Adding Students to Moodle Groups

You will need to add the students that are in your assigned lab section to Moodle Groups:

1.	You have access to the Moodle Metacourse and the Moodle child-courses for the lab sections that you teach. The child-courses populate the metacourse with student information. We will use the child-courses for class-lists only. Look for the lab section child-courses that you teach; they will be gray not orange. Click on one and then click on Grades in the left navigation bar. A list of students will show up to the right of the left navigation. This will be your class-list for your lab section. You can export it or just open it in another browser window.
2.	On the main page of the Moodle Metacourse, click on the gear icon in the upper right corner. Once expanded, click on More.
3.	A Course Administration window will open, look under Users and select Groups.
4.	Create your section by clicking on the Create group button and naming your group after your last name and the section number of the lab section you are teaching.
5.	Click on the Add/remove users button under the 'Members of' box.
6.	A new window will open. Type in the name of a student in the search box below the Potential members box. Once the student name appears in the Potential members box, click on the name, and then click on the Add button.
7.	Repeat for all students in your lab sections.

Entering Grades

Student grades need to be entered into Moodle each week:

1.	Click on the Grades link on the left navigation bar.
2.	A Grader Report window will open. >
3.	Under the Grader Report heading there will be a drop down menu called Visible Group. Select your section from this menu (only one section or all sections can be viewed).
4.	Click on the button. The cells will become live. Enter your grades.
5.	Once you have entered your grades, click on the button. If you do not save, the grade data will be lost.

Exporting files

It is very important that you back up your Moodle grade data each week after you enter grades:

1.	Click on the Grades link on the left navigation bar.
2.	Select your section from the Visible Groups drop-down menu.
3.	From the Grader Report drop down menu Export > Excel spreadsheet.
4.	The Export to Excel spreadsheet window will open, scroll down, and click on the orange button.

Using Quickmail

You will need to email your students several times a week using Moodle Quickmail:

1.	Click on the Compose New Email link under the Quickmail heading in the right navigation bar:
2.	Click your groups (sections) from the Potential Groups menu then click the Add button.
3.	Scroll to the bottom of the page. Enter a subject and compose an email.
4.	Click on the Send Email button.