About Moodle

What is Moodle?

Moodle is the MMU online learning environment and is one of the most widely used and rapidly growing virtual learning environments, or VLEs.

Moodle is designed to enhance your learning experience by providing access to online course materials.

Via your MyMMU you will be able to access a Moodle areas for each unit you are undertaking. As a level 4 student this includes: 

• BA(Hons) Textiles in Practice (this Moodle area is for all years completing the programme). 

• Origins (this is the first unit you will be studying).

• Sampling

• Unit X

You will be able to access other Moodle areas, we will discuss these further once you have arrived. 

All new course material is uploaded to the appropriate area daily. Getting to know your way around Moodle and making sure you get into the habit of checking for new information regularly is especially important, particularly if you are new to Moodle. 

Each of the Moodle areas contain a structured set of files e.g. Word documents, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations etc. As each unit is lead by differing lecturers, individual Moodle area may have a slightly different structure.

Advantages of Moodle include easy access to unit information, anytime, anywhere through the Internet at your own convenience. 

Accessing Moodle

You can access Moodle through any web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari) on any internet-connected computer or device such as an iPad. This means that you can access Moodle from home as easily as you can from the MMU campus.

Figure 1 – Logging in to the MyMMU student portal

Step 1 

Moodle is accessed via the MMU student portal (known as MyMMU) at http://www.mmu.ac.uk/students as illustrated in Figure 1. Signing in through MyMMU enables single sign on access to all of your resources - you only have to sign in once to access your MMU student information.

Step 2 

Once you have accessed the MyMMU portal in your browser, click on “Sign in now” as shown in Figure 1.

Step 3 

You will then see a pop up window asking you to enter your MMU user ID and password. If you cannot remember your user ID or password, or if it does not seem to be accepted, please refer to the troubleshooting information below. Depending on the web browser and operating system which you use, the login window may appear in different formats as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2 – Entering your MMU user ID and password

Step 4 

Once you have logged in, the MyMMU Portal will be displayed, showing a list of the Moodle areas on which you are enrolled at the right hand side as illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 3 – The MyMMU portal showing list of Moodle areas at the right

Step 5

Click on the title of a unit or programme shown in the list of Moodle areas to directly access that specific Moodle area. Moodle will then open in a new browser window.

What will I find when I access Moodle?

The first time you access Moodle, you may be asked to update your profile before you can see your Moodle areas. Please refer to the student guide showing you how to “Viewing and Editing a Moodle User Profile” for details on how to do this.

Within Moodle (and the MyMMU portal), you will have access to all the Moodle areas you are enrolled on including all the units and programmes you are studying, as well as a Moodle area for the Faculty you are based in and a Student Resource Area. Please refer to the student guide entitled “The Moodle interface and navigation” for more information about navigating around and using Moodle.

Troubleshooting

Once you have enrolled, if you cannot access or login to the MyMMU portal or Moodle contact IT Services on 0161 247 4646 or email it.helpline@mmu.ac.uk