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Phone: (707) 826-HELP (4357)
Email: help@humboldt [dot] edu
In Person: Library 120 • Hours
System Status
To help faculty make the most of Moodle, ITS has created a series of video tutorials describing how to use the main functions of the system, as well as how to use HSU's new web conferencing system, Elluminate, in your Moodle courses. Watch the tutorials in high definition on YouTube, featuring closed captioning.
A series of student introduction tutorials has also been created; scroll down to the foot of this page to access these videos. Instructors should encourage their students to view these tutorials if they have not previously interacted with Moodle.
Moodle Student Introduction: Lesson 1
Topics covered: MyHumboldt portal, logging into Moodle, Navigation block, searching via CRN, course visibility
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Student Introduction: Lesson 2
Topics covered: drag and drop, mobile view, outline view
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 1
Topics covered: MyHumboldt portal, logging into Moodle, Navigation block, searching via CRN, course visibility
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 2
Topics covered: navigating Moodle 2.3 interface, Navigation and Settings blocks
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 3
Topics covered: navigating, adding content and customizing the layout of your classes
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 4
Topics covered: a look at a demo class
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 5
Topics covered: course editing functionality, copying forums
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 6
Topics covered: using activities and resources
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 7
Topics covered: uploading a single file
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 8
Topics covered: creating online assignments
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Faculty Introduction: Lesson 9
Topics covered: uploading multiple files at once
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Gradebook: Lesson 1
Topics covered: Gradebook FAQs, adding categories,
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Gradebook: Lesson 2
Topics covered: extra credit, sum of grades vs. simple weighted means of grades
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Gradebook: Lesson 3
Topic covered: simple weighted means of grades
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Gradebook: Lesson 4
Topic covered: full weighted means of grades
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle Gradebook: Lesson 5
Topics covered: export to Excel and re-import into Moodle
[watch on YouTube]
Moodle: Drag-and-Drop
[watch on YouTube]
Additional information is available in the HSU Faculty Moodle Guide. When you visit this page for the first time, you will be asked if you wish to add the class. Click Yes to gain access to all the information in the Guide
Here's how to enable the captions in these videos:
YouTube: Click the CC button in the bottom menu of the video controls.

Click the Interactive Transcripts button to enable scrolling captions beneath the video. The transcript can also be used as a navigation guide: scroll through the transcript and click the line where you'd like to skip to in the video.