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Moodle Resources

Moodle is LC’s full-featured learning management system (LMS) administered and supported by the Educational Technology group in IT. Moodle provides instructors and students a robust online learning environment with file management, digital submission, forums, timed quizzes, grading, and much more.

The EdTech team offers virtual and in-person consultation, training and support by appointment.

Need to access Moodle? Go to moodle.lclark.edu and login with your Lewis & Clark Single Sign On (SSO) username and password.

Start of Term
New to Moodle
Class Management & Gradebook
Interactive Activities
Tips & Tricks for Students

Current Moodle FAQs

Moodle courses are loaded approximately six weeks before the start of a term. Subsequent changes to course offerings and teaching assignments may not be reflected in Moodle. Once you log in to Moodle (moodle.lclark.edu), access the My Courses tab to see your courses - you may need to search or change filter options to view future or past courses. If you still can’t find your course, fill out our Moodle course request for m or email itservice@lclark.edu.

Once you login to Moodle, access the My Courses tab to see your In Progress courses.

Check that you are logged into moodle.lclark.edu with your LC username and password. If you had to create an account, you are not accessing Lewis & Clark’s Moodle site.

Ask if your instructor is using Moodle and if they’ve published the course. Not all instructors use Moodle or an LMS and some choose to hide the course until it is ready to view.

My instructor is using Moodle, and I can’t see my course. Can others in your class see the Moodle course? If not, then the Instructor has not yet made the course visible.

My instructor is using Moodle. I can’t see the course and others in the class can. There are typically two reasons for this:

This is the first time you have logged into Moodle. Moodle can’t enroll you into classes before your initial login. The system updates every hour, so check back again in a few hours. If you still don’t see your courses, please get in touch with us at itservice@lclark.edu.
You registered for the course today. Check Webadvisor to confirm your add or other registration request has been processed in the system. Moodle auto-syncs with the system hourly. If Webadvisor shows you’re registered in a class, your Moodle enrollment should automatically update within a few hours.

Instructors can also manually add students or request that IT do so. This request must come from the course instructor.

If a student who appears on your Webadvisor roster does not show up in Moodle, they may have never logged into the Moodle system. Please ask them to log into moodle.lclark.edu. Once they do this, Moodle enrollments should be updated within a few hours. The Service Desk (itservice@lclark.edu) can assist students having trouble logging into Moodle for the first time. You can also manually give a student access to your course immediately once they have logged into the system.

Moodle courses for CAS and Law courses are archived for a period of 2 years following the end of a term and hidden from student’s view. Instructors may choose to continue to make a course viewable to students during this archival period or grant specific students access to view the course.

Grad Moodle courses remain viewable to students for 1 year following the end of a term by request of the Graduate School Research and Assessment Office to make it possible for students to access prior term coursework as they build assessment portfolios. After this they are archived for 1 year.

Following the archival period, Moodle courses are deleted unless an instructor requests for a course to be moved to the Long Term Moodle Archive. Please note that IT cannot guarantee that Moodle courses will continue to function properly on future versions of Moodle. This practice helps ensure that our Moodle courses remain compatible with current updates, free of superfluous data, secure, and in alignment with Lewis & Clark’s data policy.

Start of Term

Looking to reuse content from a prior term course? Here are the instructions for the import feature. (Helpsheet)
Want to create or improve a Moodle course page? Request an appointment here.
Moodle courses are initially hidden from students to give you time to add and format your course. Make Your Course Visible (Helpsheet) when you are ready for students to access your page.
Students will always see grades on graded activities such as assignments and quizzes. However, you can choose to show or hide the Moodle gradebook. Here are instructions for managing whether your gradebook is visible to students.

New to Moodle? Here’s help getting started

For the 2024-25 academic year we are running version 4.3. The links below reference this version. Moodle HQ has comprehensive video tutorials designed to help teachers learn how to effectively use Moodle. Free online training courses are available on Moodle Academy. A shorter series of overview videos also describes the most recent features in Moodle. We describe Moodle as easy, but not intuitive. The EdTech team is available by appointment for individual consultations or you can request training or instructional design support

Moodle FAQ for Students (Helpsheet)
Moodle FAQ for Faculty (Helpsheet)
Moodle Navigation Overview Video from the Moodle Crash Course for Students course.
Manage Moodle Notifications (Helpsheet)
Moodle Accessibility Notes - (Moodle.org)

Class Management & Gradebook

Need to add an auditor or TA? See Enrollment Options for teachers (Helpsheet)
View Course Participants to see enrolled students and when they last accessed the site (Helpsheet)
Set up guest access (non-enrolled users) for courses (Helpsheet)
Show the Gradebook to Students (Helpsheet)
Hide the Moodle Gradebook (Helpsheet)
Gradebook Overview (Video - Moodle HQ)

Interactive Activities in Moodle

Assignments

Assignment Quick Guide ( Moodle.org )
A Moodle Demo Course demonstrating assignment submission methods.
Guide for matching assignment submissions settings to your instructional goal (Moodle.org)
Planning on using Moodle PDF annotation for grading? Plan on commenting using Word’s Track Changes feature? Use the file type selection (video) feature in Moodle to require a specific format for file uploads.

Discussion Forums

Forums Overview (Demo Course)
Whole Forum Grading Quick Guide (Helpsheet)

Quizzes

Moodle Quick Quiz Guide (Moodle.org)
Need to make an accommodation for a student who had a technical difficulty, needs an alternate time, or extra time? You can set up individual exam settings for students with the User Override feature.

Resources for Corporate & Continuing Education Students

Moodle Frequently Asked Questions (Helpsheet)
Request a Moodle Password Reset

Tips and Tricks for Students

Moodle FAQ for Students (Helpsheet)
Moodle Navigation Overview Video from the Moodle Crash Course for Students course.
Manage Moodle Notifications (Helpsheet)
Download or convert Google Docs to PDF and other formats (Google Help)
Guide for Submitting assignments as PDFs from Chemistry Department (Google Doc)

For assistance with Moodle, contact edtech@lclark.edu or call the Service Desk at 503-768-7225 to reach an Educational Technologist.

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Looking for a helpful resource you didn’t find? Let us know at edtech@lclark.edu.

Moodle Resources

Current Moodle FAQs

Where do I find my Moodle courses?

Faculty: I can’t access my Moodle course

Students: Why can’t I see my Moodle courses?

How do I copy course content from a prior term?

How do I combine multiple sections into a single Moodle course?

Why is a registered student missing from my Moodle participant list?

What are Lewis & Clarks Moodle Data Retention Practices?