Enhancing the My home page to display forum postings and more
Andy Syson, Coventry University, [email protected]
Background
• New Vice-chancellor • Target - an enhanced student experience and higher
student retention figures
– New Library• Eco friendly
– New course focused approach• Upgrade from Moodle 1.x to 2.x
Lanchester Library
Student retention - the story
Lanchester Library
Student retention - the truth
Course focused
•?
Moodle Hub v1.9
Senior management proposal
• Abandon individual module webs
• Have one big course web
View from my office window
View from my office window
View from my office window
One wish
Solutions
• My home -> My course– Course Directors feel they have ownership
Course focused block– Brings together all information in one compact block
• Teacher links block– Self enrolment in to next year’s module
• e-Module boxes– For external examiners prior to visit
• Play video
Demo
• Login to Coventry Moodle
• Login to Local Moodle
Student view
• Show ‘Move to’– Only for none Universe modules
• Moodle assignments– Roll over to view details – also in calendar
• Your tutors– All tutors plus contact information
• Student profile– Additional profile fields
Staff view
• Show ‘Move to’– For all modules
• Edit office hours– Easy to update
• Course web– Edit summary text – post to the news forum
• Module web– Teacher links & e-Module boxes
Jenkins - a sorry tale
Jenkins - before
Jenkins - after
Thank you