Samruddhi Khandare
PCE, New Panvel
IITBombayX: FDP101x Foundation Program in ICT for Education
Course Journal
Week 3: 17th August to 27th August, 2017
In Week-3 we had Face to Face A-VIEW interaction at our respective RC (Remote Centre)
Pillai College of Engineering (PCE), New Panvel, Maharashtra. This session was conducted
for two days i.e. 19th August, 2017 and 20th August, 2017. The interaction took place with
approximately 170 Remote Centres and 7700 participants of FDP101X.
Session 1: 19th August, 2017: Four sessions were conducted on this day.
1. Introduction session by Prof. Phatak: Prof. Phatak explained about the course. The main
aim of the course is collective wisdom, collective passion and delivering the knowledge
through online.
2. Interaction with Prof. P Sunthar: Prof. P Sunthar explained about pro-active and timely
communication and the need of communication.
1. Sit in pairs
2. Write individual
3. Share with your peer
4. Remote Centre coordinator
5. User story
3. A-VIEW demonstration: Learnt how to login to A-VIEW IIT Bombay, with Mentees
Username and password.
4. Lab Assignment: The last session was the Lab Assignment and we were assigned to do
one lab activity with six questions based on interaction session.
Session 2: 20th August, 2017:
1. Interactive session on making the best use of FDP by Prof. Jayakrishnan: Main points
discussed in this session are as follows:
Providing additional courses in methodologies.
Activities like LbDs.
Practicing of the technology.
Teachers should move beyond domains and engage with another faculty, etc.
2. Interactive session on Visual Presentation Skills by Prof. Sameer Sahasrabudhe: A
review session on flipped class videos included:
Think-pair-share activity
Colour schemes
Colour guidelines
Typography
Typography guidelines
Common observations
Visual effects
Peer Assessment Activity
Rubric based peer evaluation etc.
3. Interactive session on queries and clarifications by Prof. Jayakrishnan: Prof
Jayakrishnan had clarified the doubts of participants of FDP101X related to Wordpress such
as; how to download videos in Wordpress, mentor, mentee allocations etc.
4. Lab Assignment : The last session was the Lab Assignment and we were assigned to do
one lab activity with five questions based on interaction session.
During these two sessions we clarified most of our doubts related to Wordpress, discussion
forums and also had a good interaction session with our peers.
Learning Experience Interaction 3
Discussion Forum Etiquettes: Focus Questions for Discussion
1. Can you identify the pedagogic feature that has been used in the animation video on Forum
Etiquettes?
Ans. The pedagogic feature that has been used in the animation video on Forum Etiquettes is
as follows:
a) Learning Dialogues (LeD) Activity: Watching the animated video of forum etiquettes.
b) Learning by doing (LbD) activity: They have used reflection spot that what we had
observed in LeDs to answer the Quiz i.e., thinking and answering the quiz while learning.
2. What is one new thing that you learnt about discussion forum etiquettes?
Ans. New things that I learnt about discussion forum etiquettes are as follows:
a) Use meaningful subject tile while posting information.
b) Do not shout in online discussion i.e. have a discussion in Professional manner.
c) Do not overuse emojis & emoticons in discussion.
d) Use the ‘granny test’ which means that while posting anything online use proper
words and appropriate pictures.
e) Do not argue with anyone and respect the decision of people involved in discussion.
f) Do not steal or use the information, images, videos etc. of others unless they give you
permission to use.
MOODLE in IIT Bombay
MOODLE is a popular Learning Management System used by several academic institutions
worldwide.
Following are the basic features offered by MOODLE to a teacher:
Course Setup
Editing Sections
Adding Resources
Creating Assignments
Creating Discussion Forums
Creating Quizzes in MOODLE.
Exploring course settings inside MOODLEIn this section we come across the editing option, how to edit whole section name, course
name, how to drag and drop, the topic format and weekly format, and roles - rename roles.
etc.. Logged in the demo Moodle course as a teacher and selected New Staff Induction and
observed the Editing settings.
LbD 3.1
Step 1:
Login into mount orange school
Step 2:
Select course “New staff induction”.
Step 3:
Click on edit button from setting icon.
Editing section in a CourseGo to demo Moodle course and login as teacher and select the course “New Staff Induction”
and turn “ON” the editing option. Try to add new sections with titles and later delete them.
Editing section:
Lbd 3.2
Step 1:
Login to the MOODLE as a teacher. Use username as “teacher” and password as “moodle”.
Step 2:
Select the course “New Staff Induction”.
Step 3:
Click on the settings button on the top right of the window and then select the option “Turn
Editing On”
Step 4:
Go to any one of the section and see the settings.
Step 5:
Add a new section and give it a meaningful title and description.
Step 6:
Once the new section is added we can find it into dashboard/my courses/induction.
Adding Resources in MOODLE
In this section we learnt how to upload a file in Moodle.
LbD 3.3
Step 1:
Login to the MOODLE as a teacher. Use username as “teacher” and password as “moodle”.
Step 2:
Select the course “New Staff Induction”.
Step 3:
Click on the settings button on the top right of the window and then select the option “Turn
Editing On”
Step 4:
Go to any one of the section and see the setting.
Step 5:
Add a new section titled “Course Journal” and give description as “Course Journal – Week
1”. Week 1 journal is added successfully.
Step 6:
Add another section titled “Course Journal” and give description as “Course Journal – Week
2”.
Week 2 journal is added successfully.
Step 7:
Adding two assignments to the week 2 course journal.
Creating Assignments in MOODLE
In this section we learnt how to give assignments, setting the time limit to solve the
assignment questions, how to grade the assignments and how to upload the assignments and
in which format.
LbD 3.4
Step 1:
Login to the MOODLE as a teacher. Use username as “teacher” and password as “moodle”.
Step 2:
Select the course “New Staff Induction”.
Step 3:
Click on the settings button on the top right of the window and then select the option “Turn
Editing On”
Step 4:
Go to the section titled “My Course Journal” created in previous LbD.
Step 5:
Add an assignment in this section asking students to upload their course journal. The
assignment should accept a single file upload and should have maximum 10 marks.
Step 6:
Click on “Add an activity or resource” and then click on “Assignment”.
Step 7:
After clicking on “Assignment”, click on “Add”.
Step 8:
Enter the assignment name and description and Upload assignment file. To restrict the
students to upload only one file; find the setting from SUBMISSION TYPES --- >
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UPLOADED FILES = 1.
Find Grade settings and set maximum grade 10.
Discussion Forums in MOODLE
Discussion forum is an example of setting up Learner - Learner Interaction. In this session we
came to know about different blocks such as; search forum, latest news forum, upcoming
events and recent activities. In discussion forum students can get the questions, topics for
discussion and keep replying to the questions posted by other students.
LbD 3.5
Step 1:
Login to the MOODLE as a teacher. Use username as “teacher” and password as “moodle”.
Step 2:
Select the course “New Staff Induction”.
Step 3:
Click on the settings button on the top right of the window and then select the option “Turn
Editing On”
Step 4:
Go to the section titled “My Course Journal” created in previous LbD.
Step 5:
Add a new discussion forum in the section asking the students to discuss their course journal
writing experience.
Creating Quizes in MOODLE
We can give questions to the students through Moodle and evaluate them. While creating the
quizzes we can set time limit for solving them, grading system and feedback.
LbD 3.6
Step 1:
Login to the MOODLE as a teacher. Use username as “teacher” and password as “moodle”.
Step 2:
Select the course “New Staff Induction”.
Step 3:
Click on the settings button on the top right of the window and then select the option “Turn
Editing On”
Step 4:
Go to the section titled “My Course Journal” created in previous LbD.
Step 5:
Add a new quiz in the section which will test the student’s understanding about the need to
create a course journal.
Step 6:
Adding New Quiz:
Step 7:
Adding question type
Step 8:
Adding questions to quiz.
Step 9:
Adding options to multiple choice questions.
Step 10:
Adding True/False questions.
Step 10:
Preview of added questions.
Step 11:
Preview of quiz.
Resource Creation and Peer Review
I have gone through the learning dialogues and came to know about the Peer Review. Our
discussion forum in IITBombayX is the best example of Peer Review that I have observed.
Flipped Classroom Activity
Visual Presentation Skills
Visual presentation skills always follow the process of:
Planning: Planning involves techniques like brainstorming, discussions, analysing
and organising what content the teacher wants.
Execution: Execution means how to provide a particular flow of the whole
presentation by creating an outline, adding bulleted details and most importantly the
graphic support.
Impress: Impress means to create a presentation which has an appeal and involves the
things such as the colour schemes, choice of fonts, effects which are given out while
presenting the slide.
Graphics:
Using graphics is one of the important decisions for creating any presentation. It is always
better to know about the type of graphic which is to be used.
Types of Graphics:
There are mainly two types of graphics:
1. Static Graphics: Static Graphics include photographs or images, drawings,
illustrations, screenshots, etc.
2. Motion graphics or Videos: In motion graphics things are visible like animations,
simulations, video shot by cameras, etc.
Other types of Graphics:
1. Decorative Graphics: They are very easy. They are used to attract the attention of the
readers or the viewers. These are used only for aesthetic reason i.e. they are used only
for grabbing attention.
2. Photograph: It is the depiction of the realistic way in which the object is. The other
use of this type of graphic is a screenshot.
3. Mnemonic Graphic: It is a very peculiar type of graphic. It conveys content or an
idea to a visual form.
4. Organizational Graphics: It gives a qualitative relation between two entities within
a particular graphic. A map is a very good example of organizational graphic. For
example, how long is place A from place B can be easily told by looking at the map.
5. Graphs and pie charts: It gives a quantitative relation between two entities within a
particular graphic.
6. Transformational Graphic: Transformational graphics are ones that show movement
or changes over time. These types of visuals are particularly good for showing the
steps of a process or procedure. Designers often include transformational graphics as
part of an animation sequence or video.
7. Interpretive Graphic: In interpretive graphic the structure is depicted in a line art
format. Arrows and colours can used in explaining the process.