Teaching with Moodle 2: Training, collaboration and reflection online

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  Teaching with Moodle 2: Training, Collaboration and Reflection Online

  • News forum
  • Download a Copy of this Course File 3.5MB
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  Welcome!

  • Introduce yourself and find out who is taking part in the Moodle 2 Training project Forum
  • Video introduction to using this online training course Page

    Please watch to ensure you get the most of out of this online training.

  • Applying what you learn Page
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  What's new in Moodle 2!

  An overview of the new features in Moodle 2

  • Training Content

  • Quick overview of new features Page
  • The navigation and settings blocks and how to dock them Page
  • A bit more information about the navigation block Page
  • Custom menus (mostly for administrators!) Page
  • These are the main user changes to Moodle 2 but in the next section we will take a look at the new options when adding content in Moodle 2.

  • Q&A - Ask questions about things you are unsure of or want to know more about!! Forum
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    Developments and Reflection

  • What's new in Moodle 2: Collaboration and reflection Forum
  • Personal reflections (optional) Assignment
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  Adding content to Moodle 2

  Applying what’s new:

  • File storage explained (repositories, sharing across projects)
  • Embedding media
  • Using blocks to create interactive resources

  • Training Content

  • File storage in Moodle 2 Book
  • Q&A on file storage in Moodle 2 Forum
  • Some of the ways to do things are different in Moodle 1 to Moodle 2.  There are also some additional features in some activities.

    The links below outline some of these changes including some instructions for you to try out.

  • Adding a title to a section Page
  • Adding a page
  • Adding images and multimedia into a page
  • Adding a link to a website Page
  • Using blocks within resources (and introducing the comments block) Page
  • Adding a folder of content Page
  • Activity: Adding some activities Page
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    Developments and Reflection

  • Adding content: Collaboration and reflection Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)

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  Introduction to Activity Completion

  • Training Content

  • An introduction to activity completion Page
  • Activity completion options with Moodle activities Glossary
  • Turning on activity completion on your site and course Page
  • Activity: Have a go at adding activity completion to your course Page
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    Developments and Reflection

  • Activity completion: Evaluation and collaboration Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)

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  Setting Restrictions and Conditional Activities

  • Training Content

  • An introduction to restricted access and conditional activities Book
  • Instructions for the next activity Page
  • Link to Moodle documentation on conditional activities URL

    Put a tick into the box next to this resource when have viewed the website and you are ready to move onto the next activity.

  • A bit more on conditional activities Page

    Restricted Not available unless: The activity Link to Moodle documentation on conditional activities is marked complete
  • Q&A about conditional activities Forum

    Restricted Not available unless: The activity A bit more on conditional activities is marked complete
  • Turning on conditional access in your Moodle site Page
  • A look at the restrict access and conditional release settings Page

    Restricted Not available unless: The activity Q&A about conditional activities is marked complete
  • Activity: Test your learning pathway Page

    Restricted Not available unless: The activity Activity: Adding the conditions to resources is marked complete
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    Developments and Reflection

  • Conditional activities: Collaboration and Reflection Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)

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  Adding Course Completion

  • Training Content

  • An introduction to course completion Book
  • Course completion in more detail Book
  • Moodle docs on course completion URL
  • Activity: Adding course completion to your course Page
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    Developments and Reflection

  • Course completion: Collaboration and reflection Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)

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  Reporting and Tracking

  • Training Content

  • Summary of what you have done so far Page
  • Viewing reports Book
  • Activity: Viewing reports Page
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    Developments and Reflection

  • Reporting: Collaboration and reflection Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)

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  Final Thoughts on Moodle 2 in Teaching

  • Final thoughts: Collaboration and Reflection Forum
  • Link to your personal reflections (optional)