Title: Moodle questions
Course: Teaching with Moodle 2: Training, collaboration and reflection online

Feedback shared by this category's questions, if partly right: 1

Q: Use of the back button is not recommended in Moodle.
- True (Correct. To navigate in Moodle you should use the Breadcrumb Menu located at the top left of the screen. This allows you to track where you are in the course and find your way back to the main course screen.)
- False (Sorry. Using the back button can sometimes have unexpected results. Using the Breadcrumb menu located at the top left of the screen will allow you track where you are in the course and find your way back to the main course screen.)
A: True

Q: Typically a course is setup with three column. The centre column is the core course section where all the resources and activities are added. The far left and right columns are used to add additional tools and features to help with managing and navigating the course. The information in these sections are organised into:
- Blocks (Correct. The extra tools available are organised into blocks and these can be placed anywhere in the far left and right sections of the course page. New blocks can be added from the drop down menu located in the far right column.)
- Activities (Sorry. The correct answer is blocks. Activities are features such as quizzes and forums and will be covered later on in this course. Activities are added to the centre column of the course.)
- Resources (Sorry. The correct answer is blocks. Resources are content such as webfiles or linking to a file or website. Resources are added to the centre column of the course.)
- Sections (Sorry. The correct answer is blocks. The centre column is broken up into sections either by topic or week.)
- Couse Tools (Sorry. The correct answer is blocks.)
A: Blocks

Q: How do you know if you have "teacher" rights to a course?
Select two answers.
- Turn Editing On button (Correct. The Turn Editing On button only appears if you have been assigned 'teacher' rights to the course.)
- Extended Administration Block (Correct. In Student mode only Profile and Grades are shown under the Administration block but this is extended in Teacher mode to include many options including Settings, Grades, Files, Backup and Import.)
- Editing Icons automatically appear (Sorry. The editing icons only appear after clicking on the Turn Editing On button.)
- Teacher button (Sorry. The button is called Turn Editing On not Teacher.)
A: Turn Editing On button; Extended Administration Block

Q: When adding a link to a file in Moodle you must first upload the file to the course storage area.  The next step is to ............. the file.
A: choose / chose
Feedback ("choose"): Correct.
Feedback ("chose"): Correct.

Q: Which of these does not appear as an option in the Add a resource drop down menu
- Lesson (Correct. Lesson is listed in the Activities drop-down menu.)
- Book (Sorry. Book is in the Resources drop-down menu.)
- Insert a label (Sorry. Insert a label is in the Resources drop-down menu.)
- Compose a webpage (Sorry. Compose a webpage is in the Resources drop-down menu.)
- Link to a file or website (Sorry. Link to a file or website is in the Resources drop-down menu.)
A: Lesson

Q: To add a Noticeboard to your course you need to:-
- Add an HTML block (Correct. An HTML block creates a blank block which could be used as a Noticeboard.)
- Compse a webpage (Sorry. You would need to add an HTML block to create a Noticeboard. Although this is a webpage it is structured to fit in the Left/Right columns whereas a webpage is displayed as a link in the middle column and needs to be clicked on the view its contents.)
- Add a Wiki (Sorry. You would need to add an HTML block to create a Noticeboard. A wiki is a collaboration tool and appears in the centre column as a link. Wiki's will be covered later on in this course.)
- Add the Annoucements block (Sorry. The Annoucements block does not exist in Moodle. However you could create an HTML block and call it Annoucements instead of Noticeboard.)
A: Add an HTML block

Q: The Upcoming Events block is an extension of the Calendar block. It gets eventinformation from your calendar.  By default it shows events up to ...... days ahead?
- 21 (Correct. Well done.)
- 7 (Sorry the correct answer is 21.)
- 14 (Sorry the correct answer is 21.)
- 28 (Sorry the correct answer is 21.)
A: 21