Using_Moodle

							                     What is a Moodle?
Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a
Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It has
become very popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online
dynamic web sites for their students. IT103 at Woodbury is facilitated by a private
Moodle website:

www.joeschmittonline.com

Students in this class are required to create an account on this website in order to
participate in the course. The following activities are handled through Moodle:
 Homework Assignments
 Homework Submissions
 Reading Assignments
 Lab Assignments
 Lab Submissions
 Archive of lecture slides
 Archive of most in-class handouts
 Group Work
 Useful links
 Messaging – Moodle is the primary communication tool for this class

Because Moodle is not an integrated part of the ITT system, grading is tracked outside of
the website. You will receive regular hard copy grade updates after the third week of the
quarter.
                 What is a Moodle?
Getting Started
 1. Connect to HTTP://www.joeschmittonline.com

 2. Click on the Operating Systems link




 3. On the right side of the screen, click the button labeled Create new account

 4. Fill out the new account form.

        a. Email address should be an email address that you check often. I would
           prefer your ITT email account.
        b. Surname is your last name.

 5. You will receive an email shortly with a link. Click on the link and then click the
    courses button.

 6. Click on Operating Systems. When asked if you are sure you want to enroll,
    select yes.
        What is a Moodle?
Submitting Homework
 1. Click on the homework link within the course material

 2. Select all the text with your mouse and hit control-C to copy the text to your
    clipboard.

 3. Open Microsoft Word or Wordpad, and hit control-V to paste the text into your
    document.

 4. Save the document and answer the questions. NOTE: Please save documents in
    Word 2003 format. I cannot read DocX files on my work computer.

 5. When your homework is complete, be sure to do a final save. Then, from within
    the homework assignment on Moodle, browse for your file and then click upload
    this file.