The document summarizes the agenda and topics discussed at a Moodle User Group meeting held on November 21st at Stephenson College. The agenda included presentations on using Rapta to assess Moodle, plugins for the Grid Format and Open Badges, and developments in My Moodle. Additional sections provided information on Open Badges, how badges can be configured and issued through Moodle, and improvements in Moodle 2.6 related to administration, usability, and performance. Contact information was given for the RSC East Midlands.

1. 27/11/2013
Moodle User Group
21st November, Stephenson College

2. Moodle User Group - November
Agenda
9-30-10.00
Coffee/networking
10.00-10-15 Introductions
10.15-11.00
Lyn Lall – using Rapta to assess Moodle
11.00-11.15
Coffee/networking
11.20-12.00
Plugins – Grid Format/Open Badges
12.00-12.30 My Moodle/Developments
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Open Badges Info
Mozilla’s Open Badges site - where you can find out how to use the Open
Badge Infrastructure to earn, issue and display Open Badges
Badge the UK - Official site for the Badge the UK project
Open Badges blog posts
Open Badges case studies
Jisc RSC Scotland Open Badges - information on the Jisc RSC Scotland’s
Open Badges series, how we support Open Badges developments in
Scotland and instructions on how to accept one of our badges.

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Rationale
Learning happens everywhere. Yet it's often difficult to be recognized for
skills and achievements that are gained outside of school.
Goals of the Open Badge Movement
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Develop badges as a system for alternative accreditation, credentialing, and recognition;
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Help badges expand beyond siloed environments to be broadly shareable;
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Truly support learners learning everywhere;
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Optimize the value of those badges by allowing badges to be remixable and shareable with
different audiences;
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Develop a supporting infrastructure to standardize the process and support each learner;
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Create an infrastructure that is open and as decentralized as possible to give learners control and
support of the entire ecosystem.

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Badges in Moodle
Badges can be configured in
Moodle without setting up your
server as a provider of badges.
They are served through Moodle to
users and can only be accessed
through the Moodle.
Administration>Badges
Badges
Badges settings
Manage badges
Add a new badge

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Moodle 2.6 improvements and updates
Administration
Usability
Improved category and course
management interface
Single activitiy course format
replaces SCORM format
Bulk course creation tool
Improvements to text editor
Roles import and export
Plugin for embedded files
Restoring of very large courses
possible
Improvements for mobile use
Simplified recovery of forgotten
name and passwords
Performance improvements

8. RSC East Midlands: Contacts
Phil Hardcastle
phil.hardcastle@rsc-em.ac.uk
Lyn Lall
lynette.lall@rsc-em.ac.uk
27/11/2013
Moodle User Group
21st November, Stephenson College