show upcoming activities that are due

Your Moodle subject site may be organised by topics, or weeks, or by other grouping methods. Your course materials may be in a number of forms: Moodle books, Pages, Downloadable files, Video recordings.

Generally, course material items will appear with a name and an icon, such as:

These may open within Moodle, take you to external activities, or be downloadable files.

If content items include this icon:

Then this content is able to be converted into a range of different accessible formats for download, such as audio, braille, text, ebooks, html, etc.

Depending on how your Moodle subject site has been built and organised by your subject coordinator, your content be contained within different sections or topics of the Moodle site, which you may need to click to open, or expand to see the content.

If you are having trouble finding specific content in your subject site, this menu icon on the left side of your page will open a “Site index” listing all items on your subject site homepage:

Alternately, if you cannot find something, contact your Subject Coordinator.

Note: Some items may be released on certain dates and may be hidden until your Subject Coordinator opts to reveal it.

Your subject coordinator may have set up different activities to undertake, view or participate in within your Moodle site.

Such activities may include, but are not limited to, activities like:

• Discussion forums

• Padlets

• Subject reading

• Videos or Lecture recordings

Some of these activities may even be marked assessments, so please ensure you follow all instructions regarding activities where provided.

Assessment submissions may be done via a range of different Moodle activity types. Some may be activities that are marked, others may require specific submissions at specific times.

Examples of such assessment activities may include:

• Assignment tool

• Turnitin assignment

• Quiz

• Other external tools such as Feedback Fruits

• As well as any other marketable activities within your Moodle site.

Each type of tool will have different methods and interfaces to complete and submit your tasks. Some, such as a quiz may be a timed activity completed at a specific time, whereas others may be able to be completed at any time before its due date. Some may be completed within the Moodle interface, others may require uploading a file you have completed separately and may require a specific format. Please check the instructions, due dates, and requirements for each assessment.

When submitting or completing an assessment it is always best to give yourself some leeway, especially with uploading files to ensure that if you experience any problems, you have plenty of time to seek help from your Subject Coordinator.

Note: If you experience difficulty uploading your file, it may be that it is too big. Depending on the file or activity, one possible fix is to save it as a PDF and to submit the PDF version.

If your Subject Coordinator has set up “Completion tracking” for your Moodle subject site, some activities will show a tickbox, which can be used to track your progress and completion of activities.

Some activities can be manually marked as complete by yourself, others will show as completed when you submit to them, and others simply by opening them.

• Not yet completed

• Completed

The left-hand site index will also show your completed or not yet completed items with a green (complete) or empty (not yet complete) circle:

Not all Moodle subject sites will have the completion tracking enabled, but where it is, you can make use of it to keep tabs on your progress and outstanding tasks.

Each subject you have enrolled in for the semester will have a closing date, after which you will no longer have access to the subject Moodle site.

The closing date information can be located in your SOLS account under the tab Current session > Learning Platform (Moodle) Details. This will display information such as the session, subject code and name, site name, and availability from/to dates.

To prevent disappointment when the subject is no longer in your ‘Site summary’ section in Moodle, it is best practice to save all the lecture notes and any additional information that may be relevant to you before the closing date.

If you experience any problems or errors when using Moodle and/or content in your Moodle subject sites, you can access the IT help system via the “IT Support” menu item at the top of any Moodle page.

If you require access to other student support services such as Support and Wellbeing or Academic Skills and Study Support services, the “Support Services” link will take you there.