moodle in the classroom
DESCRIPTION
This presentation presents a training outline for presenters to address various aspects of Moodle. At the moment the training resource listed in the presentation is geared entirely towards use in Easton Area School District.TRANSCRIPT
Moodle in the Classroom
Exploring Hybrid Learning
By Michael Tanczos
Overview of Moodle
•What is Moodle?
•Why would you want to use it in the classroom?
Using Moodle• How can Moodle improve the
quality of my existing courses?
• Levels of usage:
•Informational
•Interactive between student and teacher
3.Interactive between students
Moodle Tutorials Coursehttp://learn.eastonsd.org/course/view.php?
id=942
Getting Started
•How to log in and view your courses
•Overview of the interface and types of resources/activities
•Adding a student to your class
Resources• Creating a Web Page Resource for your
Syllabus
• Activity: Create a single web page
• Linking to a file or external web page
• Activity: Create two “Link to a file or web page” resources. The first will be a simple link to a web page of your choosing. The second will be to upload and link to a Microsoft Word document or a PDF document.
Assignments•Posting an assignment
•Activity: Create an assignment that requires students to submit “Online Text” to the teacher based on a teacher prompt.
•Activity: Create an assignment that requires students to submit a document to the teacher based on the assignment
Forums
•Forums
•Creating a basic discussion forum
•Activity: Create a simple discussion that will allow students to respond to a teacher prompt
Tips and Tricks
•Fostering effective discussion
•Utilizing a wiki to allow for collaboration
•Blogging to improve writing skills
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