Instructions for Logging Into
Jim Luke's Moodle Site
Follow these 5 steps:

  1. Go to http://plansolutions.com/moodle  You might want to bookmark this site - you will always login from this page.  If you forget, there is also a link on the page at plansolutions.com
  2. You should see a screen that looks like this, only with the Username and Password boxes being empty:
  3. Enter your user name.   This is the same user name you use to access other HFCC services such as Webadvisor.  It is typically your last name preceded by the initials for your first and middle name.  There may also be some numerals at the end.  For example, if the famous economist John Maynard Keynes had a HFCC user name it would likely be jmkeynes or jmkeynes27 or something like that. It is all lower case.  Please note that if you had previously taken one of my courses on my Moodle site in the past, then you may have had a different user name then.  Follow these instructions this semester.

  4. The initial password depends on which course you are registered in:
    1. For BEC 151 Macroeconomics:      Maynard36          Be sure you enter it exactly as it appears here. Passwords in Moodle are case-sensitive. 
    2. For BEC 152 Microeconomics:       Smith1776
    3. If you were registered last semester and participated in one of Moodle-based courses, then you are already setup.  Use the password you created for yourself last semeste.  You do not need to change it.  If you don't remember it, then email me and I will reset it for you.

  5. The above password should only work once.  Once you login for the first time, you should be prompted to set a new password that you select. 
Remember this password, you will use it for all future access.  If you forget your password you must email Jim to reset the account.  Your new password MUST:
That's it to log-in the first time.  You may need to login back in after changing your password. If the system does not ask you to change your password and instead logs you in using the temporary initial password, then change it manually within the system. To Change Password from inside the course (at anytime):  after logging into the course, click on "Profile" in the Administration box on the left side of the page.  Then click on "Change Password" button and follow the directions.

It is a good idea to check your "profile" and make sure the information is correct. To do this, after you have logged in, look at the left side of the screen.  There is a block titled "Administration". Click on the "Profile" link in the Administration block.  Then click on the "Edit" tab when your profile appears.  From this "edit" tab, you can change your password and update other information.  DO NOT change your user name. That will lock you out of the course.  But, please make sure that the email address listed is the one you want to use to receive forum posting updates, announcements, and messages from me, Jim.  An optional activity is to upload a picture or avatar of yourself.  This will display next to your name in any forum posting you make.  It's a way to make your discussions with fellow students a little more "human", but it's totally optional.  Finally, also on the "edit" profile page is a button for "advanced edit".  This will display more fields and settings you can change, including adding some instant message addresses if you wish.  This is totally optional and keep in mind that this info becomes semi-public: the rest of your classmates can see it.