Moodle Staff Help
Moodle is the University of Nottingham's online learning environment. This website offers help and support to staff using it. You can also browse the Most recently added/updated pages.
If your question is not answered then please contact the Moodle support team: Learning-Technologies@nottingham.ac.uk
There are training sessions available for University of Nottingham staff - dates are continually added: Enabling Teaching Online: Training Schedule for staff - Moodle Staff Help - UoN Digital Learning Help
We also provide a comprehensive searchable Moodle Help resource for Students
Our site is divided into themes and documents. Themes are groups of documents on a specific topic such as assessment or module planning (see to the left or at the bottom of this page). Documents are individual help pages on a specific Moodle feature or tool.
Browse the Help Site below or - for a quick find - type Moodle and your search term into the Search Confluence box top right.
- Moodle troubleshooting
- How to clear your browser's cache
- How can I change the order of the modules on my Dashboard?
- I've lost or forgotten my password for Moodle
- How do I create a table with border and grid lines in Moodle?
- How can I make my module available to students? (Module is greyed-out and students say they can't see it.)
- How do I self-enrol on a module?
- I'd like to change the number of emails Moodle sends me
- I can't see my modules in Moodle (staff)
- How do I move files from one folder to another?
- How do I send messages to students?
- How to view your grade and feedback in Turnitin
- How can I see when new items are added to a forum in my module?
- How do I allow my students to see their Turnitin assignment grades and feedback?
- How do I print from Moodle?
- I can't edit the dates on my Turnitin assignment (staff)
- I can't upload my file - Large File (over module limit)
- I can only see one content section, where are the others?
- Students can't see something in my module
- How to ensure students cannot continue to self enrol
- Problems logging in
- How to copy and paste text from Word, and in Firefox
- My Dashboard has got very cluttered - how do I reset it to start from scratch?
- Moodle and other learning technologies
- Moodle Everywhere
- FAQ for Editing Teachers
- Your profile and Moodle Dashboard
- Moodle Dashboard
- Your profile settings explained
- How to upload a picture to your Moodle profile
- Module overview explained
- How to change whether I get emails from a forum
- How to add a custom block (e.g., Favourites or Bookmarks) to your 'Dashboard' or module page
- How to use the instant message system in Moodle
- Features of the TinyMCE Text Editor on Moodle
- A guide to learning technologies at the University
- Moodle Help Guides for staff
- Setting up your Moodle module
- Module settings explained
- How to edit module (course) settings
- The Moodle editing icons & recycle bin
- A note on copyright
- How to copy or import a resource or activity (or multiple items) from one module to another
- How to add a module overview image
- How to change the number of topics in my module
- Module formats explained
- Backup a module (course)
- How to understand metamodules (parent modules) - if you teach modules with the same content
- Calendar - Synchronise your module's calendar with University timetabling
- How to manage filters to enhance module display
- How to edit the title of a section (topic or week)
- How to set up a new module based on last year's resources and activities
- How to move items around the Moodle page
- How to create or request a new module
- Moodle Emoji Picker
- Moodle System Requirements & Trouble Shooting
- Moodle Resources
- How to add a file
- How to create web links
- How to create a Book
- How to create a Label
- How to create a web page
- How to add a folder (and add files to a folder)
- How to upload a prepared website
- How to duplicate an item
- How to edit, overwrite or update an existing file
- How to get images ready for Moodle
- How to record a screencast with Microsoft Teams
- How to add Engage recordings, via the Echo360 Engage link in Moodle
- Echo360 Engage and Moodle - Instructions for non-Campus modules
- How do I add a reading list to my module?
- How to write complex questions using MathJax
- Using recordings from Television and Radio in Moodle
- How to create internal navigation links in your module
- How to add Timed document release
- Mathematical Notation in Moodle
- Moodle Activities
- Wiki - how to add a wiki
- How to create a Choice activity (poll)
- How to create a glossary
- How to add a forum
- How to create a forum for groups
- How to add a database activity
- How to add a Moodle Board activity
- How to export database entries for import into another Moodle database
- How to create a Vote activity
- How to use the Signup Sheet Tool
- How to export a sign-up list from the Signup Sheet tool
- How to create a Lesson activity
- How to create pages in Lesson
- How to add a Feedback activity
- How to create questions in Feedback
- How to create dependent questions in Feedback
- How to embed a Xerte online toolkit
- How to Add an Allocation Form
- How to Create options in an Allocation form
- How to Adjust the allocation process in an Allocation Form
- How to create an Absence Form
- How to enable conditional activities
- An introduction to H5P interactive content
- How to Use the Peer Assessment Activity
- How to use the Group Choice activity
- Assessment in Moodle: Quiz, Gradebook, Workshop, graded Forums
- How to Add a Moodle quiz (the settings)
- How to Add questions to a Moodle quiz
- How to add accommodations to a Moodle quiz
- How to export reports and statistics for Moodle quiz
- How to transfer questions for quizzes between Moodle modules
- How to create a Quiz question using STACK
- Creating a Cloze question in a Moodle Quiz
- How to release grades to students on a specified date
- Grades 1 - Introduction & Overview
- Grades 2 - Manually editing grades
- Grades 3 - Adding a grade item (or column in the gradebook)
- Grades 4 - Exporting and Importing Grades into the Grade book
- Grades 5 - How to Add Categories & Organise the Gradebook
- How to set up weighted grades in grade book
- How to create a non-numeric grading scale
- How to set up and use the Moodle Workshop
- How to set up grading strategies in Workshop
- How to add an ExamSys Self Assessment Paper
- How do I enable whole forum grading?
- How to grade forums using whole forum gradings
- Assessment in Moodle: Moodle Assignments & Turnitin Assignments
- Features and Functionalities of Moodle and Turnitin Assignments
- How to create a Moodle Assignment
- How to download all submissions from a Moodle Assignment dropbox
- Moodle Assignment: Marking and uploading feedback/marks individually and releasing marks
- Moodle Assignment: Marking and uploading feedback/marks in bulk
- Using Marking Workflow and Marking Allocation in Moodle Assignment
- How to enable resubmission of a Moodle assignment
- Things to consider when using anonymous Moodle Assignment
- How to grant an extension for an assignment in Moodle
- Using Turnitin within Moodle Assignments
- Marking using Rubrics/Marking guides in Moodle Assignments
- How to create a Rubric/Marking guide for a Moodle Assignment
- How to annotate student submissions (Moodle Assignment)
- How to give feedback privately to students
- How to grade using a rubric with a non-numeric grade
- How to add a Video or Audio Assignment
- How to create a Turnitin assignment drop box
- Introducing Turnitin Feedback Studio
- Turnitin file types and word processor compatibility
- How to mark a Turnitin assignment in Moodle
- How to provide feedback and comments in Turnitin
- How to create your own Turnitin QuickMarks set and export/import QuickMarks
- How to export grades and download assignments from Turnitin
- How Turnitin deals with resubmission of the same paper by the same student
- Giving feedback without needing a submission in Turnitin
- How to create rubric assessment criteria in Turnitin
- How to re-use and share rubrics in Turnitin assignments
- How to delete a single Turnitin submission to enable submission
- How to exclude University of Nottingham papers from a TurnItIn Originality Report
- How To setup PeerMark in Turnitin
- How to view submitted and received reviews in PeerMark within TurnItIn
- Marker allocation in a Turnitin assignment.
- Communication and collaboration
- How do I set up areas for student collaboration in Moodle?
- How to use Moodle blogs
- How to send students on your module an email
- How to send a message to groups of students or participants
- How to create a way for students to upload files
- How to use a Forum for blogs or learning journals
- Sending Announcements by Group
- Working with Blocks in Moodle
- Enrolment and managing participants in a module
- Moodle roles
- How to enrol a fellow staff member manually on your module
- How to set up self-enrolment on your module
- How to change the role of someone enrolled on your module
- How to release resources to students at different times or in different groups
- How to give a user higher level access to a particular activity or block
- How to see tracking information for students
- How to use completion tracking to monitor student progress
- How to see a given user's activity within a SCORM package
- How to restrict access to an activity or resource based on specific criteria
- Working with groups of students
- How to create groups and groupings
- An overview of how to use Groups and Groupings effectively
- How to allow students to self-enrol on a module and into a given group
- How to export a list of students who are placed in a group
- How to generate an activity report for a student
- How to print off a list of students in a module
- How to enable group submissions in a Moodle assignment
- How to use Badges in Moodle
- How to create a metalink to enrol students from another module
- Why might you need Groupings in Moodle?
- Moodle completion tracking for student monitoring and conditional activities
- Roles and Permissions for External Examiners in Moodle
- End of Year Processes & Rollover
- Using tags to connect content
- Accessibility+ Toolkit for Moodle
- Moodle Accessibility Information Tool
- Moodle Navigation & Basics - Quickstart
- How to access Moodle as an External Examiner
- School Support role
- How to use subsections in Moodle
- Setting up your Moodle module
- Moodle Help: Themes & Topics
- Moodle Notices and Terms
- Enabling Teaching Online: Training Schedule for staff
- How to add video and audio in Moodle
- Assessment Criteria Grids (Rubrics)
- Faculty Digital Education Service (DES) Information
- Digital Education Service for the Faculty of Arts
- Digital Education Service for the Faculty of Engineering
- Digital Education Service for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Digital Education Service for the Faculty of Science
- Digital Education Service for the Faculty of Social Sciences
- Drop-Ins and Virtual Drop-In Information
- FAQs on the Closure of MediaSpace/Kaltura
- Data Protection: Best Practice Guidance for Moodle Assignment use
- How-to articles
- Deleting MediaSpace Videos