Here’s a quick video tour of a Moodle course that has some pretty nice design (lots of images) and additional resources for students which explains the course in full detail (expectations, plagiarism, course outline, total points per assignment and more which are all plainly provided to students). The video is by Tamara Wong and highlights an ESL course.
Full video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-VOSlxZtE