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Making the Move to Moodle 2

At South Devon College

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Moodle at South Devon College

• Major resource for learners and staff

• Learner homepage and main student communication tool

• Main tool used in Independent Learning session for lesson delivery

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Why bother upgrading?

For the extra features it offers!!

For most people, it will do all the same things MORE EASILY!!

AND for many staff and students it will offer some extra benefits.

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Just some of the new things** More info at the ‘What’s new with Moodle 2’

session!• Easier uploading and sharing of resources with

other Moodle courses

• Better activity tracking and completion tracking

• Conditional Activities

• Students can add images and media to resources

and have a site wide private files area

• Better integration with Mahara for portfolio

building

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1: Review Moodle 1

Test Moodle 2

Launch of beta / test version of Moodle 2

Testing courses in Moodle 2

Updating courses for September

2011

Full upgrade to Moodle 2

Process and Timescales Completedover 200 courses

deleted

A copy of all the courses in

current Moodle on

11th April are now available on a version of

Moodle 2

Launch of Moodle 2 on 1st

August 2011

(following 1 week

downtime)

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Review Moodle 1. Test Moodle

2

Launch of beta / test version of Moodle 2

Testing courses in Moodle 2

Updating courses for September

2011

Full upgrade to Moodle 2

Review Moodle 1Testing Moodle 2

• A Moodle 1 clean-up to delete courses no longer needed.

• Some courses assessed for Medals. • Over 680 courses remain for upgrade.

• A version of Moodle 2 available on development server for testing

• Theme developed

• Modules and plug-ins tested

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Review Moodle 1. Test Moodle

2

Launch of beta / test version of Moodle 2

Testing courses in Moodle 2

Updating courses for September

2011

Full upgrade to Moodle 2

Review Moodle 1Testing Moodle 2

• Regular project meetings with technical development team

• Implementation plan developed based on:• How courses will be taken over to Moodle 2• Tracking features to be used

• Timescales and milestones identified for upgrade

• Presented to Senior Management Team – including tracking features

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Review of courses in Moodle

Launch of beta / test version of Moodle 2

Testing courses in Moodle 2

Updating courses for September

2011

Full upgrade to Moodle 2

Testing and updating Moodle courses

From May until July:

• Moodle 2 launched to College Management Team and then all staff

• Testing how Moodle 1 resources work in Moodle 2

• Identifying alternative solutions where required

• Developing courses ready for September 2011

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Options for moving courses to Moodle 2

• Update current course on Moodle 1 to meet at least BRONZE medal level.

• Develop the upgraded version in Moodle 2

• Recreate your course directly in Moodle 2

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Upgrading Overview

LIVE: Moodle 1Live version with learners until 22nd July 2011

Courses developed to Bronze standard or more

BETA: Moodle 2Test version for checking courses

New courses developed for September 2011

May – July 2011 2nd August 2011 onwards

LIVE: Moodle 2All courses in Moodle 1

with Medals will be available.

All developed courses in BETA Moodle 2 will be

available

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Support Provided

• Initial discussion with LTRS staff member on which option to use.

• LTRS staff will assess Moodle Medal and support development

• Moodle 2 training – from workshops to a qualification• Step by step guidance for staff as courses are developed• Working together with a member of the LTRS team to

develop the course (sharing the workload but ensuring the online course meets the need of the course programme).

Changes along the way…

• We are still unsure of whether we will upgrade or have a new Moodle 2 set-up and import the courses. Awaiting Moodle 2.1.

• We originally wanted to only start new in Moodle 2 or upgrade from 1.9. Now staff can develop Moodle 2 version.

Things to consider

• Unless going for a general upgrade – make sure LOTS of support is in place.

• Have plenty of time! We started back in January but still wish we had longer!! (But practically – we couldn’t have started much with teachers before May).

Questions?

Are any of you planning to upgrade to Moodle 2 this September?