https://grok.lsu.edu/Updated GROK articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20295 Notifications in Moodle Mail can be used to alert students of non-participation, falling within a specific grade range, and their first login to the course. These messages are sent as emails that are customized by instructors for specific situations. Creating a Notification in Moodle Mail 20295 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:45:27 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:45:27 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 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:47:47 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 11:47:47 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 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:58:32 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:58:32 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=7902 Obtaining a License Most users are able to use SPSS free of charge on LSU-Owned Windows devices via the Software Center application. To view more information on Software Center, please see the following article: Software Center: LSU Overview If you cannot utilize Software C7902 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:40:11 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2026 16:40:11 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16294 Important Note : if you are Faculty/Staff or a Student Worker , you must submit a request to HR ( hr@lsu.edu ) to update your campus information. However, you can still update your Personal (Home address, etc) info in Workday. Additionally, Preferred last name changes now feed into Moodle. F16294 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:22:03 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 08:22:03 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16823 General Information The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides IT support, consultations, and innovative solutions to faculty and graduate teaching assistants tailored to their individual teaching, research, and operational needs. Training & Support Services Classes & Works16823 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:10:01 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 16:10:01 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16880 LSU ITS Data Storage: The following resources can be used to store data. Choose the one that best fits your needs. Box.com Cost: Free Where to get it: https://lsu.box.com Business Case: (Web-based, collaborative storage) Files (documents, data sets, etc.) you would nor16880 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:07:47 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2026 12:07:47 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20186 General Information There are two types of Forums in the LSU instance of Moodle, (1) Announcements , and (2) the Forum . Forum Types 1. Announcements The Announcements can be created by adding the Latest News block. The link to the Announcements is initially plac20186 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:51:28 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2026 10:51:28 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 20288 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:31:54 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 15:31:54 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18578 Instructors can change the settings in Moodle Mail to restrict students from sending email to other users in a course. If this is disabled, students will not see the Moodle Mail block in their course or the Moodle Mail icon on the My Courses course card. Students can still contact other users and i18578 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:30:18 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 15:30:18 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20321 General Information There are several different types of quiz questions that can be used in Moodle. When creating questions, a box like the one below will appear. The dialog box gives a brief description of each type of question when it is selected; they are also provided below. Click on the h20321 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:05:25 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 15:05:25 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=18751 University Networking & Infrastructure (UNI) utilizes the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to manage the IP addresses across campus. All computers on campus must be registered through our DHCP Bluecat Device Registration Portal application. Registration is required to be initial18751 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:47:57 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 09:47:57 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16980 General Information LSU Faculty, Students & Staff may notice that they are receiving valid e-mail messages in their Junk E-mail / Spam folder. The reason this is occurs is due to the Spam Filtering that is being performed on the e-mail messages that are delivered to ALL LSU16980 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:19:39 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2026 07:19:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20019 Why can't normal methods be used to erase an SSD? Solid State Drives (SSDs), and other flash-based media like portable USB drives, store data as electric charges. Traditional storage media like mechanical hard drives or tape based storage have storage physically writen to magnetic media, and t20019 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:18:59 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2026 07:18:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17129 WHAT MAKES FILE SHARING ILLEGAL? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a piece of legislation signed into law in 1998 defining the illegal downloading and/or sharing of copyrighted material. LSU is required to investigate DMCA complaints and take action to remove 17129 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:08:27 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 08:08:27 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20162 Support & Training The Faculty Technology Center (FTC) provides Moodle support by email, by phone, or live through Zoom. For contact information, please see the article Faculty Technology Center: LSU Overview . To connect through Zoom and for further information on support services and trai20162 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:38:53 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2026 10:38:53 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17498 General Information Qualtrics is a research and survey software that allows CURRENTLY ENROLLED students, currently active faculty and staff of the LSU A&M, Law Center, and Veterinary Medicine campuses to create, distribute, and analyze robust surveys. Qualtrics products are suppor17498 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:04:15 GMTTue, 24 Mar 2026 16:04:15 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716 General Information Solid State Drives (SSDs) are quickly replacing traditional, mechanical, hard disk drives due to their higher speed, lower power consumption, lighter weight, and being more shock proof. However, traditional whole disk erasing utilities like Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) d16716 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:20:26 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2026 09:20:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15775 LSU runs a mailing list manager called LISTSERV from L-Soft International. LISTSERV is e-mail list management software that supports: E-mail newsletters Announcement / distribution lists Discussion communities and similar group communications LISTSERV lists use addresses in15775 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:57:19 GMTFri, 20 Mar 2026 15:57:19 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15947 Overview A contact group (also called a distribution list or contact list) in Microsoft Outlook is a collection of email addresses grouped under a single name. When you send an email to the contact group, Outlook automatically delivers the message to every member in the list. Contact g15947 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:44:29 GMTFri, 20 Mar 2026 15:44:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15927 What Wasn't Moved to LSUMail? The following is a list of components that cannot be migrated to LSUMail along with links to GROK articles on how to set up the same feature for LSUMail. You will need to sign in to your new LSUMail account and reconfigure the feature using the settings in your15927 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:42:00 GMTFri, 20 Mar 2026 15:42:00 GMThttps://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=14285 myLSU and departmental account password management is done in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Portal: iam.lsu.edu Important : In order to use the Forgot Password reset option, you must have a secondary email address on your user profile in the IAM Portal. Please verify you14285 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:13:00 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2026 11:13:00 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=18068 Please note the following about secondary Accounts: There is a 40 character (Alpha Numeric Only) limit including spaces for display names. Display names must have at least two words, none of which can begin with a numeral. There is a 16 character limit for logon ID's. There is no f18068 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:27:59 GMTTue, 17 Mar 2026 07:27:59 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=20362 Please see GROK 20675 for posting grades in bulk. 20362 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:01:11 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 12:01:11 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=5319 Please see GROK 17605 for managing Listserv information. 5319 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:39:04 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2026 11:39:04 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15671 For 2025, Emergency Contacts have moved to Workday Student. To view, please see the following guide: Workday Student (Profile Preferences Tab) - Understanding the Student Profile Guide - page 5 GROK instructions are in the process of being updated at this time. Thank you! 15671 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:00:34 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 17:00:34 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17603 Please see 17605 for managing Listserv information. 17603 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:46:45 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:46:45 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17606 Please see 17605 for managing Listserv information. 17606 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:45:49 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:45:49 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17607 Please see 17605 for managing Listserv information. 17607 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:44:50 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:44:50 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17604 Please see 17605 for managing Listserv information. 17604 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:43:35 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:43:35 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17532 Please see 17605 for managing Listserv information. 17532 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:42:39 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:42:39 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17685 Please see 15775 for current Listserv information. 17685 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:41:17 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:41:17 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=5320 Please see GROK 17605 for managing Listserv information. 5320 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:39:29 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:39:29 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17146 Please see GROK 15775 for current Listserv information. 17146 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:35:10 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:35:10 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=6634 Please see GROK 15775 for current Listserv information. 6634 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:33:37 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:33:37 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16051 Please see 15775 for current Listserv information. 16051 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:31:33 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:31:33 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17684 Please see 15775 for current Listserv information. 17684 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:30:37 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:30:37 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17605 This article provides instructions for Listserv owners to manage their lists using the LISTSERV web interface at listserv.lsu.edu. All management tasks described below are performed through the web portal — email-based commands are not covered here. Note: Listservs may only be owned by LS17605 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:20:22 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 16:20:22 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15369 Please see GROK 11537 for account info and assistance. 15369 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:58:31 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2026 15:58:31 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15965 General Information LSU Dining Website Tiger Card Website Campus Locations There are several restaurants, and two main dining halls to choose from on campus. LSU Dining Halls , The 5 & The 459 , can be located on the map below alon15965 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:37:05 GMTWed, 11 Mar 2026 12:37:05 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=12126 Performs Security Reviews of departments on campus to assess the level of physical and network security of the department. In addition, provides solutions to the departments to rectify any issues that pose a security risk. Service Name Security Audit Service Type Service In12126 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:13:12 GMTTue, 10 Mar 2026 08:13:12 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17358 Browser Settings: Check your Browser Settings & make sure the following are NOT Enabled: Chrome Click on the ellipses button (...) at top right, choose Settings , choose the Settings Menu button at top left corner, select System , then click Open your computer's proxy 17358 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:12:35 GMTMon, 09 Mar 2026 15:12:35 GMT