Usage support

2. Moodle

2.1 Accessing Moodle

Kyushu University Moodle logs you in with your ‘SSO-KID’. Please make sure that your SSO-KID is available.
If you have any problems with your SSO-KID, please visit the website “Kyushu University SSO Portal”.
https://web.sso.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ssokid/idpw.html.

2.1.1 Log in to Moodle

1. Start the specified browser (Google Chrome / Mozilla Firefox) on your computer and access Kyushu University Moodle https://moodle.s.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

2. Click “Log in” at the top right of the Moodle top page screen.

3. Enter your SSO-KID and password and click the “Log in” button.

2.1.2 Moodle Top Page ( Home )

You will see the Site Home screen when you log in to Moodle.

  • (1) Dashboard: When you click here, you will be taken to the dashboard page. Please refer to 2.1.3 for details.
  • (2) My courses: List of the courses you registered for and are currently offered. Please refer to 2.1.4 My courses for details.
  • (3) Notices: Contains Agreement about usage of learning data and the latest important notices regarding the M2B system; Please check them when accessing Moodle.
  • (4) Search course: You can find courses with the search function by entering the course name, the course ID, or a keyword in the course name.
  • (5) サイトニュース(Site News): Notifications about system maintenance or other important matters are published here. Please peruse this section.
  • (6) 【LINK】: Various useful links for Contact Us, Manuals, Course Requests (for faculty and staff), and more. Various manuals can be found in the “Other Manuals” section.
  • (7) Contact: A link to the list of inquiries regarding the M2B system is provided.
2.1.3 Dashboard

Click on “Dashboard” in the screen header section.

Turning on the “Edit mode” in the upper right corner of the screen allows you to customize the main screen and the block drawer on the right side of the screen by adding blocks of your choice. (The sample screen below shows the screen with the “Starred courses” block added.)

2.1.4 My courses

Click on “My courses” in the screen header section.
The courses you are enrolled in will be displayed.
(1) You can filter courses from the drop-down list at the top of the screen, such as “All” or “Starred” to make it easier to find a course.

(2) You can search by course name in the search box.

(3) From the drop-down list showed “Sort by XXX”, you can select the course display order as “Course name (Ascending)” or “Last accessed”.

(4) You can change the layout of the course display from the drop-down list at the top of the screen, such as “Card” or “List”.

(5) The number of displayed courses can be changed from “Display” at the bottom of the screen. The default setting is 12 courses. If you have more than 12 courses, click the [>] button in (6) to view the next page.

(6) If there are more courses than displayed, you can move to the next page by clicking the next page button [>] at the bottom of the screen.

* If you put a star on the courses you use frequently, it will be easier to find them on the Dashboard screen or in the filter (1) at the top of the My Courses screen. You can also remove courses that you do not use very often from the view.

2.1.5 Notification preferences

For notifications from Moodle, you can enable or disable notifications for each individual item.

1. Click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and select Preferences.

2. Click Notification preferences.

3. Notification items will be displayed. Enable or disable each item as needed.
*Disabling notifications may prevent you from receiving various notifications. Please be careful not to miss important communications regarding assignments, quizzes, and other matters.

    • Enabling “Disable notifications” will prevent all notifications from being delivered.
    • Enabling the Web for each notification item will trigger notifications within Moodle.
    • Enabling the Email for each notification item will send notification emails to the email address registered in Moodle.

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