Moodle provides students with a learning environment to prepare for and review lectures by preparing lecture materials and various other teaching materials assigned for each lesson in their course. This section provides information on how to "Accept students into a course", "Edit a course", and "Confirm a course from the students’ perspective", all of which is essential for faculty members to become a course administrator and manage their course.

When using Moodle, users are assigned a role for each course, namely a teacher or student role. Instructors who have been assigned a teacher role have the authority to edit the course they are in charge of and prepare various contents for the course. Meanwhile, students are assigned a student role. The student role does not generally have editing authority, and is mainly for students to access content provided by an instructor.

Moodle is a software for creating lesson web pages called a Learning Management System (LMS). It is used mainly by educational institutions around the world as a useful tool and supplement to face-to-face classes that promotes students' voluntary learning on the web outside of class, and communication between teachers and students. Moodle is also an open-source software that is constantly being improved by volunteers.

Moodle enables the following.

• Presentation of lecture materials

• Presentation of assignments and submission of reports

• Quizzes

• Questionnaires

• Provision of a forum for discussions

• Collaboration using Wikis

• Communication with students in the class

Chiba University Moodle accounts are managed using Chiba University’s integrated authentication system managed by the Chiba University Digital Transformation Enhancement Council.

Please prepare in advance your user number (the ID used for educational devices), which is the ID of the information infrastructure system, and password.

（１）Enter first and last name 

Please enter your last name and first name that is on file at the university. If your last name or first name changed at a later date, please contact Moodle Support (moodle-support◆chiba-u.jp). 

（２）Select affiliation

Select your affiliation from the pull-down menu. 

（３）About Email addresses

When using Chiba University Moodle, system notifications and messages from other users can be checked via your Chiba University email address ("... @chiba-u.jp" or "... @faculty.chiba-u.jp", etc.). You cannot change the email address in Moodle. If you wish to receive notifications with another Email address, please adjust the forwarding settings on your page in the Chiba University webmail system. 

When you log in to Moodle, you will see the "Dashboard" screen.

It displays alerts for notifications and messages, and basic information such as "Timeline", "Recently accessed courses", "Overview of courses", and "Calendar". 

Displays a list of your most recently accessed courses. 

These classifications are set by the "Start date" and "End date" in the settings screen of each course (displayed from "Course management" > "Edit course settings" in the management block) (Refer to 1-6 course preparation "Course settings"). Note that even when a course has ended, this does not mean that you will not be able to access the course. 

A screen similar to the "Overview of courses" in "1.3 Dashboard" will be displayed. 

1.For a class course application 

Courses are created in Chiba University Moodle by application. 

There are two main ways to apply for a course. For details, please refer to the "Course application/course usage information (for faculty members)". 

1. For a class course application
   Click on the "Apply" button under "Create Moodle course" in the syllabus editing system. The course will be automatically created within about one day after the application is submitted. 

   For the teacher in charge (teacher role), the teacher registered in the "Teacher in charge" section of the syllabus is automatically registered with the "Teacher role" for the Moodle course.

2. For applications other than class courses and for other applications
   Contact Moodle Support to apply, referring to the "Course application/course usage information (for faculty members)". 

A class course refers to a course that is registered in the student portal syllabus.

If you have any questions when creating a course, please refer to "Q3-1. Creating and Setting Up Courses" in the "Q&A" section of the manual. 

TF/TA student course registration

Please apply from "2. Registering a TF/TA student course" in Moodle course “For faculty members: Course application/course usage information”. 

2.  Importing past course content into a new course

You can import course content from a previous year and from another course of the year into a new course.

For details, please refer to "14. Importing" in the manual. 

This section explains "Course settings" and "Student registration to a course" in preparation for students to use the course. 

２．A course setting screen labeled as "Edit course settings" will then be displayed. 

Ａ：　Set by administrator, so please use as is.

Ｂ：　Set "Course Visibility" to "Show" so that students can access the course. If it is set to "Hide", the course will not be displayed nor available to students. If you want to prepare a 4th term course during the 2nd term, you can temporarily hide it so that it cannot be accessed by students during the period.

Ｃ：　Please indicate the start date and end date of the class.

Ｄ：　The administrator will set the date, but please modify it accordingly. If you apply for a course from the syllabus, the start date and end date of the course will be set according to the syllabus.

Ｅ：　By default, the course format is the "Topic format" separated by course topic. A "Weekly format" that divides the course into weeks is also a convenient setting for weekly lessons. When using the weekly format, set the "Start date" in addition to the "Number of sections". 

Examples of "Topic format" and "Weekly format"

Tabs are closed and hidden except for the main configuration items. To configure an item included in this category, click on the category name to display the configuration item. 

Automatic registration through enrollment
In Chiba University Moodle, students are automatically registered for a course after enrolling in it. Therefore, it is generally unnecessary to register for a course with a Enrolment key.

When registration is not automatic (course registration with a Enrolment key)
If students are not registered automatically, they can register on their own. In this case, it will be necessary to set a password known as the "Enrolment key" to access the course. Please refer to "Enrolment key" below for details on the process covering enrolment key setting to student self enrolment in a course.

When registration is not automatic (manual registration)
If students are not registered automatically, they can be registered manually. Please refer to "Manual registration" below. 

Course registration with a Enrolment key

Disabling Self enrolment
If you wish to prohibit student self enrolment, click the "Eye" icon in step 2 above to show a slash over the icon (the eye icon is next to the gear icon). The self enrolment option will then be grayed out and the feature will be disabled. 

Students can be registered manually from the screen. 

When you click the "Edit mode" button at the top right of the course home screen and switch to edit mode, you will be able to edit the course. To start editing, first try entering text in the topics section (editing using the "Add  an activity or resource" feature will be introduced in the following chapters). 

　Courses are set up and their content is added from the instructor's perspective, but in managing the course, it is also important to confirm how the course appears to students. Teachers and students in the course differ in what they can do in the course due to the differences in authority. This section explains how to confirm the course from the students’ perspective to ensure the content you want to show is visible not only to instructors but also to students.

Use the "Switch roles" feature to view from the students’ perspective.

３．You will be switched to the student role, so check if files etc. posted in the topics section can be accessed from the students’ perspective.

To return to your original teacher role, click "Return to normal role" from the menu at the top right of the screen.