Multiple users have reported a blank homepage after logging in to Echo360/Engage.
This arises with older versions of the Edge browser and includes university supplied devices.
Workaround: The workaround is to use an alternative browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
Some people using Mac Safari or Google Chrome will see an error message when accessing Kaltura pages in Moodle.
The message states: “It seems your browser is blocking 3rd party session cookies which are required for the Kaltura application. To resolve this issue, please update your settings to allow 3rd party cookies.
Find the Privacy and Security Settings menu option and click on Block Cookies / Manage Website Data. The default is usually set to Allow from Websites I Visit. Normally, that would be enough, but because of how Kaltura "talks" to Moodle, we need to change the setting. Select Always Allow by tapping on the item.
They may also need to uncheck Prevent cross-site-tracking
See also Known issues with Turnitin below
It is not recommended to use Safari to access feedback in Moodle Assignments. There is a bug in which makes Moodle and Safari incompatible. Please use an alternative browser to access feedback in Moodle Assignments.
***Update October 2020*** Turnitin have confirmed that the issue below persists. It is not recommend to mark using Feedback Studio for a Moodle assignment as this problem may occur.
Unfortunately, a bug has been discovered that affects users who have marked a Moodle assignment using Turnitin’s Feedback Studio. The result is feedback disappearing from some of the submissions and a ‘Resubmit to Turnitin’ link being generated. Theworkaround is to visit to visit the Turnitin website and download the feedback as a zip file containing PDFs of the feedback. You will then be able to upload the PDF feedback file to your Moodle assignment. Please contact learning-technologies@nottingham.ac.uk if you require assistance with this.
The October 2019 problem with intermittent failure of the email servers to respond to Moodle affected the delivery of forum emails and Announcements from Moodle. Some emails from Moodle modules were not being received by students. We worked with IS to fix this and believe the problem is now solved. We are monitoring the situation.
This may have been happening to some but not all emails, since late September through to 15th October. Emails missed during that time can't be resent from Moodle, so please resend any urgent posts that should have been received as emails.
To contact students via a different email route, use, e.g., Campus, or by creating an email list from Moodle.
Here is how to generate an email list from Moodle Participants
Emailing-students-from-moodle-email-issues
If you view your module after "Switch role to student" and click into the Engage (Echo360) system,
you will be viewing the Echo as a student and your account in Echo/Engage will be changed to that of a student.
This means you will not be able to use Echo/Engage as a staff member - so you will lose the ability to record captures to, and manage that module in Engage.
Fix
When you have viewed Echo lecture captures as a student in Moodle, change your role in Moodle back to normal in that module
and then click into Echo/Engage again to restore your access as a teacher.
When creating an assignment in Moodle, you get the message "Error writing to database"
Workaround: When you complete the task, press 'Save and return to module' instead of 'Save and display': the message does not appear
Symptom: you try to post a message to a forum that contains a smiley and get the message "error writing to database" and no message is posted.
Solution: avoid using emoticons/smileys in forum postings
This is due to the link that you have clicked on being http:// instead of the more secure https:// now used by Moodle and other University systems.
The fix is to edit the URL bar to add the "s". More information:
http://comms.nottingham.ac.uk/learningtechnology/2018/09/04/moodle-upgraded-security-enhancements/
Click the Navigation Menu then Participants to find the new Enrol Users interface.
Some users have found this is slow and fiddly. Here are tips for enrolling users:
The alternative way of enrolling users may be easier at present:
How to enrol a fellow staff member manually on your module
We are looking into a fix.
Annotation of PDFs is no longer available in Moodle.Nottingham
To annotate scripts we recommend use of Turnitin Feedback Studio.
In Moodle 3.2 and 3.4 this has moved to the menu next to your name in the top right of the Moodle screen. This is not a bug.
If you have favourited, bookmarked, or otherwise saved a link to a category, this will not now work as the path to categories in Moodle 3.2 has changed and 3.4 added extra security.
Please resave bookmarks and edit any personal documents, Moodle pages or blocks to point at the new URL for a category, e.g., https://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/course/index.php?categoryid=130 (this is for Business School - change the number at the end to suit your category)
NOTE: The https:// is essential as http:// won't work.
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Due to some changes in the path on the CMS some RSS feeds may no longer work. If you notice this happening please edit the feed to the correct URL or contact us for help.
Clicking a direct link in IE results in being taken to the log in screen and then once logged in land on the 'my modules' page. Copy and paste the link into the browser in order to go direct to the module/resource
There are some minor quirks affecting display in some accessible alternative themes.
Changing screen colour to yellow makes text unreadable in footer
If the text is made larger it doesn't increase the size of text in Calendar/Upcoming events
There is a bug in moving sections in Collapsed topics format. The workaround is to change the format to "Topics", move the sections around, then change back to "Collapsed Topics". (Administration > Edit Settings > Format)
There is a known issue in the CLOZE question type regarding answers being a fractional number. Unfortunately the question type does not recognise fractional numbers and as a result displays the syntax. It is recommended answers are given in whole numbers or another question type used.
It is essential to allow all cookies if you are having problems viewing videos in Moodle. See http://www.wikihow.com/Enable-Cookies-in-Your-Internet-Web-Browser
Recent updates have meant that Chrome now treats ‘small’ flash files as ‘secondary’ content (ie it assumes they are ads) and blocks them by default. We are working to update the embed codes to show videos, but if you are using Chrome and cannot see a video please:
(added 31/05/16)
Some users are encountering "Access denied" messages when viewing videos from Moodle / Mediaspace on Mac / iPad / iPhone or using browsers with restrictive cookie settings
Workarounds:
There are some issues uploading a video via android Samsung handheld devices. The workaround is simply to turn the handset into landscape mode and upload can continue.
In Internet Explorer only, with compatibility mode switched on, activities that involve uploading media may not work correctly.
There is a certificate error when trying to access echo360 materials when using Firefox. Please simply ignore and continue. This is being followed up with the supplier.
In some computer rooms while using FireFox the Echo360 link in Moodle may display a message saying 'The Connection is Untrusted'.
If this occurs one of the following workarounds can be used until the underlying issue is fixed by Information Services:
1. Use Chrome, Internet Explorer or another browser.
2. If you do not wish to change browser the following steps should resolve it:
* open https://lecturecapture.nottingham.ac.uk:8443 add the certificate by clicking "permanently"
* Open the Echo Moodle link and the recordings will appear
(added 6 August 2015)
The Moodle assignment plugin will show that there is a new attempt for grading even if the student does not complete the subsequent resubmission. When grading be aware that this may happen.
There is a known issue in Moodle's gradebook when it comes to importing CSVs. This often happens because there are commas within the content of the spreadsheet (e.g., in the feedback) which throws out the comma-separated values in the CSV file.
If you have a problem with this, save the file as a TSV rather than CSV (i.e. selecting the Separator "Tab" option under the CSV import) [TSV files can be generated from Excel]. These can be imported normally.
Sometimes it is possible to do everything right to show students their grades, but they still can't see them.
Try
1. If there is not a Moodle assignment in the module (just Turnitin assignments or uploaded Grade items), try creating one and then hiding or deleting it. This will prompt Moodle to show Grades
2. In the Grader report click the "eye" next to the assignment which should be visible to "close" it, then "open" it again. This can "refresh" Moodle's view and make the assignment grades visible
There is an issue with marks not appearing in the Moodle gradebook for a Moodle assignment with a group submission. The issue appears to be that the With selected… dropdown menu to select the marking workflow state does not push grades to the gradebook when Released is selected. To ensure marks go through to the Moodle gradebook for group assignments, please use the Marking workflow state dropdown menu and ensure Apply grade and feedback to entire group’ is set to Yes on a student’s grading page.
The bullet points are oddly aligned and mean that the user may select the wrong option by mistake in Report > User > Submit Attendance. A fix has been written and will shortly be applied.
JMOL images are not visible if uploaded as a file. It is intended that JMOL animations are uploaded into a label or a page as an attachment then they will be rendered correctly. This is not a bug.
If you switch role to student while editing a hidden module, then forget to switch back to your usual role, and then go to another page or module, then the original hidden module has disappeared (because it still thinks you're a student). You must return to the module in order to return to your usual role in that module.
Use the BACK button to get back to the module (it won't appear in a search of site home!) or else log out of Moodle and log back in. (added 22/09/14)
Staff and students who are using devices running the latest version of Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch operating system, iOS7, are experiencing problems viewing PDF files from Moodle, mostly because they used to be embedded in Moodle web pages by default.
The default in Moodle 2.6 is to Open such files but legacy files imported from previous years may still not open correctly
Google has discontinued support for the spellchecker Moodle uses by default. We are looking into providing an alternative spellchecker.
Meanwhile the workaround is to use the spellchecker within your browser. Spellchecker in browsers. Check the manufacturer's support for the browser you use.
If the assignment is anonymous, downloads will not be possible until students names are visible (post date).
Sometimes downloaded spreadsheets may not open - in this case try renaming with the .xls file extension and it should open. If not, contact Learning Technologies.
There is an issue where if a Turnitin assignment is hidden in Moodle and then made visible the grade item column in Moodle Grades becomes visible even if the Post Date has not passed. The bug has been reported to Turnitin.
If you need to hide the Turnitin assignment, please ensure when you make it visible that you re-hide the grade item column in Moodle grades.
Avoid changing the Post Date as much as possible. Never change it to a date and time within 24 hours of the present time, as this can cause issues with marks appearing.
Once you've typed in the mark in Feedback Studio for a student, click away, anywhere on the page. Sometimes the mark does not save if you don't do this.
We recommend saving your feedback and marks regularly back to Moodle.
To do this, when you have finshed a student's feedback/mark, close the Feedback Studio window - which saves the feedback and mark.
Move onto the next student in the list within Moodle and click on the blue pencil again.
There are intermittent errors with being unable to open, edit or delete bubble comments in Feedback Studio when using the Chrome browser.
We recommend workarounds:
When creating a QuickMark from a bubble comment the browser will freeze when using Internet Explorer 11. You will no longer be able to type into the bubble comment box and the browser will become unresponsive.
The exact actions that appear to trigger this issue are:
1. Highlight some text
2. Click to create a bubble comment.
3. Convert the comment to a quickmark and save
4. Click to add another bubble comment.
At this point Internet Explorer becomes completely unresponsive. You can try closing the window by hovering over the browser thumbnail in the task bar (bottom of the screen) and then choosing 'Stay on page'.
Our recommended workaround is to create QuickMark comments using the quickmark manager or use another browser if you want to convert a bubble comment into a QuickMark.
Microsoft Edge is not supported by Turnitin and is not recommended it is used when marking as it may cause display issues. Most Microsoft Surfaces have a Microsoft Edge as the default browser which is pinned on the task bar. It is recommened that another browser is used.
When the marker or student clicks on the paper title (or on the coloured box next to Similarity score) the paper does not appear in the Document Viewer. The error message is
Loading error
This paper is not available
M14.11
This is because Turnitin has been unable to process the document properly.
Workaround
If the due date has not yet passed, either student or staff member can reupload the doument. Check it first against the Turnitin (& Moodle) assignment submission checklist - particularly large graphics - and also save as a PDF if not already a PDF.
An editing teacher, teacher or Learning technologist with access to Turnitinuk.com can reprocess the paper - contact learning-technologies@nottingham.ac.uk
Dates and similarity scores are not rendering properly for some users. If you experience this, please clear your cache and then you will be able to see the table correctly formatted.
See How to clear your browser's cache
This error may result if the filename of the file being submitted to Turnitin is too long (Microsoft Word document).
Solution: Student should rename the file with a shorter name and then resubmit. It may be necessary for the editing teacher or learning technologist to enable resubmissions.
If you (or someone else) have graded a student's assignment, then when you re-enter its Turnitin window you may get the message:
"Resubmissions are allowed for this assignment until the due date passes. Any and all marks will be deleted when or if the paper is resubmitted. Would you like to continue?"
If the due date has already passed then first submissions may be allowed (e.g., from student who are late) but re-submissions are not allowed, so there is no danger of a re-submission wiping out your marks. Click OK and carry on as usual.
If the due date has not yet passed and you are already commenting and grading then be aware that the student CAN resubmit and wipe out your comments and marks. Best to start marking after the due date.
For other issues, see Turnitin's own KnowledgeBase
When you set up a Moodle Assignment (especially with Turnitin included) please contact learning-technologies@nottingham.ac.uk for a free check of settings to ensure they meet your requirements.
There is a bug with the Turnitin plugin when enabled in a Moodle assignment. The issue occurs if someone selects the blue pencil or similarity score to load up Feedback Studio. Once Feedback Studio is closed the Moodle assignment grading page reloads and the scores disappears if one had been entered in the Moodle assignment.
Turnitin have been made aware of the issue and are currently investigating a solution.
If the mark does disappear a record of it can be located by going to the module 'Grades' via the hamburger menu. Once in the ‘Grades’ page, select 'Grade History' from the drop-down menu then select the assignment name from the 'Grade item' dropdown menu. Ensure ‘All Graders’ is selected from the ‘Grader’ dropdown menu and then select ‘Submit’ or use the download option. This will then display the grade history.
There is an issue where a submission will automatically resubmit to Turnitin if a Moodle assignment has been set up with the Tii plagiarism plugin and the set up also allows the student to attempt the assignment again.
The impact is that every time a student goes to either view their attempt or visit the page to submit another attempt and refreshes the page then their assignment is automatically resubmitted to Turnitin.
There is currently no workaround. It is advised that you do not use the Plagiarism plugin in the Moodle assignment if allow multiple attempts.
If a Turnitin rubric is attached via Feedback Studio or in the plagarism plugin settings of a Moodle assignment then when the browser tab is closed the rubric will detach and not be available to markers or students.
If assignment setting 'Allow submission of any file type' is set to 'No', currently Turnitin have said that there is an issue with .xls, .xlsx, .ppt and .pptx files being successfully accepted by their system which leaves the student unable to submit. It is recommend that if you expect students to submit in these file types then have 'Allow submission of any file type' is set to 'Yes'.
Please do not create a Turnitn PeerMark assignment within a Moodle Assignment as the PeerMark Assignment does not work as expected. If you wish create a PeerMark Assignment, please do so by creating a Turnitin Assignment.
Some times when an editing teacher clicks to view the 'received' reviews of a student they only see 1 review regardless on how many different reviews they click on within PeerMark. If this issue occurs please click on the <> hyperlinks within the PeerMark pop-up window to correctly navigate to the correct PeerMark review.
This will only affect students if the option ‘Allow students to read ALL papers and ALL reviews after Feedback Release Date’ has been selected during the PeerMark assignment set up. The workaround is the same, the student will need to use the ‘<>’ buttons to navigate through to find the correct reviews.
If you are unable to delete a bubble comment you have written by double-clicking on it then you will need to clear your browser's cache or use another browser.
See How to clear your browser's cache
Once the cache has been cleared you can delete the bubble comment by double-clicking on it and pressing the dustbin icon in the pop-up window.
When entering text into a grading form or rubric using the app on an iPad, then viewing the entry in FeedbackStudio on a computer, in the teacher view html code for certain characters (eg comma) is visible rather than the character itself.
When a student views the feedback, they do see the character rather than the code. Other html codes (eg paragraph <p>) are visible to the student.
Please note, we strongly recommend not using the Turnitin Feedback Studio for marking Moodle Assignments, which also includes adding Rubrics due to the following issue.
At present if a Turnitin rubric is attached to a Moodle assignment, the student has the option on the submission page to view the rubric. However, if they select this, the following error is returned:
Exception - Argument 2 passed to has_capability() must be an instance of context, null given, called in [dirroot]/plagiarism/turnitin/ajax.php on line 162
A possible workaround, if you really want the students to be able to view the rubric, and have the rubric already in a readable format, such as Word, PDF or Excel, is to surface that in the assignment instructions instead.
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