The document discusses Moodle, an open source learning management system (LMS). It provides an overview of Moodle's features and capabilities, including its modular design, interfaces for different user roles, and tools for structuring courses. It also outlines the basic steps for building a Moodle course, including choosing a format, adding content and activities, and configuring blocks. Common Moodle activities like forums, wikis and assignments are also described.

1. E-Learning Technologies for Rural Development: Trends and Future Possibilities September 5-9, 2011 NIRD, Hyderabad Dr. Indira Koneru Online Course Facilitator Integrating Technology Website: http://wikieducator.org/User:Indkon E-mail: [email_address] Open Source LMS

2. M odular O bject- O riented D ynamic L earning E nvironment

3. What is Moodle? Moodle is an Open Source Learning Management System (LMS) Popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online dynamic course sites

4. Moodle Statistics Source: http://moodle.org/stats/

5. Martin Dougiamas (educator and computer scientist) conceived Moodle with “Social Constructionism” philosophy Social Constructionism asserts that learning is particularly effective when “constructing something for others to experience” Built-in networking (synchronous or asynchronous) and collaborating tools (wikis, glossary) promote constructive learning Philosophy

6. Moodle: LMS Interfaces Course administrator interface Instructor interface Learner interface Inbuilt mechanisms learning administration structuring learning content, making it accessible and usable instructional facilitation with learning activities Interactions Learner-2-Instructor Learner-2-Learner Learner-2-Content

7. Moodle Explained

8. Moodle Jargon Category - a group of courses Course – a basic unit of Moodle Section – an area that covers weeks and topics within a course; holds activities and resources Resource – part of a section – documents, media, labels, web pages, link files and web pages Activities – part of a section – to create assignments, forums, quiz, database, glossary, choice, survey Blocks - help users get to useful and commonly used items and information quickly

9. Course Site

10. Log In Screen

11. New Account Form

12. Moodle Roles

13. Add & Assign New Role Site Administration Course Administration

14. Add New Category/Course

15. Categories & Courses

16. Add New Course/Edit Course Settings

17. Add New Course/Edit Course Settings (contd.)

18. Edit Course Settings (contd.) Assign Roles in New Course

19. Edit Course Settings (contd.) Assign Roles in New Course

20. Blank Course Page – Weekly Format

21. Blank Course Page – Topic Format – Turn Editing On

22. Blank Course Page – Topic Format – Turn Editing Off

23. Blank Course Page – Social Format

24. Course Page – Student View

25. Course Page – Teacher View

26. Edit Profile

27. Edit Profile

28. Moodle Course Layout

29. Navigation Ways to move around a course Breadcrumbs - breadcrumb navigation shows the student’s current location within the site Links – will take learner to the resources /activities linked Blocks – provide students with links to navigate to specific features within a course Online Learning – homepage Moodle Features – course page Resources – lists the resources in the course How to navigate around a Moodle site - last breadcrumb in the trail and indicates the resource or activity you are currently viewing

30. Most Common Blocks

31. Course Format Course administration> Settings choose from among different ways to structure course page: Weekly Format : course is organized week by week, with a clear start date and a finish date. Topic Format : organized into topic sections; with resources and activities Social Format: format is oriented around one main forum, the social forum (in the format of a discussion board) LAMS – Learning Activity Management System, an open source LMS which allows teachers to use a flash based authoring environment SCORM - The Sharable Content Reference Model (SCORM) is a content packaging standard (interoperability)

32. 5 Basic Steps of Moodle Course Building Step 1. Turn editing on - to add, edit, change, delete course content Step 2. Decide on course format Step 3. Write an Introduction to your course in the top unnumbered section (course goal & audience) Step 4. Add content Learning Resources (Webpage/text page, PPT, PDF, link to files/ Web resources etc.) Learning Activities (Forums, wikis, quizzes, glossary, assignments etc.) Step 5. Add Course blocks Course/site description, people, calendar, online users, HTML block etc.

33. Editing Icons for Course Content We can use the following icons when editing resources and activities:

34. Editing Sections We can use the following icons when editing sections:

35. Editing Blocks We can use the following icons when editing blocks:

36. Resources & Activities What resources do I need to make the lesson work? What is it I want my students to actually do in order to be successful?

37. Resources Resources are content the teacher wants to bring into the course Insert a label – to add text, images, audio, video and organize content Compose a text page – a simple page written using plain text Compose a web page - easy to develop a complete single web page using Moodle HTML editor Link to a file or web site – link a web page or other file or an uploaded file Display a directory – to display a whole directory (and its subdirectories) from course files area

38. Resources – Flash Tutorials Embedded

39. Resources – Video Embedded

40. Moodle Activities Assignments – learning tasks for students - prepare and upload essays, PPT, project reports Chat - real-time synchronous discussion Choice – a quick poll Database – build, display and search a bank of record entries about any topic Forum – discussion, debate, questioning Glossary – create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary Quiz –multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions Wiki – collaborate work on adding, expanding and changing content

41. Types of Assignment Advanced Uploading of files – two way file exchange process Online Text – student types or pastes their submission directly on Moodle Upload a single file – allows a student to upload a simple file Offline Activity - assignment is completed outside Moodle

42. Assignment Flow Chart Source: http://moodle.org

43. Chat Chat module - allows participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion via the web Repeating chat - set to occur at same time every day/week; everyone can view past chat sessions from the last 30 days Open chat – with no fixed times; nobody (apart from teachers) can view past chat sessions

44. Choice

45. Database Database module allows teachers and/or students to build, display and search a bank of record entries Format and structure of entries is unlimited, including images, files, URLs, numbers and text Required entries – number of entries a participant is required to submit Comments - allow users to make comments on each entry Require approval – Should entries be approved by a teacher before they are viewable to students?

46. Forum Types A single simple discussion – single topic discussions; just one thread Each person posts one discussion – each person can post exactly one new discussion topic & everyone can reply Q & A forum – students need to post their perspectives before viewing other students’ postings A standard forum for general use – an open forum in which anyone can start a new topic at any time

47. Glossary allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions entries can be searched or browsed in many different formats allows teachers to export entries from one glossary to another possible to automatically create links to these entries from throughout the course

48. Quiz allows teachers to design and set quiz tests multiple choice true-false short answer can be re-used within courses and even between courses allow multiple attempts includes grading facilities

49. Wiki Wiki enables documents to be authored collectively and collaboratively Wiki module enables participants to work together on web pages to add, expand and change the content Three wiki types: Teacher – only teacher can edit; students can view the contents Groups – teacher and all students can view and edit this wiki Student – every student has their own wiki; only they and their teacher can view and edit

50. HTML Toolbar Components of HTML Toolbar: Font & background colors Insert smilies Insert links Insert images Enlarge editor – to get a larger work area

51. Course Enrolment Assign roles link, in course administration block, allows teachers to manually enrol and/or unenrol students

52. Course Design Process What do I want my students to learn? – Learning Objectives What resources do I need to make the lesson work? – (Collect and organize relevant) Learning resources What techniques do I try “to engage learners” – Instructional Strategies What is it I want my students to actually do in order to be successful? – Learning Activities How do I evaluate my student’s performance? – Evaluation Criteria

53. Moodle Installation Download Moodle 2.X http://download.moodle.org/ Install on a small server or standalone computer System requirements 256 MB RAM (minimum), 512 MB RAM (recommended) 160 MB free Fixed Disk (more space will be needed depending on user uploads) Moodle works best in Firefox, Chrome and later versions of Internet Explorer

54. Running Moodle

55. Moodle Resources Video (screencasts) (popular video tutorial sites) http://moodle.org Moodle Tutorials (most bookmarked) MoodleTuts - 5 Minute Moodle Tutorials Teacher Training Videos Moodle for Learners 2 Minute Moodles Moodle Resources moodle -tutorials Social bookmarking sites Del.icio.us (most extensive on the topic) Diigo Digg Manuals and documents Moodle Manuals (Moodle Docs - huge list, multilanguage) Using Moodle (free ebook, recommended) Isuu - 'Moodle' publications Scribd - Moodle pubications (multilanguage search) Moodle for teachers - an illustrated guide Moodle Demo Site http:// demo.moodle.net / Moodle Hosting Ballistic Learning OSS Labs Integrating Technology