The document provides an overview of using Moodle and Microsoft 365 for educational management, detailing their definitions, integration benefits, setup instructions, and course management procedures. It covers how to create and manage accounts, course resources and activities in Moodle, and collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and OneNote. The document also includes practical steps for engaging students in both platforms and resources for further support.

1. TRAINING ON
MOODLE AND
MICROSOFT 365
FOR EXTENDED MANAGEMENT & ALL TEACHING
STAFF

2. CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

3. DEFINITIONS
What is Moodle?
MOODLE is an acronym for "Modular
Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment."
It is a course management system (CMS) –
which is free and Open Source .
It is an virtual education platform that
enables educators to provide personalized
learning environments for students.
What is Microsoft 365 for Education?
Office 365 Education are a set a tools
provided by Microsoft for that are built for
classroom management and student
engagement.
These tools allows Educators and Students to
work online, on any device or web browser.
They include Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
OneNote, and Microsoft Teams.

4. LOGOS

5. WHY USE MOODLE WITH OFFICE 365?
A combination of Moodle and Office 365 provides a more
coherent and synchronous experience for lecturers and
students.
Whilst the Moodle is a course management system that
enables course management, assessment and evaluation ,
Office 365 tools like Microsoft Teams and OneNote helps
to drive engagement and collaboration around courses in
Moodle.
Thereby enriching the teaching and learning experience.

6. Integrating both Office 365 and Moodle LMS means that
Course content loaded on Moodle can be discussed in a
synchronous setting using Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams provide for video, audio and text chat
messaging; it enables lectures, discussions that scale from
one-on-one chat to larger group conversation, and the option
of focused content work.
HOW DOES THIS WORK?

7. CHAPTER 2:
LET’S GET STARTED
ACCOUNT SET UP

8. SETTING UP MOODLE ACCOUNT
To setup your Moodle account, follow the steps below:
• Navigate to www.bellsuniversity.edu.ng/buodl
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page to create a new
account

9. • Complete the form by entering your preferred username,
password and other information
• Click create my new account

10. • A confirmation mail will be sent to the email address you
have provided. Be sure to check your spam if you do not
find it in your inbox. Click on the link provided in the mail
to confirm account creation.

11. Microsoft 365 accounts are created by the IT admins as your
account is institution-based. Once set, your login credentials are
communicated internally per department.
To sign in to your account,
Moodle: navigate to www.bellsuniversity.edu.ng/buodl
Microsoft 365: navigate to www.office.com
Or
Navigate to www.bellsuniversity.edu.ng/e-learning
SETTING UP MICROSOFT 365 ACCOUNT

13. CHAPTER 3:
COURSE MANAGEMENT
COURSE RESOURCES
& ACTIVITIES

14. Definitions
• A Course Resource is an item published or presented by the lecturer to the
students such as a file or a page.
A course resource includes the following:
a. page for loading lesson note, embedding videos
b. file or folder or book for loading additional reading materials
• A Course Activity is used to refer to something that promotes interaction
between students and or a lecturer. For example, Forums or Quizzes.
There are a number of activities already embedded into a course module to
simulate the traditional learning system.
Resources and Activities are added into course block using the
Resources/Activity Chooser

16. Moodle provides a layout to break courses in sections which could
be populated per topic-basis or weekly-basis.
To edit course section, the following steps are necessary:
1. Turn editing on
2. Click the pencil icon to quickly rename the section
3. Click the Edit menu to edit the description and other settings.
MOODLE COURSE LAYOUT

17. You can also move a course section by following the steps
below:
1. Turn editing on
2. Click the up/down arrow or the crosshairs icon to move the
section
3. Drag the section to where you want to position it and let go
You can additional course sections by following the steps
below:
1. Turn editing on
2. Click 'Add topics/weeks' underneath the bottom section
3. Select the number of extra sections you wish and press 'Add
topics/weeks':

18. You can delete a course section by following the steps
below:
1. Turn editing turned on,
2. click the 'Edit' link to the right of the course section you wish to
delete and then,
3. from the menu that displays, click 'X Delete'.
Please note that you will be prompted to confirm your wish to delete
the section and its contents.
Note that all activities inside the section and their user data will also be
deleted.
Use the Recycle bin to reverse this if you do it by mistake.

19. CHAPTER 4:
HANDS-ON
STEPS TO ADD
RESOURCE OR ACTIVITY

20. To add your Lesson note
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Page under resource and click Add
4. Customize your general page setting by inputting the name of the lesson and description
accordingly.
5. Next, select the word importer within the Content frame as shown below
6. Browse to the desired file and upload
7. Save and return to course

21. To embed your video
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Page under resource and click Add
4. Customize your general page setting by inputting the name of the lesson and description
accordingly.
5. Next, Add YouTube link as shown below:
The video will be embedded on the course section

22. To add a SCORM package
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Scorm package under activities and click Add
4. Customize your general page setting by inputting the name of the lesson and description
accordingly.
5. Next, upload your SCORM package
6. Save and return to course

23. To add other reading materials
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select the desired option under resource section of the activity chooser and click Add
4. Customize your general page setting by inputting the name of the lesson and description
accordingly.
5. Next, upload your SCORM package
6. Save and return to course

24. To add assignment
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Assignment under activities and click Add
4. Complete the information box and upload the assignment file
5. Enter the settings for assignment deadline and submission format
6. Save and return to course
https://docs
.moodle.org
/38/en/Assi
gnment_set
tings

25. To add Quiz
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Quiz under activities and click Add
4. Add general information
5. Edit the Quiz Setting as appropriate
6. Save and return to course
https://docs
.moodle.org
/38/en/Quiz
_quick_gui
de

26. You may adjust the quiz settings below:
• Adjust Timing
• Adjust Grade
• Quiz Layout
• Extra restriction on attempt

27. To add discussion forum
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Quiz under activities and click Add
4. Add general information
5. Edit the Quiz Setting as appropriate
6. Save and return to course
https://docs
.moodle.org
/38/en/Foru
m_activity

28. To add Attendance
1. Turn editing on
2. Launch the activity or resource chooser from your preferred course section
3. Select Attendance under activities and click Add
4. Add general information
5. Edit the Quiz Setting as appropriate
6. Save and return to course
https://docs
.moodle.org
/38/en/atten
dance_acti
vity

29. To generate course reports
1. Select the settings icon from the course block
2. Scroll down to more , select it reveal the course administration block
3. Under the report section, pick the report you wish to generate.

30. CHAPTER 5:
COLLABORATING WITH
MICROSOFT 365 TOOLS –
MS TEAMS, CLASSNOTE BOOK & WHITE BOARD

31. What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration
platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings,
file storage, and application integration. source:Wikipedia
To Set up MS Teams, follow the steps below:
• Login to your office 365 account
• Select the teams icon from the apps dashboard
• Once on MS Teams, On the left side of Teams, click Teams,
• at the bottom of the teams list, click Join or create a team,
• click Create a new team.
• Once you've created the team, invite people to join it. You can add individual students or get the
join link and forward to students to join your course team.

32. What is Microsoft Class Note book?
The OneNote Class Notebook is an app that helps you set up OneNote in your class. This app will create a class
notebook, which includes three types of sub-notebooks:
Student Notebooks — private notebooks that are shared between each teacher and their individual students.
Teachers can access these notebooks at any time, but students cannot see other students’ notebooks.
Content Library — a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its
materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only.
Collaboration Space — a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate.

33. Setting up Microsoft ClassNOtebook
To set to Microsoft Classnotebook, follow the steps below:
1. Launch the OneNote Class Notebook
2. Sign in to Office 365.
3. Click the app launcher in the upper left.
4. The Office 365 app launcher
5. In the list of apps that appears, click the Class Notebook app.
6. Create a Class Notebook
(Optional) Add another teacher to your Class Notebook
7. Add your students to your Class Notebook

34. Managing Class Notebooks
To manage other capabilities for your Class Notebooks, click the Manage notebooks button from
the Class Notebook wizard.
This displays a page that shows all class notebooks created by you, as well as information for
customizing each one.
Options include:
Renaming student sections:
To rename any student sections, click the little pencil icon, and then type the new name of the
section. Be sure to click Save after renaming student sections.
Adding student sections:
To distribute a new section to all students, click the Add section button. Be sure to click Save
after adding student sections.
Enabling the Teacher-Only section group:
The Teacher-Only section group is a private space where only the teacher can see what’s inside.
To add a Teacher Only section group to your Class Notebook, click Enable Teacher-Only section
group.

35. Managing Class Notebooks
Locking the Collaboration Space:
Enabling this option changes the Collaboration Space to read-only (or lockdown) to prevent
any students from editing. You can toggle the switch from locked to unlocked at any time.
Opening the Class Notebook:
Click Open to open the Class Notebook.
Sharing a link to the Class Notebook :
To send a link to the Class Notebook to your class, select and copy the text in the Link box,
and then paste it into an email.
Help your students find their Class Notebook
Find and share Class Notebook URL

36. What is Microsoft Whiteboard?
Microsoft Whiteboard is a freeform, digital canvas where people, content, and ideas come
together. You can use Whiteboard for collaborating with your team to accomplish many
activities — whether your team is in the same place or in multiple locations. Team members
can work collaboratively using their own devices.
Activities include:
• Running effective meetings
• Brainstorming
• Team sprint planning
• Project planning
• Problem solving
• Incident management

37. There are two ways you can use whiteboard in Teams:
• Microsoft Whiteboard
or
• Freehand by Invision.
Use Microsoft Whiteboard
–Each Teams meeting has a dedicated whiteboard where
participants have space to sketch together.
–For detailed info about using Whiteboard in Teams, see Use
Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams.
• Use Freehand by Invision
–Freehand is a whiteboarding tool from Invision that you can use
in meetings to sketch with other participants.

38. What next?
Getting students
onboard Moodle and MS Teams

39. Getting Students into Moodle
courses / Teams
Moodle:
Provide students with the respective course enrolment key
To create enrolment key, follow the steps below:
• In the course administration block, click Participants
• Create self-registration method by navigating to settings icon > Enrolment methods
• Add self enrolment method
• Complete the form; adding the instance name and chosen enrolment key. (Click Unmask to see what
you are typing.)
• Click the 'Save changes' button.

41. MS Teams:
To get students into Teams, provide students with the join link.
To get a join link, follow the steps below:

42. THANKS FOR
WATCHING
QUESTIONS?

43. Staff Resources - Links to Manuals and Tutorials
–How to upload lesson activities on Moodle
–Creating Moodle enrolment key for your course(s)
–Setting up Teams
–Setting up assignments on Teams