Moodle Minutes #6 - Session six of our Moodle Minutes. A series of practical demonstrations on how to apply for and use the RI Moodle Delivery Platform. Session Topics include: • Adding a Poll • Activity Types • How to create a quick one-question poll in your Moodle course to get fast feedback from students • How to check the poll results and get a hard copy

1. RI Moodle
Learning Management System @ RI
"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself," a
Chinese proverb says. The same can be said about technology
in the classroom. If used properly, technology merely opens the
door.*
*Joe Rowe August 2005
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/archives/page9155.cfm

2. Moodle Minutes 5…what we covered
> Uploading External Resources
– Locate the Resource: LORN, TALE etc
– Download the Object
– Upload the Object Into Moodle
– Deploy the Object
> To view previous sessions – go to Today@RI Wikispace
http://learningtechnologyteam.riverinainstitute.wikispaces.net/riToday

3. Classroom Content
> Adding Content to Moodle
– Labels
– Moodle Web Pages
– Links to files
– Links to web Pages
– IMS content Packages

4. What Activities can I add?
There is a selection of activities in Moodle which can be used for
different purposes
> Assignment
Details of Activity, Submit Assignments and Grading Details
including “offline activities”
> Chat
‘Real Time’ Chat facility like Instant Messenger;
Adobe Connect meeting room as alternative
> Choice
Polling feature with multiple choice type questions and answers

5. What Activities can I add?
> Feedback
Course specific feedback surveys (template available in RI
Template Courses)
> Forum
Bulletin Boards where messages can be posted at any time
> Glossary
Teachers and students can create vocab lists with definitions and
appearances of words in course will link to glossary entry
> Quiz
Variety of Question types used in a quiz activity to set up self-
marking test for students.

6. Creating a Poll
> A Choice Activity in Moodle enables you to create a poll which gives
you a quick way to get feedback from your students.
– Turn Editing On

7. Creating a Poll

8. Choice options

9. Choice options

10. Choice options

11. How do I check the results of the poll?
> Step 1: Click on the poll link in the content section

12. How do I check the results of the poll?
> Step 2: Click View Responses in the top right hand corner

13. Save a copy of the responses of the poll?
> You can save a poll in a Text or Excel format
> After clicking on the View Responses Link....
NOTE: ODS = Open Document Format

14. Excel Format

15. Poll Template in RI Template Courses
> A Choice Activity in RI Template is used for Student Assessment
Guide Acknowledgement

16. Poll Template in RI Template Courses

17. Next Session
Why use Technology in Your Teaching
> Tuesday 1 September 2009: 3.30 pm – 4.15 pm
This session from the Centre for Learning Innovation, will examine
some of the technologies currently being used by teachers and why
these technologies are of benefit to them and their students.