1. Moodle in the School of Life Sciences
Rebecca Freeman

2. Why a VLE? Complex assessment processes
Monitor timeliness/quality of feedback
Fresh look at online resources
Platform for innovation
Collaboration
Head of Department support (and therefore IT support)

3. Learning, teaching and assessment Website, Student Handbook
VLE
Website, Student Handbook
Sitebuilder
Student information management
SITS (Tabula)

4. Implementation Reviewed the options Pilot space Jan 2012
Blackboard
Moodle
Pilot space Jan 2012
Identified champions – academic and admin
Started moving module content over

5. Implementation University hosted Moodle Summer 2012
Training – all academics
module maintenance
actvities
setting up assignments
marking assessed work
Developed tutorial programme
Groups
Deadlines and return dates
Pdf marking

6. Integration Single sign on Links between Sitebuilder and Moodle
Familiar theme
Draws module info from SITS
Management of student marks in Moodle

7. Student view – my courses

8. Implementation Autumn term 2012 Roll out to students
Training offered
On-going user groups – forums, wikis, quizzes etc
Inclusion of assessed work from Labs
Feedback from staff and SSLC

9. Current status All UG courses are represented on Moodle
Tutorials – all course materials and assessment
Modules – all course materials and activities
Laboratories – course materials and some assessment
PGT to move summer 2013

10. Platform for innovation
Forums – diary exercise
Wikis
Video
Quizzes
Audio feedback
Gives people the freedom to innovate.
Not always perfect but can always link to elsewhere

11. Diary Exercise

12. Wiki

13. Quiz

14. So far… Increased knowledge of supporting learning online
Encouraged innovation
Great student feedback

16. Student view - Module

17. Student view - submission

18. Student view – feedback

19. Lecturer view – my courses

20. Lecturer view - module

21. Lecturer view - edit

22. Lecturer view - tutorials

23. Lecturer view - marking

24. Lecturer view – marking

25. Administrator view - assessment