<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New Communication Articles</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/</link><description>New Communication articles!</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Moodle: How to Book Zoom Appointments in a Moodle Course</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20567</link><description> 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   fo</description><guid>20567</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 11:56:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Using the Text Editor</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20361</link><description> 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 </description><guid>20361</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:20:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zoom: Viewing Transcript Files as Text</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20347</link><description> 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 </description><guid>20347</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Moodle Mail Block (Students)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20297</link><description> The  Moodle Mail block  allows course users to email the instructor, TA, or other students in the course. Messages sent from this system are sent from students' LSU email address. Replies are also sent to the LSU email address (NOT inside the course). 

  NOTE:  Instructors have the option to res</description><guid>20297</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Adding a Feedback Activity</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20296</link><description> The  Feedback  activity allows instructors to create a customized survey for collecting feedback through a variety of question types. Instructors can write their own customized questions, and any question can be non-graded, which makes this activity useful for evaluations. For help with submissions</description><guid>20296</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:52:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Create Notifications in Moodle Mail</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20295</link><description> Users are able to set up notifications in Moodle mail. 

   

 Creating a Notification in Moodle Mail: 

 
	 Login to  Moodle    and select your course.  
	 Locate the  Moodle Mail  block and select the  Create Notification  link. 
 

   

  Note : if you do not see the Moodle Mail blo</description><guid>20295</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:14:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Alternate Emails</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20294</link><description> Instructors can set up an alternate email address in the Moodle Mail block. This will give instructors an option to send an email from their own LSU email or a different address. Replies to emails will still be sent to the instructor's LSU email address. 

  NOTE:  An alternate email address will</description><guid>20294</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:55:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Moodle Mail Signatures</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20293</link><description>   

 When using Moodle Mail, users can create one or more signatures to insert into the body of an email they are composing. Creating a signature saves it for use in any course. 

  
Adding a Moodle Mail Signature 

 
	 Access   Moodle   and enter your desired course. 
	 On the Moodle Mail</description><guid>20293</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: View Sent Messages in Moodle Mail</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20292</link><description> When using Moodle Mail, users can view previously sent mail. 

   

 To View Your Previously Sent Messages in Moodle Mail: 

 
	 Login to  Moodle    and select your course. 
	 Navigate to your  Moodle Mail  block, and select  View Sent Messages . 
 

   

  Note : if you do not see the</description><guid>20292</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:47:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: View Scheduled in Moodle Mail</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20289</link><description> When using Moodle Mail, users have the option to send their emails at a future time or date. 

   

 To View Your Queued Messages in Moodle Mail: 

 
	 Login to  Moodle    and select your course. 
	 Navigate to your  Moodle Mail  block, and select  View Schedules . 
 

   

  Note : if</description><guid>20289</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Sending Moodle Mail (Faculty)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20288</link><description> Moodle Mail allows users to send email and other types of notifications through a Moodle course. These messages are not sent through an external email server, but through the Moodle site. 
  

 Composing a New Message using Moodle Mail 

 
	 In your Moodle course, turn  Editing  on, open the </description><guid>20288</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:31:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Moodle Mail Block (Faculty)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20287</link><description> The  Moodle Mail block  allows users to email one or more participants of a course. In this block, instructors can compose immediate and scheduled emails, set up email signatures, view drafts and history, set alternate emails, and configure settings. The block is located in the   blocks drawer insi</description><guid>20287</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: How to Add Zoom to a Moodle Course</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20247</link><description> 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 Mood</description><guid>20247</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:30:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle:  How to Create Groupings</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20242</link><description> 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 a</description><guid>20242</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle:  How to Create Groups</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20241</link><description>  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 vi</description><guid>20241</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:31:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panopto: Stats</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20235</link><description> 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 .  
 

   </description><guid>20235</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zoom: LSU Overview</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19968</link><description>  Important Announcement regarding Zoom - New changes starting Thursday, March 24, 2022  

 • Each user’s Zoom configuration will be updated to only record a single view. 
 
• For faculty and staff, all recorded content older than a year will be deleted from the Zoom Cloud Recording storage. Goi</description><guid>19968</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:22:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panopto: Accessing Your Recordings via the Panopto Web Portal</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17484</link><description> All Panopto recordings are managed within the LSU Panopto Web Portal. Please see the instructions below to learn how to manage your Panopto video recordings. 

 To Access Your Panopto Recordings with Panopto Web Portal: 

 
	 Go to    lsu.hosted.panopto.com   , in either Firefox or Chrome.  
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