NECCMoore245

Moodle session 1000 – 1100 July 5, 2006
Presented by Michelle Moore Sails Pavilion

Lab: 1.Brochure available listing all presentations in this lab. 2.Different s/w CD's available for PC/MAC platforms. 3.Email lists: open source s/w announcements for schools; 4.Email: Dell??

Pod casting available (we hope) or k12opensource.com

Session to be re-presented later at conference.

Moodle was a discovered system in lieu of more expensive programs available, as part of MM's master's program.

MM available at booth #3218

GOAL: To hit the high points of Moodle in this 1 hour session

BACKGROUND: Moodle is: CMS Course Management System Created by an Australian (yay!!) Based on Social Constructionist Pedagogy.

Open Source (s/w is free) No licensing fees moodle.org has a range of s/w developers available to you as a teacher / ed developers

>13K sites / 158 coutnries 73 languages Prinary through Uni.

SITE: HTTP://moodle.remote-learner.net    Note, no www

Create user name and password (currently, no authentication req'd) then fill in the following page. Ensure email address is enabled. Choose PRETTY HTML FORMAT Complete digest: only one email /day + full text Subject digest: gives subject lines only Forum Auto subscribe: initially set to NO then change as you get more used to Moodle. Forum tracking:set to YES When editing text: Use HTML editor – although this is not MAC/PC friendly all the time. Servers Local Time: USA East Coast Preferred Language En_US (USA). English (en) covers UK/AUS. Profile shows up when a user clicks on your name. Optional settings: allows ability to include face pic; personal web pages yada yada yada. Be prepared that what's in the profile can be seen by your students. This may not always be a good thing!

Use the built in nav bar rather than the back button

HOME / miscellaneous / exploring moodle modules /

Standard across Moodle courses:

Content across centre of the page. Moodle is not restrictive with regard to layout.

L/R sides of Moodle page: blocks which can be customised. Always include calendar in course. Messages block can be activated. RSS feeds: allows for content /news to be brought in without you having to find it. Sets topic feeds from Yahoo / Google etc and via RSS sets RSS to search this information for you.

Assignments: Students can do online / offline assignments. Upload assignments, you can grade assignments on line etc. MOODLER'S THOUGHTS on line text assignment Anything a student can create electronically can be uploaded and marked on line

CHAT MODULE: Can be activated / de-activated at the teacher's whim. Transcripts have to be found. They are not automatically sent to you. From CHAT ABOUT CHATS, go link to transcripts. Can have >1 chat room in Moodle. Can set up groups in Moodle course, setting chat rooms for each group, only limiting chat rooms exclusive to a certain set of students.

CHOICE MODULE: Allows teacher to set anonymous / non anon use. Favorite CMS shows you how CHOICE works. Can do surveys in CHOICE and export them to Excel for the graph / chart functionality.

DISCUSSION FORUM MODULES: Allow for so much more than what can be done in the classroom. Allows for class time outside of the classroom. Allows student to input material without the fear of stating it in front of others Students & Teachers can rate responses to provide feedback. ?Is there a way to hide other students posts before they post their own? Difficult but yes it can be done. MM not sure. Try teaching protocols before using this so that students know what expected on-line behaviours are.

GLOSSARIES: Favourite: Can create gloss for course. As you create a word in the glossary, it will auto link to the chat / discussion forums. Can set up only to one course, across >1 course or globally. Cf: moodle defined. Examples: Online learning resources; Math notations how-to LESSON MODULE: Allows to present content and grade automatically.

QUIZ MODULE: Allows quizzing on line and grading on line Allows for far greater participation and far greater ownership of the student of their result. Moodle v1.6 handles essay style questions as well. Can also provide stats for the quiz showing understanding of students Moodle has Hot Potatoes quiz module built in allowing for link to grade /mark books etc. ?Can you link to standards & benchmarks? Problem: state dependent on what a standard / benchmark is. :-( ?Can you share questions and resources among multiple teachers / courses? YES.

RESOURCES: Allows you to u/l resources for students to d/l when they have lost their own copy.

SCORM: Allows for u/l of e-book based resources.