This document outlines an agenda for a Moodle workshop. It includes an introduction to Moodle roles and permissions, demonstrations of course creation and settings, and discussions of course structure and content organization. Time is allotted for questions and supporting resources are provided, including documentation, video tutorials, and online demonstration sites.

1. About Moodle …
Brenda Mallinson
Bella Vista Moodle workshop
July 2015

2. Outline
Structural approach
Demo & Practice
Support (Proactive & contextual)
Q & A Session

3. User Levels  Roles  Permissions
Site level:
• Administrator -> can do everything
• Manager -> subset of admin permissions (safer)
• Course Creator -> creates courses
Course provision:
• Teacher -> manage course and edit (add content)
• Non-editing teacher -> same as teacher, but not edit
Course access:
• Student -> access & engage with visible activities &
resources; can’t change content
• Guest -> access, but not engage

4. Activity 1
• Purpose: Build a conceptual framework of the
Moodle roles and their capabilities.
• Task: Explore the functions and capabilities of your
identified primary Moodle role
• Resource: https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Standard_roles
• Guidance: Using the link provided to Moodle.org,
investigate the functionality of your role, recording
brief notes.
• Feedback: Share your understanding with the group
• Duration: 30 mins

5. Demonstration & Practice 1
Demo:
– Defaults for roles setup at site level
– Roles assigned at course level
– Roles can be changed at activity level
Signon & practice on the Mount Orange site:
– http://school.demo.moodle.net/
– Site reset every hour
Supporting Resource:
Enrolling users

6. Front-end site organisation
Site front page:
– Institutional branding and useful links and information
Categories: group your courses logically
Note: Some roles can be assigned at category level
– Manager, Course Creator
Supporting resources:
– Course and category management video (1m 55s)
Examples of branding, categories & access:
– Open University of Tanzania - eLMS
– UKZN – Learn@UKZN
– Rhodes - RUconnected

7. Demo:
– Course creation, backup and restore
Practice on the Mount Orange site:
– http://school.demo.moodle.net/
– Site reset every hour
Supporting resources:
– Creating and restoring a course (video 10 mins)
– Adding a new course: Moodle docs
Demonstration & Practice 2

8. How would you like your course to look?
– Standard settings: who, what and how
– Implications of choices; Flexibility
Examples:
– Themes: Show variety on Saide site
– Format: ‘Collapsed Topics’ at OUT
– Layout: ‘Show one section per page’ at Types of
Sport at Mount Orange School Demo site
Course Settings

9. Demo:
– Standard settings: who, what and how
Practice on the Mount Orange site:
– http://school.demo.moodle.net/
– Site reset every hour
Supporting resources:
– Moodle Course Settings (video 5 mins 44 secs)
– Course Settings: Moodle docs
Demonstration & Practice 3

10. Course Home / Landing Page

11. Course Layering – Example Structure

12. Course Sections, Blocks, Activities & Resources
Top section (mandatory)
– News Forum (mandatory)
– Add your course / module front matter
Central Sections
– Summary area
– Add activities & resources
Blocks – can be added to left or right sides
Supporting resources:
– Course Sections Moodle Docs
– Activity Chooser video (2min 32 secs)

13. Getting started …
Teacher - turn on editing to develop a course
– Top left hand corner of your course home screen
– Also from Administration block on LHS
– Content editor (HTML)
Teacher & Student - site level actions / facilities:
– Edit user (own) profile
• Administration block / My profile settings
• Personalised settings
– Blogs Blog menu block; Can be associated with course
– Private messaging – from profiles

14. Managing your users
Site registration methods
– Manual, self, LDAP
Course enrolment
– Manual, self with key, …
Groups – at course and activity levels
– No groups, separate groups, visible groups
Basic Reports and Grades
– Administration block (LHS) / Reports and Grades
Analytics
– ‘Learning Analytics in Moodle’ Doc in Google Folder

15. Tool tips
‘How to’ Information – pops up
– Icon appears next to almost all settings choices &
boxes
Moodle Docs for this page
– Icon links to contextual help appears at the bottom on
each page
Moodle Contextual Support

16. Moodle.org - Moodle user and developer support
– Moodle Docs https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Main_page
– Mount Orange site http://school.demo.moodle.net/
– Courses, free downloads https://moodle.net/
– Free Moodle Fundamentals course (HRDNZ):
http://www.moodlebites.com
YouTube
– Moodle for Teachers (M4T - Nellie Deutsch)
– Moodle Bites (HRDNZ)
SlideShare, Vimeo, IT4ALL, …..
Supporting Resources

17. How to keep up?
• Signup to Moodle News
• Search for a certified Moodle Partner
• Frequent the Moodle Community Forums
Free digital books on Moodle include:
• Moodle 2.5 eBook (2013) by Mark Repp (pdf 68 pages 4.4Mb)
• Using Moodle (2008) by Jason Cole & Helen Foster 2nd Ed.
(pdf 284 pages 6.3Mb)

18. Question & Answer Session
• What do you need to know right now?
• What would you still like to find out later?

19. Thank You
Brenda Mallinson
brendam@saide.org.za
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