E-learning technology Notes about using Moodle to teach online By Benjamin Vail June 19, 2007

Course Management Systems Used to deliver course content and communicate between teachers and students Creates a “virtual learning environment” Popular CMS include: –WebCT –Blackboard –FirstClass –Moodle –Desire2Learn

Free, open source software package The site with the most courses in the world is the Brno Technical University with courses and users Available in 71 languages, including Czech and Norwegian Our program is hosted by the MU Faculty of Arts ( About

How to access Moodle ELF – e-learning system of the MU Faculty of Arts

Setting up your course homepage Settings –Control access to your course –Set the schedule –Write course description

Uploading resources to Moodle To make your syllabus or other documents and files available to students, the files must be uploaded to the Moodle system and then displayed on the page You can manage these files to control how they are displayed and used by students

Moodle activities Quiz Discussion Wiki

Grading Moodle can automatically grade some quizzes. Grades entered into Moodle grade book, so you can see student results

Monitoring student activities You can use the “Reports” tool to track student activities

Communicating with students “Latest news” – you can post announcements that will be ed to all enrolled students “Upcoming events” – you can draw attention to assignments or other activities “Messages” – you can send and receive messages with enrolled students Regular

Graphics Can help make text more interesting Should be relevant to the topic Too many can be distracting

Audio and Video Can enrich the text material Be sure students can use the software Be sure file size isn’t a problem Link to video files or websites Convert lecture to a narrated slide show

Learn more about Moodle ELF’s training – in Czech: –Výkladní skříňVýkladní skříň

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