Adding Content to Your Course

Instructors can add readings, instruction documents and other files to their LATTE courses by "Adding a Resource." Activities in LATTE include such tasks as creating assignments where students can submit their homework once finished.

Adding a Resource

Step 1: Click the "Turn Editing On" button on the upper left-hand side of your course homepage. 

Step 2: Click the down arrow next to the Add a Resource option box on the main page.

Step 3: Choose the desired action from the dropdown list (i.e., create text, create a web page, upload a file, link to a website, etc.).

 

Creating a Text Page

Step 1: Select Compose a text page from the Add a Resource menu.

Step 2: Enter a name for the text page. (Note: The name you give the page will be displayed in the content block on the main page. Students will access your text page by clicking on the name. Be sure to give the page an appropriate name so that students will know what they are accessing.)

Step 3: Write a summary for the page in the Summary field if you so desire.

Step 4: Add your text in the Full Text field. If you know some basic HTML tags, you can do some basic formatting in HTML.

Step 5: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

 

Adding a Web Page

Step 1: Select Add Link to File or Web Page from the Add a Resource menu in the area where you would like to add the page.

Step 2: Give the file a name and summary.

Step 3: Create your document using the HTML editor.

Step 4: Click Submit. (Note: on the next screen, you will see a text area with the HTML editor.)

Step 5: Type your document, format it, and click Submit.

 

Adding a Web Link

Step 1: Select Link to a file or web site from the Add a Resource menu.

Step 2: Give the new link a name and summary.

Step 3: Enter the URL of the desired page in the Location box. If you need to look up the address, click the Search button. (Moodle will open a new window and link you to Google.)

Step 4: When you have selected the options you want, click Save Changes.

 

Uploading a File

Step 1: Select Add Link to File or Web Site from the Add a Resource menu.

Step 2: On the Edit page, click the Choose or upload a file button.

Step 3: Locate the file you want to add.

Step 4: You will see a Choose link on the right side of the list of files. Click the link.

Note: All files you upload to your LATTE course will go to this central file location and can be linked to any area of your course. You can organize this file space into folders and access complete folders or individual files as often as you desire.

 

Window Options

You can choose to open a new window to display any resource you have created. You can also choose to have Web sites you link to displayed in a new window.

To Display a Resource in a New Window:

Step 1: Click Show Settings next to the Window label.

Step 2: Select the New Window radio button.

Step 3: Select the options for the window:

  • Allow the window to be resized – Checking this will allow the user to change the size of the window after it has opened.
  • Allow the window to be scrolled – You can prevent the user from scrolling in the new window.
  • Show the directory links – This will display the user’s bookmarks or favorites bar in his/her browser.
  • Show the location bar – You can hide the address bar, and thus the site’s URL, in the  pop-up by unchecking this box. 
  • Show the menu bar – The menu bar is the browser menu that allows the user to set bookmarks, print, view the page source, and perform other browser functions.
  • Show the toolbar – The browser toolbar has the Back and Forward buttons, as well as the Reload and Stop buttons.
  • Show the status bar – The status bar is the lower area of the browser that shows how much of the page has loaded and the target of the link.
  • Default window width and height – You can set the size of the new window to match the size of the linked page.

 

Adding an Activity

Step 1: Click the "Turn Editing On" button on the upper left-hand side of your course homepage. 

Step 2: Click the down arrow next to the Add an Activity option box on the main page.

Step 3: Choose the desired action from the dropdown list.

Step 4: Type a name for the item (and a description or summary if desired).

Step 5: Choose Group mode if you are using Groups

Step 6: Fill in any relevant fields and click Save Changes.

 

Types of Activities

Assignment: allows student submission of work and grading

Chat: real-time synchronous discussion via the Internet

Choice: a quick poll or a question (specifies a choice from multiple possible responses)

Forum: discussion board

Glossary: participants create and maintain a list of definitions

Quiz: may contain a variety of question types (automatically graded)

Questionnaire: use these to gather data from students

Wiki: collaborative writing tool

 

For More Information

For more information, download Getting Started with Moodle (pdf).