10 tips for better implementation of moodle
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10 Data-Backed Tips to Ensure Your Students & Staff
successfully and accurately engage with Moodle
● improve onboarding times● reduce requests for
assistance● cut training costs● enhance productivity
Moodle can be an effective educational tool that, if used properly, can yield tremendous
results for educational institutions
These tips can help your institution...
● Whether a company runs its own servers or outsources, it should make sure that the choice is reliable and secure
Invest in Quality Servers
● Forgotten user passwords are an obstacle to engagement
● Integrating Moodle with 3rd party user authorization systems can improve e-learning productivity and achievement
Employ Automated User Sign-in
● Making customized user roles adds unneeded complexities
● Instead, use an intermediate user interface layer that helps users do what they need to do, without customizing roles
Work with the built-in Moodle Roles
● Each time code is changed to achieve a custom feature, extensive testing must be done to ensure that the customization works
● More often than not, a reliable third party already maintains a module that performs your feature
● Instead of developing an in-house hack, use these established modules
Use Robust Moodle Modules, Not In-house Hacks
● Find out what users think of different modules by reading Moodle forums
● Forums can alert you to potential usability problems,suggestions, or good practices
Make Use of Forums to Evaluate New Moodle Modules
● Navigating endless courses can be complicated
● Moodle’s ‘Collapsed Topics’ feature simplifies endless scrolling between and within topics
Improve Course Navigation via Existing Tools
● The missing ingredient from Moodle’s software is a user-friendly interface
● Onscreen guidance, such as WalkMe, can guide users on how to complete certain tasks
● WalkMe works both on in-house Moodle systems and third party hosters
Offer Real-time Onscreen Guidance
● In our mobile-driven world, users expect a flawless mobile experience
● All the features of Moodle, including any onscreen guidance, should be able to adapt to mobile as well
Make Mobile Access Just as User-Friendly as Web
● It is not just the users that need to engage with the software. It is just as important for the administrators to be familiar with it
● The better an administrator understands the software, the better he/she will be able to help users with their complications
Give Administrators the Tools to Make Moodle Implementation Better
● When users are presented with too many choices and no guidance, confusion is guaranteed
● Less choices with more guidance will yield better results in achieving the user’s end goals
Avoid the“Multiple-Choice” Functionality Temptation
1. Invest in Quality Servers2. Employ automated user sign-in3. Work with the built-in Moodle roles4. Use robust Moodle modules, not in-
house hacks5. Make use of forums to evaluate new
Moodle modules6. Improve course navigation via existing
tools7. Offer real-time onscreen guidance 8. Make mobile access access just as
user-friendly as web
Conclusion: Tips for Moodle Implementation
9. Give administrators the tools to make Moodle implementation better10. Avoid the “multiple-choice” functionality temptation
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