Moodle Beginners Training Peter Kilcoyne Director of ILT Worcester College of Technology
Moodle – Key Facts History Open Source Modularity Support Supporting e-learning in developing countries Programme
History Started by Martin Dougiamas in 2000 in Australia as Open source VLE Social Constructivist Massive Growth Moodle 2.0
Open Source Free to use Free to develop Free to customise Free to use as you wish Huge community of developers and Moodle Partners
Modularity Hundreds of free third party Modules to download and use e.g eportfolios, games, plagiarism, podcasting, repositories, register systems, library links etc Develop your own modules? http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009
Support Moodle.org forums and documentation Moodle-uk@jiscmail.ac.uk Moodle Moots Regional Moodle Meetings Moodle Partners YouTube
Supporting e-learning in developing countries Computer aid International Open Source plus Open Content Supporting education in developing countries by supplying recycled ICT equipment and training Building Moodle communities in Africa
Programme – Day 1: Course Building Introductions Moodle – student experience Course Building – settings, headings, labels, webpages, links, files, embedding Communication and collaboration Tools – chat, forums, glossaries, wikis Assessment – Quiz and Assignment Course Management – backups, adding students and teachers
Programme - Day Two 2: Non Technical Administration Structure – Adding Categories and courses Restoring a course Look and feel – changing a Moodle theme and appearence Front page settings User Management, adding users, managing roles Managing Grades Globally Managing and adding modules Moodle reporting
Why has Moodle been so Successful? Cost? Ease of use – flat and like a scheme of work Functionality Adaptability The name? Support and community Behaviour of commercial suppliers