https://grok.lsu.edu/Updated Moodle articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20704 The Essay (auto-grade) question type allows a response of a few sentences or paragraphs that can then be automatically graded. Instructors must enable and set up auto-grading conditions and may provide response options and feedback in the question setup. Responses are graded by Moodle according t20704 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:27:28 GMTThu, 19 Mar 2026 10:27:28 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 Users20253 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:33:09 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 16:33:09 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 vi20241 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:31:17 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 16:31:17 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 a20242 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:09 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 15:40:09 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20682 In some LSU Moodle courses, exams are administered through a third-party publisher site. This means that students take exams in the publisher site and not in the Moodle site with a quiz activity. Most third-party tools are added to Moodle as an LTI external tool . The most commonly used publishe20682 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:31:52 GMTMon, 16 Mar 2026 12:31:52 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20068 The Quiz activity module allows the teacher to design and build quizzes consisting of a large variety of question types, including multiple choice, true-false, short answer and drag and drop images and text. It is possible to import questions from a file that has been exported. To Import Quiz 20068 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:47:29 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 12:47:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20067 You can export your question bank from a Moodle course in order to import it to another. If you would like to be able to make edits to the exported file before importing back into Moodle, we recommend using Aiken format or Microsoft Word 2010 table format. To Export Quiz Questions in Moodle: 20067 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:46:40 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 12:46:40 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20678 The Enrollment Tracker in a course is a report showing students who have added and dropped the course. In addition to the students' names, the report also displays the students' email address, section number, enrollment status (enrolled or unenrolled), and the dates and times the course was added20678 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:13:43 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 12:13:43 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20694 Federal Financial Aid regulations require the confirmation of attendance for students to receive federal aid. To meet these regulations, LSU Financial Aid & Scholarships must be able to verify participation in all college courses by the census date, which is the last day for students to add courses20694 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:53:24 GMTThu, 19 Feb 2026 10:53:24 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20359 The Smart File Importer allows instructors to quickly upload grades to one graded item in Moodle by using a .CSV or .TSV file. Smart Importing Grades to Moodle When using this importer, please note the following : Multiple files may be uploaded at once, and they can be o20359 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:55:26 GMTWed, 18 Feb 2026 11:55:26 GMThttps://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 d20701 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:47:23 GMTTue, 10 Feb 2026 11:47:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20544 The External Cross-enrollment is a Moodle process that allows instructors to combine student populations from different Moodle sites into a single course site for streamlined instruction and content delivery. It does not alter the course registration process. For example, this does not allow LSU or20544 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:25:38 GMTMon, 09 Feb 2026 13:25:38 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 "(W20688 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:29:52 GMTMon, 09 Feb 2026 08:29:52 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20201 There are a few ways to grade an assignment: by individual submission, through the assignment screen, and through the gradebook. There are a few different ways to reach the grading screen and to grade the submissions. This article covers the following topics. Click on a link to jump to that topic: 20201 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:20:38 GMTFri, 30 Jan 2026 16:20:38 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 20269 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:03:30 GMTFri, 30 Jan 2026 15:03:30 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20297 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 res20297 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:15:23 GMTThu, 29 Jan 2026 15:15:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20171 By default, Moodle courses are created 30 days prior to the first day of class and students are enrolled into the course 14 days prior to the first day of class. Instructors can change the timeframe of these processes, up to a limit of 60-days prior to the first day of class. Moodle courses at the 20171 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:17:29 GMTThu, 29 Jan 2026 12:17:29 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 wil20534 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:52:38 GMTMon, 26 Jan 2026 12:52:38 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, ensur20662 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:56:04 GMTWed, 07 Jan 2026 10:56:04 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.20691 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:55:27 GMTWed, 07 Jan 2026 10:55:27 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20684 *PLEASE NOTE: The Turnitin Assignment 2 Moodle Activity is no longer available to add to courses. These Turnitin assignments will be disabled and no longer work on December 31, 2027. Currently, these assignments are experiencing intermittent connection failures and support is no longer 20684 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:09:45 GMTThu, 04 Dec 2025 13:09:45 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20591 *PLEASE NOTE: The Turnitin Assignment 2 Moodle Activity is no longer available to add to courses. These Turnitin assignments will be disabled and no longer work on December 31, 2027. Currently, these assignments are experiencing intermittent connection failures and support is no longer 20591 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:02:11 GMTThu, 04 Dec 2025 13:02:11 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20174 **PLEASE NOTE: At this time, the Team Teach tool has not been redeveloped to work with Workday. Please contact the FTC if you would like to hear about a possible workaround until this tool is redeveloped. They can be reached at 225-578-3375 (option 2) or ftc@lsu.edu. Team Tea20174 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:24:20 GMTWed, 03 Dec 2025 13:24:20 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20484 The Edit user picture feature in Moodle allows users to update or remove their user profile picture directly in Moodle. Considerations As you consider editing your user picture, keep the following in mind: The Moodle system attempts to retrieve your photo from the LSU Tiger20484 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:36:37 GMTWed, 05 Nov 2025 08:36:37 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20229 The Course Tools page contains information and links that are especially useful for managing a course. The contents and appearance of Course Tools will vary depending upon your role as a student or instructor in the course. Get more details based upon your role: Instructor—See 20229 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:48:56 GMTMon, 03 Nov 2025 13:48:56 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20288 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 si20288 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:41:17 GMTMon, 03 Nov 2025 12:41:17 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 20449 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:50:50 GMTTue, 28 Oct 2025 14:50:50 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20634 Honorlock is an online proctoring service used for managing and monitoring remote exams. This service uses a combination of AI and live proctors to maintain exam integrity. During the exam session, the AI program monitors test-takers via browser extension and flags suspicious behavior. At the same 20634 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:25:54 GMTTue, 28 Oct 2025 13:25:54 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20167 This article provides an overview of the: Moodle Home Page Sidebar My Courses Page Tip for Finding Your Course The Moodle Home Page The Moodle home page is the landing page you see when you first navigate and log in to Moodle. It displays institution20167 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:24:41 GMTTue, 28 Oct 2025 10:24:41 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 20491 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:07:21 GMTMon, 20 Oct 2025 13:07:21 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 too20058 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:57:40 GMTFri, 17 Oct 2025 13:57:40 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. Usi18158 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:56:03 GMTFri, 17 Oct 2025 13:56:03 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20564 **PLEASE NOTE: We recommend that all ProctorU sessions are created through the Moodle 1.3 External Tool for exams administered as a Moodle quiz activity in the LSU Moodle site (moodle.lsu.edu). If you have previously created exam sessions on the ProctorU site (proctoru.com) in LSU Moodle20564 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:59:56 GMTWed, 08 Oct 2025 13:59:56 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20271 Common Module Settings: ID number is optional. It can be used to identify an activity for grade calculation or custom reporting but can safely be left blank. Any number not used for another activity in the same class may be used. Force language is set to "Do not force20271 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:37:40 GMTTue, 07 Oct 2025 11:37:40 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 ses20432 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:44:18 GMTThu, 02 Oct 2025 16:44:18 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 the20547 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:48:04 GMTTue, 30 Sep 2025 07:48:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20563 This page contains overview information about using ProctorU online proctoring services for LSU campus and LSU Online courses. This service allows students to complete course exams at any location while still ensuring the academic integrity of the exam for the institution. Using a webcam and audio 20563 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:35:07 GMTTue, 16 Sep 2025 11:35:07 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20550 The Access Pearson LTI 1.3 activity is a publisher tool which allows instructors to link Pearson course content (MyLab, Mastering, Revel, eText, or Live Response) to Moodle courses. The Access Pearson external tool enables deep linking, which means that students can directly access activities and20550 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:34:04 GMTTue, 16 Sep 2025 11:34:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20403 Description WIRIS MathType and ChemType for Atto is a Moodle plugin that allows users to type and handwrite mathematical and chemical notation directly in the Atto text editor. This is done through an equation editor that is built in to the text editor, which adds the notation typed in the Mat20403 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:43:23 GMTFri, 05 Sep 2025 16:43:23 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20218 In Moodle, a Panopto video can be embedded into course content. To do so, please follow the steps below. To Embed a Panopto Video within a Moodle Activity or Assignment: Log in to Moodle , and open your desired course. Locate your desired activity, and then select Edit/Penc20218 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:33:19 GMTTue, 02 Sep 2025 11:33:19 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20287 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 insi20287 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:27:12 GMTThu, 21 Aug 2025 12:27:12 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 f20453 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:25:57 GMTThu, 21 Aug 2025 12:25:57 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20160 Grading in Moodle involves several components, best practices, and guidelines to enhance the grading process and facilitate ease of use. Included in this is the Moodle Gradebook, a robust tool for faculty to use to keep up with their students' grades. 1. Grading Best Practices Grade with20160 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:20:56 GMTFri, 15 Aug 2025 16:20:56 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18550 To View a Non-Graded Assignment: Log in to Moodle . Select your desired course . Click the VoiceThread your instructor would like you to view. The entire VoiceThread should appear on one screen. Click the first slide to start at the beginning of the VoiceThread. 18550 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:45:05 GMTFri, 15 Aug 2025 15:45:05 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20159 General Information Activities & Resources in Moodle are the tools and features that you can add to your course as content resources, practice activities, and measurable assessments. The LSU Moodle site contains a list of standard Moodle activities and resources plus additional plug-ins adde20159 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:32:12 GMTFri, 15 Aug 2025 14:32:12 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20166 PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to save any content from courses that are older than 18 months, you have several options. The first option is to download and save the content to your own computer. The second option is to import the content into a Blueprint Course in Moodle. For each course y20166 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:14:14 GMTThu, 14 Aug 2025 14:14:14 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20477 To Create a New VoiceThread: Log in to Moodle and open the desired course . Select the VoiceThread activity to create a VoiceThread. You can begin creating a new VoiceThread from any VoiceThread page by clicking on the "Create" button at the top. 20477 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:15:41 GMTWed, 13 Aug 2025 11:15:41 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18546 To Submit a Watching Assignment: Computer Log in to Moodle . Select your desired course . Click the VoiceThread your instructor would like for you to view. Click the yellow Start Assignment button on the right. Watch all slides and all comments in the Voic18546 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:52:47 GMTWed, 13 Aug 2025 10:52:47 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 20479 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:28:16 GMTMon, 11 Aug 2025 15:28:16 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20675 The WDS Post Grades block in LSU Moodle allows instructors to post course grades directly from Moodle to Workday Student (WDS). Like the previous Post Grades block, this function supports both interim (midterm) and final grade submissions. The WDS Post Grades block is automatically added to the20675 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:13:30 GMTFri, 08 Aug 2025 14:13:30 GMT