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Introduction to Masomo
Portal for Lecturers
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Contents
• Get started ............................................................................................................ 3
Log in and access a course ................................................................................................... 3
Choose a course format ........................................................................................................ 4
Add names and summaries to topics ..................................................................................... 5
• Add basic resources ............................................................................................ 7
Files ...................................................................................................................................... 7
URLs ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Images ................................................................................................................................ 10
Videos ................................................................................................................................. 12
Moodle pages ...................................................................................................................... 14
Add Attendance Register ...................................................................................... 15
Create and grade quizzes in eLearning Portal ..................................................... 18
Create and grade assignments in eLearning Portal ............................................ 21
Create Virtual Lecture Link in eLearning Portal .................................................. 24
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• Get started
Log in and access a course
• Open a web browser and navigate to https://masomo.mut.ac.ke/
The Moodle Dashboard will load. Moodle is divided into three columns. The
narrower columns on the left and right displays small boxes called blocks. Blocks
display navigation links and supplementary information such as the calendar and
news.
The Navigation block provides a useful way to move around within Moodle.
On the center is the content area, which on the Dashboard page displays an overview
of the courses you have access to.
**TO LOGIN FOR MUT STAFF**
The staffs/lecturers will use their PF numbers as the username and also as
password.
**TO LOGIN FOR PART-TIME LECTURERS**
The part-time lecturers need to register their masomo accounts using MUT
corporate email address.
(Note: Staff needs to change their password upon logging in).
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Enter your login
credentials and click
the login button
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All Moodle lecturers have access to the Staff Moodle Help course, which contains
resources to support people creating Moodle courses.
Choose a course format
There are four course formats available in Moodle:
• Single activity format
• The course consists of a single activity, for example a
Quiz or SCORM package.
• Social format
• A forum is displayed on the course page.
• Topics format
• The course page is organised into topic sections.
• Weekly format
• The course page is organised into weekly sections, with the first
week starting on the course start date.
• On the Moodle Dashboard page, click on the name of the course you want to
edit. This will take you to the course’s home page.
• Find the Gear Button and click Edit Settings.
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Content area
Navigation Blocks
Your Name
Tip: If you are attending a training session the instructor will advise you which course to
use for the practical sessions. If you do not have access to a lecturer training course
please email **Email:** ictsupport@mut.ac.ke and request that one is set up for you.
Tip: You can change the layout of the My courses page, including which courses are
displayed in the Course overview, by clicking on the Customise this page button.
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Here you can change your course’s name and summary information.
• Under Course start date choose today’s date.
• Click to expand the Course format section. Under Format choose Topics
format.
• Under Number of sections choose 3 from the menu.
• Go to the bottom of the page and click on the Save and display button.
Add names and summaries to topics
Each topic box has an area at the top where you can put a heading or title for that topic
section. As well as the numbered topics there is also an unnumbered section above
them that can be used for a subheading and general information about your course.
• Click on the Turn editing on button at the top right of the content area.
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Tip: The Course layout option allows you to switch between displaying the whole
course on one page (Show all sections on one page) and displaying each topic on a
separate page (Show one section per page).
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• In the heading section above the topics, click on the Edit menu and choose Edit
section.
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• Un-tick the Use default section name box.
• Type Polar Bears in the Section name box.
• Type ‘Everything you ever wanted to know about polar bears.’ in the Summary
box.
• Click on the Save changes button.
• Using the Edit menu each topic, rename the three topics as ‘Resources’, ‘Map’
and ‘Video’.
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• Click the Turn editing off button at the top right of the course’s home page.
Your course will look something like this:
• Add basic resources
Files
You can add any sort of file that you want your students to download - for example Word
documents, PowerPoint presentations or PDFs.
• Turn on editing.
• Click on Add an activity or resource in the Resources topic.
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• Choose File (towards the bottom of the list), click the Add button.
• Enter the Name ‘Document 1’ and the Description ‘Test document’ for the file
you will be adding.
• Drag a Word document file onto the blue arrow in the Select files area; release
your mouse button when the text changes to “Drop files here to upload”.
Alternatively you can click on the Add... button to choose a file to upload.
• When the file has uploaded, click the Save and return to course button at the
bottom of the page.
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Add button
Drag file area
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• Find and click on the Document 1 you just added to the Resources topic and
check that it opens in Word.
URLs
• Check that editing is still turned on.
• Click on the Add an activity or resource in the Resources topic, choose URL
and click Add.
• Enter the Name ‘Polar Bears International website’ and the Description
‘Conservation through research, stewardship, and education’.
• Enter https://polarbearsinternational.org/ in the External URL box.
• Click to expand the Appearance section and choose In pop-up from the Display
menu.
• Click the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page.
Your Resources topic will now look like this:
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Tip: You can also add files by dragging and dropping them directly into a topic on the
course home page. This only works with editing on.
Tip: You are advised to open external URLs in pop-ups because it is considered to be
the most accessible of the four available options.
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Images
There isn’t a specific option to add an image in Moodle so we will add one using the
Label resource.
• Open http://tinyurl.com/polar-bear-map in a web browser and save the image
Polar_bear_range_map.png to your computer.
• Go to your Moodle training course and check that editing is turned on.
• Click on Add an activity or resource in the Map topic. Choose Label and click
Add.
• In the Label text editor click on the Insert/edit image icon.
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• Click on the Browse repositories... button.
• The File picker will open, make sure that Upload a file is selected.
• Click on the Browse... button, locate the Polar_bear_range_map.png file and
click Open.
• Delete the text in the Author field so it is blank and change the Choose license:
drop-down menu to Public domain. This image came from the Wikimedia Commons
website, where it is explicitly stated it is in the public domain. Be aware of the copyright
status of images downloaded from the internet.
• Click on Upload this file.
• Type ‘Map showing Polar Bears’ range in the Arctic’ in the Image description, then
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Insert/edit image icon
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click the Insert button.
• In the Label text editor, press return to create a new line under the image and type
‘Map of Polar Bears’ Range’ as the image title.
Text below the image could also be used to display any copyright information.
• Click the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page. The map image
should be displayed in the second topic.
The image looks too big on the page.
• To change the image size, click on the Edit link at the top right of the image.
Choose Edit settings from the menu.
• Click once to select the image in the Label text editor and click on the Image
button.
• Click on the Appearance tab, make sure the Constrain proportions box is
ticked and type 200 in to the first Dimensions box. The second box should
automatically update when you click outside the first box.
• Click Update.
• Click Save and return to course.
Videos
• Check that editing is turned on.
• Click on Add an activity or resource in the Video topic. Choose Label and click
Add.
• In a new browser tab, go to www.youtube.com. Find the video you want, click on
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Tip: It is important that you include a useful image description to improve accessibility for
visually impaired people using screen readers
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the Share button, then Embed, and copy the embed code.
• Return to the Moodle tab. In the Label text editor, click on Toolbar toggle.
• Click on the Edit HTML source button.
• Paste the YouTube video embed code into the HTML source editor.
• Click the Update button.
You can embed YouTube videos in your course as you are not making a copy of the
video, just linking to it. Make sure you consider the copyright of any other sort of video
you want to include.
• Click the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page.
• Play the video embedded in the Video topic.
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Click to show more
buttons
Edit HTML source button
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Moodle pages
A Moodle course does not have to be just the home page - you can add pages to the
topics. Pages are a useful way to add information without making the home page very
long. Reading lists, videos and images can all be put on their own page.
• Check that editing is turned on.
• In the Resources topic, click on Add an activity or resource. Choose Page and
click Add.
• Type ‘Reading List’ for the page Name and ‘Books to read’ as the Description.
In the Page content editor type ‘Andrew, M. (1990). Nanook the polar bear’.
Enter a new line and type ‘Wikipedia Polar Bear Article (this link opens in a new
window)’.
• Select Wikipedia Polar Bear Article and click on the Link button.
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• In Link URL type ‘http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear’.
• Choose Open in a new window from the Target menu.
• Click on the Insert button.
• Click the Save and return to course button at the bottom of the page.
• Click on the Reading List link to view the page.
Add Attendance Register
Tracking attendance in eLearning Portal is a great student success tool because it allows students
to monitor their own attendance.
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to insert link to
the highlighted text
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To set up attendance.
From the Gear icon at the upper right of your course page, choose Turn editing on.
Go to the section on your course page where you want the Attendance module to appear. On
the far right, click Add an activity or resource.
Click Attendance and click Add.
Scroll down to Grade. If you don’t want attendance included, choose None. Or, you can set the
number of points you want attendance to be worth. Later in the setup, you can then indicate
how many points will be deducted for each absence or late. When you’re done, click Save and
display. (If you clicked Save and return, you can navigate back to Attendance by clicking it on
your course page.)
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On the next screen, click add session. Then do the following:
Fill in the date of the first-class meeting. Click the button to “repeat the session above as
follows.” Place check marks next to the days your class meets (even if it just one day). For a
fully online course, just check Monday. Fill in the last day your class meets. Click Add.
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You’ll now see all your class sessions. You may find it easiest to have them displayed by Week
or Day. You can make that change at the upper right. To take attendance, click on the right
arrow to the right of the class meeting.
Create and grade quizzes in eLearning Portal
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eLearning Portal ’s term for any standardized assessment is “quiz.” This tool can be used to create
anything from brief, low-stakes assessments to final exams.
To create a quiz:
From the Gear icon in the upper right of your course page, choose Turn editing on.
Go to the section where you want to add the assignment. Click Add an activity or resource.
Scroll down. Click Quiz. Click Add.
Fill in the Name field. This is the name that will appear to students on the course page. Use the
Description field to tell what the quiz covers, the type of questions, the time limit and any other
important information. Set the quiz timing, and choose Open attempts are submitted
automatically.
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Under Review options, it’s recommended to place check marks in the boxes for
review Immediately after the attempt (the first 2 minutes after the quiz is submitted) and others,
as you choose.
Click Save and display at the bottom of the page. Then click Edit quiz.
On the editing page, click the Add button and choose + a new question.
Choose the type of question you want to create. The most commonly used are at the top of the list.
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Fill in the Name field with a number or short tag line. Students will not see this name. It’s just for
your convenience in editing the quiz. Type or paste in the question. Enter the number of points
this question is worth.
Choose how many correct answers the question will have. Then fill in the answer choices.
Indicate the correct answer by choosing 100% under Grade for that answer choice.
At the bottom on the page, click Save changes. This will take you back to the editing
page. Click Add to create another question. When you’re done, be sure that the total points of the
questions equal the Maximum, or if necessary, adjust that value and click Save.
When you’re finished editing the quiz, return to the course page.
To grade quizzes:
On the course page, click on the quiz you want to grade.
Click the Attempts link.
Click Requires grading for the item you want to grade. If the entire quiz needs grading,
instead click Review attempt in the far-left column.
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Click Make comment or override points.
Enter any comments and the points earned.
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