https://grok.lsu.edu/New External Tools articles!60https://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=20547 Common Activity Settings: Visibility Visibility determines the degree to which students can view the activity. You may choose: Show on course page - to make it completely visible, and listed on the course page. Hide from students - to hide the20547Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:48:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20534 Gradescope is a Turnitin tool that allows instructors to grade multiple formats, including handwritten annotation, paper-based submissions, digital submissions, or coding assignments. This tool uses a dynamic rubric that can be created and edited while grading, where any changes to the rubric wil20534Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:52:38 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20528 Perusall is a social learning platform that allows students to engage with each other and the course material through collaborative annotation tools for text and videos. The goal of each assignment is to stimulate discussion by encouraging students to post good questions or comments, to help others20528Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:46:25 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20451 The LSU Libraries Research Guides tool allows users to access the LSU Libraries Research Guides home page directly from the Moodle course page. These guides organize resources for teaching and research by subject area, guide type, and LSU Libraries group (Main, Special Collections, and Vet Med). Us20451Mon, 13 May 2024 12:09:32 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20450 Packback is a discussion forum tool for Moodle that helps students actively improve the quality of the questions and responses they post in the tool. On Packback, students are responsible for posting their own discussion questions for their peers to answer, and the tool provides feedback through an20450Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:05:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20449 A Panopto video can be added to an individual course section as an External Tool (see article 20058 ). This is also the process for adding a Panopto video quiz, which must be created on the Panopto site (see How to Add a Quiz to a Video ). When videos are added in this way, students will see 20449Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:50:50 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20434 General Information zyBooks is a Moodle plugin that allows students to access assigned open-source, interactive STEM textbooks through a Moodle course. Instructors can create an account on the zyBooks site and select a textbook to evaluate before adopting the book. Evaluation and adopted copie20434Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:21:52 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20432 ProctorU Record+ is a proctoring service integrated in Moodle that allows instructors and students to use ProctorU without leaving the Moodle site. Because the proctoring session occurs within Moodle, there is no live proctor. Identity verification and exam setup are fully automated, and each ses20432Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:44:18 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20352 The Sage Vantage activity is a publisher tool that allows instructors to link Sage Publishing course content to Moodle courses. Using the Sage Vantage external tool allows for deep linking, which means that students can directly access activities and resources through the Moodle site. Deep linking 20352Wed, 22 May 2024 13:49:39 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=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=20058 Many websites, such as publishers and academic technology services, provide material and interactive learning opportunities complementary to what is offered within Moodle. The external tool allows instructors and students to access these activities from within their Moodle courses and, for some too20058Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:57:40 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19214 This Moodle integration allows Macmillan content to be delivered directly through Moodle and will allow the grades to be synced in your Moodle grade book as well. Important: It is important to follow the steps below to successfully deep link your course. There are two Macmillan tools ava19214Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:28:55 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18591 The McGraw Hill LTIA external tool integrates all your digital products from McGraw Hill Education with Moodle for quick and easy access to content and learning tools. Using the McGraw Hill LTIA external tool allows for deep linking, which means that students can directly access activities and re18591Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:53:40 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18585 The Cengage activity is a publisher tool that allows instructors to link Cengage course content to Moodle courses. The Cengage external tool enables deep linking, allowing students to access activities and resources directly through Moodle. Deep linking also supports gradebook synchronization, whic18585Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:28:14 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18158 **NOTICE: Due to the merger of Echo360 and Turning, the information in this article may be undergoing revision. We recommend visiting the PointSolutions Support and Resources page for the latest updates. PointSolutions is a response system used for polling students. Usi18158Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:56:03 GMT