Moodle Moot 2012: Just 2 - look what she can do!
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IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT
2012
Daniel MackleyStaff TEL Trainer
York St John University
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
SETTING THE SCENE!
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
WHY UPGRADE TO MOODLE 2?
• Moodle 2 included functionality that our users were asking for
• Staff training and development
• Opportunity to enhance our Moodle theme
• Web services - allowed us to pull information to student portal (SharePoint)
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
AUTOMATIC COURSE CREATION & STUDENT ENROLMENTS
Moodle Modules is a web application that sits between the student record system SITS and Active Directory.
Moodle modules dictates what modules are created within Moodle and assigns tutor roles.
The icons used in this diagram are taken from the Open Icon Library: http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net/. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
MOODLE MODULES APPLICATION
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
CUSTOMISATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS
• Moodle theme• Course filter & course overview plus• Simple course import• Integration with SharePoint
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
MOODLE THEME
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
COURSE FILTER & COURSE OVERVIEW +
http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_course_overview_plus
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
SIMPLY COURSE IMPORT
• Modified the course import process in Moodle to allow a ‘copy everything from previous year option’
• Displays the course with a similar course id number
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
STUDENT PORTAL INTEGRATION
• Assignment information is pulled through in to the student portal which is powered by SharePoint
• A web service was written to display assignment information
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
MOVING FORWARD...
• Course creation to be done in the student records system (SITs) to allow integration with the Moodle grade book
• Bulk upload of assignments
• Integrate lecture capture software and media hosting platform
IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012
ANY QUESTIONS?
Thank you for your time.
Daniel Mackley Technology Enhanced Learning Trainer
York St John Universitye: [email protected]