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Understanding Moodle's course codes

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Moodle uses a unique set of characters to individually identify each course in the system. To help understand these course codes, please review the following.

Moodle Course Codes

  1. Login to myPlymouth
  2. Select the myCourses tab and the myCourses window appears.
  3. In the right column, select the Moodle 2 link. This will bring you to Moodle 2's home page
  4. On the left side of the screen, in the Navigation block, select My courses
  5. Here is a list of all the courses you're enrolled in. Notice the numbers in the parenthesis at the end of your course title? This is your course's unique code.

    Moodle Course Code
  6. The first number in the parenthesis is the course CRN
  7. The second number is the semester term code
    • The first 4 digits of the term code the Fiscal Year and the last two digits the semester identifier
  8. Here is a list of all the semester identifiers:
    • UG Fall: 10
    • UG Winter: 20
    • UG Spring: 30
    • UG Summer: 40
    • GR Fall: 91
    • GR Winter: 92
    • GR Spring: 93
    • GR Summer: 94

Note: Remember, our fiscal year starts on July 1st, so Fall and Winter courses are a year ahead. The Composition class shown above shows that this was a UG Fall 2011 class.

Details

Article ID: 2629
Created
Fri 10/2/20 5:08 PM
Modified
Wed 10/14/20 8:08 PM
Applicable Institution(s):
Plymouth State University (PSU)