The document discusses the integration of Moodle with Microsoft Office tools, highlighting features like single sign-on, calendar synchronization, OneDrive repositories, and Office Mix for interactive content. It emphasizes the benefits for teachers and students, including easy access, offline work capabilities, and mobile-friendly options. Additionally, it provides guidance on getting started with the integration and looks ahead to future enhancements and community collaboration.

1. Moodle + Microsoft:
Better Together
INTRODUCING MOODLE PLUGINS FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE
Jason Cole
CEO
Doug Mahugh
Technical Evangelist

2. About Remote-Learner

3. A Bold Bet in Openness
“We’re convinced that openness is good for our
customers, good for the community and good for
our business.”
- Jean Paoli, President, Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

4. Agenda
 Overview
 Features
 Single Sign-On
 Calendar Integration
 OneDrive Repositories
 Office Mix
 OneNote Workflow
 Getting Started
 Q&A

5. Assignments
Feedback
Events
Courses Word
Single Sign-On
OneDrive
Mix
OneNote
Outlook

6. New Capabilities
 Sign on to Moodle with the ID you use for Office 365.
 Moodle calendar entries automatically copied to personal Office 365
calendars.
 Students can complete assignments and receive feedback in OneNote.
 Office Mix interactive content can easily be integrated into courses.
 Documents in OneDrive for Business linked with Moodle courses, and updates
appear automatically in Moodle.

7. Benefits for Teachers and Students
 Easy access. No additional credentials to remember.
 Work offline. Include Office documents created on any device – even
without an Internet connection.
 Mobile friendly. Moodle calendar events can be synced with Office 365 and
show up in mobile devices including Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.
 Classroom ready. Teachers can add interactive Office Mix lectures in
Moodle courses, manage Moodle assignment submissions through OneNote,
and store Moodle course documents on OneDrive.

8. Features
Single Sign-On
Calendar Integration
OneDrive Repositories
Office Mix
OneNote Workflow

9. Single Sign-On
 Logging in with Office 365 gives
Moodle access to documents in
OneDrive, Outlook calendar, etc.
 If you’re already logged in, don’t
have to log in again
 Moodle is one click away, in the
Office 365 app launcher
Moodle login

10. Calendar Integration
 When teacher schedules events
(lectures, office hours, etc), they are
copied to personal calendars of students
and teachers.
 Personal calendars may be viewed on
the web, in Outlook, or on mobile
devices.
 When calendar events are rescheduled,
personal calendars are updated.
 Can configure which Moodle calendars
are synched: site calendar, course
calendar, student calendar.
Moodle calendar
Office 365 calendar

11. OneDrive Repositories
 Moodle repositories enable users to easily bring
content into Moodle from external sources
including local files, server files, YouTube,
Wikimedia, and many others.
 The Office 365 plugin set includes a
OneDrive repository plugin, making OneDrive a first-class repository
in Moodle.
 You can choose to either copy the resource to Moodle or leave the
resource on OneDrive and create a link to it (for dynamic content).
 Offline Editing – you can synch your OneDrive document library to
your local drive, then work on it offline, and it will synch to the cloud
(and Moodle) when you're online again.

12. Office Mix
http://mix.office.com
 Free tool for interactive online lessons
 Authoring experience is a PowerPoint
add-in
 Interactive elements including quizzes,
polls, and custom interactive elements
from Khan Academy and others
 Share easily in the cloud, can be viewed
from any device
 Comprehensive analytics provide insights
into how viewers interact with content

13. Microsoft Distinguished Scientist Anoop Gupta demonstrates
how to embed interactive Office Mix content in Moodle

14. View student’s submission in
OneNote, provide feedback in
OneNote.
Create assignment, embed
content from Office if desired.
Teacher Student
Assignment appears in course
notebook, student can work offline, on
the web or on mobile device.
Review teacher’s feedback.
Assignment/Feedback Workflow

15. Create a OneNote Assignment
 Same process as usual for creating
an assignment in Moodle.
 Two new options to select:
 “OneNote submissions” to indicate
that students can do homework in
OneNote.
 “Feedback OneNote” to indicate
that the teacher will provide
feedback in OneNote.

16. Student Starts Assignment

17. Student begins work on assignment
in OneNote

18. Student completes assignment in
OneNote

19. Teacher begins grading submissions

20. Teachers assigns grade

21. Teacher gives feedback in
OneNote

22. Teacher notifies students of
completed grading/feedback

23. Student gets feedback

24. Student reviews feedback in
OneNote

25. Potential Class Assignments
Field trip reflection with pictures
Data gathering in the field
Annotated web bibliography
Lecture Notes
Submit recordings
Pictures and drawings for annotation

26. Getting Started
HOW TO GET IT, WHERE TO LEARN MORE

27. Two plugins: Office 365 and
Microsoft Services
Office 365 plugin
 Single Sign-On with Office 365
 Office Mix integration
 OneDrive integration
 Calendar integration
Moodle plugin directory:
https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_office
365
GitHub repo:
https://github.com/MSOpenTech/moodle-
local_office365
Microsoft Services plugin
 OneNote integration (for
assignments and feedback)
 Office Mix integration
Moodle plugin directory:
https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_
microsoftservices
GitHub repo:
https://github.com/MSOpenTech/mood
le-local_microsoftservices

28. Azure Certified VM Image
Supported by Remote-Learner
 Fully supported and maintained Moodle
installations in the Azure Cloud.
 Configured and optimized to provide high
performance and immediate value.
 Installation subscription includes:
 approved, configured and maintained Moodle codebase
 access to our support portal for two identified contacts
 over 40 high-value, approved third-party add-ons
 one seat in our LearningSpaces® training program
 Learn more in the Azure Marketplace.

29. Learn more about how to use
Office tools in Education
 Office Mix in Education:
https://mix.office.com/watch/14iqkll3cdyv
 OneNote for Teachers:
http://www.onenoteforteachers.com/
 OneNote Class Notebook Creator:
https://store.office.com/app.aspx?ui=en-US&rs=en-
US&ad=US&assetid=WA104371260&appredirect=fals
e&fromAR=1

30. Plugins developed “The Moodle
Way”
 Fully open source plugins
 Available through Moodle plugin repository and GitHub
 Collaborating with Moodle partners and user community
 Enhancements to community source:
 Oidc plugin – enable SSO with Office 365, Google, Facebook, others
 Oembed plugin – applies to Office Mix, Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare
 Ongoing commitment to future roadmap

31. Looking Forward
 MS Open Tech and Remote-Learner are committed to
evolving the project
 Improve document embedding
 OneNote for Business integration
 Office365 video integration
 Your opinion counts: what would you like to see next?
 Expansion to non-English markets: Microsoft is working
with Remote-Learner to bring Moodle Partners on board
in other markets

32. Q&A