A quick guide to some of the resources for Moodle at Empire State College

1. Are you new
to online
learning and
taking an
ONLINE
class next
term?
Enhancing How You Learn in
Online Courses
Are you new to online learning?
Do you want to be able to better navigate in your
Moodle course?
Offered during the PREVIEW WEEK for each term, we
will hold face-to-face and virtual drop-in hours to assist
students with understanding their online classes.
These drop-in hours are designed for students new to
the online learning environment as well as those
students who want assistance learning how to navigate
in their specific online course(s).
ONLINE
http://bit.ly/NECWorkshops
ON SITE
Latham & Saratoga
SEPTEMBER TERM
Wednesday, September 4th 4pm to 7pm
Friday, September 6th 9:30am to 12:30pm
JANUARY TERM
Wednesday, January 15th
4pm to 7pm
Friday, January 17th
9:30am to 12:30pm
November & March terms by appointment
For More Information:
Call - 518-783-6203
Email - NECAcademicSupport@esc.edu
WWW - necacademicsupport.pbworks.com
DROP-IN HOURS SCHEDULE
Join us at your convenience ON SITE or ONLINE during the
days/hours below. No appointment necessary.

2. Use the link below to access and enroll in the self paced online tutorial “A Student
Introduction to Moodlerooms: Getting Started” which provides an introduction to the basic
features needed to use the new Learning Management System (LMS).
The tutorial takes about 45 minutes to complete and is hosted in the Moodlerooms system.
Go to www.esc.edu/moodleroomslearning
(login required) and enter your college login and password.
Highlights from the tutorial appear in this PowerPoint presentation.
PLEASE NOTE – DO NOT try to use MOODLE on your iPad – iPads, iPods &
iPhones do not support FLASH and you need to have Flash to access Moodle.
Mozilla Firefox is the recommended browser for use with Moodlerooms.
It can be downloaded for free at Mozilla support.
Flash Player 10 or later plugin to view some demonstrations and interactions in the tutorials
Adobe Flash can be downloaded for free at Adobe Flash Player.

3. Go to www.esc.edu/moodleroomslearning
Choose Student Resources

4. You should start in one of 3 places : (a) Self-Paced Tutorial,
(b) ANGEL/Moodlerooms Comparison or (c) Quick-Start
(a) Choose the Self-Paced tutorial if you are new
to online learning (don’t worry about ANGEL).
(C) Choose this if you
are very comfortable with
online learning or want a
quick refresher
(b) Choose this if you were used to online learning in ANGEL.

6. Announcements: In the main area, you will
see a Welcome message and an area where
system announcements will appear. These
announcements will change frequently and
come directly from the Moodlerooms
system administrators.

7. OPTIONAL ITEM
IF NEEDED/REQUIRED FOR YOUR COURSES
Network Servers: This is where you will be able
to access the Mahara e-portfolio system, which
will integrate with Moodlerooms.

8. MyESC Announcements: This is a feed of college
announcements taken directly from MyESC.
There may be some overlap in these
announcements and the system announcements
that appear in the middle of the page.

9. Messages: This allows you
to message any other user
logged into the site.

10. Future Courses: This is a
custom block that will
give you a list of courses
that you have early
access to, like in
"preview week" for
official courses.

11. My Courses: This is a dropdown list of links to courses in which you are currently enrolled.
Library: This is a dropdown list of links related to our library resources, like a video tour of
the library and the Information Skills Tutorial.
MyESC: This is a dropdown list of links to academic resources, such as the bookstore and
your records.
Faculty & Staff: This is a dropdown list of links to faculty and staff resources.
Help: This is a dropdown list of links to help and support resources, such as Help Desk
information and the Moodlerooms Learning Center.
Breadcrumb Trail
Menu

12. • Blocks = the little “boxes” you see in the
layout of your MOODLE environment. Each
block has a specific role and function.
• Books = the entire content of a course or
portion of a course.
• CHAPTERS = a subsection of a book.
BLOCKS, BOOKS & CHAPTERS

13. The most common block is the Navigation block, which provides
these links:
Home: Provides access to the system home page of the site, outside
of any courses.
My Home: Provides access to your My Home page.
Site Pages: Provides access to some resources that are available site
wide, like your Moodlerooms calendar.
My Profile: Provides quick access to your profile, where you share
personal information and set your system communication settings
(covered later in this course).
My Courses: Provides quick access to all the classes in which you are
enrolled. These are also available in the menu bar under My courses.