Setting up a Moodle account

  1. Start a web browser and go to http://techtools.culma.wayne.edu/moodle (there is also a link off of the course web site, which is http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/crtvyw06).
  2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the screen and click on Login
  3. Follow the directions on the right side of the screen - the ones under "Is this your first time here?" That is, create a new account on Moodle. You will supply your own User Name and Password, so be prepared. When Moodle asks for your "Surname," that is your last or family name. When Moodle asks for your email address, you must supply a valid email address (Moodle does check). THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A WAYNE.EDU ADDRESS..
  4. When you have completed the new account form and clicked on the button, “Create my new account,” you are temporarily done with Moodle.
  5. You are now at step 3 of the instructions on the Moodle web site (reading your email from Moodle), so open the email account that you told Moodle about and look for a recent email message with the title "CULMA(?) Open Learning Forums: account confirmation." It will be from "Bill Warters." Click on the link in the email message or, if the link is not clickable, copy and paste the URL into a Web Browser.
  6. When you get to Step 5 of the instructions on the Moodle web site, the course you want to enroll in, ISP 5660, will be listed as "W06 Creativity ISP 5660 and ISP 3340" or "ISP5660 W06."
  7. Trust me, you will need this: the enrolment key for this course is "crtvyw06" (without the quotes), and it is zero, not “oh.”
  8. AFTER THIS FIRST TIME, YOU WILL LOGIN ON THE LEFT SIDE UNDER "Returning to this web site?" or, alternatively, you can link directly to these two courses and login there, saving a step.
  9. On the opening screen - it says "CULMA(?) Open Learning Forums" in big letters up at the top - under "People", click on "Edit profile." You can set this as you wish, except I do require an address and TWO telephone numbers (which can be the same) down near the bottom. Phone 1 should be a daytime telephone number, and Phone 2 an evening telephone number.

ON EVERY SCREEN AFTER THE OPENING SCREEN, the "breadcrumbs" separated by ">>" on the top green bar are very important and very helpful for moving around, and are much better than the "Back" button. For example, clicking on the rightmost white breadcrumb works like a "Cancel" for whatever you are in at the time. The "ISP5660 W06" breadcrumb will always get you back to "Course Central" in Moodle, where there is a link back to the public web site for the course.