Introducing BIM

Introducing BIMDavid Jones ([email protected])

http://tr.im/EQOG

Overview

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sookie/100608625/

What?

Why?

How?

BAMIntoMoodle Activity module for

Moodle

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolifebeforecoffee/124659356/

BAMIntoMoodle


Duplicates and expands Webfuse tool

(Jones and Luck, 2009)

BlogAggregationManagement

- 26 offerings, 7 courses- 2790+ students- 20,000+ blog posts


Students create and register blogs/feeds


They answer questions (or not)


BIM aggregates/mirrors the student posts


BIM “allocates” posts to questions

Unallocated

Submitted


BIM shows students what it knows about their posts


BIM provides teaching staff with management interface


BIM integrates with Moodle gradebook

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3588989219/


Personal Sense of ownership



Open



Better

Open



Better

Open

Reflection

Interaction

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/267095174/


Open


Open

More workUnfamiliarit

y

More “marking”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaiyuya/74134502/

Add a BIM activity

Use a BIM activity

Coordinator

Student

Marker

Troubleshoot

Behind the scenes

Add an activity

Configure

Use the activity

http://www.flickr.com/photos/qnr/430060133/

Types of user

Capability Moodle role What they can do

Coordinator Editingteachercoursecreatoradministrator

Configure, manage questions and marking, mark and release posts. Change and register blogs for all students

Marker teacher Mark posts and register blogs for their students

Student student Register a blog/feed.View details about their blog.

Student

Configured by coordinator

Not a URLNo feeds

Can’t be accessed

Common Wordpress problems


Types of user






Marker

Questions

All posts (allocate)


Types of user






Configure

Manage questions

Allocate markers

Manage marking

Find student

Your students


Behind the scenes

“Post” cycle

Allocation

Mirroring

http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/3530836012/

Student posts


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Automatic allocation

Can’t be marked


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Manual allocation


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Suspended


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Suspended

Marked


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Suspended

Marked

Released

Visible to

students


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Suspended

Marked

Visible to

students

Released


Behind the scenes

“Post” cycle

Allocation

Mirroring


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Manual allocation

Unallocate + list of all unallocatedquestions


Student posts

Submitted

Unallocated

Automatic allocation


Question title conversion

Week 9 Reflection

.*week.*9.*reflection.*


Question title conversion

Week 9 Reflection

.*week.*9.*reflection.*

Compare with post title

My blog post for week 9 reflection

Week nine reflection

Wk 9 reflection

Week 9Week hello 9 goodby

reflection

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/435888435/

What happens?

When?


What happens?

When?

http://simplepie.org

checks for updates

Version cachedNew posts in dbaseAutomatic allocation


What happens?

When?

http://simplepie.org

checks for updates

Version cachedNew posts in dbaseAutomatic allocation

Ever hour (or cron value for BIM)

When the studentviews their details

OR

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cesarastudillo/299402782/

Common problems (BAM)Student - Can’t register blog

Student - Post doesn’t appear, isn’t marked

Marker – Post doesn’t appear

Marker – The posts aren’t the students

Student – I need to change my blog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cesarastudillo/299402782/

Solutions

Screencasts http://vimeo.com/

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Error checking in code

“Markers” can register blog“Coordinator” can change blog

Remind “markers” about manual allocation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/80417459@N00/2471314610/

http://tr.im/EQOG

Introducing BIM

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