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Welcome
To
Get Ready to Develop Online with Moodle: Part A
Presented by Frank Fucile – [email protected] Development Teamhttp://www.malaonline.ca/
What we will cover:
• Administration
• Home Page/Course Layout
• Course Navigation
• Communications
• File Management
• Resources
• Activities
• Settings – format/course, start date/enrolment key, etc.
• Files – upload/download and manage your course files
Administration
Home Page– 2 columns versus 3 columns
Blocks – Hide – Reveal– Rearrange– Insert– Remove
Homepage/Course Layout
Breadcrumbs – follow the trail…
Jump To – jump around from topic/week to topic/week…
Section Menu – click to particular topic or week…
Course Navigation
Quickmail – email messages get sent to the email address in your profile
People – participants can see who is in the course
Messages – send instant messages to your students
Online Users – see who is online at the time
Forums – a place for on-going discussion
Chat – have real-time chat sessions…i.e., Virtual Office Hours
Communications
Quickmail allows students and teachers to “send” out email
messages from within Moodle. The email messages will be
sent to the email address that you have in your Moodle profile
Quickmail
The People block shows all the participants that are in the
course and any information that is in their profile and date and
time of their “Last Access”
People
Messages allows you to send “instant” messages to
participants and works in conjunction with Online Users.
Online Users lets you know who is online and then you can use
Messages to start a conversation with them
Messages/Online Users
Forums allows you to have on-going “asynchronous” (on your
own time) discussion in a threaded manner
Forums
Chat allows you to have “synchronous” (real-time)
conversations with participants…for example…Virtual Office
Hours
Chat
The Files area in Moodle is similar to the My Documents area on yourcomputer.
You can create folders and subfolders to upload your files and documents.
File Management
Using the “Resources” tool in Moodle you can:
Links to Websites– Google = http://www.google.ca– Wikipedia = http://www.wikipedia.org/
Links to Documents – Course Outline – RTF (Rich Text Format)– Lectures - PDF– PowerPoints - PPT– Images – JPG– Animation - Flash
Resources
Using the “Activities” tool in Moodle you can add:
Assignments– Advanced uploading of files (Multiple files plus notes)– Online Text– Upload a single file– Offline
Quizzes– Multiple Choice/Matching/T or F/Short Answer/Essay
Glossary– Teacher Defined– Learner Defined
Activities
Go to http://orientation.malaonline.ca
Click the (Login) link -
Type your “Username” and “Password” and click “Login” button
Logging In
Click on “Moodle Faculty Workshops” category
Logging In, contd
You will now see a list of courses…click on your course
Your Online Support Team
Contact Information:
E-Mail: [email protected]: (250) 753-3245 Local 2382
Moodle Website Addresses:
Main: http://moodle.malaonline.ca/Orientation: http://orientation.malaonline.ca/Powell River: http://pr.malaonline.ca/Health and Human Services: http://hhs.malaonline.ca/MBA: http://mba.malaonline.ca
Request a New Moodle Course:http://www.malaonline.ca/courses/new_course.php
You can join the Moodle Community at the following website - http://moodle.org – click on the Create new account link located on the right side of the screen and follow the on-screen directions.