FoxTALE for Faculty
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FoxTALE, Fox Teaching And Learning Environment is the Learning Management System (LMS) used at George Fox University by teachers and students to provide options for online classroom interaction. The actual Learning Management System is the open source Moodle program. Typical uses are for providing a Web-based presence for course schedule and syllabus, online testing, forum discussions, digital resource library and grade book.If you would like to use FoxTALE for your class, you can begin the process by reading the Getting Started guide below or by contacting the Service Desk. We can provide technical support as well as course development assistance through our Faculty Technology Mentor Program.
If you would like to use Moodle for a public project that includes participants beyond GFU students and employees, read about Moodle Community.
FoxTALE Quick Guides:
| Introduction | |
| Set Up - Your Profile and Your Browser | |
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Start the Semester - Set Up Your Courses
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FoxTALE - MyGFU Auto Enrollment
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| Upload Files Such as Your Syllabus | |
| Add Assignments and Grades |
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| Divide Students into Groups (optional) | |
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Add Forums (Online Discussions), Glossaries, and Questionnaires to Your Course |
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| Add Embedded Librarian | |
| Enhance Content |
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| Online Quizzes | |
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Communicate to Students in FoxTALE |
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| Close Out the Term and Prepare for Next Term |
If your course has a Child Courses link in the Administration block, then: For all other courses, archive the content. You'll import your course content to a new site for the next semester. |
| Resources for Students |
See also: Student FoxTALE page |
Additional resources from moodle.org:
- Tutorial Showing Grading Aggregation Method Examples
- YouTube Gradebook videos created by Moodle. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page to see a list of video tutorials.
- FoxTALE teacher's tutorials on the Moodle website.