Moodle Training For Teacherswith Chai Nakpiban

About

• Created by Martin Dougiamas

• Philosophy: Learners can contribute to the educational experience

• 49, 256 registered sites

• Over 28 million users enrolled

Bigger Than Texas!

Moodle: 28 Million Texas: 24 Million

Getting Started – Logging In

• http://moodle01.cusd.com

• Username: lowercase letters only

• Password: case sensitive

PRACTICE

• Your username: firstname.lastnameYour password: onlineschool

Setting Up Your Gradebook Overview• Flexible, powerful

• Automatic calculations, exportable to various formats, great organization

• Various ways of aggregation such as weighted average, sum, mode

• Organize your entire course

Setting Up Your Gradebook -Categories• Categories are parent folder for items

• Examples of categories include exams, quizzes, homework, projects, etc

CREATE GRADEBOOK CATEGORY

• Create a category called, “Exams”

• Set aggregation to, “sum of grades.”

• Create an item called “Test 1: Health Basics”

Setting Up Your Gradebook -Items• Items appear inside categories

• Examples of items include specific objects such as “Test 1, Assignment, 2, or Quiz 3.”

• Optional, not necessary and are automatically aggregated as you build your course

Setting Up Activities–Forum• Can contribute significantly to successful

communication, community building

• May cultivate social bonds, interest groups

Setting Up Activities–Forum Terminologies• Post – user submitted message enclosed

into a block containing user’s details such as date/time of posting

• Thread – referred to as “Topic” which is collection of posts

• Emoticon – symbol to convey emotions = ) or : (

How To Set Up a Forum in 3 StepsStep 1: Turn editing on

Step 2: Add an activity…Forum

Step 3: Input Forum name and configure settings

Setting Up Activities–Upload A Single File• Used to turn in assignment such as essay,

photograph, or any file

• Examples include assessment, survey, assignment, quiz, test, etc

CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT

• Create an assignment where a student must write 3 paragraphs

• Make assignment worth 20 points

Setting Up Activities–Advanced Uploading of Files• Used to turn in assignments that require

multiple files .

• Examples include group projects or multi-file assignments

CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT

• Create an assignment where a student must turn in 5 photos

• Make assignment worth 20 points

Setting Up Activities–Online Text• Good for reflections, student views

• Examples include chapter summary, opinions on any subject

CREATE AN ONLINE TEXT ASSIGNMENT

• Create assignment where student reflects on any subject

• Make assignment worth 10 points

Setting Up Activities–Offline Activity• Good for social engagement, exposure to

other cultures, events, or places

• Encourages well roundedness of students

CREATE AN OFFLINE ACTIVITY

• Create assignment where student visits a museum

• Make assignment worth 10 points

Assessments Overview

• Questions

• Categories

• Import

• Export

Additional Resources

• Moodle.org

• Moodle Book

• Lynda.com Tutorials

Conclusion – What We’ve Learned

• Gradebook

• Forum

• Assignment: single file

• Assignment: multiple files

• Assignment: online text

• Assignment: offline activity

• Assessments