Transcript Do Oodles With Moodle Vicki DeWitt Director Deb Greaney Lead Trainer

Do Oodles With Moodle
Vicki DeWitt Director
Deb Greaney Lead Trainer
Area 5 Learning Technology Center
Welcome!
Presenters
Workshop Goals
Overview of Moodle
features
Opportunity to “moodle”
Ground Rules
Cell phones on vibrate
Take care of yourself
Questions, please!
Moodle: An Open Source Solution
MOODLE is an acronym for….
“Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment “
It is also a verb that describes the process of…
“lazily meandering through something, doing things as it
occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often
leads to insight and creativity …..”
What is Moodle?
A software package designed to help educators create quality
online courses.
A course management system (CMS)
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
Supports social constructionist pedagogy
Open Source software
FREE to download it, use it, modify it and distribute it ( GNU
General Public License).
.
Supports a range of platforms
Unix, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Netware and any other system that
supports PHP, including most webhost providers.
Data is stored in a single database:
MySQL and PostgreSQL
Can also be used with Oracle, Access, Interbase, ODBC and others….
Available in 40 languages
Who created Moodle?
Martin Dougiamas created Moodle!
Martin is Australian, living in Perth.
Moodle started out as a hobby for Martin,
and grew into the subject of his PhD thesis:
"The use of Open Source software to
support a social constructionist
epistemology of teaching and learning
within Internet-based communities of
reflective inquiry."
Moodle is now being used in many schools, universities
and other educational communities.
Martin Dougiamas
Constructivism
Martin Dougiamas
This point of view maintains that people actively
construct new knowledge as they interact with
their environment.
Everything you read, see, hear, feel, and
touch is tested against your prior knowledge
and if it is viable within your mental world,
may form new knowledge you carry with you.
Knowledge is strengthened if you can use it
successfully in your wider environment.
Overall Design Features
Moodle is designed in a modular way, and
allows a great deal of flexibility to add (and
remove) functionality at many levels.
Moodle upgrades very easily from one version
to the next - it has an internal system to upgrade
its own databases and repair itself over time.
Overall Design Features
Moodle requires only one database (and can
share it with other applications if necessary).
Moodle includes comprehensive database
abstraction that supports many major brands of
database.
Emphasis on strong security throughout. Forms
are all checked, data validated, cookies
encrypted, etc.
Managing a Moodle Site
A site is managed by an admin user, defined during setup
Plug-in "themes" allow the admin to customize the site
colors, fonts, layout, etc to suit local needs
Plug-in activity modules can be added to existing Moodle
installations
Plug-in language packs allow full localization to any
language. These can be edited using a built-in web-based
editor. Currently there are about 40 language packs.
The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license easy to modify to suit your needs
Features of Interest to Educators
Moodle promotes a social constructionist pedagogy
includes collaboration, activity-based learning, critical
reflection, etc
Moodle is suitable for 100% online classes as well as
supplementing face-to-face learning
Moodle has a simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible,
low-tech browser interface
All grades for Forums, Journals, Quizzes and
assignments can be viewed on one page (and
downloaded as a spreadsheet file)
Custom scales - teachers can define their own scales to
be used for grading forums, assignments and journals
Managing Moodle Courses
A full teacher has full control over all
settings for a course, including
restricting other teachers
Choice of course formats such as by
week, by topic or a discussion-focused
social format
Flexible array of course activities Forums, Journals, Quizzes,
Resources, Choices, Surveys,
Assignments, Chats, Workshops
Managing Moodle Courses
Full user logging and tracking - activity reports for
each student are available with graphs and
details about each module (last access, number
of times read) as well as a detailed "story" of each
students involvement including postings, journal
entries, etc on one page.
Mail integration - copies of forum posts, teacher
feedback, etc can be mailed in HTML or plain
text.
Moodle Interface
Blocks
Different users will have different options
Moodle Basics
Log in to the site
Click on
“Login” above
the language
selection box
If you have
already been
added as a user,
just enter the
user name and
password
Moodle Basics
If you do not already have an account, you can create one
Moodle Basics
Once you have logged in, your user name will appear in
the upper right hand corner
Click on your user name to edit your user profile
Looking at a Course
Must have administrative right to add courses
Courses have three formats
Weekly: Section for each week of the course
Topics: Section for any number of topics
Social: Single forum and discussion area
Courses are built by adding resources and activities
Let’s Moodle!
http://data.lth5.k12.il.us
Log in in using User Name and Password on handout
Click on your assigned course.
What format is it? Weekly, Topic, or Social
Review Course Settings
Click on settings in the
Administration block and review
your course settings
Category
Full name
Short name
Summary
Format
Course start date
Enrollment period*
Group mode*
Availability
Enrollment key*
Guest Access
Hidden sections
News Items to show
Show grades
Show activity report
Maximum upload size
Your name for
teacher/teachers
Your name for
student/students
Editing Mode
Click Turn editing on in the
Administration block
The editing icons will appear
Block Icons
You will use these icons throughout Moodle to customize the
interface to meet your needs
Adding Resources & Activities
Resources are static content
you can add to your course
Activities are interactive tools
you can apply to your course
Adding Content-Resources
Compose a text page
Adding a web page
Tip* Remember to turn on
editing to add resources or
activities
Create sophisticated
documents that can be
displayed in any web browser
Adding Content-Resources
Create link to file or web site
In editing mode select “Add link to File or Web Site”
Choose or upload files
Search for web pages
Adding Content-Resources
Adding a directory
Used when students need access to many files
In editing mode click “Display a Directory”
Adding Content
Creative Content
Upload lecture notes (outline) before lecture
External web sites
Online newspapers and magazines
www.merlot.org
Community dedicated to sharing and evaluating educational
resources, simulations, and other materials
www.wikipedia.org
Online encyclopedia developed by thousands of volunteers
www.eoe.org
Online repository of Java learning objects submitted by educators
from around the world
Reducing file sizes
Save PowerPoint as RTF
Scan articles as text, not images
Reduce image size and use compression
Activities
Activities
Assignments
Assignments allow teachers to grade electronically
submitted material or 'offline' submissions such as
paper-based assignments or class presentations
An Upload File assignment
An Online Text assignment
An Offline assignment
Journals
Encourage reflection about a topic
To give feedback and grade entries
Click the journal assignment in the content block
Click “View X journal entries
Each entry will have a feed back area where you can type
feedback
Journals
Effective journal practices
Be specific
Ask higher level questions:
Why, How, Which
If graded, be specific about
what grades are based on
Creative journal practices
One minute responses
What was the muddiest part of
the lesson?
What was the most important
part?
How useful/interesting was the
lesson?
Reflection on content making
personal connections
Brainstorming, drafting, and
pre-writing
Chats
The Chat module allows participants to have a real-time
synchronous discussion via the web. This is a useful way
to get a different understanding of each other and the
topic being discussed.
Chat is always open to students
Effective/Creative Chat Practices
Set ground rules
Not everybody talking at the same time
Keep on track
Good moderation
Online office hours
Group chats
Choices
Here a teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple
responses. This can be useful as a quick poll to stimulate thinking
about a topic, to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course,
or to gather research consent.
A Choice with anonymous results
A Choice with non-anonymous results
A Choice that allows you to update anytime
A Choice with a limited number of responses allowed
Forums
It is in forums that most discussion takes place. Forums
can be structured in different ways, and can include peer
rating of each posting. The postings can be viewed in a
variety for formats, and can include attachments.
Forum Options
3 levels of permissions
Discussions and
replies are allowed
No discussions, but
replies are allowed.
Students can’t start
new discussions
No discussions, no
replies. Students can
read, but cannot post
anything
Managing Forums
Make expectations clear
How often will you be checking posts?
How often are students to post?
Behavior issues
Rude or unruly comments can shut down a discussion
Rating scales can sometime help if tied to grade
Archiving forums
Create a forum called Archive Forum and block posts/replies
Enter discussion you wish to archive and move to Archive Forum
Creative Forum Uses
Interviews
Debates
FAQ
Reading study groups
Social forum
Quizes
Creating a quiz
Choose type of question
Quiz
Question editing page appears
for the type of question chosen
Multiple Choice
True/False
Short Answer
Numerical
Matching
Description
Random Question
Random Short-Answer
Matching
Embedded Answers (Cloze)
Quiz
Importing questions
Moodle supports a variety of formats
GIFT
Aiken
Missing-word
AON
Blackboard/WebCT
Course Test Manager
Quiz
Adding questions
Once questions are created, you must add them to the
quiz
Check the box in front of the question and click “Add to
quiz”
Quiz
Effective quiz strategies
Tie each question to a course
benchmark/goal
Ask multiple questions about
each important idea
Distracters in multiple choice
questions need to represent
common misconceptions
Write questions that require
students to think at varying
levels
Test your questions
Creative quiz uses
Chapter checks
Test practice
Data gathering
Cheating and security
If you display feedback and
correct answers students can
print and “share”
Using the textbook
Working with friends
Have someone else take the
test
“On the Internet, no one knows
you’re a dog.”
Hot Potatoes Quiz
The Hotpot module allows teachers to upload Hot
Potatoes quizzes they have created. Module must be
enabled via Administration>>Configuration>>Modules
Makes available a number of reports which show how
individual questions are answered and statistical trends
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Glossaries
Each Moodle course has its
own set of glossaries
Main glossary editable only by
teacher
Secondary glossaries can
allow student entries and
comments
Creative glossary practices
Collaborative glossary
Credit for word use
Lessons
The Moodle lesson tool is a lot like the Choose Your Own
Adventure books.
Each page in the lesson can have a question at the bottom of the
page.
The resulting page depends on the answer the student gives.
You can create branching paths through the material based on the
selections students make at each page.
Two types of pages
Branching table page
Present the user with the option to select a branch
Question page
Requires an answer and takes the student to another page
Can be graded
Lessons
Creating lessons
Set up basic shell
Create first question page
Lessons
Complete lesson construction
page
Creative lesson practices
Flash cards
Simulations and case studies
Workshops
Most complex tool
Allows student work to be submitted and offered for
review within a structured framework
Provides a process for both peer and teacher review
Easy to use interfaces for uploading assignments, performing selfassessments, and peer reviews of other student’s work
Key to workshop is the scoring guide
Workshop
Adding a workshop
Title & description
Maximum grade
Grading strategy
No grading
Accumulative grading
Error banded grading
Criterion grading
Rubrics
Pick number of dimensions
Allow resubmissions
Number of assessments of teacher examples
Number of peer reviews
Self assessment
Peer agreement
Maximum upload size
Deadline for submission
Workshops
Creating scoring guides
Click on workshop created on main course page. You will
be taken to the “Editing Assessment Elements” page
Enter performance dimension, scale, weight
Accumulative grading
scale
Workshops
Error banding grading
scale
Criterion scoring guide
Workshops
Rubric scoring guide
Workshops
Managing the Assessment page
Six tabs displaying the steps of the workshop setup and delivery
process
Set Up Assignment
links to upload example work for students to review
Allow Student Submissions
When activated students can see teacher’s examples, upload their own
submissions, and complete self assessments
Allow Student Submissions and Assessments
Adds scoring other students’ work
Allow Student Assessments
When activated students can only score teacher examples and perform
self assessment and peer reviews
Calculation of Final Grades
Display Final Grades
Workshops
Effective workshop practices
Important decisions
Number of instructor examples
How many peer reviews
How long to submit
How will you control quality of
peer assessments
Focus on peer assessment or
instructor assessment
Creative workshop practices
Intermediate steps for projects
or writing examples as part of
the process
Presentations and
performances
Wikis
A collection of collaboratively
authored web documents
Allows entire class to edit a
document, create a product, or
each student can have their
own wiki and work on it with
classmates
After you complete the basic
shell, the editing screen for the
first page will appear
Additional pages can be linked
using CamelCase
Wikis
3 types of wikis which interact
with the group settings of the
wiki
Grades and Scales
Grade area is simple tool for tracking scores in the course
Gradebook function is an automated tool for tracking
scores in Moodle which allows you to download scores
Scales give the student non-numeric feedback: word or
phrase
Managing Your Class
Adding students and teachers
All users must be added to Moodle by an administrator
Teachers can then select from the available students and
add them to a course
Click “Students” in Administration Block
Moodle Links
Thank You!
Questions/Comments
Moodel Links
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book
www.moodle.org
www.moodle.com
Presenters’ emails
[email protected]
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