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Introduction to Moodle
Markéta Potůčková
Charles University in Prague
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What is ? • A learning platform designed to provide educators,
administrators and learners with a single, robust, secure
and integrated system to create personalised learning
environments.
• It is provided as Open Source software, under the GNU
General Public License.
• Web-based
Content on the Moodle platform is easily accessible and consistent
across different web browsers and devices.
• https://moodle.org/
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Login to the EduServ Moodle platform • Content of EduServ courses is accessible from the
Moodle system hosted by Dublin Institute of Technology
• http://www.lttc.ie/moodle/
• Username and password are sent individually to EduServ
participants‘ e-mail addresses stated in their registration
• In case of any problem with login, pls. contact
Mr. Kevin Mooney (e-mail: [email protected])
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Login to the EduServ Moodle platform
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Profile setting
• After the first login it is
recommended to
1. Change password
2. Edit profile and add some basic
personal information
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Enrolment to a course
• Participants are enrolled to the courses by the system
administrator according to their registration
• Some courses are accessible after typing enrolment key
In that case you will receive the key from the teacher by e-mail
• Content of the courses will be accessible latest on the
official course start (but usually several days earlier) and
at least one month after the official course end
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EduServ14 courses
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Course content
• Key elements of a course
Resources
• support “static” forms of learning
• file (e.g. html, pdf, doc, xls), video, link to a website
Blocks
• at the left or right edge of a Moodle course page
• provide extra information or links , e.g. a calendar, quiz results, links
to blogs, latest news, latest activities, upcoming events, …
Activities
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Course content • Key elements of a course
Resources
Blocks
Activities
• support learning by interacting between
a teacher and students and among students
• forum, assignment, quiz, wiki
• can be graded.
• Course is usually structured to 2-4 modules,
each containing several resources and
activities; bocks are common to all modules
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Time schedule
• Time schedule of a course is given by the teacher
at the very beginning of the course
• Important dates:
Accessibility of course materials for each module
Delivery of assignments
• If you have a need to postpone a delivery, inform a teacher latest on
a due date
• All activities and important events of a course can
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Assignments • Typical content of assignments
− Processing of a dataset using a delivered software package
− Set of questions connected to the recommended literature
− Calculation exercise
• Answers should be uploaded to Moodle
• Feedback from the teachers will be uploaded to Moodle or
sent by e-mail within max. two days
• Self-evaluation: quizzes
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Feedback from participants
• It is important for teachers and EduServ working
group to know your opinion …
• At the end of each two-week e-learning you will
be asked to fill-in a questionnaire and to add
your comments on the course
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Thank you for your attention!
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