Sandpit courses are private courses which are hidden from students. They are a great way for teaching staff to develop and test content or Moodle tools before transferring it to a public course. Teaching staff can take advantage of this testing environment by experimenting with complex Moodle tools, settings and blocks until they are ready to integrate it into their teaching courses.
This page provides teaching staff instructions on creating a Sandpit course in Moodle and to create self enrolment keys.
Create a Sandpit Course
To create a Sandpit course, teaching staff must first submit a 'Sandpit Request form', this is due to this feature requiring additional access and can only be done by TELT Administrators.
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.
Create self enrolment keys
Self enrolment keys allow additional enrolments into the Sandpit course to provide non-course participant to enter after the creation of the sandpit. Similar to Sandpit courses, this must be due via a 'Self Enrolment Key Request form'.
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.
Sandpit Guest Access
Guest access to a sandpit will allow users without a 'zID' to view the course. These users will able to access content anonymously but can not participant in activities that require identification in Moodle such as submitting assignments. UNSW staff may use this form to request guest access to an existing sandpit course. You should first be enrolled as an instructor to the course or be a TELT Administrator.
Click 'Get Started' to view the step-by-step guide.