Presentation on some of the key features found in Moodle 2.0 - 2.4. The presentation focused on feature sets, advanced grading techniques; Activity and Completion tracking, repositories, and the workshop module. This presentation was delivered Feb 12, 2013, at the Canada MoodleMoot in Vancouver, BC.

1. What Moodle 2 Can Do For You
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Feb 12, 2013
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3. Topics for today
 Moodle 2.0 -> 2.4
 Completion Tracking & Activity Completion
 Advanced Grading: Rubrics and Marking Guide
 Repositories
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 Making Your Moodle Mobile
 Workshop Module

4. Moodle 2.0 to 2.4:
A Feature Timeline
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5. What Version of Moodle are
you on?
 http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_pol
ls/ODUzNzk0MDAy
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Moodle 2.0
 Navigation Block
 File Picker and Repositories Introduced
 Portfolio Support
 Activity Completion and Conditional Activities
 Cohorts
 Blocks everywhere
 Cohorts
 New editor

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Moodle 2.1
 Introduced Web services (allowing Apps to access)
 Restore from 1.9 course backups – but not user data
nor blocks
 Copy or clone an activity

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Moodle 2.2
 Advanced Grading Methods: Rubrics
 External Tool: IMS
 MyMobile Theme

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Moodle 2.3
 Drag and Drop Files
 File aliases and shortcuts
 Cleaner UI: New Icons, New Activity Chooser, etc
 Advanced Grading: Marking Guide
 Assignment rewrite
 Book becomes core
 Completion Tracking by Topic
 One Topic per page view

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Moodle 2.4
 Performance Improvements – even for IE!
 Integrate external Calendars

11. Completion Tracking
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12. Completion Tracking?
 Completion tracking can be used to report on the
students progress in a course or if a student has met the
recommended prerequisites of a course.
 The Completion tracking feature works on two levels of
Course Completion and Activity Completion.
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13. The Value of Completion Tracking
 Students can clearly see where they are in your Moodle
course, and know how far they have progressed.
 Teachers can ensure students have a firm
understanding of course fundamentals before
progressing, locking future resources until
prerequisites are complete.
 Businesses can quickly and easily monitor and track
staff professional development.
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14. Course Completion
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15. Advanced Grading:
Rubrics and Marking Guide
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16. Assignments – Condensed
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 Before:
 Advanced Uploading of
Files
 Online Text
 Upload a Single File
 Offline Activity
 As of 2.3
 Assignment
 Type of assignment
controlled through
settings

17.  Articulate a grading scheme for assignments based on a
series of criteria
 For each criteria, you can describe levels of quality,
from poor to excellent
*Available as of Moodle 2.2
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Rubrics

18.  Like the Rubric, but more flexible.
 Can add frequently used comments
*Available as of Moodle 2.3
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Marking Guide

19. Tips for Rubrics in Moodle
 Have a 0 level for each criteria to avoid confusion
 Showing the student the rubric before the assignment
is in the side navigation menu
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20. Moodle Repositories
BC Campus Webinar Series, Sponsored by Lambda Solutions
Oct 25, 2012
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21. Moodle 2.3 Repositories
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 Why repositories?
 Get up and Running
 Private Files
 YouTube
 Wikimedia
 Google Docs / Google Drive
 DropBox
 Equella
 Media Capture
 FTP

22. Why should you care
 Use existing resources
 Can be LMS independent
 Leverage / use creative commons licensed materials
 Leverage / use open education content
 Access your cloud files
 Better control of document management
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Google Docs / Drive
Process:
http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Google_OAuth_2.0_setup
Google Site API Settings:
 Setup: https://code.google.com/apis/console#access
 Client ID= Web application
 Authorized Redirect URLs =
http://yourmoodlesite.org/admin/oauth2callback.php

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Dropbox Setup
Process:
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/10/23/
using-dropbox-repository-with-moodle/
DropBox API Settings:
 Setup: http://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps
 AppType = API
 Access = Full DropBox

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MediaCapture
Process:
https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=repository_
mediacapture
Installation:
 Copy to MOODLEROOT/repository/
 Trigger moodle upgrade script
 Enable the plugin from Site administration -> Plugins ->
Repositories -> Manage Repositories

26. Repository Cheat Sheet
Repository Notes
Private Files Like a USB stick – in the cloud
YouTube Search all of youtube. Not connected to a profile.
Wikimedia Use any Wikimedia file via creative commons license.
Google Docs Users can access their files; copies rft / xls versions.
DropBox Create App with DropBox, allows users to bring DropBox
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files into Moodle.
Media Capture Easy way to allow users to record sound. Works for video
too but need a red5 server.
FTP Allows access to specific directories on your Server.
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/whitepaper-moodle-2-repositories/

27. Workshop
Sponsored by Lambda Solutions
Feb 12, 2013
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28. Why use the Workshop?
 Builds collaboration into your Moodle assignments
 Allows peer review and peer feedback
 Marks assigned for submission and feedback
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 Comes with core in Moodle 2

29. Moodle Workshop Module
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Five Phases
1. Setup
2. Submission
3. Assessment
4. Grading Evaluation
5. Closing

30.  Moodle Show & Tell: Show your Moodle!
 Widening the Circle
 Make Your Moodle Mobile
 Less is More: Stripping Moodle Down
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31. www.lambdasolutions.net
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