Build a Course

What does Moodle stand for?
M odular
O bject- O riented
D ynamic
L earning E nvironment

Why use Moodle?

Think of Moodle as your Universal Remote for the classroom
picture courtesy of flickr user eekim , available at http://flickr.com/photos/eekim/2174494096/ . Books & readings Messages, chats, emails Presentations (ppt, podcasts and more) Grades The course schedule Videos, even YouTube

Build-a-bear made plush toys easy...
...Moodle makes online
courses easy.

my very simplistic view of the classroom....

Infrastructure
What is the space used for?
course length
layout
appearance
groups
units/subjects
calendar
means of communication
Information
What do we need to teach/learn?
course content
Readings/text books/etc.
Multimedia (videos, slides, …)
Websites
Speakers/guests
Lectures
Engagement
How will we interact with each other/our students?
Assignments/homework
Discussions
Assessment (quizzes and tests)
Field trips
Writing
collaboration
Let's start building, Pt. 1

Infrastructure
“ Settings” and “Blocks”
Course title
Course length
Course format
Enrolment key
Remote RSS feeds
Upcoming events
HTML
Messages
And much more!
Information
“ Add a resource”
Insert a label
Compose a web page
Link to a file or web site
Display a directory
Engagement
“ Add an activity”
Assignments
Upload a file
Forum
Quiz
Journal
Wiki
Glossary
Chat
Choice
And
much
more!
Let's start building, Pt. 2 The best place to start is your syllabus or course outline…

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Build a Course

by Joseph Thibault on May 20, 2010

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