1. Use Your Noodle — Learn Moodle!
Michelle Moore
Davonna Willits
Kelsey Baker
Mollie Roths
Take pictures with digital camera as students come in—give disk to student to use later to upload picture

2. What is Moodle? Course Management System (CMS)
Originally started by Martin Dougiamas
Based on Social Constructionist Pedagogy
-Also known as Learning Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
-Moodle was the basis of Martin’s PhD work; now Martin has Moodle.com to provide support and/or servers for Moodlers
-social constructionist related to constructivist; basic idea is learning more effectively by working as a group (social) constructing knowledge for yourself and others; Moodle is best for this type of learning, but doesn’t force it.

3. Moodle is Open Source Moodle Software is Free! Community of Developers
Moodle can be Modified
-as opposed to Microsoft Windows which is closed source; Linux is another popular open-source program; our system is open source as well
-The software itself is free—there are costs involved in servers, bandwidth, technical expertise, etc.; however, this means that we don’t have to risk losing the software because the licensing fees have gone up
-Large community of developers are working on improving and adding to Moodle; real people who are creating things based on their needs, not working on features to make more money; if there is a bug, you can report it and somebody will work on fixing it; if you want a new feature or want to tweak the program, you can—with the right technical expertise

4. Moodle Worldwide 566 sites from 65 countries 34 languages
Primary school through University level use
Company training
Home Schooling
More language translations than WebCT or Blackboard

5. Moodle in Winfield Winfield Virtual School
Users range from 2nd grade through college students
Book Buddies
Pre-Algebra supplement
Generation Y class
Book Discussion
WMS Student Center
Viking Academy

6. Winfield Virtual School
On the Internet at
imp.usd465.com/moodle

7. Register at WVS Username and password
No spaces
Underscores and periods are acceptable
Tip: Choose a standard for usernames and passwords

8. Creating Your Profile Fill in first name, last name and e-mail address
display
format: Pretty HTML format
Auto-subscribe: No!
Editing text: Use HTML editor
Fill in city and choose country and language
Timezone: Server’s local time
Description
Picture
display: Hide for students; optional for teachers

9. Enroll in Exploring Moodle Modules
Click on WVS in top left corner
Select KS Tech Conference in Courses
Choose Exploring Moodle Modules by clicking on course title
“Yes” I want to enroll

10. Exploring Moodle Modules
Overview of each activity module
Discussion Forum for each module
Example activities

11. Moodle Modules Assignment Chat Choice Dialogue Forum Journal Quiz
Resource
Survey
Workshop

12. Assignment Module Used to assign tasks Online or offline
Allows electronic submission

13. Chat Module “Anytime, anywhere” communication Scheduled or spontaneous
Chat transcripts available

14. Choice Module Informal survey tool
Create questions and provide choices for participants
Results can be posted with identities or anonymously

15. Dialogue Module One-on-one asynchronous conversations
Like an internal system
Teacher-student, student-student or both

16. Forum Module Provides areas for large group discussions
Can be restricted
Only teacher can post
Student can only post once
Posts may only be allowed in a specific time frame
Posts can be rated

17. Journal Module
Write and reflect in response to questions from instructor
Can be edited over time
Teachers can provide feedback

18. Quiz Module Create and give online quizzes Variety of question formats
Option for immediate feedback
Questions can be shuffled
Multiple choice answers can be shuffled

19. Resource Module Tool for bringing content into the course Text files
HMTL files
Links to webpages
Web applications

20. Survey Module
Research-based surveys to aid teachers in making classes more effective
COLLES—Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment Survey
ATTLS—Attitudes to Thinking and Learning Survey

21. Modules in Progress
Glossary—allows teachers and students to create a course glossary
Workshop—tool for peer editing

22. Modules in Development
Appointment
Attendance
Exercise
Label
WebWork

23. Create Your Own Course Return to WVS Administration>Courses
Add a new course

24. Questions Implementation Technical General michelle_moore@usd465.com
Technical
General
Moodle.org