What does Moodle stand for?

•Modular•Object-Oriented•Dynamic•Learning Environment

Why use Moodle?

Think of Moodle as your Universal Remote for the classroom

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Books & readings

Messages, chats, emails

Presentations (ppt, podcasts and more)

Grades

The course schedule

Videos, even YouTube

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...Moodle makes online courses easy.

my very simplistic view of the classroom....

Infrastructure

What is the space used for?

•course length•layout•appearance•groups•units/subjects•calendar•means of communication

Information

What do we need to teach/learn?

•course content•Readings/text books/etc.•Multimedia (videos, slides, …)•Websites•Speakers/guests•Lectures

Engagement

How will we interact with each other/our students?

•Assignments/homework•Discussions•Assessment (quizzes and tests)•Field trips•Writing•collaboration

Let's start building, Pt. 1

Infrastructure

“Settings” and “Blocks”

•Course title•Course length•Course format•Enrolment key•Remote RSS feeds•Upcoming events•HTML•Messages•And much more!

Information

“Add a resource”

•Insert a label•Compose a web page•Link to a file or web site•Display a directory

Engagement

“Add an activity”•Assignments•Upload a file•Forum•Quiz•Journal•Wiki•Glossary•Chat•Choice•And much more!

Let's start building, Pt. 2The best place to start is your syllabus or course outline…