You can access Moodle through the Student Hub or directly through the OP Moodle website.

Login through the Student Hub

To get to the Student Hub, you will need to log in to OP, using your network username and password.

2.  Once logged in, your courses will load in the Moodle tile. You can access them directly from here. To access your Dashboard click View more Moodle courses at the bottom of this grey Moodle tile.

Login through the Moodle website

You can also go directly to the OP Moodle website.

1. Go to: http://moodle.op.ac.nz/

2. Choose the login option Students & Staff on the left, then enter your student username and password into the login area

3. Click Sign in

4. Access your courses from the My Courses area of your Dashboard.

Having trouble logging in?

If you are a first-time visitor, you should have received your username and password in the letter acknowledging your enrolment.

Please contact the IT Support Service Desk if you have any problems using OP Moodle.

If you can log in to OP Moodle but can't find your course, the document, link or activity that should be available, seek support from your teacher.

Learn to navigate your way around Moodle and make sure you can find everything you need in your courses. 

Moodle Dashboard

Your Moodle Dashboard is the home page of your Moodle. You can access your courses from here, search, view your badges and more.

Course overview 

The course overview is displayed on your dashboard and shows all the courses you are enrolled in. Please note that the default number of courses you see in the course overview is set to 12. You can change this from the drop down menu at the bottom left of the course overview window.

You can sort your courses with the three dropdowns menus: 

• An option to sort by All, In progress, Future, Past, Starred or courses that have been Removed from view 

• An option to display courses by Course name or Last accessed 

• An option to display course by Card, List or Summary view. 

The course overview block also lets you check at a glance your course completion progress. This will only be visible if your teacher has enabled this function in the course.

Navigation

Top navigation bar

Along the top navigation bar you can find:

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Navigation Sidebar – three lines icon

Open or close the navigation side bar by clicking on the three lines in the top right-hand corner.

Through here you can access your calendar, courses and useful links. When inside a course you will also be able to access sections of the course, badges and depending on your course, the Moodle Gradebook.

Timeline block

The Timeline block provides an overview of deadlines for learners. Deadlines may be sorted by dates or by course.

Bread crumbs

Another fast way to navigate is to use the breadcrumbs at the top of each page. These breadcrumbs should you how you have navigated to this where you are. You can use them to navigate back without using the back button on your browser.

Completion progress block

This helpful block sits in the top right-hand corner of most course pages (your teacher may choose not to use this function). The Completion Progress block lists the activities you are expected to complete during your course.

How it works:

• Each activity is represented by a small blue box

• When an activity is completed, the small box will turn green

• Sometimes teaching staff will set the box to turn red if an activity is overdue.

Support – where to find it

Facilitator block

Check out the Your Facilitator block on the right-hand side of your course. This should contain the contact details for your course facilitator.

Student Support Te Ama Tauira website

The Student Support Te Ama Tauira block also appears on the right-hand side of every course page. These links will point you in the right direction to provide support when you need it. There is also a link to the Student Support Te Ama Tauira website in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

Go to top arrow

Use the go to the top arrow to easily return to the top of a Moodle page.

3.  Customise your dashboard

You can rearrange things on your Dashboard to make it easier to find things. Rearrange your courses and add blocks to your dashboard. Watch the video below to find out how.

Starred and hidden courses

• To 'star' (bookmark) a course, click the three dots by its name and then click 'Star this course’
• To hide a course, click the three dots by its name and then click 'Remove from view'
• Courses may be filtered by ‘Starred’ or 'Removed from view’ courses. Alternatively, for starred courses, the ‘Starred courses’ block may be added to your dashboard.

Other useful dashboard blocks

You can customise your dashboard with any of these other useful dashboard blocks below.

• Starred courses block
• Recently accessed courses block
• Recently accessed items block

There are several ways to communicate through OP Moodle.

Forums in Moodle

Moodle allows teachers to set up online forums for groups or sub-groups of students, which can include text and other media. Participants can receive posts by email, and/or log onto Moodle to view them.

Course announcements

Course announcements are a type of forum that the teachers use to make announcements about your course. Your teacher may use this to let you know about upcoming events, notices or reminders. They appear on the Haere mai page of your course. As a student you won’t be able to post in a course announcements forum, but you can reply to a post from a facilitator.

Messaging in Moodle

The messaging interface in Moodle lets you communicate with others in your course, individually or as a group. A number at the top of the screen reflects the number of people who have sent new messages.

• Clicking the icon displays the messaging drawer, divided into starred messages, group messages and personal messages
• Contacts and contact requests may be accessed from the Contacts link
• To add a message to your starred (favourited) messages, a star may be added by clicking the three dots when viewing a message
• From the three dots, messages may be muted, so that email notifications of new messages are no longer sent
• Personal messaging space - Each user now has their own starred area where they can add draft messages, links and notes for later use.

Online users block

The 'Online users' block shows a list of users who have been logged into Moodle. 

• The list is updated on a regular basis (the default is every 5 minutes).
• Clicking the message icon next to somebody's name, you will be able to send a private message to that person (using Moodle's messaging system)
• If you have the 'Online users' block added to your course, you can hold the cursor over somebody's name to see how long ago that person was last "seen" in the course.

Note:

• If separate groups are enabled in a course, and this block is added onto the course page, only members of the group will be visible to other group members within the 'Online users' block
• Even though a user may have been logged into a course within the last 5 minutes, it does not necessarily mean that this user is still online.

Viewing, printing, editing and authoring documents

• Microsoft Office 365 is available free while you are a student at OP. You can find more details through the Office 365 page.
• The free Open Office Suite will also allow you to view and edit files. Browsers other than Internet Explorer work better with this software.

Viewing & printing documents only

• Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) for .pdf documents

Online study

Learners planning to study online will require access to these things:

• Email programme such as Outlook which you can access through Microsoft Office 365. Or an online email account like Gmail or Hotmail.
• Internet browser. We recommend using Firefox, Chrome or Safari.
• A media player: software for playing common audio and video files either as a standalone software (e.g. Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime, VLC media player).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader for displaying PDF files.
• Word processing programme, either Microsoft Word, Open Office, Google Docs, or some other equivalent.