Pre-Semester Check List
- Send completed syllabus to your Peer Support Team Member, using the course syllabi template.
- Open your Moodle course.
- Post a welcome announcement to your students in Moodle.
- Set weekly reminders to complete the Attendance/Engagement module in Moodle for each course.
Checklist for your Moodle Course
These are things that ALL courses should have in their Moodle course, regardless of the modality.
- Welcome features
- Welcome Announcement
- Welcome video
- Resource (video, text, or during one-to-ones) that provides a brief tour of the course space (Moodle) to help students understand what it is and how you view/lay it out
- Updating all dates/due dates. Places to check include:
- Syllabus
- Due Dates listed in Moodle (such as assignments)
- Documents linked within Moodle (such as guidelines)
- Moodle Weekly Sections include dates
- Functional links:
- Including in placeholder spaces where generic content needs to be replaced with your content (e.g. the syllabus or one-on-one meeting requests)
- Any materials that you link out to that sit outside the course
- Any links within documents that you include links (e.g. syllabus or in description areas).
- Content has a self-evident flow and is clearly explained
- Section headers are clear and materials provided in them are relevant
- Each week has an Agenda that highlights all the expectations of the week
- Clearly identify the destination of a link so that users know where they will be taken if they click.
- Content includes relevant information to guide students in approaching the material:
- Clear title and where relevant author
- Videos/audio include time-duration
- Textual readings include estimated reading time.1
- Files that students download have a consistent and clear naming convention (e.g. “Author Last Name – Document Title.pdf”)
- No superfluous materials
- Non-essential or supplemental materials are clearly identified.
- Accessibility materials:
- Alternative text is provided for all images and graphics. (Learn about Alt-Text here)
- Text transcripts are provided for all audio.
- Captions are provided for all videos.
- Audio and video are clear. If significant distortions occur (sound inconsistent; excessive flashing on the screen), provide a content warning
- In documents, use text formatting styles provided. (Learn about accessible documents and text formatting styles here)
- Tables are kept small. Large tables are broken into multiple smaller tables.
- All external content linked to from within the course should also be accessible.
- Gradebook is set up
- Assignments and activities are in the gradebook
- When using categories, making sure they are present and properly weighted
- Graded items are listed in chronological order from top to bottom (within categories). E.g. Week 1 Discussion is above Week 2 Discussion which is above Week 3 Discussion.