Catalyst / Moodle - Student GuideCatalyst
is the learning managment system that DeAnza has selected to replace WebCT and ETUDES for DeAnza courses. The underlying programming,
Moodle
, is Open Source and available free-of-charge. It is already being used by 100s of colleges and universities around the world.
Logging In to Catalyst
Web address: http://catalyst.deanza.edu
- Username: Your De Anza College Student ID
(NOT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER). For security reasons, De Anza does not use any portion of your Social Security Number.
If you cannot remember you Student ID, you can look it up on your My De Anza page (opens in new window). Click on "De Anza Registration System," then click on the "Main Menu" tab. At the bottom of that scree, under the tab "Click Here Account by Term" is an option for "Student ID Lookup."
- Password: Your Birthday in this format: MMDDYYYY (Two digit month, followed by two digit day, followed by FOUR digit year; no slashes or spaces.)
Once you have logged in the first time, go to
Change Password
and change your password. Choose something you will remember, such as your usual email login password.
If you cannot remember your password, you may click the "Send my details via email" button under the login form.
- Problems?
You will not be able to login until the first day of class.
Cookies must be enabled in your browser
Main Course Page
- Topic Ouline - lists course topic information and activities
- News Forum - discussion
- Sidebars - inclusion and arrangement of blocks may be vary by course
Leftside - People,
Activities
, Search, Admin, Grades, Student Profile, Change password
Rightside - Latest News from the News Forum, Quickmail, Comming Events from the calendar
Activities
- Assignments - writing, file upload
- Forums - threaded, organization, subscribe
- Quizzes - types of questions, self-grading, submitting
- Resources - text, images, files, links to web pages
- Surveys
- Wikis - collaborative work space
- Chat, Choice, Excercise, Glossary, Labels, Lesson, Workshop
Features and Navigation
- Navigation bar - bread crumbs, activities lists
- Topic outline - organization, links
- Calendar - course, personal, preferences
- Wiki - http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net/WikiMarkup
- Groups - restricted, visible
- Forum display format - threaded, unread, order
- Instructor controlled settings
- Administrator settings
Compare to other course management systems
- accessibility issues
- WebCT
- ETUDES
- Blackboard
- other - Etudes-NG/Sakai, publishers
Learn more...
Questions or suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions about this page, please send them along to taylorvalerie@deanza.edu
2006.7.3
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