The document provides an overview of Moodle, an open-source learning management system (LMS). It describes that Moodle was created in 1999, is used in over 200 countries, and can be used to create online courses, communicate with students, assess learning, and manage course content and participants. The document also outlines many of Moodle's core features for course creation and management, learner engagement and assessment, and administrative functions.

1. A Free Open Source Course Management System Rafael Scapin Coordinator of Educational Technology Office of Instructional Development Dawson College Modified By Petra King

2. Theoretical Moodle

3. Moodle is a free software e-learning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), or Learning Management System (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)). Acronym for: M odular O bject- O riented D ynamic L earning E nvironment What is Moodle?

4. Moodle was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas , a WebCT administrator at Curtin University, Australia. What is Moodle?

5. Moodle is used in 208 countries in 75 languages. Who uses Moodle?

6. Moodle in Québec Who uses Moodle?

7. Who uses Moodle?

8. Who uses Moodle? August 31st, 2009: expiration of WebCT’s licence

9. Moodle at Dawson 4 6

10. Migration from WebCT to Moodle WebCT 4 Course (Created by Rajesh Malik)

11. Migration from WebCT to Moodle WebCT 4 Course migrated to Moodle (Created by Rajesh Malik)

24. Learner Management Features – Participants The CMS must manage learners in a variety of ways. Learner management includes: One click and you can view activity from all participants enrolled in the course. Learners create a personal profile that can include a picture, helping connect students socially in the online learning community. Moodle’s Main Features

25. Learner Management Features – Groups Assigning learners to a group is a common practice in education and business. Moodle allows the course instructor to easily create group categories, and determine how members will interact with each other and within various activities. Moodle’s Main Features

30. Learner Management Features – Grades The Grades feature in Moodle provides a quick view of all Forum, Assignment, Quiz, Lesson and Workshop grades. The grading scale applied to a learner’s submission is shown, along with a cumulative total, on a single page. Moodle’s Main Features

32. Learner Management Features – Grades Viewing Assignment submissions and adding Grades and comments, are done from a single page that displays all enrolled students. Moodle’s Main Features

33. Learner Management Features – Logs Monitor when and what course resources the learner has accessed. Moodle's Logs provide detailed learner activity. Moodle’s Main Features

34. Learner Management Features – Files Centrally locate all course resources within the Files area of Moodle so they are available when creating new activities. Moodle’s Main Features Files storage area resembles your computer, making it easy to add, move, zip and delete resources.

35. Plugins A plugin is a computer program that interacts with a host application to provide a certain function. Moodle has thousands of different plugins so that you can customize your platform. This makes Moodle a very flexible CMS. Moodle’s Main Features

36. Practical Moodle

37. Starting with Moodle Go to: http://moodle.dawsoncollege.qc.ca

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40. Positioning blocks Assign roles to a block Hide block Move Up Move Down Move Right Starting with Moodle Delete block

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42. Editing an activity block Move right Move up/down Update Hide Group Starting with Moodle

43. Editing a topic block Show only this topic Highlight this topic as the current topic Hide this topic from students Move Topic Down Starting with Moodle

44. Adding a Resource into a Topic Starting with Moodle

45. Adding an Activity into a Topic Starting with Moodle

46. Adding Blocks Starting with Moodle

47. Admin Panel Starting with Moodle

48. Examples of Moodle courses Starting with Moodle https://moodle.polymtl.ca/course/view.php?name=soutien https://moodle.polymtl.ca/course/view.php?id=448

49. Examples of Moodle courses Starting with Moodle

50. Books on Moodle

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52. Conference on Moodle

53. Questions E-mail: [email_address] Ext.: 1404 - Room: 4B.3A-3