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	End of Year Roll Over Instructions for Teachers Recommended Websites (updated 27 Nov 09) WeLCom Tutorials (Updated 23 Nov 09) WeLCom's Computer Session Survival Guide CourseDesign4DistamceLearning (From Cantatech) WeLCom Gallery Check out our community Can you see your pic?	Mathemoodlics 2010 Earn "tickets" for the termly lucky draw. Two $20 vouchers to be won. See Mathemoodlics '10 for details. Any WeLCom users are welcome to enrol. Open Courses See the course information for each course in the Open Courses Category. Students can enrol themselves. Teachers can make use of them for their classes.

	FAQ by Anton Coltham Tchr - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 11:30 PM
	Frequently Asked Questions (Mainly for Teachers) Stuck with something Moodle related? Check the FAQ to see if someone else has had the same problem. Things like ... where to start; adding students; resetting passwords; finding the key for your course; creating activities; embedding objects; using books; adding hotpots ... Click on the on the RHS of this page.

	Please check your email addresses by Anton Coltham Tchr - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 11:30 PM
	Could all WeLCom users - both students and teachers - please check their email addresses they have on their profiles. There are heaps of emails being returned to the administrator due to them being incorrect.

	Student File Area by Anton Coltham Tchr - Thursday, 21 January 2010, 11:29 PM
	The "Student File Area" feature is now available again. This is an area within a course where students can upload their own files. If teachers want to enable this feature in their courses then see the details in the staffroom forum: http://www.welcom.net.nz/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1185 If students feel that they need this feature in any of their courses then they can contact me

I recently noticed that most users have "Forum Tracking" set to "No" on their profile. With our newer version of Moodle users must change this setting if the want to track forum posts. Being able to track unread forum posts is very useful and everyone (ESPECIALLY TEACHERS) are encouraged to enable that feature.

To do this

Click on your name in the top corner of the main WeLCom page.
Click "Edit Profile"
Make sure that the "Advanced Settings" are showing (there will be a "Show Advanced" button if they are not)
Change the "Forum Tracking to "Yes : highlight posts for me" (as shown below.