Mastering Moodles Learning Activities Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinator of Educational Technology Information Systems and Technology (IST) Dawson College
Content What is Moodle? Activities and Resources
How to Access it? Learning Activities Best Practices Course Formats
An Overview of Moodle Main Features Questions Embedding External Resources
Using the Cloud What is Moodle ? Moodle is a free, open source Course Management System (CMS) / Learning Management System (LMS) Acronym for:
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Moodle is used in 200+ countries in 100+ languages. Moodle was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas, a WebCT administrator at Curtin University, Australia Latest stable version: 3.4.1
Dawson uses version 3.2.7 Accessing Moodle Accessing Moodle
Accessing Moodle http://moodle.dawsoncollege.qc.ca Moodle Hierarchy Administrator
Teacher Non-Editing Teacher Student
Course Formats The Scroll of Death Course Formats: Topics
Course Formats: Weekly Course Formats: Collapsed Topics Course Formats: Grid
Moodle Main Features Moodle Main Features Attendance List
Attendance List Activities and Resources Use of Activities in Moodle Asynchronous online discussions (Forums)
Reflection and analysis via carefully constructed questions Need guidelines and facilitation to keep the activity focused on the goals/objectives of the lesson (instructor to model at the beginning of the course, and then students can have opportunity
to create discussion questions and facilitate) Feedback in the form of a grade, or as a summary of the discussion topic Use of Activities in Moodle Case study (Forum, Assignment, Turnitin)
Analysis, synthesis, and application of course content through responses and interaction Students could post their answers, and then it becomes the basis for an online discussion Use of Activities in Moodle
Group assignment (Wiki, Forum, Assignment, Turnitin) Small groups construct a solution to a given problem, and demonstrate their understanding through some sort of digital presentation (can be to whole class)
Debates (Wiki, Forum, Voice Activity, video upload through Assignment or Forum) Teams discuss a controversial topic/article in a structured forum, each taking a position Promotes analysis and synthesis
Use of Activities in Moodle Self-check activities A Quiz that is marked by Moodle A Q & A forum where the students can only see the Instructors post/correct answer (and all other students answers) after they post their thoughts first
An Assignment where the students can get participation marks for completing it, and then the Instructor can post the answers as a file/document so they can check their own work Creating Groups
Creating Groups Groups and Groupings Use Groups in Moodle, to assign a particular activity (or all course activities) to groups of students.
Groups can be especially useful for activities where students interact with one another. With forums, wikis, and databases, students in the same group can post and reply only to each other. Each group member always works in their own group, but you can control whether or not they can see
contributions of members of other groups. Groupings are a collection of groups, and you can assign activities to specific groupings as needed. Assignments
Separate students by groups Use an anti-plagiarism plugin
(Turnitin) Audio files (Poodll plugin)
Restrict access Assignments
Assignments Assignments: Rubric Quizzes
Separate students by groups Select desired feedback
Restrict access Quizzes
Creating a quiz in Moodle is a 2-step procedure: 1.Setup the quiz features 2.Add questions Quizzes
Setup the quiz Setup the quiz Quizzes
Adding questions Quizzes
Quizzes Adding questions Cloud Storage Platforms 15 GB for free. $1.99/month
for 100 Gb. $9.99/month 1 Terabyte 5 Gb for free. 50 Gb for $1.99/month. 1 T for $6.99/month Dawsons Faculty and Students
have 1T for free! How Safe is it? Not Encrypted
Data Encrypted Data Why Using Cloud Storage?
Traditional Way to Exchange Files E-Mail Why Using Cloud Storage?
Exchanging Files in the Cloud Why Using Cloud Storage? Exchanging Files in the Cloud: Multiple Devices
Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video
Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video
Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video Adding External Resources Embedding a Youtube Video
Adding External Resources Embedding Office 365 Files Adding External Resources Embedding Office 365 Files
Adding External Resources Embedding Office 365 Files Adding External Resources Embedding Office 365 Files
Getting Feedback: Feedback The feedback activity module enables a teacher to create a custom survey for collecting feedback from participants using a variety of question types including multiple choice, yes/no or text input.
Feedback responses may be anonymous if desired, and results may be shown to all participants or restricted to teachers only. Getting Feedback: Feedback
Getting Feedback: Choice The choice activity module enables a teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses. Choice results may be published after students have answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be published with student names or anonymously.
A choice activity may be used: As a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic To quickly test students' understanding To facilitate student decision-making, for example allowing students to vote on a direction for the course
Getting Feedback: Choice Getting Feedback: Questionnaire The questionnaire module allows you to construct surveys using a variety of question types, for the
purpose of gathering data from users. Getting Feedback: Survey The survey activity module provides a number of verified survey instruments that have been found useful in assessing
and stimulating learning in online environments. A teacher can use these to gather data from their students that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own teaching. Note that these survey tools are pre-populated with questions. Teachers who wish to create their own survey
should use the feedback activity module. Getting Feedback: Survey Turnitin Module
Moodle Apps (iOS & Android) iOS https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moodle-mobile/id633359593?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.moodle.moodlemobile&hl=en Resources Moodle.org: http://www.moodle.org
Moodle News: http://www.moodlenews.com/ Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/rscapin/the-best-moodle-modules-andplugins
DawsonITE: http://dawsonite.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/ Resources Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/Moodle-tutorials/Learning-Moodle-3-4/628700-2.html
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