You can find Moodle at lms.manhattan.edu

When you first log in, you'll be brought to your Dashboard.  Find your courses in the Course Overview block in the middle of the page.  If you don't see your courses, try changing your view to show All courses.  Courses for the 2025 APSI will have "[25B]" at the end of their names.

Your Moodle course will be empty when you first access it.  The Course Template is a file that will add required elements to your course, such as headers, information for students, and an attendance module.  The process involves downloading a file and loading it into your course.  Follow the instructions in the Loading the APSI Course Template tutorial.

Update the course header by entering the class name, your name, and email address. To edit the header, click the Edit mode toggle in the upper right corner of the screen, and then select Edit settings from the three-dot menu to the right of the header.  In the editor, replace the current placeholder text as needed and then scroll down and save.  Do the same for the Course Description and Course Learning Outcomes blocks.

The top section of your page contains several pages to customize:  About Your Instructor, Etiquette Guidelines, and Course Format and Structure.  To customize the information on these pages, make sure you're in Edit Mode, and then select Edit settings from the three-dot menu to the right of the page's title, just as you did for the step above.  Use the Page content textbox to update the pre-populated information as desired.  Then, scroll down and save.

Each day's section contains an overview page that needs to be updated as well; e.g., Day 1 Overview, Day 2 Overview, etc.

The Course Template contains a sample syllabus that contains the required elements.  Download it, and edit it to fit your course.  We recommend saving your syllabus PDF format. Posting a PDF to Moodle ensures that students will be able to view the syllabus within their browser, without needing to download it. Upload your syllabus following the instructions in our tutorial on adding files.

Both online and in-person sessions may need a virtual meeting space, be it for teaching, office hours, or socializing.  Follow the instructions in our Creating a Virtual APSI Meeting Room Link tutorial.

The Assignment module is the most common way to collect work from students.  See the Setting Up a Moodle Assignment tutorial for more information.

The top section of your course contains the header, syllabus, and other content.  You'll see seven sections underneath it:  one for each of your five days, and two extra sections.  You can delete an extra section with its three-dot menu.  Look for the Delete week or Delete topic menu item.

You're the teacher for your course, so what you see on Moodle doesn't exactly match what the students see.  So once your course is ready for students, double-check by viewing your course as a student. This is a good time to make sure that the correct items are visible to or hidden from students. 

By default, Moodle courses are invisible to students to give you a chance to set up your course. When you're done, make your course visible.

You can let the students know the course is ready by using the Announcements forum to send the class a message.  A message will be sent to the Manhattan College email account of all students enrolled in the class.  The announcement will also be visible by clicking on the Announcements forum itself.  Your must make your course visible before doing this, or the announcement will not be emailed.

When you're ready to take attendance, click on the Attendance link on your course page.

Next, you'll see a list of your class sessions.  If you don't see the one you need, click the All filter on the right side of the screen.  Then, click the triangle icon next to the specific class you want to take attendance for.

On the next screen, you'll see a list of your students with the option to mark them as Present, Late, Excused, or Absent (P, L, E, A).  Assuming most of your students attend class, it might be easier to use the Set status for all users option to mark everyone as Present, and then to manually mark individual students as not present.  Save the attendance with the button at the bottom of the screen.