Seminary Computing Services

The process of adding a file as a 'resource' in a Moodle course site is fairly straightforward:

To log into Moodle as a guest:

1. Click on the link to the course site sent to you by the instructor*.
2. Click "Login a s a guest".
3. Enter the 'key' given to you by the instructor.

You should now see the main course page. If you have problems or questions, please contact the SCS Helpdesk.

There are a variety of situations in which you might want to allow someone without a seminary account to look at your course site, such as:

• Giving a prospective student an online 'tour'
• Sharing course design ideas with a colleague from another institution

Moodle provides a simple mechanism for granting such access. Here's how:

To add participants (students, TAs, supporting instructors), youe the "Assign roles" link in the "Administration" section in the left column of the page. Click on the "Assign roles" link, and you'll see links for the various roles that you can assign people to, along with descriptions of what users with that role are allowed to do in the course site. Click on the desired roles, and you'll be taken to a page from which you can select users from the

A few hints for managing your Moodle course site...

Since the recent server upgrade, we are using the latest version of Moodle (1.9). As always, there have been many behind-the-scenes fixes and performance enhancements, but there are also several new features worth mentioning.