1. Make Mine Moodle! VSS Symposium Phoenix, AZ October 28, 2008 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Presented by Barb Meidinger North Dakota Center for Distance Education

2. What is Moodle?  Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment  Created by Martin Dougiamas, a computer scientist and educator from Perth, Australia  Works for a university of 200,000 students  Works on a single teacher site

3. What is a Course Management System?  Runs on a server, accessed via a web browser  Gives educators tools to create a course website  Controls who can view the course  Can be used to  teach a fully online course  supplement a face-to-face course

4. Features of a Course Management System (CMS)  Upload and share materials  Forums and chats  Computer-graded quizzes  Assignment submission  Record Grades  Track student activity

5. What Makes Moodle Special?  Free and open source  Educational philosophy  Community  Moodle statistics at http://moodle.org/stats/http://moodle.org/stats/  Sites in over 200 countries  Translated into over 70 languages

6. Moodle in Action  Introduction to Moodle  Logging in  User profile  Accessing a course  Completing a lesson  Online Access to Grades  Activity Logs Activity Logs

7. More Uses for Moodle  Site license for other schools to access curriculum  Project management  Professional development  Access to employee resources  Collegial discussion forums Collegial discussion forums

8. Moodle Reference Materials  Moodle website: www.moodle.orgwww.moodle.org  Using Moodle  ISBN 0-596-52918-5  Moodle: E-Learning Course Development  ISBN 1-904811-29-9  Moodle Magic: Make It Happen  ISBN 0-979878-70-5

9. Contact Information  Barb Meidinger, ND CDE Principal  barb.meidinger@sendit.nodak.edu or 701.231.6008  www.NDCDE.org  ndcde.enroll@sendit.nodak.edu  701.231.6000

10. Thank you!