Moodle: An Open Source Course Management System

A Free Open Source Course Management System

Rafael ScapinCoordinator of Educational Technology

Office of Instructional DevelopmentDawson College

Theoretical Moodle

Moodle is a free software e-learning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), or Learning Management System (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)).

Acronym for:

Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

What is Moodle?

Moodle was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas, a WebCT administrator at Curtin University, Australia.

What is Moodle?

Moodle is used in 208 countries in 75 languages.

Who uses Moodle?

Moodle in Québec

Who uses Moodle?

Who uses Moodle?

Who uses Moodle?

August 31st, 2009: expiration of WebCT’s licence

Moodle at Dawson

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Migration from WebCT to Moodle

WebCT 4 Course

(Created by Rajesh Malik)

Migration from WebCT to Moodle

WebCT 4 Course migrated to Moodle

(Created by Rajesh Malik)

Moodle can easily be used to:

• Create, deliver and manage web-based content for courses.

• Add online elements to traditional courses (to supplement current in-class instruction).

• Facilitate and deliver completely online courses asynchronously or with limited face-to-face interaction.

What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:

• Communicate, real-time and/or asynchronous collaboration and communication tools

• Assess integrated quizzes and grade books

• Manage course/content: upload course materials (audio, video, documents like .doc, .pdf, .ppt files), link to other sites, embed files and resources

What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:

• Attach files for students to download

• Link to resources anywhere on the internet

• Create interesting classroom environments without learning HTML

• Easily manage your course from year to year (never lose your work!)

What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:

• Continue your class discussions online

• Chat online with students

• Engage students in discussions forums

• Help students collaborate over the internet, within their groups and within the classroom.

What is Moodle?

• No programming experience necessary

• Engage all learning styles

• Provide multiple methods for learning the same material

• Decrease paperwork (green solution!)

• Engage digital natives where they learn best

What are the benefits?

There are 2 ways you can start using Moodle:

1.Using it via web:

http://moodle.dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Or

2. Installing it on your computer

(this way you can use it offline too!)

http://download.moodle.org/

Windows, Linux and Mac OS

How do I start?

Practical Moodle

Starting with Moodle

Go to:

http://moodle.dawsoncollege.qc.ca

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Positioning blocks

Assign roles to a block

Hide blockDelete blockMove UpMove DownMove Right

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Editing an activity block

Move rightMoveUpdateDeleteHideGroup

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Editing a topic block

Show only this topic

Highlight this topic as the current topic

Hide this topic from students

Move Topic Down

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Adding a Resource into a Topic

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Adding an Activity into a Topic

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Adding Blocks

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Admin Panel

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Examples of Moodle courses

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https://moodle.polymtl.ca/course/view.php?name=soutien

https://moodle.polymtl.ca/course/view.php?id=448

Examples of Moodle courses

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Books on Moodle

Books on Moodle

Books on Moodle

Free Moodle book:

“Using Moodle”

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book

Presentation online

This presentation can be downloaded at:

www.slideshare.net/oid

Questions

E-mail: rscapin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Ext.: 1404 - Room: 4B.3A-3