Moodle User Guide for faculty members

Implementation of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Moodle (AY 2026)

Starting from the 2026 academic year, Chiba University will implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Moodle to enhance security. When logging in from off-campus, you will be required to authenticate via either Email or an Authenticator App.

For graduate students and faculty/staff, your Chiba University Webmail address (@id.chiba-u.jp) is automatically registered as the destination for verification codes and cannot be changed. Since there are restrictions on accessing university webmail from off-campus, we strongly recommend using an Authenticator App for a smoother login experience.

[Authenticator App Setup Manual]

Usage Guide

Chiba University Moodle is for students, faculty members, and researchers of Chiba University.
This section provides general descriptions.

Changes in Moodle 2026

For those who want to know the main changes from last year's Moodle, click here.

00. Basic operation

This section provides information on basic operations.

01. Course opening and register participants

This section provides information on how to open a course (create a new course), enroll participants, and basic editing methods.

02.Publication of materials

This section explains how to post lesson material files to a course.

03. Assignment

Moodle makes it easy to assign reports and receive submissions.

04-1. Quiz (Setting)

Quizzes in Moodle can be automatically graded online.

04-2. Quiz (Editing)

Creating quiz questions.　Fill in the blank questions, Drag and drop questions, and bulk creation of questions etc.

05. Questionnaire

This section introduces how to conduct a questionnaire using "Feedback" or "questionnaire".

“Multiple choice”, free-text, and other formats are available.

By using Feedback function is able to create multiple choice questionnaires or free-text types etc.

06. Contacting students

This guide explains how to communicate with all students or individual students using the “Announcements” and “Messages” features in Moodle.

07. Forum

Moodle has two types of forums: "Announcements," which acts as a bulletin board for contacting course students, and a regular "Forum" that provides a platform for discussions.

08. Groups

You can also use Moodle to provide an opportunity for group learning by utilizing the group feature. For example, you can use a forum to hold discussions among each group, or use a Wiki to create notes (web pages) in collaboration with group members.

09. Wiki

A Wiki allows multiple users to create common notes (web pages). This chapter introduces Wikis used by groups as a way to promote collaboration between students.

10.Glossary

How to create a glossary in which both teachers and students can participate in the editing process. How to create a “Main glossary,” “Secondary glossary”, etc.

11. Grades

Each activity in Moodle is individually graded, but activities can be viewed collectively in the grading table.

12. Logs

You can check activity logs saved in Moodle to grasp the activity status of students in the course.

13. Backup

You should back up your course on a regular basis. Backup data is useful not only for saving data, but also for preparing for the coming year's course.

14. Import

"Import" is a feature for adding content from other courses with a teacher role to the course currently in use.

15. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

we will implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Moodle logins to enhance security. Click here for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

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