Moodle Course Development Organizers

Planning Your Online Learning Environment

Identify the goals of the course

• Prerequisites
• Expectations during the class
• A checklist of what will be accomplished and end of course expectations (including assessments)
• How will grading be accomplished or success measured

Logistics

• Enrollment key or Active Directory/LDAP Authentication
• Digital photos for students
• Online behavior/rules
• Whether to use a syllabus or not (view sample)
• Make podcasts of presentations or problem-engagement

General Guidelines

• Preventing Cheating: Give the students group projects to do, then have the students grade themselves, others on their team, and other projects. Projects could include:
  • Creating a web site
  • Developing a database to do something
  • Solve a problem and explain the process
  • Have the students provide a presentation as either a web site or PowerPoint presentation and post them to the web.
  • Case studies
  • Portfolios: samples of a variety of materials
  • Games
  • Puzzles
  • Research projects
  • Taking tests by teams instead of individually
  • Peer collaboration; peer assessment
• Use short answer forms built into case studies and readings. If the testing standard is multiple choice, T/F, short answer, or essay tests, try the following:
  • When developing an online test, post it and make it available for only a few days.
  • Limit the time on the test
  • Test more frequently to establish a “track record”
  • Limit the number of retries/or no retries at all, depending on the objective of the test