Subscription to the news forumYour course may have a "News" forum, which normally appears at the top of the course homepage. This is a special forum where the course administrator or facilitator make announcements. You may be subscribed to this forum by default as we would like everyone to be notified whenever a post is made here. If you would like to unsubscribe from the News forum, visit this forum and click on "Unsubscribe from this forum". We however suggest that you remain subscribed to the News forum because the announcements made here are important. |
What others can see in your user profileIf you are a participant in a course on INASP Moodle, other course participants can see the following information about you: your photo if you have uploaded one, your description/bio if you have entered any text in the "description" field in your profile, your name, your email address, when you last accessed the course, your role in the course and which group (if any) you belong to, and the list of courses you are enrolled in. You can choose to hide your email address when you edit your profile. Others CANNOT see the city and country in which you are based. We encourage you to write a short description in your profile page (see check/edit your profile) so that your course colleagues who see your profile can learn about you. If you would like them to know where you live, mention your location in the description. |
Automatically generated certificatesFor many courses on INASP Moodle we award certificates that are generated automatically based on the relevant course completion criteria. If you're eligible for such a certificate, you'll be notified when your certificate is ready for downloading. Please note the following:
Related tip: Verification code on the certificate |
Creative Commons licenseCreative Commons licenses allow material to be shared and reused under terms that are flexible and legally sound. There are 6 types of creative commons licenses. See https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/ |
How to be a good peer assessorFollow the Golden Rule. Treat the people you assess as you would like to be treated yourself. Would you be happy with brief remarks in the assessments you get from your course colleagues, or would you like to see detailed comments and suggestions that actually help you improve? We assume it's the latter -- so please give such assessments to others :) |
Why the assessment phase is crucialIn a large online course such as this one, it's not feasible for a small group of teachers or facilitators to provide personalised feedback on each participant's work. Peer assessment is the only practical way to provide participants with feedback on their work. A survey of participants who took part in a peer assessment activity in one of our previous courses indicated that...
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Tips to use your digital badgeIf you complete an online course on INASP Moodle, you may receive a digital badge. To download this badge, login to INASP Moodle (http://moodle.inasp.info) and visit the "My badges" page: http://moodle.inasp.info/badges/mybadges.php Click the badge to view the full details. You can copy the link to this web page from the address bar of your web browser and share the link in your CV or any online profile. You
can also display this digital badge on a badge portfolio. To do this,
follow the steps given in this tutorial. Finally, read this Wikipedia page if you'd like to learn more about digital badges. |
Using emoticons on this siteThe basic
smiley
is arguably the most popular emoticon, but emoticons can also be useful
to convey other feelings. You can make an emoticon just by typing the
relevant characters in your text editor. No special formatting is
needed! For example if you type a colon : followed by the symbol ) you
won't immediately see a smiley but when you save your post you'll see it
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Why deadline extensions are not possible for peer assessment activitiesAn activity that involves peer assessment has a number of sequential phases. Immediately after the deadline for the submission phase, the submissions are randomly allocated by the system for assessment. It's not possible to plug in a late submission after the activity enters the assessment phase. Then, right after the assessment phase, the activity is closed and everyone can view their assessments. Again, it's not possible to plug in late assessments once the activity is closed. Because of the way this activity works, we cannot extend the deadline for either the submission or assessment phase. So please do not ask for extensions! Related tip: phases of a peer assessment activity |
Completion check mark for lessonsOnce you see all the pages in a lesson, you will see a check mark
inside the box next to the lesson name on the homepage, indicating that
you have completed this lesson. If you think you've
gone through a lesson but you don't see the check mark, it means you may
have skipped one or more pages in between. |
How to save your own blog entriesIf you have written blog entries as part of a course, you may want to keep a record of all your entries to read them later on (for example, when you wish to remind yourself of what you learnt in the course). You can look at your own blog entries by going to your profile and clicking Blog entries (under the Miscellaneous heading). Then use the save or print feature in your web browser to save a copy of the page that you see. This page shows a maximum of 10 entries. If you have written more than 10 entries, you will see links to access the other pages with your entries and you can save/print all the pages one by one. |
How to subscribe to the site news forumWe post announcements of our upcoming online courses on the site news forum. You can subscribe to this forum to receive email alerts whenever we make posts. To subscribe,
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How to mark this quiz as completeAfter you take this quiz, please click inside the solid box next to the title of the quiz above so that you see a check mark. You must do this to receive credit for this quiz activity. |
Need help? Please read this first.
If your doubt or query persists after you've done the above, please make a post on the technical queries forum. |
Saving course materials after the end of a courseOnce a course comes to an end, you will have access to the course materials for at least one month after the end date. While our courses are usually not deleted from this site, we cannot guarantee that our courses will be indefinitely available. We strongly recommend that you save the course materials once the course you have taken comes to an end. Instructions are given below.
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Forum etiquette - Don'tsYou should NOT:
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Phases of a peer assessment activity1. Submission phase: This is the phase in which you have to prepare and submit your work. 2. Assessment phase: The system will randomly allocate some of your course colleagues' submissions to you, and you have to evaluate these using an assessment form. 3. Closure: Once the above two phases are completed, the course moderator will close the activity. You can then view the assessments you have received from your course colleagues. Related: Completion credit for a peer assessment activity |
Confidentiality statement: INASP MoodleThe information you provide in the background information survey and your activity metrics in the course will be held in confidentiality by INASP. If you are taking an online course as part of a sponsored group, we may share this information with the sponsoring
organisation. Otherwise, only overall data, such as the number of course completers, are shared in the public domain.
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Percentage completion figure in Moodle Mobile appIf you use the Moodle Mobile app on your mobile device to access a course, you may see a percentage completion figure under your course on the app homepage (after you've logged in). This figure may be inaccurate in some cases -- this is a shortcoming of the Moodle app and not something we at INASP can control. Please do not use this figure to determine your progress in the course. You may as well ignore it. What is important is to check the completion criteria for the course and any other information given in the course on how to track your progress. |