some moodle activities the road less travelled
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Presenting on some Moodle activities that may be overlooked in building a course Presented at Moodlemoot Romania 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Choosing Moodle Activities
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https://www.packtpub.com/moodle-2-0-for-business-beginners-guide/book
Read Robert Frost poem.
Looking at some less used activities in Moodle
» Book
» External Tool
» Glossary
Other lesser used (but not today)
» Workshop
» Lesson
» Create a resource of related web pages
» Chapter and sub chapter titles formatting
» Use Editor to configure content
» Embed videos, images
» Linked content pages together
» HTML Editor (online)
» Browser access (for tablets/mobile)
» No Plugins needed
» Can print chapter or whole book
» Auto-Linking filters
» Support Manual …
» Interactive Course Content
» A library of resources (embedded videos?)
» Student Showcase
» Public facing content pages
» Demo creating Book
» Use Moodle as a launch pad for other Learning Technology
» Easy integration with no plugin
» Single Sign on
“Allow the seamless connection of web-based, externally hosted applications and content, or Tools to platforms that present them to users”
MOODLE
1. WP Admin Gives Teacher Configuration
Details
3. Student Clicks Link
2. Teachers Adds
External Tool
4. Wordpress creates student
account Logs student in
5. Student Writes blog posts
MOODLE
1. Admin Gives
Teacher Details
3. Student Clicks Link
2. Teachers Adds
External Tool
4. creates account Logs student in
Gives access to course
Central Exam Moodle
6 Sends Back
Grade
5. Student Does Exam
7 Grade added to Gradebook
» SpACE .5
» WebPA 1.0.0.3
» Campus Pack v4.2
» Noteflight 2.1
» CourseSmart ServiceHub 2
» Mediasite v6.0.2
» WebAssign API v1.0
» Ucompass Octane
» Tegrity BLTI
» Barnes & Noble NOOK Study
» PebblePad
» ChemVantage
» SCORM Cloud BLTI
» Piazza
» BadgeStack
» Bigbluebutton
» Moodle
» Tandem
» Mediawiki
» LangBlog
» Elgg
» Mahara
» Joomla!
» Question2Answer
» Status.net
» Vanilla2
» Videochat
» Google Apps
» LTI Plugin for Wordpress...
» Demonstration
» Teacher or Student Creation
» Teacher or Student rating (grades)
» Teacher or student comments
» Entries grouped in Categories
» Entries searchable
» Auto-link filter!
Before:
» Teacher has glossary in word document or pdf
» Teacher uploads the PDF into the course for students
After
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary activity
» Students can now browse/search it online
Before:
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary activity
» Students can now browse/search it online
After
» Teacher adds the random glossary block to the course page
» Students now see random definitions on the page while viewing the content
Before:
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary activity
» Students can now browse/search it online
» Random Block enabled
After
» Teacher enables auto-linking filter so that phrases in glossary are linked within course content text.
» Demonstration
Lets turn it on its head
OLD WAY NEW WAY
» Teacher did all the work
» Teacher created entries in glossary
» Students viewed them
» Students do most of work
» Students create entries in glossary
» Teacher approves them
» Students co-create the glossary
Some ideas More Ideas
» Book Reviews
» Biographies
» Quote Collection
» Article Clippings
» Interesting Resources
» Quiz Questions
» Recipes
» Student Showcase
» Image gallery
» Video Archive
» Demonstration of Student creation, commenting and rating
Gavin Henrick
T: @ghenrick
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