Building

Last updated on Jul 17, 2023

Send course restore or combining (metacourse) requests to the Help Desk with the exact semester and section code of the course(s) you're referencing (e.g. "Fall 2021 ARTED-1001-1 Intro to Art Education")
- If you need to combine sections into one Moodle course, request a metacourse.
- If importing content from a course that's over two years old & no longer in Moodle, request a restored backup.
Upload your syllabus via Portal and, optionally, add it to Moodle as a File resource
Add your policies and expectations for interactions and engagement
- Netiquette in an online class (usable document)
Build the activities/projects/assignments
For each piece of your course, choose how you will deliver that content
- Moodle course builder decision matrix (Mural board)
- CCA teaching and learning technologies
Decide what will be synchronous
- Brooke Hessler talks about teaching online (video)
- Do This, Not That - Online Teaching @ KIS (handout)
Upload/Import content in your Moodle course
- Record your lectures in small chunks
  - ACUE Tips - plan and record microlectures (handout)
- Find and upload other existing content
  - Creative Commons search engine
- Create assignments
- Create discussion forums
  - ACUE Tips - discussion rubrics (handout)
- Build a rubric for evaluating student learning (video)
Organize your Moodle class for student success
- Sample topic plans (brief document)
- ACUE Tips - organizing content from a student’s point of view (handout)
Set up your gradebook by choosing gradebook type and creating your Categories to align with the grading categories on your syllabus
- Setting up Gradebook

Linked above are the most immediately useful or relevant resources. Below are additional resources that might be helpful or provide further detail or specifics.

Ten online teaching tips beyond Zoom (YouTube by Michael Wesch)
ACUE tips for teaching online (video)
Not reinventing the wheel

Now go on to Finalizing.