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• Should already know Moodle basics• Layout best practice• Moodle course formats• Using blocks• Key Documents
Layout best practice
• Use one topic per unitKeep all of the relevant quizzes / questionnaires / documents etc in one place
• Use one topic for general courseOne place for general course documents such as scheme of work etc
• Use news items regularly?The noticeboard is an excellent way of sending messages to students. When you place a new news item on the noticeboard it is emailed to students.
Note: Only effective if used regularly
Layout best practice cont..
• Don’t use more than 3 font styles per pageKeep your fonts the same where possible, there is nothing worse than having a number of different colours and sizes on one page
• Make sure your content fitsThe new Moodle layout is fixed so it will never expand. Therefore make sure that your content is small enough to fit the width of the page without having a scroll bar along the bottom.
• Don’t force users to scroll and scroll Break your pages up with Chapters (if using a book) or links to other pages so students do not have to scroll forever.
Course Formats
• Grid format – changes your course into a number of buttons
which students can click on
• Topics format – Simply gives you a number of topics allowing you
to organise your course by topic
• Noticeboard format – is similar to the topics format however it also has a
news box at the top of the page allowing you to easily post news to your classes.
Grid Format
Organised by topics but with image representing it
No news post
White space if no blocks
Using Blocks
• Keep blocks to a minimum– Speeds up pages– Keeps consistency– Gives you more space for content
• Block with Teacher details?• Block with Quick Links?
Lastly….
• Have a departmental “house style”• Use images in place of text• Come to me with your ideas…..• Use social media?
– e.g. Have a block with a relevant Twitter feed– e.g. Have a block with relevant RSS feeds
• Keep courses up to date…..– If nothing changes on your course for a while
then student will switch off