Course: Info & Support

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Info&Support on the "moodle@NovaSBE" Platform - to help you work with and take advantage of its features to enhance and technologically advance your teaching and your Students learning.

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Start here & General Help

Students
Instructors

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>> Start here...
- Welcome ALL! File
- > For a quick - Mail to...
  
  for moodle@NovaSBE Support
  eMail: moodle_support@novasbe.pt
  Tel: (+351) 911 806 519
  
  for IT related problems, names, eMail or credentials (UN&PW) issues
  eMail: helpdesk@novasbe.pt
  
  for Students - for issues related to your moodleCourses, access, contents or other
  please send an eMail to your moodleTeachers
- > About moodle@NovaSBE Platform
- >> 2 Important Reminders:
- The moodle@NovaSBE Platform IS... File
  Overview of moodle and this Platform.
- Policies and Rules File
  A “Code of Conduct” all Users are requested to acknowledge and follow.
- "moodle@NovaSBE" Platform - Access Regulation File
  General rules that apply to requests for accesses to this Platform.
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> ... & General Help
- How to configure My moodle HomePage and Profile
  "My moodle HomePage and Profile" settings and other info.
- Time Zone - WARNING Page
- Using "/Docs" or "" as Repositories?
  Security Tips when using these 2 Repositories.
- IT Requirements File
  Basic hardware and software requirements to work properly in a moodle environment.
- Useful Links and Downloads File
  Useful links to useful applications:
  IT Tools to download or link to, to use in your IT enhanced work in the Platform and more...
- > General moodle Help for all Users - look for version 3.9
  moodle Manuals What is moodle?
  
  moodle HQ moodle.org FAQ
- >> TESTING moodle:
  
  Choose a demo site and a UN+PW according to the Role you want to test, and you are set to go...
  
  A Demo Site (SandBox) - try it out!
  Another Demo Site - try it also!
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>> for Students

for STUDENTS: HOW TO…

> FIND A moodle-COURSE? In the FrontPage scroll down:
click in “Search Courses and Categories" button
in the “Search courses” box enter its Code or partial Name;
> ENROL?
click on the Course´s name and enter the “Enrolment Key” (given by moodle-Teachers)    OR
if you gained access without it, click the “Gear icon” top right for the “Enrol me in this course…” link;
> UNENROL or change Group/s? Please contact your moodle-Teachers.

TOOLS DOCS
SafeExamBrowser (SEB) - Quizzes lockdown Browser - Students StudentQuiz module PERUSALL notes for Students - a social reading and annotation tool Turnitin (TII) Information Academic Research e Writing Principles TII - File requirements TII - what are the differences between Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing? How to interpret the Turnitin originality report - Guidance for students (7:42) Turnitin Guide to Paraphrasing (2:54)
QUICK GUIDES
My Courses start info Access a Course The "moodle MOBILE APP" - Students FAQ

My Courses start info File
A quick start in 3 steps.
The "moodle MOBILE APP" - Students (upd 2020.02.14) File
MOBILE APP documentation.
Turnitin (TII) Information (upd 2018.10.17) File
Turnitin is the leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention service integrated with the following Activities: "Assignment", "Forum", "Workshop" and its own "Turnitin Assignment 2"...
TII - File requirements URL
NOTES :

PDF documents must contain text to be submitted.

To determine if a document contains text, copy and paste it into a plain-text editor such as Microsoft Notepad or Apple TextEdit. If no text is copied over, the selection is not actual text.
When converting a file to a plain text or rich text formats, save it with a name different than the original, to prevent permanent damage to the original file.
TII - How to interpret TII originality report - LSE (07:42) URL
The TII report for Students and how TII can help you with academic writing and referencing.
TII - How to paraphrase... - (02:54) URL
TII guide to paraphrasing...
SafeExamBrowser (SEB) - Quizzes lockdown Browser - Students File
FAQ File
Students Questions with "Notes on taking Quizzes"

> moodle Help - look for version 3.5

moodle FAQ for Students

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DIGITAL EXAMS

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>> for Instructors

Humor on eTeaching & Top 10 edTech quotes... Page
... on introducing new technologies in Teaching ...

TIPS
Notes on Course Gamification QUICK moodle TIPS for common moodle questions How to share large files with your moodleStudents TIPS on Quizzes and Assigments for Exams TIPS on TOOLS TIPS on using Web Conference tools for Teaching online
TOOLS
moodle Docs 3.9 from moodle.org Colibri ZOOM - a WebConferencing Tool EBSCO-CurriculumBuilder info Hot Question H5P interactive content PERUSALL notes - a social reading and annotation tool SafeExamBrowser (SEB) - Quizzes lockdown Browser Student Quiz module more on StudentQuiz The "moodle MOBILE APP" TurnItIn (TII) Information Turnitin Best Practices: IOWA U OHIO State U TurnItIn Documentation - about Plagiarism TII Similarity Report - as a formative assessment tool...
QUICK GUIDES
My Courses start info A step-by-step Checklist to start a moodle-Course Set Students access to MSc Elective Courses Faculty Procedures Course life cycle Course basic management procedures 21st Century Teachers should... Best Practices, Do´s, Dont´s and Pitfalls How to grant Students access to elective MSc moodleCourses Meet "Generation Z" moodle and Browsers - Chrome and Safari (Warning)
VIDEOS
Assignment: submitted work (4:51) Drag and Drop Files (2:15) Quiz: automatic grading (5:38) Uploading files into Moodle (2:08)

QUICK moodle TIPS for common moodle questions
My Courses start info File
A quick start in 8 steps.
Faculty Procedures File
Guidelines on Course management basics and moodle-Teachers responsabilities and procedures, their timings and scheduling.
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PERUSALL notes - a social reading and annotation tool File
How to share large files with your Students
Tips on Quizzes, Assignments & other Assessments File
SafeExamBrowser (SEB) - Quizzes lockdown Browser File
How to grant Students access to elective MSc moodleCourses (2021.01.27) File

for REMOTE online CLASSES and MEETINGS:
WebConference Tools provide an easy way for the Instructor to create and manage online virtual meeting sessions for Students to log into in real-time or to playback later on the recorded sessions:

Colibri ZOOM (FCCN) - a WebConferencing Tool File
TIPS on using Web Conference tools for Teaching online File
The "moodle MOBILE APP" - Instructors (upd 2020.02.17) File
MOBILE APP documentation.
EBSCO-CurriculumBuilder info - 2020.02.24 (click here for docs) Folder
The easiest way to create your Bibliografy Lists for your Students:
In the "Libray Area", scroll down and click in "Curriculum Builder - HOW TO USE", a SBE video (03:00)
or

click "EBSCO CurriculumBuilder Video" (click here) (06:05) for an EBSCO video
More info:
TurnItIn (Tii) Information (also in "QUICK moodle TIPS") File
Turnitin is the leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention service integrated with the following Activities: "Assignment", "Forum", "Worksheet" and its own "Turnitin Assignment 2"...
Tips on Tools (upd 2019.11.13) - NEW:Book Tool File
Quick tips on some of the most popular available tools...
About GenZ File
> moodle Help - look for version 3.5

Managing a Course	Managing Blocks	Managing Questions
Managing Content	Managing Grades	moodle Videos
moodle Features	Course HomePage	Course FAQ
moodle FAQ

> other NOTES...
moodle and Browsers - Chrome and Safari (Warning) Page
Remember - Firefox is the recommended Browser!
Best Practices, Do´s, Dont´s and Pitfalls File
Best practices on writing for the Web and structuring Courses contents.
For "moodle Do´s and Do Not´s poster" click here...
21st Century Teachers should... File
... be, ... be able to, ... do...
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> VIDEOS ---- (to be updated)
Start a Course - Video Tutorial (06:42) File
MP4 Video - A Course contents quick overview - start by maximizing its pop-up Window, if needed...(for late version 2.6.7)
Upload a File - Video Tutorial (03:43)
MP4 Video - How to upload a file - start by maximizing its pop-up Window, if needed...(for late version 2.6.7)
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DIGITAL EXAMS
5. Site Managers Documentation
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