Introduction to Moodle Teacher ePortfolio Process Nina Keating January 12, 2010

How do we use MOODLE at WSD? Manage student and teacher electronic portfolios (NH DOE requirement Ed ) Manage student and teacher electronic portfolios (NH DOE requirement Ed ) ePortfolios ePortfolios Moodle ePortfolio Moodle ePortfolio Moofolio Moofolio Moodle Online “Courses” Moodle Online “Courses” Are the Moodle “Web Pages” Are the Moodle “Web Pages” Will replace “Teacher Web” Will replace “Teacher Web” Teacher Web License expires 8/31/2009 Teacher Web License expires 8/31/2009

Today’s workshop Logging into Moodle (home and school) Logging into Moodle (home and school) Overview of WSD Moodle Courses Overview of WSD Moodle Courses Keating-Staff Keating-Staff Enrolling in a course: Barb Bergeron Enrolling in a course: Barb Bergeron Creating course content in Moodle Creating course content in Moodle Department course vs teacher course Department course vs teacher course Will not review student perspective Will not review student perspective

Logging in To Moodle About Logging into Moodle About Logging into Moodle Firefox Firefox Each person must have username/password to access Moodle Each person must have username/password to access Moodle Moodle username/password the SAME as the Powerschool set distributed this year Moodle username/password the SAME as the Powerschool set distributed this year Changing Powerschool password does NOT change Moodle password! Changing Powerschool password does NOT change Moodle password! “Breadcrumbs” not back button “Breadcrumbs” not back button My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration Login to Moodle Login to Moodle Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! “WSD Teacher ePortfolio Process” pg 2 “WSD Teacher ePortfolio Process” pg 2 1. Log in to system account as a yourself 2. Log in to Moodle as your yourself

What’s out there in “My Courses” ? “Breadcrumbs” to get back to WSDMoodle home page, “My Courses”, by clicking WSDMOODLE “Breadcrumbs” to get back to WSDMoodle home page, “My Courses”, by clicking WSDMOODLE Lists courses Lists courses That you are teaching That you are teaching Are a student of Are a student of You are MY student (staff) You are MY student (staff) Select “Ms. Keating” course from your “My Courses” Select “Ms. Keating” course from your “My Courses” Add course: 5 th grade Mrs. Bergeron Add course: 5 th grade Mrs. Bergeron Select your own course from your “My Courses” Select your own course from your “My Courses” Take couple minutes to browse the Moodle course available to you get familiar with what is there Take couple minutes to browse the Moodle course available to you get familiar with what is there

Moodle Course Functions Getting Setup Getting Setup Teacher information Teacher information Edit your profile Edit your profile Course information Course information Administration Block (Course) Settings Administration Block (Course) Settings Who has Access to your course Who has Access to your course People Participants Block People Participants Block Administration Block Assign Roles Administration Block Assign Roles Adding Content to your course Adding Content to your course Add a Label Add a Label Link to File Link to File Link to Webpage Link to Webpage Compose Text Page Compose Text Page Editing Look/layout of your content Editing Look/layout of your content

Moodle Tools Course Content 1 GET SETUP Keating 10/22/08 High level Teacher View of Moodle Components to GET SETUP

Getting Set Up Blocks (= modules = the M in MOODLE) Blocks (= modules = the M in MOODLE) Blocks provide different functions in Moodle Blocks provide different functions in Moodle Predefined blocks available (e.g., Portfolio block) Predefined blocks available (e.g., Portfolio block) You can pick and choose which blocks to use You can pick and choose which blocks to use You can pick and choose which blocks to SHOW/HIDE You can pick and choose which blocks to SHOW/HIDE Your starting Blocks or How did I come up with the template everyone is starting with? Your starting Blocks or How did I come up with the template everyone is starting with? Surveyed every TeacherWeb page and tallied catagories Surveyed every TeacherWeb page and tallied catagories Ranked the catagories Ranked the catagories You will need to customize to add/delete catagories You will need to customize to add/delete catagories You can add blocks LATER You can add blocks LATER “User Profile” ; What Role; Edit on/Edit off “User Profile” ; What Role; Edit on/Edit off People/Participants People/Participants Administration Administration Calendar Calendar Portfolio Keeper Portfolio Keeper Course content Course content

Getting Setup: Teacher information About editing your profileAbout editing your profile Changing your password Changing your password Add photograph/image Add photograph/image My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating)My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating) Password Password Profile tab: Image Profile tab: Image Your turn – try it!Your turn – try it! 1.Click on “WSDMoodle” breadcrumb 2.Click on your name in upper right corner next to “You are logged in as yourname” 3. Change your password 4. Profile tab: Add image from Public (Studentwork)

Getting Setup: Course Information About “Administration (Course) Settings” BlockAbout “Administration (Course) Settings” Block This is what displayed on Main WSD Moodle pageThis is what displayed on Main WSD Moodle page Full name, Short Name, SummaryFull name, Short Name, Summary *CAUTION*: Changes to (Course) settings ONLY take affect on LOGOUT/LOGIN from Moodle*CAUTION*: Changes to (Course) settings ONLY take affect on LOGOUT/LOGIN from Moodle My Turn: Demonstration: Settings (Ms. Keating)) My Turn: Demonstration: Settings (Ms. Keating)) Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1.Select your course 2.“Administration Settings” block: Change value for “Full Name” (e.g., salutation Mrs. Miss, Ms., Dr.) 3. Change value for “Summary” to describe your class (e.g., Grade 3 Mrs. X’s Online Classroom) 4. Logout/login from Moodle 5. Verify your changes

Course Access: How do you know who is enrolled in your course ? About “People – Participants” BlockAbout “People – Participants” Block All your students All your students All teachers/staff who enrolled in your class All teachers/staff who enrolled in your class You can unenroll participants who should not be in your class You can unenroll participants who should not be in your class My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating) My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating) Viewing Participants Viewing Participants Unenrolling participants Unenrolling participants Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. From the “People Block - Participants”, look at who is enrolled in your course 2. Click on a participant and find the “Unenroll me from the course” button, but only use it if you want to remove someone from your class

How do students, teachers, parents get assigned to your COURSE to see your Online Course? Students Students Automatically assigned to your course at beginning of year Automatically assigned to your course at beginning of year You will need to manually assign new students You will need to manually assign new students Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff You can assign teachers/staff (including IA) to your course You can assign teachers/staff (including IA) to your course You can give them a key and they can enroll themselves (and they will remain enrolled) You can give them a key and they can enroll themselves (and they will remain enrolled) Parents Parents Can log into Moodle using student accounts Can log into Moodle using student accounts Can log in as GUESTS, and enroll, but you MUST give them a KEY (but they do NOT remain enrolled) Can log in as GUESTS, and enroll, but you MUST give them a KEY (but they do NOT remain enrolled) Can setup course without a key Can setup course without a key

Getting Setup Student Access About “Administration - Assigning Roles” BlockAbout “Administration - Assigning Roles” Block Classroom and UA teacher’s studentsClassroom and UA teacher’s students AUTOMATICALLY enrolled yearly AUTOMATICALLY enrolled yearly ADD students once they are entered in Moodle ADD students once they are entered in Moodle SpEd/Special services instructors may enroll their studentsSpEd/Special services instructors may enroll their students ***CAUTION***: MAKE SURE YOU ADD STUDENTS AS STUDENTS and not non-editing teachers*** ***CAUTION***: MAKE SURE YOU ADD STUDENTS AS STUDENTS and not non-editing teachers*** My Turn: Demonstration: Enrolling a student (Ms. Keating) My Turn: Demonstration: Enrolling a student (Ms. Keating) Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. From the “Administration Block - Assign Roles”, look at students enrolled in your course 2. SpED and special services add a teacher to your course 3. Refer to “Moodle Course Enrollments and Access”

Getting Setup Teachers/Staff Access About “Administration - Assigning Roles”About “Administration - Assigning Roles” 2 choice on having teachers access your course2 choice on having teachers access your course You can assign them to your courseYou can assign them to your course You can give them an enrollment key and they can enroll themselves in your classYou can give them an enrollment key and they can enroll themselves in your class You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same oneYou have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one Enrollment Key is ____________ and is case sensitiveEnrollment Key is ____________ and is case sensitive My Turn: Demonstration: Enrollment Key (Ms. Keating) My Turn: Demonstration: Enrollment Key (Ms. Keating) Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. From the home Moodle page, select “All courses” button 2. Click on a teacher’s course you would like to check out 3. Enroll by clicking in the “Enrollment Key Box” and typing the key

Getting Setup: Guest (Parent) Access About Guest Login and Temporary EnrollmentAbout Guest Login and Temporary Enrollment For Parents and others who do NOT have a WSD Moodle account For Parents and others who do NOT have a WSD Moodle account Guest must log in with a KEY EVERYTIME they need access Guest must log in with a KEY EVERYTIME they need access You will need to give your parents an enrollment KEY You will need to give your parents an enrollment KEY Guests cannot participate in student activities (forums, chats, etc) Guests cannot participate in student activities (forums, chats, etc) You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one Password IS CASE SENSITIVE Password IS CASE SENSITIVE My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating)My Turn: Demonstration: (Ms. Keating) Settings: Show Enrolment Key and Guest access Settings: Show Enrolment Key and Guest access Logging in as a guest Logging in as a guest Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. LOGOUT of your Moodle acct 2. From “Windham School District's Online Classrooms” Click on a WCS grade teacher Click on a WCS grade teacher Click on button to Login/enroll as a guest Click on button to Login/enroll as a guest 3. Log in to Moodle with your Moodle username/password 4. Go to SETTINGS and CHANGE YOUR ENROLLMENT KEY 5. Refer to “How to Set Enrollment Key”

Adding Content: Resources Method of posting your course content Method of posting your course content 7 types of resources available in total 7 types of resources available in total 1- 4 types that we will address today 1- 4 types that we will address today Labels Labels Text Text Linking to Files Linking to Files Linking to Websites Linking to Websites Activities: Not Today Activities: Not Today Discussions, Quiz, Survey,… Discussions, Quiz, Survey,…

2 ADD CONTENT Keating 10/22/08 High level Teacher View of Moodle Components RESOURCES Resource “Insert a LABEL” Resource: “LINK to WEBSITE” Resource: “LINK to a FILE” Resource: Compose TEXT page

Adding Content: Edit a Label About Editing a Label About Editing a Label Must be in “edit on” mode - toggles Must be in “edit on” mode - toggles My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration Edit contact info in Mx. Yourname Edit contact info in Mx. Yourname Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! Turn edit on Turn edit on Select the edit button in the first “Category” Select the edit button in the first “Category” Modify the label with CONTACT info Modify the label with CONTACT info

Adding Content: Insert a Label About Adding a Label About Adding a Label Must be in “edit on” mode Must be in “edit on” mode My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration In Mx. Yourname add label in “Announcements and Notices category” In Mx. Yourname add label in “Announcements and Notices category” Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. Turn edit on 2. Go to “Announcement and Notices” 3. From “Add a resource dropdown” select “Insert a label” 4. Type a notice to your parents 5. Refer to “Adding/Creating Content for your Course”

Adding Content: Link to a File About Linking to a File About Linking to a File This option used if you have a file already or you want and archive of files (e.g., notices) This option used if you have a file already or you want and archive of files (e.g., notices) Moving/deleting the original file later does not affect Moodle (is a copy) Moving/deleting the original file later does not affect Moodle (is a copy) Moving/deleting the Moodle copy does not affect the original document Moving/deleting the Moodle copy does not affect the original document My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration Link to File Link to File Browse to Location Browse to Location Upload and choose Upload and choose Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. In category “Announcement and Notices” 2. From Resource dropdown select “Link to a File” 3. Word and PDF document in StudentWork (Public MOODLE) 4. Refer to “Adding/Creating Content for your Course”

A word about Native Files v PDF Native ? Native ? Files produced by Microsoft or other software application Files produced by Microsoft or other software application To open/read the file MUST have the program installed on the reading/opening computer To open/read the file MUST have the program installed on the reading/opening computer Use if you want students to opened file and work with it (e.g., giving students template) Use if you want students to opened file and work with it (e.g., giving students template) Timeliner, Kidspiration, Inspiration, Kidpix will generally be UNREADABLE Timeliner, Kidspiration, Inspiration, Kidpix will generally be UNREADABLE Some Windham households do not have Office products Some Windham households do not have Office products PDF ? PDF ? Portable ? File Portable ? File Once generated by a PDF converter, can be read by any computer that has Adobe reader (free) Once generated by a PDF converter, can be read by any computer that has Adobe reader (free) Use if you want to make sure that your content is not changed by your reader (e.g., assignment dates) Use if you want to make sure that your content is not changed by your reader (e.g., assignment dates) Use toy ensure that all readers can open the file Use toy ensure that all readers can open the file PDF creator PRIMO PDF installed on all classroom and laptop computers PDF creator PRIMO PDF installed on all classroom and laptop computers Can download and install on your home computer for free Can download and install on your home computer for free Information? Information? Mrs. Keating course, Technical LINKS, Primo PDF tutorial (movie) available Mrs. Keating course, Technical LINKS, Primo PDF tutorial (movie) available Ms. Keating course, Moodle FORUM Ms. Keating course, Moodle FORUM

Editing the Look of your course

Adding Content: Link to a website About Linking to a website About Linking to a website My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration

Adding Content: Composing Text Page About Composing a Text Page About Composing a Text Page Only use this option if you do not want to use it anywhere else Only use this option if you do not want to use it anywhere else My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration

Resources Ms. Keating Online Classroom Ms. Keating Online Classroom “WSD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Implementation Plan” “WSD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Implementation Plan” Pat Spirou “Portfolio Planning” Pat Spirou “Portfolio Planning” Atomic Learning Atomic Learning Moodle: Introduction Moodle: Introduction Moodle: Intermediate Moodle: Intermediate