The Best Moodle Tools You've Never Used

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How are you using Moodle? Posting resources and announcements? Collecting assignments? Launching SCORM content? In a typical course, these activities are all you see, which means there are many Moodlers who are missing out on some of Moodle’s best features!

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THE BEST MOODLE TOOLS

YOU’VE NEVER USED! Michelle Moore

Chief Evangelist

HOW DO YOU USE MOODLE?

Document management and broadcast-

oriented communication tools . . .

comprise 95% of all [LMS] user actions.

- Charles Severance & Stephanie D. Teasley

http://misc.si.umich.edu/media/papers/p758-severance.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ehamiter/4552519778/

SEE WHAT YOU’RE MISSING!

o Book

o Lesson

o Glossary

o Workshop

o Conditional activities

WHAT IS IT? B

oo

k

Book

CONTENT DELIVERY TOOL

Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Book

BUILT-IN NAVIGATION

Book

PRINT WITH A CLICK

Book

FREE PLUG-IN

http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=319

Book

WHY USE IT?

o Chunk content

o Simplify delivery

o Ease of access

o Ease of editing

Book

SIMPLIFY DELIVERY

Before . . .

Book

SIMPLIFY DELIVERY

After . . .

Book

CHUNK CONTENT

Before . . .

Book

CHUNK CONTENT

After . . .

Book

EASE OF USE

o No programs required

o Editing is a breeze

o Auto-linking is awesome!

Book

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

o Student generated content

o Student presentations

o Public-facing information

Book

WHAT IS IT?

Lesson

LINEAR CONTENT DELIVERY

Lesson

CONTENT & ASSESSMENT

Lesson

ADAPTIVE INSTRUCTION

Lesson

SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING

Lesson

FLASH CARDS

Lesson

WHY USE IT?

o Chunk content

o Simplify delivery

o Ease of access

o Ease of editing

o Increase learner engagement

Lesson

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

o Student generated content

o Student projects

o Project guide

o Scenarios

Lesson

WHAT IS IT?

Glossary

DICTIONARY

Glossary

RESOURCE COLLECTION

Glossary

SEARCHABLE

Glossary

CATEGORIZABLE

Glossary

PRINT WITH A CLICK

Glossary

KEY WORD SEARCH

Glossary

AUTHOR PICTURES

Glossary

RATINGS AND COMMENTS

Glossary

WHY USE IT?

o Soooo flexible!

o Collaborative content generation

o Auto-linking

o Random glossary entry block

Glossary

AUTO-LINKING

Glossary

RANDOM GLOSSARY ENTRY BLOCK

Glossary

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

o Website collection

o Training materials

o Forms database

o Frequently Asked questions (FAQ)

o User biographies

o Quote of the Week

o Recipe collection Glossary

WHAT IS IT?

Workshop

ACCUMULATIVE GRADING

Workshop

COMMENTS

Workshop

NUMBER OF ERRORS

Workshop

RUBRIC

Workshop

WHY USE IT?

Workshop

o Social constructionist

o Automated peer review

o Directed and objective assessment

o Grades for submission and review

o Rubrics

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

o Project review and feedback

o Glossary submission evaluation

o Peer review of essays

o Reflection on teammate contributions

o Presentation critiques

Workshop

WHAT IS IT?

Conditional

Activities

BASED ON DATE

Conditional

Activities

BASED ON GRADE

Conditional

Activities

BASED ON COMPLETION

Conditional

Activities

VISIBLE OR NOT

Conditional

Activities

WHY USE IT?

Conditional

Activities

o Differentiated instruction

o Self-directed learning

o Control release of content

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

o Increase engagement

o Game play

o Gradual release of content

Conditional

Activities

o Book

o Lesson

o Glossary

o Workshop

o Conditional activities

WHICH TOOL FOR YOU?

CONTACT INFORMATION

o Michelle Moore

o michelle@remote-learner.net

o Twitter: @michelledmoore

o http://slideshare.net/michelledmoore

o Remote-Learner

o http://remote-learner.net

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