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Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Accessing Materials and Participating in Forums

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, Moodle course navigation, conditional access, completion tracking, accessing learning materials, forum participation

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| '''Slide: Title''' 
| Welcome to this spoken tutorial on '''Moodle 4.5 – Accessing Materials and Participating in Forums'''.

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| '''Slide: Learning Objectives''' 
| In this tutorial, we will learn:
* How students can access '''enrolled courses''' & navigate within
* How students can find & download attachments or '''course''' materials
* What a '''forum''' is in '''Moodle'''
* How students can access '''forum discussions''' 

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| '''Slide: Target Audience''' 
| This tutorial is for '''students''' enrolled in '''Moodle courses'''. 

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| '''Slide: System Requirements''' 
This tutorial is recorded using:
* Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04
* Moodle version 4.5
* Firefox browser 
You can use any OS or web browser of your choice. 
| Recorded with '''Ubuntu, Moodle 4.5,''' and '''Firefox.'''  

Use any '''OS''' or '''web browser''' of your choice. 

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| '''Slide: Prerequisites''' 
To follow this tutorial, you should:
* Have a student login
* Be enrolled in a course with course material and an active ''forum discussion
* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org 
| Here are the prerequisites for this tutorial. 

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| Login as Mahima Singh with username mahima.singh and password Mahima@123 
| '''Login''' to '''Moodle''' with your '''student Mahima’s account.''' 

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| Screen: Dashboard → My Courses → list of courses 
| In the top menu, click on '''My Courses'''.  

We can see that '''Mahima''' is '''enrolled''' into 3 different '''courses'''. 

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| Screen: Click on Advanced Algebra course 
| Click on the '''course''' named '''Advanced Algebra''' to open its page. 

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| Screen: Course Page → Course Index (Left) Refer to screenshot 1 at the end of the script
| Observe the '''Course Index''' on the left side. 

This '''index''' helps in navigating through the various '''course''' sections. 

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| Hover your mouse over the accessible hyperlinked resources 
| Notice that some resources in the centre of the page are '''hyperlinked'''. 

This means you can click and access them. 

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| Continue the same screenshot 

Point to the lock icons in the index and the centre of the page 
| Notice lock '''icons''' on certain resources in the '''index''' and the centre of the page. 

These resources display a '''condition''' to be fulfilled to open the access. 

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|Highlight '''Assignment 2''' and its condition 
|For example - In order to access '''Assignment 2''',  we need to complete '''Assignment 1'''. 

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|Highlight '''Assignment 1''' and its condition 
|And in order to access '''Assignment 1''',  we need to complete '''“Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications”'''. 

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| Click on “Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications” → click on “Mark as done” → point to “Done”
| Scroll up and click on '''“Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications”'''. 

Once you have read it, click on '''“Mark as done”'''.  

The '''status''' now changes to '''“Done”'''. 

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| Click on “Yet Another Calculus Text” 
| Next, click on the book chapter '''“Yet Another Calculus Text”''' in the '''index''' and read it. 

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| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs 
| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to go back to the course page. 

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| Point to Assignment 1 
| Notice that the lock '''icon''' disappeared for '''Assignment 1'''. 

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| Click on “Exponential and Logarithmic Functions” → click on “Mark as done”
| You can also move to any '''section''' by clicking directly on it in the '''index'''. 

Read and click on '''“Mark as done”'''. 

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| Click on “Group Theory and Basic Algebraic Structures” → click on “Mark as done”
| Click on '''“Group Theory and Basic Algebraic Structures”'''.    

Read and click on '''“Mark as done”'''. 

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| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs 
| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to go back to the course page. 

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| Point to “Single Variable Calculus” and then click 
| Notice that the lock '''icon''' for '''Single Variable Calculus''' disappears. 

Let’s click it. 

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| Click on the link → YouTube video 
| Now click on the '''link''' provided therein which leads to a '''YouTube''' video. 

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| Click the back arrow of the browser → click “Mark as done”
| After watching it, click the back arrow of the '''browser''' and click '''“Mark as done”'''. 

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| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs 

Scroll and look at all the resources & statuses 
| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''. 

Scroll and look at all the resources and their '''statuses'''. 

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| Point to the green marker in the index for the completed resources 
| Resources that have a green marker in the index indicate they have been completed. 

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| Click on My courses → Calculus 
| Now, let’s look at another '''course - Calculus'''. 

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| Below General, click on Announcements → Click on All students 
| Here, below '''General''', click on '''Announcements'''. 

Click on '''All students''' to read the announcement from '''teacher Nitya'''. 

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| Click Math-101 in the breadcrumbs 

Scroll to the forum discussion 
| Click '''Math-101''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''. 

Scroll to find the '''forum''' activity on this page. 

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| Click on Introduce ourselves → Click on Reply link of the teacher’s post → type “Hello mam, happy to be in your class”. 
| Click on the '''discussion topic''' to open the '''forum discussion page'''.  

Here, click on the '''Reply link''' below '''teacher Nitya’s post''' and type a reply. 

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| Click Math-101 in the breadcrumbs 
| Click '''Math-101''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to return to the '''Calculus course page.'''. 

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| Click the callout icon at the top right → click teacher Nitya’s message about a guest lecturer → close drawer by clicking the left arrow above 
| Click the '''callout icon''' at the top right to open the messaging drawer. 

Read '''teacher Nitya’s''' message about a guest lecturer.   

Close the message drawer. 

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| So this is how a student can access course materials and participate in '''forums'''! 

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| '''Slide: Summary''' 

To summarize, we learnt how students can:
* Access enrolled courses & navigate within
* Find & download attachments or course materials
* What a Moodle forum is
* How students can access forum discussions
| Here is the summary of this tutorial. 

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| '''Slide: Assignment''' 

* Login as the other student Amina
* Reply to the “Let’s introduce ourselves” discussion started by teacher Nitya 
| We encourage you to try out this assignment. 

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| '''Slide: Acknowledgement'''

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey
|This tutorial is brought to you by '''EduPyramids Educational Services, SINE, IIT Bombay.'''  

Thank you for watching! 
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