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An e-course is a systematic collection of learning materials, activities, and instructions that supports the partial or complete implementation of the learning process online. According to the Guide for Creating Quality E-Courses by the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (2021), an e-course:

• Promotes active learning
• Makes teaching more flexible
• Supports the development of learners' study skills
• Facilitates the formation and development of learning communities
• Allows for choosing suitable time, place, and pace for learning
• Takes into account learners' diverse prior knowledge and learning habits
• Considers the needs of learners with disabilities when possible
• Enables providing feedback supportive of learner development

At Tallinn University, e-courses can be created in Moodle. Guides can be found at /en/tutorials. You can log in to Moodle with a TLÜ account. If you have account-related problems, please write to: moodle@tlu.ee.

• Moodle serves as the environment for conducting teaching activities, while the Study Information System (ÕIS) is used for academic planning and management.
• When creating e-courses at TLU, it is recommended to follow the "Best Practices for Creating and Structuring E-Courses". More information on e-course quality criteria.
• For assistance and guidance on using Moodle and other learning environments, write to eope@tlu.ee.

• Courses can be ordered by filling out the form on the website or sending an email to eope@tlu.ee (please include the course code and title). Please note: If you would like to prepare your autumn semester courses in advance and request a course in the TLÜ Moodle environment, please be aware that courses can be requested until 8 July, and then again from 6 August 2026 onwards.
• Courses can be reused in the new academic year, but previous year's students must be removed to avoid notifications about new ongoing courses.
• Lecturers cannot create or delete courses themselves, if you want to delete an e-course please write to eope@tlu.ee (send link of the course or exact name).
• Add the course link to ÕIS to make it easily accessible to students.

• Include a learning guide providing an overview of the course, supporting learners in planning their studies, and clearly outlining assessment criteria.
• To systematize and structure the course, use various course formats (recommended to use the tiles format), use images and/or .
• You can add to the course, to which you can add a welcome message or the name of the course. The banner can also be added without text.

• Learning materials can be added as files, links, folders, or videos (). 
• Panopto can be used for recording instructional videos both at home and in the self-service recording studio T-323. Guides for Panopto and the recording studio. 
• Course content, including all learning materials and created assignments, can be imported from one course to another.
• For creating interactive learning materials with self-assessment exercises, use H5P. Guide “Interactive content in Moodle”.
• To illustrate learning materials, use free stock photos from , , and .
• Recommendations on digital accessibility are provided in the course "," subtopic no. 16. 
• University recommendations on using artificial intelligence in teaching can be found here. A study material on  was created in September 2023.

• The learner has an overview of the principles of assessment (what, when, and how it is assessed) in the study guide at the beginning of the course.
• For assessment: create assignments, tests, forums, and journals (). 
• To simplify assessment and feedback, use the and .
• Moodle's gradebook offers various options for calculating the overall grade for the course. Contact E-learning Centre for more information.
• Starting from February 2024, it is possible to use  for text matching detection. Tutorials are available in .

• In Moodle, activities such as forums, glossaries, databases, workshops, boards, groups, wikis, and webinars can be used to involve learners in the learning process ().
• For conducting webinars use available tools: Zoom or Google Meet.
• To engage learners in lectures and webinars, various environments and tools outside of Moodle can be used; guides can be found here (subsection "Active learning").

• In the learning guide, specify how students can contact the lecturer and the time frame within which the lecturer will respond to questions. 
• Each course has an announcements forum “Teated õppijatele / News Forum”, where only lecturer can post messages intended for students. Students have read-only access to this forum, and all posts are delivered to students via email. 
• Each course should have an additional forum where students can post questions in case of problems, and lecturers regularly monitor it.
• Moodle offers various activities to gather student opinions, such as surveys and feedback.

• For each learning material and activity, , i.e., when the learner has finished the activity. To get an overview of student progress (both for instructors and students), add a block “Completion progress” to the course. 
• (learning materials, activities) or topics/weeks can be restricted. Access can be limited to different groups, linked to completion of specific activities, have a time limit, etc. 
• The deadlines for all tasks and activities configured in the course are automatically added to the course calendar - both students and instructors can see the deadlines. 
• In addition, with the "" feature, lecturers can mark students who attended the lecture/seminar, or they can grant permission for students to mark their own attendance. 

• Under the “Reports” section, there is a "" available - providing an overview of the activities completed by the learner (if it’s configured, see previous subsection "Monitoring Learner Progress").