https://grok.lsu.edu/New Course Setup articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20701 The Cross-enroll tool allows primary course instructors to combine course sections from different but overlapping terms into a new Moodle teaching course. This self-service tool works entirely within LSU Moodle and is intended for LSU A&M web-based courses and LSU Online courses that are taught d20701Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:47:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20691 The Crosslist & Split tool ( see GROK 20662 ) can be used by an instructor to create a new Moodle course containing their undergraduate and graduate offerings of a course. Students from both courses combined by cross-listing will be enrolled in new, separate groups in a new Moodle course shell.20691Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:55:27 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20688 The Crosslist & Split tool (see GROK 20662 for more information) allows a primary course instructor to create a new Moodle course with their laboratory course sections as Moodle groups while keeping the ability to post grades to the lecture course. The new course name will not carryover the "(W20688Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:29:52 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20662 Crosslist & Split allows an instructor to manage their course sections effectively by either combining multiple courses into a single course shell, separating them into different course shells, or combining and splitting. This tool is designed to streamline the process of course management, ensur20662Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:56:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20661 The Workday Preferences Block is located in the block drawer in the side menu on the right of the homepage of Moodle. It can also be found at the bottom of the My Courses Page. This block contains several links to settings that can be personalized according to the instructor's preference, each of w20661Mon, 19 May 2025 09:35:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20629 This article provides guidance on changing the Instructor of Record (IoR) for courses after an IoR has already been assigned in Workday and a Moodle course is in use. NOTE: This process does not replace contacting the Faculty Technology Center (FTC) for assistance. Overvi20629Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:13:46 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20592 Download course content allows Moodle Files, Folders, Pages, and Labels to be fully downloaded in a zip file. For all other activities and resources only the activity name and the description would be part of the download file. This feature must be enabled at the site level before the activity leve20592Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:02:14 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20586 The Course File Size tool assists in monitoring and managing the total file size of courses to ensure system stability and optimal performance. The display, visible only to instructors, shows the total size of all items in the course. Importance of Managing Course File Sizes Effective man20586Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:37:53 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20567 To use Zoom in Moodle, the Zoom external tool must be added to a Moodle course section. Instructors can access past recordings, upcoming meeting links, their personal meeting room, and allow students to book a Zoom appointment through this tool. See Moodle: How to Add Zoom to a Moodle Course fo20567Tue, 07 May 2024 11:56:58 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20522 The Dates report is a tool that lets the instructor edit all dates for all activities in the course on a single page. To access the Dates report: Click on the Course Administration gear icon and select Reports , then select Dates . The report can be filter20522Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:00:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20499 To Delete Zoom Recordings: Go to lsu.zoom.us and log in with your LSU credentials. Click Recordings on the left navigation. This will take you to a list of all of your Zoom cloud recordings. Find the cloud recording you wish to delete and click 20499Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:18:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20492 When Outcomes are added to a course, Moodle will automatically place the outcomes menu item in the assessment activities’ settings. The outcomes must be added and assigned in order, first at the course level and then at the activity level. To Add Outcomes to the Course: Log in to M20492Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:49:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20492 When Outcomes are added to a course, Moodle will automatically place the outcomes menu item in the assessment activities’ settings. The outcomes must be added and assigned in order, first at the course level and then at the activity level. To Add Outcomes to the Course: Log in to M20492Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:49:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20491 User bulk enrollment allows a course administrator to manually enroll multiple users as students in a course simultaneously. This is especially useful for courses that do not use UES enrollment methods. In order to use this method, you must have a list of user email addresses that you can copy and 20491Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:07:21 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20486 Description In Moodle, the Outcomes tool allows instructors to track broad program- and course-level learning outcomes that correspond with specific course learning activities. In general, course outcomes specify what a student must know and do at the end of the course. While most gra20486Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:46:53 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20486 Description In Moodle, the Outcomes tool allows instructors to track broad program- and course-level learning outcomes that correspond with specific course learning activities. In general, course outcomes specify what a student must know and do at the end of the course. While most gra20486Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:46:53 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20479 This article will cover some important functions relating to Panopto Assignment folders. Specifically we will cover creating multiple assignment folders, how to allow students to see others submissions, and any other relevant processes to the LSU community as they are identified. Click on the 20479Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:28:16 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20453 Below you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions about Moodle. All Users How can I change or remove my Moodle Profile photo? User profile photos can now be removed or replaced. When a user profile is first created, Moodle attempts to retrieve the user's photo f20453Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:25:57 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20430 Students can submit video assignments within Moodle through the Panopto resource. See below for instructions on how to submit assignments. To submit a video assignment using Panopto: Log into Moodle and on the course page, click on the assignment title. On the assi20430Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:05:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20430 Students can submit video assignments within Moodle through the Panopto resource. See below for instructions on how to submit assignments. To submit a video assignment using Panopto: Log into Moodle and on the course page, click on the assignment title. On the assi20430Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:05:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20392 To Share Zoom Recordings to Moodle via a link: Go to lsu.zoom.us and log in with your LSU credentials. Click Recordings on the left navigation.This will take you to a list of all of your Zoom cloud recordings. Find the cloud recording you wish to sh20392Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:09:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20375 Moodle sections (AKA “topics” or “modules”) can be configured to accommodate sequential names in the form of either weeks or numbered topics. How to configure a course for Weekly format: From the main course page, click the Admin (gear) icon and click “Edit settings” under Course Adm20375Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:40:13 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20361 The text editor has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include: Editing Section headings, description of an activity, writing an answer 20361Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:20:32 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20347 Whenever automatic captions are generated in Zoom, they are captured as a .VTT file. Your VTT file can be readily downloaded and viewed as text by following the directions below. Opening Your Zoom Transcript (.VTT) File as Text Login to lsu.zoom.us Click on the Recordings 20347Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:11:27 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20344 The calendar can display site, course, group and or user events in addition to assignment and quiz deadlines, chat times and other course events. Calendar Block Managing Calendar Events How To Find the Events Key Block 1. Log in to Moodle and click the Month 20344Mon, 06 May 2024 13:57:34 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20319 The RollSheet block allows an instructor to create a printable rollsheet listing the students in the class, with or without pictures. The text rollsheet is created in a spreadsheet format, and the photo rollsheet is created with image boxes of user avatars. Only primary instructors, non-pri20319Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:59:30 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20318 The Latest announcements block provides access to the Announcements forum , which is a special forum that is automatically included in all courses. By default, all course participants are subscribed to Announcements and will receive an email when a post is made. Any post will also appear in th20318Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:18:25 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20316 The Text block allows the user to create a block with any kind of text editor content, including content created through HTML. The block is located in the block drawer and is visible to both instructors and students. A title and content for the block may be supplied, and this block may be added m20316Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:29:11 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20314 VoiceThread is a collaborative tool that allows users to add images, documents, and videos, to which other users can add voice, text, audio file, or video comments. Most VoiceThread links should be graded, and there are several formats available for these assignments. See below for the types of Voi20314Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:11:33 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20314 VoiceThread is a collaborative tool that allows users to add images, documents, and videos, to which other users can add voice, text, audio file, or video comments. Most VoiceThread links should be graded, and there are several formats available for these assignments. See below for the types of Voi20314Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:11:33 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20313 Moodle: Course Tools: Deleting a Block Log into Moodle and select the desired course. Select Course Tools from the CONTENTS panel. Select the Edit Blocks button under the Course Tools section. Find the block that you want to delete. Fo20313Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:20:31 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20312 Blocks in Moodle are small content areas that contain important tools and functions for managing a Moodle course. Blocks are located in three places in Moodle: on the My Home page, at the bottom of the My Courses page, and in the block drawer. The block drawer on the Moodle front page or in a Moo20312Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:50:16 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20291 Simple Restore enables instructors and TAs (excluding Non-Editing Instructors) to restore an entire Moodle course from a backup file—ideal for initially populating a course. Instructors have the option to merge the backup’s contents with existing material or completely overwrite the course. In bo20291Mon, 19 May 2025 08:17:15 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20291 Simple Restore enables instructors and TAs (excluding Non-Editing Instructors) to restore an entire Moodle course from a backup file—ideal for initially populating a course. Instructors have the option to merge the backup’s contents with existing material or completely overwrite the course. In bo20291Mon, 19 May 2025 08:17:15 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20282 Roles In Moodle Primary and non-primary instructors and students are automatically assigned in Moodle via information received from the mainframe. However, on occasion, instructors may need to assign additional instructors, teaching assistants, or students to a course. Role assignment privileg20282Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:53:00 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20270 Moodle provide dozens of different kinds of course activities, and each one has a variety of settings. There are a few types of settings that are common to most Moodle activities, and understanding these settings will allow basic management of almost any Moodle activity. Below the activity nam20270Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:31:58 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20269 The Course Tools page collects together displays, links, and blocks that are especially useful for management of a student's course. You may access it by clicking the Course Tools link at the bottom of the table of contents for a course: which loads 20269Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:03:30 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20268 The Course Tools page collects together displays, links, and blocks that are especially useful for instructor management of a course. You may access it by clicking the Course Tools link at the bottom of the table of contents for a course: which loads 20268Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:49:02 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20262 The Course Filter Settings are located on the Administration Menu. These settings contain filter options to control settings such as auto-links. Note: The settings available to you depend on your role and the number of sections you teach. For example, if you teach one section, you will not20262Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:29:51 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20261 This feature allows the primary instructor of a course to refresh the enrollment to immediately get the most current list of students enrolled in a Moodle course based on enrollment in the mainframe. Although Moodle rosters are automatically updated as students add/drop a course, it is an overnight20261Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:38:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20260 While registered students are automatically enrolled into your course, you can manually enroll extra participants, such as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Guest Instructor. For the manual user to work with students, they must then be added to any section groups or manual groups in the course. To 20260Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:17:15 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20258 Course Administration Settings Information The Edit Settings option for the course has several sections with useful tools in each. To access the course settings, click on the Administration Menu Gear Icon and then select Edit Settings . General Course 20258Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:32:51 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20253 The Groups and Groupings Overview page allows the view of all current student groups as well as groups of groups ("groupings") and is an exhaustive list. To Access the Groups and Groupings Overview Page: Click the Admin gear to the upper right of your course page, then expand Users20253Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:33:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20247 To use Zoom in Moodle, the Zoom external tool must be added to a Moodle course section. Instructors can access past recordings, upcoming meeting links, their personal meeting room, and allow students to book a Zoom appointment through this tool. See Moodle: How to Book Zoom Appointments in a Mood20247Mon, 06 May 2024 14:30:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20246 Moodle: Course Tools Login to Moodle and choose the desired course. Click the Course Tools button located below the left menu on the course page. Note : Users can find their Moodle Mail and Gradebook here, as well as add or edit Blocks . Re20246Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:19:38 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20242 A grouping is a collection of groups in a Moodle course that can be used to manage which groups of students see or use specific activities and resources. Students are enrolled in groups based on course section information. Because of this default group setting, it is recommended that for any a20242Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20241 Groups in Moodle organize participants for filtering, communication, and differentiated activities. Groups can be useful if: You have a course with multiple course sections* that have independent projects or content You are teaching a course with other instructors and need to vi20241Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:31:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20240 You can temporarily change your role in a Moodle course to view the course as a student (or other role) might see it. To Switch Your Role: Log on to Moodle and select the course. Go to the gear icon in the upper right corner to access the Course Administration menu. S20240Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:13:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20240 You can temporarily change your role in a Moodle course to view the course as a student (or other role) might see it. To Switch Your Role: Log on to Moodle and select the course. Go to the gear icon in the upper right corner to access the Course Administration menu. S20240Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:13:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20235 Panopto offers user statistics which are readily viewable by following the directions below. Panopto: How to Access Video Stats Login to Moodle, select a course, then click Course Tools . Locate the Panopto block and select Course settings . 20235Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:18:10 GMT