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  • Moodle Resources for Students

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    Moodle is GCC's learning management system. All of your courses at GCC will have a classroom in Moodle, but how the digital space is organized is up to your instructor. The resources here are for you to familiarize yourself with Moodle, the settings and tasks frequently used by instructors, tips for troubleshooting, and ways to personalize your Moodle account. 

    • My Class Isn't Showing Page

      If the courses students expect to see are not on their dashboard, suggest trying these steps! These are the same steps we will suggest if they submit a help ticket, so you can get them back into your class sooner by pointing them here. 

    • Getting Started on Moodle 4.5 Page

    • Change Your Preferred Name Page

      By updating their preferred name in MyGCC, users can change the names displayed to all users of Moodle.

    • Help, I Don't See My Class! Page

      If you don't see the courses you are expecting on your Moodle dashboard, try these steps to reset your course filter. 

    • Embedding Google Workspace Files in Moodle (copy) Page

      When files stored in Google Workspace are linked in Moodle using the ATTO text editor, the content along with all of the available controls are there.  The specific controls depends on the Google account the user has used to log in. Changing the account in the browser being used and refreshing the Moodle page will change the controls.

    • Adding YouTube Videos to Forum Posts and Other Items Page

      All GCC users (both student accounts and faculty and staff accounts) can log on to YouTube using their GCC email credentials. Users can upload videos to YouTube and manage them at studio.youtube.com. 

    • Lightbox Gallery Page

      The Lightbox Gallery is a tool some faculty use to facilitate discussion about images students upload. This page gives directions for uploading and editing images as well as commenting on others' images,

    • Submitting Assignment for Students Page

      Follow the steps on this page to see how to submit assignments.

    • Submitting Assignments from Chromebooks for Students Page

      Follow these steps for submitting PDF files if you are using a Chromebook to access Moodle classrooms.

    • Submitting Assignments from Google Workspaces for Students Page

      Follow these steps for submitting PDF files if you are using Google Docs as your word processor.

    • Check Assignment Status Page

      Once assignments have been submitted, student can check the status. Some faculty "hide" grades until they have graded all submissions.

    • Seeing Grades and Feedback Page
      Once grades have been posted, students can check their grades and see feedback from their instructors by following steps outlined here.
    • Submitting Quizzes Page

      The Quiz tool is used to create a variety of assessments in Moodle classrooms. This slideshow takes students through the steps of submitting quizzes.

    • Word to PDF Using Google Workspaces Page

      Some instructors add starter files to Moodle as Word documents to Moodle. Follow these steps to download it, upload it to Google Workspaces to edit it, then download it to you computer to submit it.

    • "My Students Can't See Their Grades" (copy) Page

      There are several reasons students cannot see their grades in the Gradebook. This page describes to most common reason.

    • Assignments, Quizzes and Grades

    • Settings and Troubleshooting

    • Staying Organized and Using Google Workspace

      • Add Moodle Calendar Events to Your Google Calendar Page

        Follow the steps in this tutorial to have events in the Moodle calendar (including due dates instructors add to assignments and tasks) sent to Google Calendars.