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What does Moodle stand for?
•Modular•Object-Oriented•Dynamic•Learning Environment
Why use Moodle?
Think of Moodle as your Universal Remote for the classroom
picture courtesy of flickr user eekim, available at http://flickr.com/photos/eekim/2174494096/.
Books & readings
Messages, chats, emails
Presentations (ppt, podcasts and more)
Grades
The course schedule
Videos, even YouTube
Build-a-bear made plush toys easy...
...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…