Introduction to Moodle for students
Accessing Moodle
Moodle is Reed’s learning management system, where students can access materials and activities for their classes. Students can log in to moodle.reed.edu using their Reed College credentials to access course pages for any classes in which they are currently enrolled.
Navigating Moodle
Click on the My courses link at the top of any Moodle page to find your Moodle course pages. Filter by viewing all the courses, or view courses that are in progress, upcoming, or completed. You can also view any starred, or favorite, courses. Or, you can click on the Dashboard link at the top of any Moodle page to view recently accessed Moodle courses.
In addition to recently accessed courses, the Dashboard also includes a timeline of upcoming assignment due dates for all your courses and a calendar showing course events. Note that only assignments and events that have due dates assigned by your professor in Moodle will show up in the timeline and calendar.
While you can use the filter feature on the timeline to view overdue assignments, be aware that the timeline only shows overdue assignments from the past two weeks. Overdue assignments with earlier due dates do not appear on the timeline.
Within a Moodle course page, use the option to expand or collapse all to show or hide content in the course page. You can also expand the course index area on the left to easily navigate to a different week or resource on the course page.
Course availability
Course pages for the upcoming semester usually become available to students the Friday before classes start. Some faculty choose to allow earlier access to their Moodle course pages or choose to keep their course pages inaccessible to students until after the beginning of the semester.
Not all Reed courses use Moodle. If you do not see a Moodle course page for one of the courses you are taking, your professor may not be using Moodle.
If you experience issues accessing your Moodle course pages, please contact us at moodle@reed.edu.
Moodle notifications
Many faculty use Moodle to communicate with their students. Students may receive an email notification when there is a new course announcement, when an assignment has been returned, or when there is a new post in a forum they are subscribed to. Emails have subject lines indicating that they are from Moodle.
E-reserves
Many classes at Reed use e-reserves. You can find the e-reserves for your classes in Moodle, usually at toward the top of the course page. The reserves are listed in alphabetical order by author last name and are available either by link or for download.
Moodle assignments, quizzes, and other activities
Moodle is adaptable, and faculty use it in a wide variety of ways. If you have questions about using the resources or activities on a specific Moodle course page, please contact your professor. If you experience technical issues while using Moodle, get in touch with us at moodle@reed.edu.