Your login credentials for Moodle are the same as for your DAWGS account. 

Your username is your 8000#
Your password is the same as your PIN to log into the DAWGS webpage.

If you don’t remember your Moodle password, or if your password isn’t working, we recommend resetting your PIN on the DAWGS website. If you've followed the steps below and you're still unable to log in, please contact Justin Mason (406-683-7536) for assistance.

1. As a first step, please go to the DAWGS website: https://dawgs.umwestern.edu:8890/blckprd/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin.
2. Your DAWGS account should use the following credentials:
   User ID: your 8000#
   PIN: [you would have set your PIN (aka password) the first time you logged into DAWGS. If you’ve never logged into DAWGS, the default PIN should either be the last 6 digits of your 8000# or your 6-digit date of birth]
3. If you’re able to log into DAWGS, navigate to the Moodle login page and use the exact same login credentials there (i.e., username: 8000# and password: DAWGS PIN). If you’re unable to log into DAWGS, enter your User ID: 8000#, then click the “Forgot PIN?” button (see screenshot below). 
   
   
   
4. DAWGS will prompt you to answer security questions. Answer the questions then set your PIN. The PIN you choose will also be your password for Moodle. After you set your PIN, it will take 1-2 hours for that password to work in Moodle. 
5. Navigate to UM Western’s Moodle login page (you may want to bookmark the page): https://moodle.umwestern.edu. Use the following credentials to login:
   username: your 8000#
   password: the PIN you set in DAWGS

Once again, if you've followed the instructions above and are still have trouble logging in to Moodle, please contact Justin Mason (406) 683-7536 for assistance.

Request for Proposals (RFP) for UMW Online Learning Mini-Grants

The eLearning Committee, along with the UMW Director of eLearning, invite UMW faculty to submit proposals for online and distance learning mini-grants. These mini-grants are intended to help faculty purchase technology related to online learning, to pay for professional development that is relevant to online teaching and learning, and to support faculty-driven online projects or pilots. This mini-grant program is currently a one-time pilot for fiscal year 2019-2020.

Mini-grants will be funded from student online learning fees and for that reason proposals must relate directly to improving UMW’s online & distance offerings. See the glossary at the end of this document for definitions of online and distance learning.

Categories of Mini-Grants

Eligibility

Any UMW full-time faculty who is currently teaching, or is scheduled to teach, an online or distance course may apply for grants. Adjunct faculty who teach online or distance courses may also apply for grants by first getting the approval of their department chair or division chair.   

Proposal process

• Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis.
• Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of three: Justin Mason, a member of the eLearning Committee, and one faculty member (maybe also from the eLearning Committee).
• Please allow up to one block for a response.
• If your proposal is for faculty development or an online or distance teaching and learning project, please complete both the proposal form and budget form and submit them to Justin Mason justin.mason1@umwestern.edu. Requests for technology may be written directly into an email message to Justin Mason.

Budget

• Faculty mini-grants will be awarded from student online learning fees and for that reason proposals must relate directly to improving online and/or distance teaching and learning at UMW.
• Funds awarded for all mini-grants in fiscal year 2019-2020 will not exceed 20% of eLearning fees generated for the previous year. Once the 20% limit is reached, no more proposals will be funded for the remainder of the fiscal year.
• We expect awards will range from $0-$300 for technology requests, $0-$2000 for faculty development, and $0-$2000 for teaching and learning projects, but larger proposals will be considered if justified and if funds are available.
• Requests for faculty stipends will not be funded.
• Reimbursements for mileage and lodging will follow state rates.

Glossary

Online & Distance learning: Internet or online delivery implies that 100% of the course section is offered completely online and delivered asynchronously, with no face-to-face interaction between instructors and students. Distance education is defined as planned learning that normally occurs in a different place from teaching, requiring specialized course design, instructional techniques, communication through various technologies, and special organizational and administrative arrangements. Both synchronous and asynchronous learning are included in this definition.
(The above definitions come from MT Board of Regents Policy 303.7 – Online Learning.)

Local conference: local = within driving distance of Dillon. Approximately 400 miles.

National conference: A conference where attendance requires air travel—more than 400 miles away from Dillon.

Moodle Gradebook Categories

All UMW courses in Moodle come “pre-loaded” with categories in the gradebook.
I encourage you to edit or remove (but not ignore) gradebook categories that you’re not using.

Case 1: If you want to remove pre-loaded gradebook categories.

Watch this tutorial on video:

Step 1: Log into Moodle and navigate to the course you’d like to edit.
Step 2: In the left navigation bar, click “Grades.” (If you don’t see the left navigation bar, click the button with 3 horizontal lines. See image below.)

Step 3: Click the “Setup Tab.” If it’s not already selected, also select “Gradebook Setup.” (See image below.)

Step 4: Next, in the list of grade items and categories, you should find the following pre-loaded categories: Discussions, Papers, Quizzes, Exams. Next to each category, click “Edit,” then in the drop-down menu that appears, click “Delete.” (See image below.)

You're Done: Unwanted gradebook categories should now be removed!

Case 2: If you want to edit pre-loaded gradebook categories.

Watch this tutorial on video:

Step 1: Follow steps 1-3 on the previous page to find your Moodle course, go to the “Grades” page, and then “Gradebook Setup.”
Step 2: Next, in the list of grade items and categories, find the category you want to edit. Click “Edit,” then in the drop-down menu that appears, click “Edit settings.”

Step 3: From here, change the category name or the aggregation method. When you’re finished, be sure to click the “Save changes” button.

Case 3: If you want to add more categories to the gradebook.

Watch this tutorial on video:

Step 1: Follow steps 1-3 on the previous page to find your Moodle course, go to the “Grades” page, and then “Gradebook Setup.”
Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the page, then click the “Add category” button.

Step 3: Give your category a name and select an aggregation method (see screenshot above). When you’re finished, be sure to click the “Save changes” button.