• Tour the Moodle learning environment

• Learn the Moodle editing icons

• Create your instructor contact information (profile) 

• Customize your course Settings

• Set up the main course block:

             Add your course name and course number
             Post your syllabus and related documents
             Add a link to the publisher's website
             Add an "Introduce Yourself" forum
             Add a "Class Questions and Answers" forum

• Set up a Week 1 course section block:
  
        Add a link to a Week 1 lecture notes file
        Add a Week 1 reading assignment as a label
        Add a Week 1 topic forum
        Add a Week 1 essay assignment
                    (students upload a file)

           Create a Week 1 quiz 

• Set your Gradebook preferences
  (update imminent!)

• Learn how to send a Welcome announcement to all of your students:

            before the first day of class 
            - using the Class email tool

            on or after the first day of class 
            - using the News Forum tool

• Make the course website available to your students