Introducing BIM

Introducing BIM
David Jones (d.jones@cqu.edu.au)
http://tr.im/EQOG

Overview
What?
Why?
How?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sookie/100608625/

BAM
Into
Moodle
Activity module for Moodle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolifebeforecoffee/124659356/

BAM
Blog
Into
Aggregation
Moodle
Management
(Jones and Luck, 2009)
Duplicates and expands Webfuse tool
- 26 offerings, 7 courses
- 2790+ students
- 20,000+ blog posts

Students create and register blogs/feeds

They answer questions (or not)

BIM aggregates/mirrors the student posts

BIM “allocates” posts to questions
Unallocated
Submitted

BIM shows students what it knows about their posts

BIM provides teaching staff with management interface

BIM integrates with Moodle gradebook

http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3588989219/

Personal
Sense of ownership

Personal
Open
Sense of ownership

Personal
Open
Sense of ownership
Better

Personal
Open
Sense of ownership
Better
Reflection
Interaction

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/267095174/

Open

Open
More work
More “marking”
Unfamiliarity

Add a BIM activity
Coordinator
Student
Use a BIM activity
Marker
Behind the scenes
Troubleshoot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaiyuya/74134502/

Add an activity

Configure

Use the activity

Types of user
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qnr/430060133/

Student

Configured by coordinator

Not a URL
Can’t be accessed
No feeds
Common Wordpress problems

Types of user

Marker

Questions

All posts (allocate)

Types of user

Configure

Manage questions

Allocate markers

Manage marking

Find student

Your students

Behind the scenes
“Post” cycle
Allocation
Mirroring

Student posts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/3530836012/

Student posts
Automatic allocation
Submitted
Unallocated
Can’t be marked

Student posts
Submitted
Manual allocation
Unallocated

Student posts
Submitted
Suspended
Unallocated

Student posts
Submitted
Marked
Suspended
Unallocated

Student posts
Submitted
Marked
Suspended
Unallocated
Released
Visible to students

Behind the scenes
“Post” cycle
Allocation
Mirroring

Student posts
Submitted
Manual allocation
Unallocated

Unallocate + list of all unallocated
questions

Student posts
Submitted
Unallocated

Question title conversion
Week 9 Reflection
.*week.*9.*reflection.*

Question title conversion
Week 9 Reflection
.*week.*9.*reflection.*
Compare with post title
My blog post for week 9 reflection
Wk 9 reflection
Week nine reflection
Week 9
Week hello 9 goodby reflection

What happens?
When?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/435888435/

What happens?
When?
http://simplepie.orgchecks for updates
Version cached
New posts in dbase

What happens?
When?
http://simplepie.orgchecks for updates
Ever hour (or cron value for BIM)
OR
Version cached
New posts in dbase
When the studentviews their details

Common problems (BAM)
Student - Can’t register blog
Student - Post doesn’t appear, isn’t marked
Student – I need to change my blog
Marker – Post doesn’t appear
Marker – The posts aren’t the students
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cesarastudillo/299402782/

Solutions
Screencasts
http://vimeo.com/9485308
Error checking in code
“Markers” can register blog
“Coordinator” can change blog
Remind “markers” about manual allocation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cesarastudillo/299402782/

http://tr.im/EQOG
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80417459@N00/2471314610/

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