Basic Moodle-ography
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Goal: build a network of connected
learners
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Leadership and Web 2.0
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what’s banned in YOUR learning environment?
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Learning should be social…and in
today’s world being social means being
connected while you learn.
Do we help create these social
connections or are we to worried about
the time students might waste being
social and being connected?
Source: The Thinking Stick Blog
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Professional Galleries for
Learning Classrooms,
Courses for Departments
GT/CPE
Discussion
Online Forums
Literature Grading
Circles
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Moodle is often used as a “container”
for teaching lessons, activities, quiz-
based assessments, and more.
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Moodle was designed
for teachers and students as
a means for constructing something
for others to experience.
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People and Organizations to Learn From
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Books to Read and Reference
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Top 5
Online Facilitation Tips
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Tip #1
Logistics
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Tip #1
Logistics
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Tip #2
Multimedia
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Tip #2
Multimedia
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Tip #3
Engaging Discussion Forums
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"This introductory course has greatly influenced how I
feel about online learning. Although I was very nervous at
first it has clearly given me the self confindence to take on
a course of this nature.
In addition this course has given me the opportunity to
reflect on my own experiences and evaluate those skills I
already had.
I encourage anyone who is skeptical about an online
course to embrace it with open arms and reap the benefits
it has to offer."
--Adult Learner in San Antonio ISD
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Tip #4
Encourage Discovery
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Tip #4
Encourage Discovery
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Tip #5
Avoid Question Mills
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2 Points to Moodle Planning
(yeah, right! just two....)
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1. figure out how many people you need to
support and explore options for Moodle.
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teachers
students
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external options for Moodle
implementation...more online at
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in-house support for Moodle
implementation
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Moodle Customization
and
Theme Development
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2. bring stakeholders to the table and find out
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who will join you in supporting Moodle.
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Moodle Topics
• Administration
• Course Facilitation and
Development
• Moodle Customization and
Theme Development
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Administration
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Mac Server Specs
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Xserve - http://intouch.saisd.net
•8x Superdrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW
•Dual 750W Power Supplies
•Two 2.8ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
•Dual-channel 4gb Fibre Channel card with PCI Express x8
riser
•Accessory kit
•On-Board SATA/SAS Controller
•None (with PCI Express x 16 riser)
•80 GB Serial ATA ADM @ 7200 rpm
•Rack mounting kit-square hole rack
•8GB (4 x 2 GB)
•ATI Radeon X1300 64MB SDRAM with VGA Adapter
This cost $5,219
•Promise VTrak E-Class 750 SATA RAID subsystem (6TB) at a
cost of $10,800
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Plan Your Moodle Sites
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Open
Campus
Professional
Learning
Center
Technology
Center Decide which Moodles
will be open to email
authentication, require
Active Directory,
SAISD
themes, modules,
Communica-
blocks, etc.
tions
in advance.
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Maintaining Your Moodle
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Open
Campus
Professional
Learning
Center
Technology
Center
SAISD
Communica-
tions
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Suggestions
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• Optimizing Moodle Server
•Set up MySQL database on it’s own server and
edit your Moodle configuration files to point to
it.
•Use tools like ApacheTop to monitor your
Apache Web Server:
http://www.webta.org/projects/apachetop/
•Run MySQLTuner to increase performance and
stability: http://mysqltuner.com
•PHP Accelerator - http://xcache.lighttpd.net
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Set up Your Own Moodle
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Environment
•Download XAMPP
(available for Windows/Mac/Linux)
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
•Get Moodle and install it
http://moodle.org
•XAMPP + Moodle in ONE Installation
http://download.moodle.org/windows/ OR
http://download.moodle.org/macosx/
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MySQL Database Tools
•Navicat - Full Version (Cost $$$)
http://mysql.navicat.com/
Get Navicat LITE for free.
•SQLYog (Windows/Linux Only)
http://tinyurl.com/c8zrkx
Miguel’s tutorial is online at
Setting Up SQLYog http://tinyurl.com/dd6o8l
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Ready to get started?
Miguel Guhlin
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• Email: mguhlin@gmail.com
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