MOIS integration

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Last updated: 27 August 2024 by Silver Abozenko
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What is MOIS?

MOIS is the integration solution of Moodle and Study information system (ÕIS), that will combine all integrations between Moodle and ÕIS in the future.

Currently, MOIS allows the lecturer to create a new Moodle course himself and also to create a connection between the Moodle course and the ÕIS subject-teacher pair. All courses will be archived three weeks after the end of the semester. Archiving allows the preservation of the course along with the associated students and their learning analytics data. At the same time, students will be able to access the courses they have already completed.

For the new semester, new Moodle courses must be created for the subjects with the corresponding ÕIS subject-teacher pair. The content of the previous semester's Moodle course can be imported onto the blank course created at the beginning of the semester. If you need help with these steps, please contact your faculty's instructional designer.

NB! If the Moodle course is linked to the ÕIS subject-teacher pair, the lecturer cannot unlink it himself. If it is necessary to do this for some reason (e.g. the wrong Moodle course is associated with a subject-teacher pair by mistake), please contact moodle@taltech.ee.

 

The MOIS pilot project is a prerequisite for the implementation of all subsequent Moodle-ÕIS developments, which greatly simplify the work of the lecturer.

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Benefits of a course created with MOIS:

  • Students' registration numbers and curriculum affiliations are visible to the lecturer;

  • Students are automatically added to the course (under development);

  • The course is automatically archived (under development).



Using MOIS

To create a new course and link it to Moodle, go to the MOIS dashboard by selecting 'MOIS (Create new course)' at the top of the page.

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In the MOIS dashboard view, there are two options for the lecturer:

  1. Create Moodle course

  2. Link Moodle course to ÕIS



Under this option, a new Moodle course page is created, which is linked to the subject-teacher pair in ÕIS. If the subject-teacher pair has not yet been formed in ÕIS, ask your institute to form it.

 

To create a new course, press the 'Create Moodle course' button on the MOIS page.

 

  1. From the drop-down menu, select the semester for which you want to create a new Moodle course.

  2. If the semester is selected, subject-teacher pairs created for the corresponding semester are displayed in the 'Choose subject' field. To select a subject, click on the correct subject name. The selected course is marked with a checkmark.

  3. Generally, the courses are already assigned to the correct institute by default, and the institute selection field is not displayed in this case. If the institute to which the course belongs must be selected manually (EMERA and Virumaa College subjects), the drop-down menu 'Institute' will be displayed, from which the correct unit can be selected.

  4. If you wish, you can change the course name in the 'Full name' field (e.g. you can add the semester and year).

  5. Click 'Create Moodle course' to finish.



The link has been successfully created if a link symbol is displayed under the status in the My subjects view on the MOIS dashboard. Also, you can now quickly access your new Moodle page by using the direct link to your new course.

A newly created course is empty by default. Before you can start using the course, you must select what you want to display on the course page. It is possible to create the course from scratch, i.e. use the blank Moodle template. Alternatively, content from an earlier Moodle course can be transferred to the new course.






 

A new Moodle course created using MOIS is empty by default. If you want to start building the course from scratch, go to the Course Templates section on the new course page.

  1. Choose a course template (Estonian or English) and press the 'Use template' button to bring the preset course base to your new course.

  2. Confirm import by pressing the 'Import' button.



 

A new Moodle course created using MOIS is empty by default. If you want to import content from one of your previous courses into the course, go to 'Migrate content from other courses'.

 

  1. Use the search box to find the correct already existing course.

  2. Once the course has been found, press the 'Import course' button to transfer the desired content to the newly created course.

  3. Select 'Jump to final step' in the import settings view to import all content, or press 'Next' if you want to specify which tools and activities should be imported.

 

Using this option allows you to link an already existing Moodle course with an ÕIS subject-teacher pair.



Select the option 'Link a Moodle course to ÕIS' on the MOIS desktop.

 



  1. Select your existing Moodle course that you want to pair with the ÕIS subject-teacher pair from the drop-down menu 'Search for Moodle course'.

  2. Choose the semester for the course.

  3. Choose which subject-teacher pair in ÕIS you want to merge with an existing course.

  4. Finish the action by pressing the 'Link Moodle course to ÕIS' button.