Moodle Add-In from Microsoft

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If you are a teacher with a Moodle class and are using Microsoft Office for Windows, then you should install Microsoft’s latest Add-in for Moodle. This tool allows you to navigate to your Moodle classes and open the Files directory. From there you can open any Office Document (Word, PowerPoint, or Excel) directly from your Moodle course.

Why is that so important? Because it will save you a lot of time! By opening them directly, you can modify, edit, add, delete whatever you want and save them directly back to the Files directory. No more are you required to open Moodle, navigate to the files directory, find your folders and files, open them with Office, save the files, upload them to Moodle, create a resource link… You get the picture.

This Add-in installs two additional buttons in the Office menu. See the middle of the screen shot.

It is really simple to use. Just open an Office document and choose the “Open from Moodle” option. A window will appear and ask you to select your Moodle course.

After successful authentication, your courses will display and you can navigate to the documents you want to edit.

As noted at the beginning, this Add-in is for Windows only. Sorry Mac users. And from my experience, it is intended for teacher, not student, use since students do not typically have access to the Files directory in Moodle.

This tool is going to be such a time-saver for me as I prepare to teach some technology workshops this summer. I love the fact that I don’t have to update my resource links in Moodle since I am just editing the content of the document and not messing with the file name. I also love the fact that I can create what I want when I want, upload it to Moodle and the link resources when I want. Again, if you are a teacher with a course, I can’t imagine not using this tool!

More details can be found at the Office Add-in for Moodle page.