Moodle at Lafayette College

Over the winter break we added several enhancements to Moodle for faculty:

Simple File Upload:  This feature bypasses Moodle's normal file upload process and allows you to quickly add a resource to a course. To access it:

1. Go to your course and click the [Turn Editing On] button
2. Go to the "Add a resource..." dropdown menu and choose "Upload a file"
3. Follow the onscreen instructions

You can still upload files the conventional way by using the "Link to a file or web page" option under "Add a resource..." or by clicking on the "Files" link under the "Administration" sidebar menu.

Assignment ZIP: You can now download all of an assignment's submitted files at once as a ZIP file; after you download this file to your computer you can uncompress it and you'll find each file prefaced with the name of the student who created it. To access it:

1. Go to the assignment.
2. Click on the link in the upper left-hand corner that says "View submitted assignments"
3. In the lower-left hand corner of the page, below the list of submitted assignments is the [Download all files (.zip)] button. Click it.
4. Your web browser will download the ZIP file, which you can then expand on your computer.

Moodle will be unavailable because of system maintenance on Wednesday, 2/3 from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.

Students: You do not have automatic access to Moodle sites for all your courses; you will only see a course in your "My Courses" block if the teacher is using Moodle and has made the course available to students.

Faculty: Please remember when you are ready for students to have access to your course, go to Settings and change the availability so it reads "This course is available to students."