MDME: MANUFACTURING, DESIGN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 

MOODLE QUIZ INSTRUCTIONS

Instructions for students doing a quiz in Moodle.

MOODLE LOGIN

2012 LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS

  • Username: Tafe login (e.g. Firstname.Lastname)
  • Password: 2012-Moodle (You should change this)

2011 LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS

  • Username: Your Student Number (e.g. 123456789)
  • Initial Password: 2011-Moodle  (You should change this)


MOODLE COURSE ENROL

Can't find your test in Moodle? You need to tell Moodle to enrol you into the right course (A Moodle "course" is a subject)

E.g. To do the test 10201 Free Body Diagrams, you must be enrolled into MEM30005A Forces; (As stated here)

Login to Moodle: Home > Courses > MEM3005A Forces (or )> Click

 

CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD

After you log in, you can change your password. In the Settings bar on left, click on My Profile Settings > Edit Profile.

If you forget your password you need to use your email to get a new one (or teacher can do it).

Your default email is your educational email: First.Last@tafensw.net.au (you need this if you forget your password)

 

RUNNING A TEST

You will usually get two attempts at each test and must achieve around 70% (average for each subject). To run a test, navigate to the correct Moodle Course (e.g. MEM30007A Select Materials), then below the assessment table you will see a list of quizzes labelled using Tester ID numbers. (e.g. 10101 Material Properties). It is safe to click the link to the quiz you want, you do not actually run the test until you press the button:

There is no going back from here. The time is running and if you back out the test will continue on the server (even if you turn off your computer). The test will finish by running out of time or pressing the Submit button at the bottom.

The way units are entered in Moodle is different to iTester. You need to type the units after the answer. See instruction below.

Units

  • Units must be entered as standard abbreviations.
  • Spaces and capitals have no effect.
  • Standard accuracy is 1% (3 significant figures)

GOOD
2656N
2656 N
2.656kN

BAD
2656 Newtons
2.656 KiloNewtons
2.656

COMPLETE UNIT LIST

Most units are straight forward, but some are not easily typed. Please enter the MOODLE abbreviation as shown below in the highlighted column;

Long Description

Tester

Abbreviation

Moodle

Abbreviation

Typical Moodle

Alternatives*

No Units No Units   -
degrees Celcius
oC C -
degrees of angle deg deg -
grams g g kg
Hertz: cycles / second Hz Hz kHz, MHz
Joules J J kJ
Joules / kg J/kg J/kg kJ/kg
Joules / kg Kelvin J/kgK J/kgK kJ/kgK
Kelvin K K -
per Kelvin 1/K 1/K -
kilograms kg kg g, t
kilogram metres squared kg.m2 kgm^2 kgm^2, gmm^2
kilogram mm squared kg.mm2 kgmm^2 kgm^2, gmm^2
kilograms/ metre kg/m kg/m kg/mm, g/mm
kilograms/ square metre kg/m2 kg/m^2 t/m^2
kilograms/ cubic metre  kg/m3 kg/m^3 t/m^3
kilograms / s kg/s kg/s t/s
kilogram metres / s kg.m/s kgm/s -
kilometers per hour km/h km/h -
metres m m mm
metres per second m/s m/s -
metres per second squared m/s2 m/s^2 -
metres squared m2 m^2 mm^2
metres squared / sec m2/s m^2/s -
cubic metres m3 m^3 -
cubic metres / kilogram m3/kg m^3/kg -
cubic metres / second m3/s m^3/s -
millimeters mm mm m
millimeters / Kelvin mm/K mm/K m/K
square millimeters mm2 mm^2 m^2
cubic millimeters mm3 mm^3 m^3
millimeters to the fourth mm4 mm^4 m^4
Newtons N N kN
Newton.meters N.m Nm kNm,Nmm
Newton.millimeters Nmm Nmm Nm
Newton.seconds N.s Ns -
Newtons / m N/m N/m N/mm
Newtons / mm N/mm N/mm N/m
Pascals Pa Pa kPa, MPa
Pascal.seconds Pa.s Pas -
Radians rad rad -
Radians per second rad/s rad/s -
Radians / second squared rad/s2 rad/s^2 -
Seconds s s s
Watts W W kW
Percentage % % %
Amperes A A mA
Coulombs C Cb Cb
Farads F F uF, mF, pF
Henrys H H uH, mH
Ohms Ohms R kR, MR
Volts V V uV, mV, kV
Volt Amperes VA VA kVA

* These alternatives would usually be available only for an appropriate scale of numbers. For example, kN would not be expected when the answer is 0.75 N. If in doubt, use default values.

 

CHECKING YOUR RESULTS

Once you have completed your Moodle quiz, press

You will instantly record your mark, and you can log in any time to check your marks.

If you want to see the results for each question you will need to go through the quiz with the teacher. Question feedback will not be made available to students to view because there are remote students and various timetables running simultaneously. Any errors in a question can also be dealt with (sometimes on the spot) and if a question needs repair the entire database will be re-marked (i.e. everyone who answered correctly may get more marks).

 

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