Navigating your course on Moodle
When you open your course, you will be taken to the welcome page where you can meet your instructor in a course introduction video.
You can see all the course announcements from your TA or instructor by clicking on the announcements link in the left navigation pane.
The course support link will go to a page that gives you options for communicating with course staff about technical issues. You can ask questions in the course content discussion forum or network with your peers in the Classroom Café.
The General Information area is where you will find important information about the course that will help you get started, like the Syllabus page, which describes the course expectations and contains key information on the grading scheme and major assignments.
If you don’t find answers to your questions in the FAQ, you can go to the participant support area, where you can find information about how to perform specific tasks in the course, like posting in a discussion forum, completing an assignment or quiz, or viewing your grades.
The course policy quiz, which must be taken before accessing modules 1 and 2, is also in this section.
Most importantly this is where you will access the module pages. Each module has a week’s worth of content and assignments.
If there is a lock next to the
module, that means you are not able to view it yet. Module 1 will appear locked
until you complete the Course Policy Quiz in the General Information Section
The assignments page lists all course assignments.
If
the assignment is open, you can click on it here to access it.
and see the full description and an option for submitting it.
You can also access all of the course’s forums, which includes general forums, like announcements, and learning forums, which are graded course discussion forums.
And finally, you can access all course quizzes here.
The latest announcements are also posted in this panel
The Calendar is also available. When you click on "Full Calendar",
You will be able to see all course due dates.
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