Moodle at l’EPFL A rapid overview Patrick Jermann Fabien Girardin Pierre Dillenbourg CRAFT: Centre de Recherche et d’Appui pour la Formation et ses Technologies VPAA: Vice-Présidence pour les Affaires Académiques
« offer a tool in order to »: Facilitate the creation of the « course website» Support the adoption of new pedagogical strategies
An example … a course website
Info needed to create a course Name Description (~250 words) List of teachers (prof., assistants) Format « thematic »: # of themes « weekly »: start date, # weeks « project »: # phases
Creating a course: « topics » format Theme / Topic « Ressources »
Creating a course: « weekly » format 21 October – 27 October
Creating a course: « Project » format Gantt Diagram
Creating a course Control of enrollment Visibility for students (yes / no) Access for guests (yes / no / key) Enrolment key
Controlling course enrollment EPFL « GASPAR » UNIL, Unige, etc … EPFL-Guests « Course Statique & Dynamique » Enrollment key e.g. « statdyn83 » « guest » access w/o key Manual edition of A students list IS-academia « automatic »
Creating a course Visibility for students of : grades (yes / no) logfiles (yes / no) groups (yes / no) Naming for teachers / students defaults to « teacher » « student »
Inside the boxes: modules Main modules Ressources (URL, files) Assignments Multiple Choice Questionnaires Discussion Forums
Inside the boxes: modules Additional Modules Glossary Vote / Poll Wiki (collaborative WWW sites) Scheduling …
To know more about editing courses… « hands-on » Workshop June 29th 2005 at 2pm (-> 6pm) Room CO minutes crash-course Call me ( ) me
Moodle Developments Very lively open source community Modularity Themes Learning activities Course Formats Database Schemas Interoperability Access to files Authentication Pedagogical content format (e.g. SCORM) Webservices
Developments at CRAFT Project course format Chemistry Quizz
« Project » Format
« Cockpit »
Chemistry Quizz
Thank you for your attention … To create a course or Title of the course Description Format (start and end dates if « weekly ») List of participants external to EPFL « hands-on » Workshop around Moodle June 29th 2005 at 2pm Room CO 172