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applies to: Moodle 2 Add multiple files or folders to your course Notes The easiest way to add multiple files or folders to a course page is to zip them and then drag the .zip file onto the course page just as you would do with any other file. Moodle will ask you whether you […]

Add a syllabus or any other kind of file to a specific section in your course Notes There are other ways to add and manage files. The goal for this demonstration is to show you the simplest. Instructions Turn editing on Drag a file from outside the browser window and hover over an area near […]

This morning there was a failure in the fiber optics that connect Cady and Freeman to the campus network.  Both buildings were without network connectivity.  The problem was cleared by 10:30 AM.  We are working with Physical Plant to determine if there is an issue in the pathway that may pose a threat to the […]

Beginning at noon on Thursday, July 12, EPortfolio will be offline through Sunday evening, July 15.   The user community will receive emails with detailed information about this upgrade.  An interim page with critical links will be available during the EPortfolio downtime.  Email, WesFiles, WFS and Moodle will all be AVAILABLE during this major upgrade.  […]

If at least one item in the gradebook is set to be invisible, students might not be able to see the calculated course totals. They will see the grades for all visible items but not the course totals. This can be changed by going to the gradebook and choosing the ‘settings’ tab. In the ‘User […]

Get acquainted with the basic layout of a Moodle 2 course notes The navigation block in Moodle 2 is very extensive and allows you to move laterally from an activity in one course to another activity just about anywhere you have access to. Such an extensive navigation can become quite tall, so you may want […]

In the fall of 2012 a handful of Wesleyan courses will use Moodle 2 as their Learning Management System. Most of the campus, however, will continue to use Moodle 1.9 during that period. In spring 2013 we will open Moodle 2 to all interested faculty, and we plan to have all courses run on Moodle […]

On Saturday, June 2, we experienced a hardware problem that affected some email accounts on the system. Between approximately 1:00 and 5:30PM, these accounts were inaccessible. Though precautions are in place to prevent this from happening, the problems affected those systems as well. While some messages may have experienced a delay in delivery, no mail […]