Moodle Help

Frequently Asked Questions

• How do I access my course?
• How do I hide my course from students/show it to students? 
• How do I reuse content from a previous semester? 
• What if my course is too big to reuse?
• How do I add my course syllabus?
• How do I format my course?
• How do I upload a file?
• How do I add a link (files or videos)?
• How do I set up attendance?
• How do I add an assignment?
• How do I add a TA or co-teacher to my course?
• How do I add or drop students from my Moodle course, or is that taken care of for me?
• How do I create a quiz?
• How do I communicate with my class?
• How do I set up Gradebook?
• How do I keep the highest or drop the lowest grade? 
• How do I combine more than one section of the same course in Moodle ? (Also called Metacourse)
• How do I export my Moodle course calendar into Google?
• How do I export my Moodle course calendar into Zimbra?
• Where does the funny name, Moodle, come from?
• How do I grant extensions to assignments and/or course access?

Updates to Moodle for Fall 2025

We've launched some exciting new features for Moodle. New features include:

• Bulk Delete
• Adding a New Activity from Anywhere
• Subsections
• Indented Activities
• Changes to Grading Activities

Bulk Delete

Moodle now has a bulk delete feature. Access it by toggling on edit mode and selecting “bulk actions” in the top right corner of the screen, as shown below.

After you do this a bulk actions menu will appear at the bottom of the screen (below).

Add an Activity from Anywhere

You can now add an activity from ANYWHERE in the course. To do this, toggle on edit mode and look for the dashed lines between activities. Hover over the line and look for a plus sign to appear. Once it appears, you can select it and add the activity of your choice.  

Subsections

You can now add subsections to your course for enhanced organization. To do this, enable edit mode and hover over the dashed lines until "add an activity or resource" appears. Select "subsection," as shown in the image to below.

Indent Activities to the Right

For even more organization or as an alternative to subsections, you can indent activities to the right. To do this, toggle on edit mode and select the 3 little dots to the right of the activity you wish to move. Select "move right" from the dropdown menu.

Course Visibility & Cross-listed Courses

Making Course Visible to Students

Moodle courses used to become visible to students automagically before course start date. Now you will need to manually unhide the course when it is ready for students as outlined here.

Cross-listed Courses

We’re using a new enrollment system that generates multiple Moodle course shells for cross-listed courses. When building your course content, use the one that displays multiple course reference numbers (CRNs) at the top, as shown in the screenshot below. The image with the check indicates the correct course.

Another way to confirm you have the right Moodle course is to ensure ALL the students you are expecting are enrolled. The good news is that students will not see all the different shells, as the unused ones will remain hidden from their view. To remove unused courses from your My Courses view, select the 3 dots located on the card for a given course, as shown below:

More Help with Moodle

You can contact an Earlham librarian for support at helpdesk@earlham.edu. In addition, you can go to Moodle.org to explore documentation, user forums, example videos, and more. Finally, you can work with the instructional designer.