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Moodle – Course Management SystemMoodle – Course Management System
Akilandeswari.AProject Engineer
NRCFOSS,AUKBC Research CenterAnnaUniversity,Chennai
Scope of the sectionScope of the section
Introduction of CMSAbout MoodleMoodle featuresInstallation of MoodleDemo
Course Management SystemCourse Management SystemA Course management system (CMS) is a software system used to deliver online education.
CMSs make extensive use of the Web and include features such as discussion forums, chats, journals and grading tools and student tracking.
CMSs also are used to supplement regular facetoface courses. They are used in universities, schools and by businesses to deliver corporate training.
Course management system is a tool that allows an instructor to post information on the web without that instructor having to know or understand HTML or others computer languages
Course Management SystemCourse Management System
Create Powerful Learning Content Simple and powerful webbased tools Facilitate Student Participation, Communication, and Collaboration A suite of synchronous and asynchronous tools Assess and Evaluate Student Performance Tests, quizzes and assignments are easy to create and deploy, and a variety of tools for evaluating performance
Content Management Course Management Content Management Course Management
Content management System gives authors, instructional designers, and subject matter experts the means to create elearning content more efficiently.
Course Management System, a highlevel, strategic solution for planning, delivering and managing all learning events within organization,including online, virtual classroom, and instructorled courses.
Content Management Course Management Content Management Course Management
The focus is to manage learners, keeping track of their progress and performance across all types of training activities.
Content management System solves creating enough content just in time to meet the needs of individual learners or groups of learners.
MoodleMoodleModular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning EnvironmentModular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
Martin Dougaimas, a PhD candidate in Education with a background in computer science, started Moodle in 1999. Version 1.0 was released in August 2002.
Moodle is an ongoing project created by Martin Dougiamas of Perth, Australia and has continued to evolve at a rapid rate, managed by him.
Moodle is developed on the popular LAMP platformGNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
MoodleMoodle
Moodle is Webbased Learning Management Software (LMS). a free, Open Source software package designed to help educators create effective online learning communities
It allows instructors to create, sequence and modify activities for their students.
An activity might be a simple resource (like a video, sound file, pdf file, excel spreadsheet, Web page, or word document)
Moodle has been translated into 40 languages by the developer community. Moodle does not translate user content, remains as it was entered.
Moodle FeaturesMoodle Features
Overall designSite managementUserManagementRolesCourse management
Overall designOverall design Promotes a social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities etc)
Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing facetoface learning
Simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, lowtech browser interface
Easy to install on almost any platform that supports PHP. Requires only one database (and can share it).
Course listing shows descriptions for every course on the server, including accessibility to guests.
Courses can be categorised and searched one Moodle site can support thousands of courses
Site managementSite management
Site is managed by an admin user, defined during setup
Plugin "themes" allow the administrator to customize the site colors, fonts, layout etc to suit local needs
Plugin activity modules can be added to existing Moodle installations
Plugin language packs allow full localisation to any language. These can be edited using a builtin webbased editor. Currently there are language packs for over 70 languages.
The code is clearlywritten PHP under a GPL license easy to modify to suit your needs
User managementUser management
Goals are to reduce admin involvement to a minimum, while retaining high security
Standard email method: students can create their own login accounts. Email addresses are verified by confirmation.
Students are encouraged to build an online profile including photos, description. Email addresses can be protected from display if required.
Every user can specify their own timezone, and every date in Moodle is translated to that timezone (e.g. posting dates, assignment due dates etc)
RolesRoles
Roles for specific participants can be defined for each course
An admin account controls the creation of courses and creates teachers by assigning users to courses
Course creators can create courses, teach in them, and assign others to teacher roles.
Teachers are a role in a specific course.
Nonediting teacher roles are available for adjuncts, and parttime tutors.
Course managementCourse managementA full teacher has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers.
Course Themes. A course can have its own theme of colors and layout. Flexible array of course activities Forums, Quizzes, Glossaries, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments, Chats, Workshops etc..
Groups teacher(s) and students can be placed in one or more groups.The last login can be displayed on the course home page helps give sense of community .
All grades for Forums, Quizzes and Assignments can be viewed on one page (and downloaded as a spreadsheet file)
Courses can be packaged as a single zip file using the Backup function. These can be restored on any Moodle server.
Course AdministrationCourse Administration
course setup – involve basic settings and assignment of roles , managing course,grading students also maintanence
operations Resource setup – How to set basic resource Activity module – How to create various activities of course
Blocks module – adding blocks like calendar, Latest news in front page
Resource SetupResource Setup
Insert a LabelCompose a text PageCompose a web PageLink to a file or web siteDisplay a DirectoryAdd an IMS content Package
IMS Content PackageIMS Content Package is an international standard for simple learning content
that is created by authoring software. Moodle IMS CP can read this and show the content.
The formal name for IMS is IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc., also sometimes referred to as IMS/GLC started in 1997. IMS is concerned with establishing interoperability for learning systems and learning content
It is a standard file format for putting content in Someone might sell you an application makes IMS Content Packages, someone might sell you an IMS Content package, or you might download one for free.
It's kind of like a powerpoint slide show a collection of content (images, text, etc.) with a navigation structure which you can load into Moodle or any other application that supports IMS CP.
● Some of authoring open source tools are eXe,Xerte..
Activity Module Activity Module
AssignmentChatDatabaseForumQuizGlossaryLessonQuizIMS content packageSurveyWikiWorkshop
Blocks ModuleBlocks Module
BlogsCalendarCoursesCourse/site DescriptionLatest Newsonline userspeopleQuiz resultsRecent Activity
What makes Moodle special???What makes Moodle special???
First of all its a open source software .
Along with belief in open source technologies, Moodle believes in shared, open standards. Anyone can download and use Moodle for free,users can also write new features,fix bugs. You organize your Moodle course by week,by topic,or by social arrangement.
WHY CMS?WHY CMS?
Because, once you've learned how to use a CMS,You'll be free to concentrate on teaching and learning.
Because, CMSs opens up new possibilities for learning.
Because.lot of research into how to effectively combine online learning and facetoface meetings in what are called “hybrid” courses.
Because, moving most of your content delivery to an online environment and saving your course time for discussion,questions, and problem solving.
Because, many students are reluctant to speak in class because of shyness,uncertainty, or language issues.
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Feature ComparisonFeature ComparisonFeature Blackboard WebCT Moodle
Create content online in HTML N Y Y
Upload and share documents Y Y Y
Online Discussions Y Y Y
Grade discussions / participation N Y Y
Online Chat Y Y Y
Student peer review N N Y
Online Quizzes / Suveys Y Y Y
Online Gradebook Y Y Y
Student submission of documents Y Y Y
Self-assessment of submission N N Y
Student workgroups Y Y Y
Lessons with paths Y Y Y
Student Journals N N Y
Embedded glossary N Y Y
REFERENCESREFERENCES
Moodle Links
Moodle Website: http://moodle.orgMoodle User Sites: http://moodle.org/sites/Teachers Playground:moodle.org/course/category.php?id=2TeacherDocumentaion:http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_bookLatest Release Demo: http://demo.moodle.comCommercial services: http://moodle.com
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