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	Let's Moodle This is a quick course to give you an overview of what the Learning Management System (LMS) - Moodle is, how it can help you deliver content to your students in an engaging and useful way. It is the fastest growing LMS in the world so why not see why so many people are using it all around the world. DAVE Enjoy Richard Wallace Richard's Moodle Notes PDF document Ask Questions or view other peoples Questions here......Q&A Question & Answer Forum (Q&A) A brief overview of Moodle from a Primary School Perspective Beginners Moodle (.pdf 1.8 mb), courtesy of "SchoolAnywhere" UK - Moodle Partner PDF document A course I ran at Murray Bridge TAFESA using Moodle Career Awareness Moodle course run at Murray Bridge TAFE file

1	What is Moodle? Why would I use Moodle? Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a University with 200,000 students. This site itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demonstration Courses or read the latest Moodle Buzz. (an excerpt from the Moodle.org website) Why would I use Moodle? Moodle Summaries Moodle Video Moodletutorials.org Resource Overall design of Moodle Resource Site management Resource User management Resource Course management Resource Career Awareness Moodle Example file

2	How do I login to Moodle? as well as my students? There is a "login box" on the front of most Moodle sites, as well as a "Login here" button at the bottom of each page. If you are logged in, as you are now you should see the words "Logout". Once you have logged into Moodle, you are then able to see different views according to the "Role" you have been assigned. As a student you will be able to see the courses you are currently enrolled in, as well as publicly available courses. As a teacher you will be able to see the courses you are currently teaching in as well as publicly available courses, but in your courses, you will see many more options than students.

3	Adding/Editing Content in Moodle (WYSIWYG Editor) Adding content into Moodle is very easy, usually if you know how to use a common Word Processor, you should have no issues with the Moodle editor. You will need to have the "Turn Editing on" button activated (so it shows "Turn editing off") for you to make any changes. You can only see this when you have teacher Rights, which you do in your sandbox. The following flash movie shows a few of the functions within the editor. Always to remember to "Save Changes" every 5 or so minutes as well as when your finished editing, as you are actually changing the file on the server (wherever that may sit). WYSIWYG Editor Functions (.swf file)

4	Adding files, images, links etc into Moodle? To add images or files to your moodle course, you will first need to upload them to the Moodle installation. The easiest way is to open the WYSIWYG editor, click where you would like an image to appear and then click the "Add image" button, it looks like a green picture in a frame. This will open the image box, where it allows you to upload an image after browsing for it. Then once it is uploaded, just select that image, add some Alt Text and away you go.

5	Blocks in Moodle Moodle blocks are the boxes that you see to the left and right of the main content window in moodle, for example the "Moodle Links Block" in the top left corner of this course.. These are very simple to add and delete, simply by having the editing turned on and then clicking on the "Blocks" drop down box. Have a play in your sandbox area, there are also a few resources below for you to look at. Moodle Docs - Blocks file

6	Moodle Resources (if you are up to it) Resources can be prepared files uploaded to the course server; pages edited directly in Moodle; or external web pages made to appear part of this course. A Text Page Resource A Web Page Resource A Web Page (opens in a new window) Resource A Web Link (opens in a new window) file A Directory file A Label Resource Learner-Defined Glossary Teacher-Defined Glossary Links to uploaded files (Moodle automatically assigns the icons according to the file type): An image file An MP3 file sound file A Flash file (opens in a new window) A Windows Media file (opens in a new window) An Office file Powerpoint presentation A PDF file PDF document

7	Moodle Activities Activities in moodle are used to reinforce the knowledge delivered using the resources and other online delivery methods. You can see a list of the "Default" activities by clicking on the drop down box named "activities". If we have time we will be covering a few of the commonly used ones such as forums, assignments, quizzes etc. There are also thousands, well maybe hundreds of "Optional" activities which can be installed by your administrator if you require them. A listing of these is on the Moodle.org site Moodle Glossary

8	Assignments in Moodle (if you are up to it) Assignments allow teachers to grade electronically submitted material or 'offline' submissions such as paper-based assignments or class presentations. Content Page Assignment Body Assignment Conclusion Assignment Moodle Assignment - Q & A Forum

9	Moodle Quizzes This module allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions and more. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers. A short quiz about Moodle (with timer) Example Listening Quiz A quiz with a password Moodle Quizzes - Q & A Forum

10	The Moodle Grade Book (briefly) Moodle blocks are the boxes that you see to the left and right of the main content window in moodle, for example the "Moodle Links Block" at the top left of this course. These are very simple to add and delete, simply by having the editing turned on and then clicking on the "Blocks" drop down box. Have a play in your sandbox area, there are also a few resources below for you to look at. Topic 8 Q & A Forum Quizzes and Assessments Course - Canadian Moodle Moot 09 file

11	Adding Forums to Moodle It is in forums that most discussion takes place. Forums can be structured in different ways, and can include peer rating of each posting. The postings can be viewed in a variety for formats, and can include attachments. A Standard forum for general use Each person posts one discussion Forum A single discussion Forum

12	Choices in Moodle Here a teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses. This can be useful as a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course; or to gather research consent. A Choice with anonymous results A Choice with non-anonymous results A Choice that allows you to update anytime A Choice with a limited number of responses allowed Topic 11 Q & A Forum

13	Hot Potatoes Quizzes to Moodle This module allows teachers to create multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill quizzes using Hot Potatoes software. The Hot Potatoes module needs to be made visible via Administration >> Configuration >> Modules. Newton's 2nd and 3rd Laws Pretest Hot Potatoes Quiz Crossword Puzzle with Timer Hot Potatoes Quiz Topic 10 Q & A Forum

14	SCORM Basic Maths SCORM example SCORM/AICC

15	Certificate for "Moodle for Dummies" Please answer the question below, to then be able to print out your certificate. Beginners / Intermediate Moodle Learning Management Course Certificate