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===== Moodle Overview =====

Moodle is a learning management system, offered as an alternative to the campus provided Courselink. To access Moodle, point a web browser to [[https://moodle.socs.uoguelph.ca|moodle.socs.uoguelph.ca]].

Moodle is available to all SoCS instructors on request. If you are an instructor who wants to use Moodle for your course, email help@socs.uoguelph.ca with your request, specifying the course code(s).

===== Moodle Guides and FAQs =====

==== Instructor Guides ====

=== Virtual Programming ===

This plugin allows for editing and interactively running small to medium programming assignments from within Moodle. Any instructor with a Moodle course can add this plugin to their course using the Add an Activity or Resource.

[[https://vpl.dis.ulpgc.es/documentation/vpl-3.4.3+/|Virtual Programming Lab Official Documentation]]

=== Moodle Groups ===

Using the class list, an instructor can set up groups for each lab section to allow resources to be limited by group. To set this up, see the below guide.

[[techsupport:moodle:groups|Moodle Groups Guide]]

=== Other available Plugins ===
Below is a non-exhaustive list of plugins which are available on the SoCS Moodle server, and can be added by an instructor to their course.

* [[https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Scheduler_module|Scheduler]] - Scheduler one-on-one student meetings, record attendance, and grade meeting
  * [[https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Wiki_activity|Wiki]] - A Wiki

=== Adding Plugins ===

We can install any plugins that are compatible with our Moodle Server. To do so, an instructor can send a request to help@socs.uoguelph.ca with the plugin name, and if possible a link to the plugin on the Moodle website.

See the Moodle website for a [[https://moodle.org/plugins/|list of available plugins]].

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