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Getting Started With editing turned on, the course creator can now Add activities from an intuitive drop-down list of module plug-in features. Moodle has a “modular” design so adding the Activities that form a course is a simple process: 1. Course creation privileges are assigned to the teacher. 2. Select from one of three course layout; Topic , Weekly or Social format. 3. Click “Turn editing on” within the blank course template. 4. Create the course!
Course Management Features - Activities Assignment Used to assign online or offline tasks; learners can submit tasks in any file format (e.g. MS Office, PDF, image, a/v etc.). Blogs Blogs allow students, teachers and administrators to have a public web log. This online journal has various settings to control who can read them . Book Book module makes it easy to create multi-page resources with a book-like format. Property screens guide instructor through setup when creating a new Assignment Assignment activity can require the learner to upload a completed project.
Course Management Features - Activities Chat Allows real-time synchronous communication by learners. Choice Instructors create a question and a number of choices for learners; results are posted for learners to view. Use this module to do quick surveys on subject matter. Feedback Allows you to create surveys.
Course Management Features - Activities Forums Threaded discussion boards for asynchronous group exchange on shared subject matter. Participation in forums can be an integral part of the learning experience, helping students define and evolve their understanding of subject matter. Students can Rate a forum post, based on Scales set up by the course creator
Course Management Features - Activities Glossary Create a glossary of terms used in a course. Has display format options including entry list, encyclopedia, FAQ, dictionary style and more. Journal Learners reflect, record and revise ideas and submit to teacher for feedback. Glossary terms appear in highlight within all activity resources. Moodle includes its own site search engine.
Course Management Features - Activities Quiz Create all the familiar forms of assessment including true-false, multiple choice, short answer, matching question, random questions, numerical questions, embedded answer questions with descriptive text and graphics. Instructors have granular control in defining course assessments, and can import quiz questions from popular formats like Blackboard, IMS QTI and WebCT. Moodle also supports embedding audio into a quiz.
Course Management Features - Activities RSS – Really Simple Syndication RSS allows certain web browsers and specialized programs to automatically check for updates to a page. <ul><li>Forums </li></ul><ul><li>Glossary </li></ul><ul><li>RSS Feeds </li></ul>
Course Management Features - Activities Wiki A Wiki enables documents to be authored collectively in a simple markup language using a web browser.
Course Management Features - Resources <ul><li>Resources are the primary tool for bringing content into a course; </li></ul><ul><li>Add plain text page </li></ul><ul><li>Add webpage </li></ul><ul><li>Uploaded files </li></ul><ul><li>Links to the websites </li></ul><ul><li>Display contents of directory </li></ul><ul><li>Deploy IMS Package </li></ul><ul><li>Insert a label </li></ul>Moodle supports adding math expressions to a Resource activity, using the built-in HTML editor
Learner Management Features – Participants 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. Learners complete a personal profile page that helps build the online learning community. Adding a picture and details to the profile creates a social connection.
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 de