Instructors,
Spring 2023 student enrollments are now syncing with your Moodle courses. By default, courses are not set to automatically "show" to enrolled students and they will not have access to your course until you update the course visibility setting.
➡️ Here is a guide that will walk you through how to make your course visible to students. Follow our recommended Moodle course Start of Term and End of Term procedures to help you close out a previous course or to open an upcoming course.
-Josh
LMS Admin
📋 Reminder: OpenForums at End of Life (EOL)
Beginning Spring 2023 term, instructors and students will be unable to post/edit/modify/create OpenForum activities. All activities will be locked in "view-only mode" — including if previous OpenForum activities have been imported into new courses. See Oct. 31, 2022 announcement for additional details.
⭐ Moodle v4 April Training Opportunity for Faculty & Staff
Our Moodle hosting company (OpenLMS) offers a three-week course to explore all of the new features, updates, and enhancements in 4.0. Registration is now open for a April Cohort and completely free to all LaneCC faculty and staff. This course is offered in a hybrid format which includes weekly self-paced work that is supported by live weekly webinar teaching and collaboration, led by OpenLMS. You’ll also have the option to request a 4.0 sandbox course where you can explore and create.
- Step 1: Register for a free OpenLMS Academy Account
- Step 2: Self-enroll into the course called "What's New in 4.0 - April Cohort"
- Step 3: View the course and be sure to read the "Webinar Connection" information before the first webinar begins on April 11th.
Moodle 4.1 in Summer 2023 Term | July 13-15th, 2023
On July 13, 2023 the College's Learning Management Software (LMS), Moodle, will undergo a mandatory upgrade from v3 to v4.1. The Academic Technology team will work with the vendor (OpenLMS) to make the necessary technology transition on July 13, 14, and 15, 2023. This constitutes a planned three-day Moodle outage that will impact students and summer classes during Week 3 of Summer term.
- 🎓 Official Moodle 4.0 launch website | Working Demo
- 🤔 Visit LaneCC's google site to learn more about what's new in 4.0
- 🤠 Attend OpenLMS Academy's "What's New in 4.0" to get hands-on experience.
Teaching Multiple Course Sections? Wish You Could Merge Them Into A Single Moodle Course?
You can!! For those new to Metacourses: a Metacourse allows you to combine enrollments from multiple course sections into a single Moodle shell — reducing the need to duplicate resources, activities, etc. when you are teaching multiple sections or course sharing between multiple instructors.
Submit a meta course request (online google form) or email the ATC (atc@lanecc.edu) before the term begins.
📅 Academic Technology Center (ATC) Support Hours Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
The ATC is open to in-person assistance. We are located in Center 208, down the hall from J&J Coffee Shop.
- Email: atc@lanecc.edu | Phone: 541-463-3377
- Join Live Online Help (via Zoom): ATC Virtual Support (10am-2pm)
Or join Virtual Support by Phone:
Dial: +1 346-248-7799 and Enter Meeting ID: 934 628 325
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