Moodle @ NJIT
Log into Moodle
Students: Not all courses use Moodle. Please make sure your instructor is using Moodle by viewing a list of courses.
Attention Rutgers Students: If you are a Rutgers student and your instructor is using Moodle you will need to make sure that you have an NJIT UCID.
- To request a UCID please visit: https://newacct.njit.edu/~accts/cgi-bin/new.
- If you are not sure whether you have a UCID please call the helpdesk (973)596-2900.
- Once you request your UCID it can take up to 48 hours to be loaded into your Moodle course.
- If you have any questions, are experiencing problems or want to check the status of your UCID please call the help desk at 973-596-2900.
Welcome to Moodle @ NJIT
In the spring 2008 semester we moved Moodle to a new server. In order to access Moodle users should login from this site.
If at any time you are experiencing problems and are unable to log in please let the helpdesk know at 973-596-2900 (be sure to tell them you are using Moodle).
Mahara ePortfolio
For the spring 2010 semester NJIT launched a Mahara ePortfolio site from within Moodle. See our Mahara demo for more information.
Student Tutorials:
We have put together a number of tutorials to help students get started using Moodle. If you have ideas for additional tutorials please send them to instruction@njit.edu.
We have also put together a video tour of an online course that is presented by Norbert Elliot.
Instructor Tutorials:
We have put together the following Moodle video tutorials. If you have feedback or ideas for additional tutorials please forward them to instruction@njit.edu.
FAQ: These are our top frequently asked questions for Moodle.
Online Documentation: Using Moodle - Teaching with the Popular Open Source Course Management System by Jason Cole and Helen Foster is a nice resource for faculty. The second edition is available as a free download from the Moodle Docs web site.
Instructors: To request a course please use the Moodle Course Request page.
News from our Moodle blogMarch 8th, 2010
Plan for a Moodle outage this weekend!
Just in case you didn’t hear, IST (Information Services and Technology) needs to shut down most of the systems right before spring break (read more about the outage). Even though Moodle is hosted off campus, the tool that we use to authenticate will be... read more!
February 16th, 2010
On February 17, NJEDge.net is hosting a Moodle Day at Middlesex County College. I was asked to speak about how NJIT is working with our commercial vendor to backup the courses.
In a nutshell, we have Moodle set to backup all of our courses early every Tuesday and Saturday morning. Our department... read more!
February 15th, 2010
With more courses using Groups in Moodle here is a question that I am getting asked more frequently: “How do my students know who else is in their group?”
If you go to the course “Settings” page there is an section called “Groups”. The default is “No... read more!
February 15th, 2010
Welcome to Drag and Drop…
Those that have been using Moodle for a while may have noticed that the old up/down arrows have disappeared and have since been replaced with cross-hairs icon (see below).
Old”Move” icon versus New “Move” icon.
We recently enabled AJAX on our... read more!
February 15th, 2010
NJIT initially launched our Moodle pilot in the spring 08 semester. At that time we had 300 WebCT courses (each semester) and were curious how Moodle would compare to commercial learning management systems. Fast forward two years and his spring marks the completion of NJIT’s migration to... read more!
