Course Site - Requesting a new academic course

This guide walks through the steps to submit a new academic Course Site (Moodle) course request. This request form is only available to university faculty and staff.

How to submit a new academic Moodle course request

Step 1. Go to go.lehigh.edu/csrequest

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Step 2. Specify instructor of course to be requested

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Enter the username of the instructor of record, according to Banner, into the corresponding auto-lookup field. This form can be completed by any Lehigh faculty or staff member so that department personnel can also submit course requests on behalf of instructors.

Then, select the desired term from the Select an available term drop-down menu. Only terms that have been made available in Banner will be listed as options.

Step 3. Select course and provide required information

The first thing you will notice is a simple confirmation of the instructor you have selected to request a course on behalf of. If you entered the instructor information incorrectly, simply use the provided link to go back to the previous page and start over.

If any course has already been requested for the selected instructor and academic term, the system will advise you of this by providing the course CRN and full name as well as a link to submit a Jira ticket to the Instructional Technology team if you or the instructor are having trouble accessing a previously requested course.

If there are currently no courses available to be requested for which the selected instructor is not listed as the instructor of record in Banner, the system will advise you of this. This is common, especially for adjunct instructors who have not yet been assigned to a course section in Banner. Those courses typically exist in Moodle, but the instructor is set to a generic Teaching Staff non-account that is synced over from Banner.

In any case, if you believe this notice, or the list of available course options to be in error, you will need to follow up with either your department coordinator/chair or the Registrar to have this corrected in Banner. Once corrected, Banner syncs the faculty assignment over to Moodle within minutes of being processed.

Under Course details and required information, select a course from the drop-down menu of available courses.

If this course will be taught by combining sections into one Moodle course, select Yes and this will reveal additional course options to select to be combined into one course and a text area for providing any additional instructions for course creators. Otherwise, select No.

Scroll past the additional information, and there is an option to add a subject librarian to the course. If desired, select the subject librarian(s) to add.

Step 4. Request submission and confirmation

Finally, click Submit Moodle Course Request to submit the request for processing. NOTE: Only click this button once. Clicking more than once will result in an error trying to submit a duplicate request.

Once your request has been submitted, you will be taken to a confirmation page confirming either success or failure with errors. It will also provide information on next steps and what to expect/look for. In general, all requests will be processed within one (1) business day. You will receive a notification either confirming course creation or requesting additional information within that time frame.