Moodle Accessibility
Moodle Tips for Accessible Courses
Images
When adding an image to your moodle content, make sure to use a good descriptive name or use the “image description” so screen readers will pick up the description of the image for those with sight impairment. This is part of Quality Matters standards (standard 8.2 and 8.3) for good online instruction
Readings/Files
If you have a lot of readings/files that you want students to access, consider using the “folder” resource and putting all those files in that folder. Using folders will clean up the moodle course page not making it so overwhelming with content and is part of the Quality Matters standards (standard 8.1 and 8.3) for good online instruction.
How to:
Add an activity or resource > click resources > click folder. Give the folder a name and then drag files into the content area.
Creating and Labeling Sections
Moodle will have different sections/categories for weeks or topics. Use the moodle “label” resource to section off different topics or days during that particular week. This helps organize your week in an easy way. Using labels will clearly outline areas of content and is part of the Quality Matters standards (standard 1.1 and 8.1) for good online instruction.
How to:
Add an activity or resource > click resources > click label. Put in whatever text you want the label to display.
Tip:
You can add text, images, links or even youtube videos (put in the youtube link and moodle will embed it to show the actual video on the moodle page).
Page Resource
Use the Moodle “page” Resource if you have text, images, links, etc to not clutter the moodle home page. This is similar to the label, but the label displays it’s content on the main moodle page for your course. The page resource is a link that will display the content on a new moodle page. Using the moodle page resource will clean up the main moodle page not making it so overwhelming with content and is part of the Quality Matters standards (standard 8.1) for good online instruction.
Activity Resource
How to:
Add an activity or resource > click resources > click page. Give the page a name and then add content to the page content.
Tip:
You can add text, images, links, youtube videos (put in the youtube link and moodle will embed it) etc.
Using Google Drive with Moodle
Instead of uploading content directly to moodle, place content in a google drive folder and link to those files. If content changes, simply change the content in the google drive and moodle will automatically have the current content saving time. This is the only option for files or videos larger than 100MB. Using Google Drive will save time if content changes frequently and creates a seamless link to content. It also cleans up the moodle course page not making it so overwhelming with content . This is part of the Quality Matters standards (standard 6.3, 8.1, 8.3 and 8.5) for good online instruction.
How to:
Add your files to your google drive. Right click on the file or folder and select “Get Link”. Under the restrictions, make sure to set it to Anyone at Gustavus Adolphus can view”. Copy the link.
In Moodle, click Add an activity or resource > click resources > click URL. Give the link a name and then paste the link into the External URL placeholder.