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What is Moodle? Moodle is an online learning management system, where teachers can build online classrooms complete with digital assignments, readings, documents, quizzes, and discussions. Moodle can be used on Macs and PCs and is 100% online, so you can access it from any computer at any time. Rather than a single program like a wiki, blog, or chatroom, Moodle is a “suite” of learning tools, including (but not limited to): ASSIGNMENTS for collecting projects and essays; DOCUMENTS for sharing course information; CHATS for live, synchronous text chat; CHOICES for polling your students; LINKS to bring the web to your classroom; DATABASES for building collections as a group; FORUMS for asynchronous discussion threads; GLOSSARIES for terminology and concepts; LESSONS for step-by-step content delivery; QUIZZES for instant-feedback assessments; SCORM/AICC PACKAGES for uploading guided lessons; WIKIS for collaborative work as a group; and WORKSHOPS for peer review. Your Moodle classroom is built unit by unit, or module by module, with a helpful and thorough editing interface. Learning objects are hand-picked from a menu that instantly adds the item to your course page. Built-in Help Icons ( ) next to each menu help teachers identify what to use and when. Q Is Moodle free? A Moodle is an open-source system, so any- one can download it for free from Moodle. org. To run a Moodle website, however, you must have appropriate equipment for web- site hosting; for this reason, many schools contract with a Moodle provider. The costs associated are for the staff and resources re- quired to take a live Moodle site online. Q What do Moodle courses look like? A The short answer? Whatever you want! Moodle is customizable for all kinds of learn- ing formats, from the chronological course with a structured flow, to a lounge-like space where students can just talk and share ideas. Check out some of these course layouts: Moodle Copyright CCIU ERDTS Division | www.cciu.org Learn more at www.moodle.org Modular, Object-Oriented, Dynamic Learning Environment Each course is equipped with a private files area, to store images and documents used in the course page. A helpful text editor provides formatting tools and the ability to add links and images to any text.

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Page 1: Moodle - Wikispaces · What is Moodle? Moodle is an online learning management system, where teachers can build online classrooms complete with digital assignments, readings, documents,

What is Moodle?Moodle is an online learning management system, where teachers can build online classrooms complete with digital assignments, readings, documents, quizzes, and discussions. Moodle can be used on Macs and PCs and is 100% online, so you can access it from any computer at any time.

Rather than a single program like a wiki, blog, or chatroom, Moodle is a “suite” of learning tools, including (but not limited to):

AssignMents for collecting projects and essays; DOCUMents for sharing course information;

ChAts for live, synchronous text chat; ChOiCes for polling your students; LinKs to bring the web to your classroom;

DAtAbAses for building collections as a group;

FOrUMs for asynchronous discussion threads;

gLOssAries for terminology and concepts; LessOns for step-by-step content delivery;

QUizzes for instant-feedback assessments;

sCOrM/AiCC PACKAges for uploading guided lessons; WiKis for collaborative work as a group; and

WOrKshOPs for peer review.

Your Moodle classroom is built unit by unit, or module by module, with a helpful and thorough editing interface.

Learning objects are hand-picked from a menu that instantly adds the item to your course page. Built-in Help Icons ( ) next to each menu help teachers identify what to use and when.

Q is Moodle free?A Moodle is an open-source system, so any-one can download it for free from Moodle.org. To run a Moodle website, however, you must have appropriate equipment for web-site hosting; for this reason, many schools contract with a Moodle provider. The costs associated are for the staff and resources re-quired to take a live Moodle site online.

Q What do Moodle courses look like?A The short answer? Whatever you want! Moodle is customizable for all kinds of learn-ing formats, from the chronological course with a structured flow, to a lounge-like space where students can just talk and share ideas. Check out some of these course layouts:

Moodle

Copyright CCIU ERDTS Division | www.cciu.org

Learn more atwww.moodle.org

Modular, Object-Oriented, Dynamic Learning Environment

Each course is equipped with a private files area, to store images and documents used in the course page.

A helpful text editor provides formatting tools and the ability to add links and images to any text.

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Moodle is secured behind a user-name and password; each student and teacher is provided with log-in credentials so that the general pub-lic doesn’t participate in activities or observe student interaction.

guest-accessible pages can be configured so that parents and other guests can peek into the spaces that teachers have built, if desired.

Entire courses, or just individual activities, can be hidden or visible, allowing teachers to develop their courses before items are “published” to the class.

Course pages are organized into catego-ries; some districts choose to create cat-egories by school, content area, or grade level. The organization is completely flex-ible and customizable.

Moodle isn’t just for the educator; anyone wishing to create an online re-source can centralize their materials in Moodle. Check out ideas to the right.

Course AdministrationFeatures in the Administration Block allow teachers to manage Course settings, assign participants to stu-dent and teacher roles, and view the course gradebook. Groups can be made in the admin block, to create teams of students for various activities. Teachers can backup their course to save a copy, restore an old version of their course from a backup, or import content from an-other course they teach. The can also reset their course,

to empty it of student grades and assignments each year. Teachers have access to activity reports for all participants (also called “logs”), which show what actions were taken on the site and by whom. Last, teachers can manage their assessment Questions, and share their questions with others.

site AdministrationMoodle is usually managed by a system of personnel with a hierarchy of site permissions. Technology Directors or Integrators typically hold the role of Site administrator; tech-savvy teachers and team leaders are designated as Course Creators; everyday classroom teachers hold the Teacher role, and stu-dents have a role that participates in, but cannot edit, Moodle courses.

Learn moreFind ideas, resources, helpwww.moodle.org; free account required

Watch and learnwww.moodletutorials.org

try it outhttp://demo.moodle.org; Playground resets every hour

Ask us at [email protected]

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The Admin block, to a student

The Admin block, to a teacher

IDEAS FOR TEACHERS

Let your students build a course glossary, to help

them master concepts; create an as-signment to turn in a PowerPoint show or a movie project; use a wiki to create a lecture summary, so students can compile their notes and absent students can catch up; test your stu-dents’ understanding with a quiz, or create a PSSA or SAT practice test; use a journal to collect reflections, or have students track their progress through-out a whole year; hold a virtual office hour in a chatroom the night before a big test; bring students together in a forum to review each other’s essays or have a debate.

IDEAS FOR OFFICE PROFESSIONALS

Use the activity menu to cre-ate Forums where your staff can discuss issues, ideas, or share information from con-

ferences/events; use a Wiki to collab-oratively edit a mission statement, curriculum, or to track progress on a project; try a Database for contact information; put your next training or staff meeting topic out to vote with a Choice; create an Assignment for your staff to turn in their annual performance evaluations, emergen-cy contact information, or HR forms.

Roles and permissions can be customized by your team for each Moodle site, course, and even specific activities, to grant users varying permissions as they travel to different spaces.

Try every activity!demo.moodle.org

Log in as a teacher, and start creating!