Information for Moodle Discussion Forum

• Moodle is an online course tool administered by the UMTC computing services. The discussion forum is a Moodle course named "UMM_Students".The site is designed as a social site, with discussion forums, databases and event calendar.
• Only enrolled students can access it, so the information you will post there is visible only to other participants in the site.
• You can become an enrolled participant by following this link: You will be prompted for a key word. The keyword is childfriendly_campus Only with the keyword will you be able to view the contents of the site. You can unenroll at any time with one click.
• The site displays three columns. The columns consist of boxes with various functions, which are explained below.
• The Center Column is reserved for various discussion forums. Forums can be started by anybody, and anybody can reply to any post.
• Right Column:
  • Administration: You can edit your profile, un-enroll from the site, and change your personal Moodle settings. If editing your profile, you can in particular change settings regarding whether you want to be updated by e-mail on new posts, or whether a daily digest would be enough.
  • Upcoming Events: The panel lists calendar events and allows you to link to them. You can add events to the calendar, as well.
• Left Column:
  • Calendar: the marked days are clickable.
  • Participants: displays a list of currently enrolled persons.
  • Activities: The forum link takes you to a list of all open discussions, apparently. The database link gives you a list of all databases associated with the site.
• The database with student parents and kids is meant to help you to connect and maybe match up the kids with potential play mates. It may be worth taking a moment and adding an entry for yourself there.
• If you have any difficulties, suggestions for improvements, problems and issues with the site, please drop me an e-mail: sboyd@morris.umn.edu.