Managing Professional Learning Online with Moodle

Please note that these materials are subject to change.

Getting Started

• What is Course Management? Why Moodle?
• Setting up a course:
  • weekly type
  • topics type
• other course settings
  • course settings and enrollment keys
  • View mode / Edit mode

Adding Content

• Setting out the syllabus on the main page
  • using Label activity to add syllabus pieces with HTML Area
  • uploading and including graphics in the syllabus display
  • using tab feature of Firefox to streamline working on the course home page
• Adding Resources
  • uploading files into the Moodle file system
  • choosing a file as a Resource
  • moving Resources around on the home page
  • referencing Resources from syllabus or assignment activities.
• Overview of other Moodle activities
  • assignment and journals
  • quizzes
  • polls

Teachers and Students: The Moodle Connection

• Customizing the Moodle display that students see.
  • hiding and revealing course components.
  • how students see the course - two ways to mimic what students can see (View Mode / Login as student)
• Navigating around Moodle
  • display single week, jump directly to section or resource.

Pre-Requisites

Participants should be comfortable with:

• Typical navigation features of web-based applications e.g. hyperlinks, buttons, drop down boxes, radio buttons, check boxes
• Concepts such as working with files, folders, uploading (put files), downloading (get files), compressing/uncompressing files (e.g. zip)
• Entering text into fields and text boxes

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