SUNY CIT 2009: Moodle, an open-source alternative to Blackboard focused on student learning
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This document provides information about setting up a Moodle domain using the free hosting service Ninehub. It includes steps for signing up for a Ninehub account, setting up the site and courses, and learning about various Moodle activities that can be included. The goal is to allow users to gain hands-on experience with Moodle in their own sandbox domain before fully adopting it.
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SUNY CIT 2009: Moodle, an open-source alternative to Blackboard focused on student learning
- 1. What? Why? How? Hands on: your own Moodle domain Keith Landa CIT 2009
- 2. What? LMS/VLE InternaJonal Open source Pedagogical origins hEp://moodle.org Student learning Focus on acJviJes along with resources
- 3. A demo course • Course organizaJon • Student learning acJviJes • Learning resources • CommunicaJons tools • Schedule and navigaJon • Gradebook • Reports
- 4. Why? Commercial Open products source Risk management No license fee Responsibility Extensible Support Customizable
- 5. Purchase College LMS review • Blackboard 8 Enterprise • LMS review task force: faculty, staff – Blackboard, Angel, Moodle – Faculty survey: BB uses, LMS wants – PresentaJons, features comparisons – Costs and support opJons • Moodle pilot – 20 faculty, 40 courses
- 6. Student survey • Demographic info: major, year, gender, IT comfort, LMS exp. • Moodle features raJngs • Moodle comments, good and bad • Blackboard features raJngs • Blackboard comments, good and bad • Direct comparisons • Overall preference
- 8. Accessing resources 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% Ease of use Be*er func.on n=94 n=93
- 9. Course communica.ons 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% Ease of use Be*er func.on n=75 n=78
- 10. Schedule tracking 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% Ease of use Be*er func.on n=91 n=91
- 11. Assignments 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% Ease of use Be*er func.on n=87 n=86
- 12. Keeping track of grades 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% Ease of use Be*er func.on n=79 n=76
- 13. Which system preferred? 70% 60% 50% 40% Moodle Equal 30% Blackboard 20% 10% 0% 1 n=95
- 14. Purchase plans • ERes ‐> Moodle this summer • Maintain Blackboard one more year • Faculty summer workshops on Moodle – Full‐day, end session with funcJonal course • Voluntary, facilitated course migraJon – Mostly content migraJon – QuesJon bank migraJon or rebuild • Drop dead date for Blackboard
- 15. How? Build your own Moodle partners • Download standard • HosJng services package – moodlerooms.com – remote‐learner.net • PHP/SQL web server – classroomrevoluJon.com • Accounts • Custom installaJon, • Enrollments account management, • Add‐ons and themes enrollments, service • SUNY Purchase desk • SUNY Delhi
- 16. Learning Moodle • Moodle docs docs.moodle.org • Moodle forums moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5 • www.moodletutorials.org • Moodle videos on YouTube • Books
- 17. Your Moodle Sandbox • ninehub.com – Free Moodle hosJng – Example site: marsexploraJons.ninehub.com • Business model – ad supported • LimitaJons: account & enrollment management, limited support, IP/privacy, limited customizaJon, etc. • Easy way to gain some experience with Moodle, evaluaJon
- 18. Signing up • You will need: 5 minutes, access to your email • Go to ninehub.com • Click AcJvate • Choose Moodle & submit • Enter subdomain and email – You can host mulJple courses • ConfirmaJon email with url, username, pw
- 19. Selng up your site • Front page and Appearance • Account management • Language packs • AcJviJes, blocks and filters • Course categories and adding courses
- 20. Selng up your course • Course selngs • Permissions • Configuring blocks • EdiJng topics/weekly summaries • Using labels to organize your secJons
- 21. Learning acJviJes • Discussion forums • Assignments: online, file upload • Chat • Wikis • Glossary / database • Quiz