Moodle Course Creation and Visibility
University Courses
Official University Courses are added to Moodle automatically when they are entered into Banner. If a faculty member sees a course in Blink > Faculty Academics > Faculty Dashboard then the course should show up in your My Courses list in Moodle.
Troubleshooting:
- If you do not see your course listed in Blink contact your Department Chair, Program Director, or the Registrar's office.
- If your course is listed in Blink but not in Moodle contact TLT at TLT@bethel.edu or 651-635-8527. TLT will reset the M flag for the course to refresh the Moodle data with current Banner data.
How to "Show" your Moodle course (make visible to or available for student access)
All Moodle courses are created by default in a "hidden" state. Hidden courses are indicated by gray text. Courses that are "hidden" cannot be seen or accessed by students, but can be seen and accessed by Instructors and Teaching Assistants.
- To make a course "visible". so that it can be accessed by students, enter the course site in Moodle, in the Administration block under Course Administration, click on Edit settings, and set the "Visible" setting to "Show".
Visible courses appear in your Moodle My courses list in blue text. 
- Faculty are responsible for making courses visible when they wish for students to have access to the Moodle site for their courses.
How to "Hide" your previous semester's courses (optional):
Faculty have the option to "hide" your previous term courses after a course is completed. Some programs recommend that courses be available to learners until completion of the program or degree. If you have questions about the practice or policy in your program or department, please consult with your Department Chair or Program Director.
- To make a course "hidden", enter the course site in Moodle, in the Settings block, click on Edit settings, and set the "Visible" parameter to Hide.
Community Courses
Community courses are Moodle sites that are used for Departmental, Club, Group, etc. purposes. These reside in a special section on our Moodle system. Enrollments are not automatic and need to be managed by the Community site manager.
Request a community site by using our online form, Request a Community Site, contacting TLT. Email TLT@bethel.edu or 651-635-8527. TLT will set up the site and add 1 person as Manager.
Managers are then responsible to add others via either the TA role (same as Manager) or Student View role (student-like role)
Community Courses are not to be used for official for credit University courses. Community courses should also not be used to create email lists to do mass email communication. Such communication should be done in collaboration with Communications and Marketing using appropriate email lists.