1. I NTEGRATING Google Apps WITH Moodle A Collaboration between Luther College, UCLA, the University of Minnesota MootUS16 - June 23, 2016

2. I NTEGRATING Google Apps WITH Moodle Project Overview Use Cases for Google Apps in Moodle Linking a Google Account to a Moodle Profile Using Google Drive for Dynamic File Resources Setting Permissions for Dynamic File Resources Challenges & Future Development Resources & Questions

3. P ROJECT O VERVIEW History Luther College pioneered the integration in 2011 with their product MORSEL Moodle’s core repository (Legacy Course Files) was supposedly being eliminated Used In production for 3.5 years Luther’s Presentation at MootUS15 prompted collaboration Transitioned from Custom Code to Modification of Core Repository Collaboration Weekly Zoom Video Conferences JIRA Project Management Github Code Management

4. U SE C ASES FOR Google Apps IN Moodle As an instructor I want to be able to connect my Google Account once, and have Moodle remember it indefinitely. I want to be able to share a dynamic Google document (not a static upload) through the file picker (as opposed to having to paste a link) I want to be able to embed a resource in Moodle from Google Drive so students don’t have to leave Moodle to view it I want these document secured so that only students in my course can view them, and only instructors can edit them

5. L INKING A Google Account TO A Moodle Profile Core Google Drive Repository Access to Google Drive is limited to a single session Products like Schoology and Canvas have persistent connections Our Prototype User can link their account from the repository the first time it is used Link is stored in the User Profile page

10. U SING Google Drive FOR D YNAMIC F ILE R ESOURCES Core Google Drive Repository Only option is to upload a static copy of the resource to Moodle Our Prototype Static option is retained Dynamic option to link to resource Dynamic option to embed resource within Moodle Dynamic option to force the download of the resource

16. S ETTING P ERMISSIONS FOR D YNAMIC F ILE R ESOURCES Moodle Side Instructor Roles are granted Edit permissions Students are granted View permissions Google Side Resource Owner can share with people not in the course, but if they delete someone that is in the course, that person will be added back in through a batch process.

18. C HALLENGES & F UTURE D EVELOPMENT Challenges File Picker Pervasiveness Permissions Enrollment Validation Future Development Bi-Directional Calendar Syncing Dynamic Student Submissions (Assignment) Group Permissions Synchrony with File Submission Types in Atto (e.g. Limit to Images)

19. R ESOURCES & Q UESTIONS Team Bob Puffer - Web Developer, Luther College Nick Thompson - IT Director, UCLA Rex Lorenzo - Lead Developer, UCLA Tulasi Atikamsetti - Developer, UCLA Mark McKay - Senior Analyst, University of Minnesota Gedion Woldeselassie - Developer, University of Minnesota Code Github Repo: https://github.com/gedion/Moodle-gdoc-prototype