1. MILO Using Moodle at LSE to provide information skills to users Maria Bell Rowena Macrae-Gibson Library, London School of Economics

2. Overview Background Branding & What’s in a name? Moodle vs WebCT Staff training & input Review MILO Live

3. Background LSE chooses Moodle as its VLE in 2007 Course migration IL course already in WebCT Working group of 4 Library staff Moodle training by LSE Centre for Learning Technology staff Different group members contribute to their strengths

4. Branding LSE colours & template No separate Library template Library Sticky block User testing & ‘Friendly’ academic Why MILO? Does it stand for anything?

6. Moodle vs WebCT Courses transferred from WebCT to Moodle Different approach required No long index of separate webpages More user friendly-for Librarians & students Students see course as just part of Moodle Don’t need to register Easier to direct users to Use material you already have

11. Initial review Some sections getting very long Decide to move the Top tips database section into a block

13. The Future? Review Advanced pages: SuperMilo! Subject pages More interactive Staff manuals moving from WebCT to Moodle

14. MILO Guest access available Username:miloguest Password:infolit Valid until the end of April http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/ Choose Library

15. Contact us Maria Bell M.Bell@lse.ac.uk Rowena Macrae-Gibson R.Macrae-Gibson@lse.ac.uk