Moodle

Moodle is UAL’s virtual learning environment (VLE). It helps students manage their learning by providing structured information about their course and their assessments. Moodle is where students go to participate in online discussions, join synchronous online sessions, and find materials that support their learning and independent study time as well as submit assessments. It is also where staff go to communicate with their students, upload learning materials, and create their course’s online presence.

There are four types of Moodle sites – the School site, the Course Site, Unit sites, and Community sites. These are accessible through your Moodle dashboard. To view your Moodle dashboard, log into moodle.arts.ac.uk with your UAL login details.

An example of a Moodle Page
An example of a Moodle Course page

Staff are responsible for preparing their Moodle sites every year at the start of term. To help you prepare your Moodle sites, we have consolidated our advice in 10 simple principles known as our Moodle Top Ten where you can also download advice on how to ensure your Moodle sites are navigable, accessible, mobile friendly, and visually appealing.

  • If you are missing any of your Moodle sites, please contact your Course Support Assistant (CSA) for help. Your course leader should be able to provide you with your CSA’s contact details.
  • Students who are missing one or more Moodle sites as part of their course should raise a HelpDesk request with mysupport.ac.uk and include 1) their student ID 2) The name of their course , and 3) the name of the missing sites.

Staff

Students

This video demonstrates how to cutomise & navigate your Moodle Dashboard and our Moodle basics videos.

This video is aimed at students, but will give new staff a tour of key features.

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