Moodle 3.0 (Deep Linking)
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There are a few simple steps to integrate PlayPosit with your Moodle course.
Why use PlayPosit in Moodle?
- Single Sign-on: Instructors and learners are never prompted to enter a separate email, username or password to create or view content.
- Auto-sync course data: PlayPosit manages learner-course relationships, eliminating the need to manually create courses or upload rosters.
- Auto-sync grades: Learner grades are synced immediately with the Moodle Gradebook at the end of a bulb. As well, instructors can access the rich analytics from any PlayPosit link within Moodle.
- Course copy: Instructors can save time by seamlessly translating PlayPosit links to recurring courses. The new course and learner roster is automatically synced and previous data is cleared.
Assign a bulb to students
PlayPosit is integrated into your Moodle environment by your administrator. Follow the steps below to add PlayPosit to your course and sync your student roster.
- Login to Moodle and navigate to the course you would like to connect to PlayPosit
- Click Settings > Turn editing on
- Select Add activity or resource
- Select External tool from the Activities menu and click Add
- Do not enter an Activity Name (this will automatically populate from PlayPosit)
- For Preconfigured Tool, choose PlayPosit
- Next, click Select Content
- A PlayPosit setup screen will open. Click Set Bulb Link to access your account with your bulb library.
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Find the bulb you want to link to this assignment and click the Moodle icon.
- Select the learner experience and click Link:
- Self-Paced - Choose this option if you want students to take the bulb individually, on their own device, at their own time (most commonly used).
- Live Broadcast - Choose this option if you want learners to complete the bulb synchronously in class. Click here to learn more.
- Optional: Customize the Privacy, Grade and other settings for this assignment
- Save and Display
Monitor Student Responses
- From Moodle, click on the assignment for which you want to view data. This will open Manage Bulb Link, with the bulb you have attached.
- Click Monitor to view learner analytics.
Sync Grades to Moodle
If your Bulb only includes auto-graded questions (multiple choice, check-all-that-apply, fill-in-the-blank), then grades will be automatically exported into the Moodle Gradebook.
When you have finished grading free-response questions or edited grades for auto-graded questions, you will need to sync changes with the Moodle Gradebook. To do this;
- Navigate to the Monitor page of the assignment you want to grade.
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Here you'll be able to view and score learner data and track progress.
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When you are ready to send updated scores to the Moodle gradebook, click Sync Grades.
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Optionally, click Check Sync Status to check the status of grade sync, but note that it may take a few minutes to push all updated scores to the Moodle Gradebook.
Course Copy
PlayPosit supports Moodle's course copy feature. This means:
- All PlayPosit links and Bulbs will transfer to the new course.
- If any students are retaking the course, previous scores will be reset automatically.
Embedding Bulbs
PlayPosit/Moodle LTI integration does not support embedding Bulbs using an embed code.
If instructors choose to use the embed code:
- Students will be prompted to sign into PlayPosit with a username/password.
- Grades will not auto-sync from PlayPosit to Moodle.