Moodle instructions and support

The Moodle Documentation is used worldwide. When you use the site, select from the drop-down menu the version of Moodle that is in use at the University of Helsinki. You can also find video instructions on Moodle's YouTube channel.

In this section you will find instructions only related to the University of Helsinki's Moodle and other systems that are connected to Moodle - such as Sisu, Zoom and Unitube.

Before the course begins

• Do your students have user accounts?
• Creating Moodle area
• Invest in the clarity of your Moodle area
• Moodle course templates
• Publishing Unitube videos on a Moodle course
• Creating Zoom rooms within Moodle

After the course

• Anonymous evaluation in Moodle quiz activity
• Exporting grades from Moodle to Sisu
• Lifecycle of the Moodle area
• Observer role in Moodle
• Data protection for teachers: Use of Moodle in teaching

You are welcome to contact us also in English when in need of pedagogical ideas or technical instructions on how to use Moodle in your teaching. Please, send your email to moodle@helsinki.fi.

Also benefit (requires login):

• Digital Teaching Teams includes Moodle channel
• Digipeda café - read more in Flamma
• Trainings - see Educational technology training in Flamma

Part-time teachers are also welcome to the trainings and the Digipeda café. The training offer can also be viewed without logging in to the University of Helsinki's public personnel training calendar (see Library tab). When you have a valid University of Helsinki user account, register in Suffeli Learning. If you want to register for Moodle training and you don't have a valid user account, contact moodle@helsinki.fi.

Moodle News

• Subscribe to Moodle News forum.
• Follow Flamma and especially the Teacher page, where you can find announcements and news aimed at teachers. You will also receive a weekly summary of Flamma newsletters in your email.
• Moodle maintenance outages are announced on the Moodle frontpage and in the Moodle calendar. You can find information about unexpected disruptions on the IT status page.

When a student has questions related to Moodle, direct them to use the Moodle instructions for students. You can also link to them from your Moodle area. In addition, students get to know the use of Moodle in the mandatory Student digital skills course, which is recommended to be done right at the beginning of the studies.

There is also available a Moodle practice course, where you can try Moodle's functions as a student.

If a student has problems logging into Moodle, the problem may be with the University of Helsinki username. Helpdesk helps students with questions related to user accounts, such as how to activate the account.

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