Use of Moodle to host IT projects Presented By: Vineet Singh – Assistant Programmer Dr. Bibhya Sharma – Associate Dean – L&T (Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment) The University of the South Pacific

Overview To host 2 projects on Moodle Faculty Orientation Online Tool (FOOT ) Online Mathematics Diagnostic Tool (OMDT)

AIM Functionality USP’s LMS so it’s easy for students to adopt To have marks in gradebook To award certificate, badge and transcripts according to the marks and activity completion To open next activity based on activity completion of required activities USP’s LMS so it’s easy for students to adopt

FOOT Fore first year science students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) interactive and engaging tool was designed in-house to introduce and share information faculty’s support services campus facilities support staff learning and support tools

FOOT Especially for distance students Self-paced and acts as reinforcement Addresses time management, roles and responsibilities, personal commitment and the need for realistic expectations Provides jut-in-time information Online forum for peer networking Developed using Adobe Captivate 9

FOOT Features Animations (games, audio, coins) through gamification Short Interactive Videos (Video scribe) In-built Surveys Electronic Questionnaire Responsive

FOOT Flowchart

Use of Moodle in FOOT Hosted on Moodle Moodle Authentication & Social Authentication plugin (auth_googleoauth2 by Jérôme Mouneyrac) Conditional Activity to control the flow and awarding certificate Badge feature and Certificate plugin (Mark Nelson) SCORM Package – well integrated Feedback Questionnaires

OMDT The OMDT is designed to diagnose incoming students’ weaknesses in different areas of mathematics and directs them to relevant online remediation based on their online test performance. Topics covered: Algebra, Functions, Differentiation, Integration and Statistics & Probability.

OMDT Test – Moodle Remedial – Adobe Captivate

Flow of OMDT

Question Bank Quiz 8 questions 15 minutes 1 attempt. > 50% to pass & earn 2 star.

Remedial Modules

Use of Moodle in OMDT Hosted on Moodle Moodle Authentication & Social Authentication plugin (auth_googleoauth2 by Jérôme Mouneyrac) Conditional Activity to control the flow Moodle Quiz Badge feature and Certificate plugin (Mark Nelson) and Transcript plugin (Extended from certificate) SCORM Package – well integrated Feedback Questionnaires

Transcripts Extended from Certificate Plugin Opens when all above activities completed Mark Range (%) Grades Attained 78+ A 64-77 B 50-63 C 0-49 D

Transcript Configuration

Transcripts Flowchart

General & Recommendation Moodle is user friendly Moodle is well integrated for SCORM Packages Moodle to add timer per quiz question (Cloze) question type is a great feature Allow to give 1 mark if 2 objectives are correct

Questions We want to host on Moodle since it’s current learning management system of USP and it has security features and students are already in it. Easy to manage. Other tools which we used, we made sure that it can be integrated with Moodle and that is why we used them.