2. Help! How can I make my Moodle site look better and be more engaging for my students? Silvia Vogel & Marissa Viray-Carlos eLearning Officers, FMNHS, Monash University

3. Why bother? ●Learner-Content Interaction First type of interaction that enables learning to happen (ref: M.G. Moore, ‘Three types of interaction’, American Journal of Distance Education, 2009) ●DIY whenever possible is best In our case, our team of 6 people support (or try to) over 1,000 academics and staff in our faculty alone; we administer 700+ Moodle units accessed by 10,500+ students

4. What’s the design goal? eLearning Content that is: Engaging = FUN for students ○ F = F indable ○ U = U nderstandable ○ N = i N teractive

5. How can we achieve it? To make your Moodle site FUN, make sure various content elements in your site CLCC (pronounced ‘click!’) ○ C = C lear ○ L = L ogical ○ C = C onsistent ○ C = C reative

6. To get started......run your Moodle site by ○ N avigation - does it CLCC? ○ C ontent - is it chunked? does it CLCC? ○ I nteraction - does it include action items? do they CLCC? ○ S tudent feedback - be brave...ask what they think

7. Navigation: Distance ed course Before

8. Navigation: Distance ed course After

9. Navigation: Variations Different banner and colour theme

10. Navigation: Variations Larger banner, text links

11. Navigation: Variations Using images as navigational links

12. Navigation: Variations No image banner, just coloured table cells

13. Navigation: Variations Using web-style navigational structure

14. Content: Chunking techniques Use Books

15. Content: Chunking techniques Use labels to create consistent headings and dividers

16. Content: Chunking techniques Use Pages to chunk content or provide a sitemap

17. Interaction: Lessons

18. Interaction: SCORM Packages

19. Link SCORM package content pages to Forums, Quizzes

20. Student Feedback Find out what your students think: ●Talk to them or ●Do a quick survey using the Feedback item

21. To recap: ●Make your site FUN (Findable, Understandable, iNteractive) for students ●Make your design CLCC (Clear, Logical, Consistent, Creative) ●Assess using NCIS (Navigation, Content, Interaction, Student feedback) Chat with us on our forum space OR Explore the templates for 10-days as a ‘Student’: http://moodle27.med.monash.edu.au/ http://moodle27.med.monash.edu.au/