Site Interface

A. Editing on Moodle

B. Site interface after turning editing on

C. Add a Resource

D. Add an Activity

E. Editing Icons

G. Classroom functions on Moodle

EDITING ON MOODLE

Click on TURN EDITING ON

SITE INTERFACE AFTER TURNING EDITING ON

ADD A RESOURCE

TYPE OF RESOURCES*

Text page

• This type of resource is a simple page written using plain text.
  • Basic class notes

HTML page.

• This sort of resource makes it easy to develop a complete single web page within Moodle, especially when you are using Moodle's WYSIWYG HTML editor.
  • Complex pages

Files and web pages

• This resource type allows you to link to any web page or other file on the public web.
  • Interaction with other websites and any kind of files.

Directory

• The directory resource can display a whole directory (and its subdirectories) from your course files area. Students can then browse and view all those files.
  • Any kind of Files

IMS Content Packages

• IMS content packages can be created and edited using a variety of content-authoring software. Content is usually displayed over several pages, with navigation between the pages.
  • PowerPoint type presentation, eXe files, etc

Labels

• • Organizer aid

ADD AN ACTIVITY

TYPE OF ACTIVITIES*

Assignments

• Assignments allow the teacher to specify a task that requires students to prepare digital content (any format) and submit it by uploading it to the server. Typical assignments include essays, projects, reports and so on. This module includes grading facilities.

Chats

• The Chat module allows participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion via the web. This is a useful way to get a different understanding of each other and the topic being discussed - the mode of using a chat room is quite different from the asynchronous forums.

Choices

• A choice activity is very simple - the teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses. It can be useful as a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course; or to gather research consent.

Database

• The Database module allows the teacher and/or students to build, display and search a bank of record entries about any conceivable topic. The format and structure of these entries can be almost unlimited, including images, files, URLs, numbers and text amongst other things.

Forum

• This activity can be the most important - it is here that most discussion takes place. Forums can be structured in different ways, and can include peer rating of each posting. The postings can be viewed in a variety for formats, and can include attachments. By subscribing to a forum, participants will receive copies of each new posting in their email. A teacher can impose subscription on everyone if they want to.

Glossary

• This activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.

Lesson

• A lesson delivers content in an interesting and flexible way. It consists of a number of pages. Each page normally ends with a question and a number of possible answers. Depending on the student's choice of answer they either progress to the next page or are taken back to a previous page. Navigation through the lesson can be straight forward or complex, depending largely on the structure of the material being presented.

Quiz

• This module allows the teacher to design and set up quizzes or tests, consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in a categorized database and can be re-used within courses and even between courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers. This module includes grading facilities.

SCORM/AICC Packages

• A package is a bundle of web content packaged in a way that follows the SCORM or the AICC standard for learning objects. These packages can include web pages, graphics, Javascript programs, Flash presentations and anything else that works in web browsers.

Survey

• The Survey module provides a number of verified survey instruments that have been found useful in assessing and stimulating learning in online environments. Teachers can use these to gather data from their students that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own teaching.

Wiki

• A Wiki enables documents to be authored collectively in a simple markup language using a web browser. This module is based on Erfurt Wiki.

EDITING ICONS

Move right   Move   Update / Edit   Delete   Hide   Show   Group   Highlight this topic as the current topic

CLASSROOM FUNCTIONS ON MOODLE **

**Table based on Tools for Teaching and Literature Online, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith. * Source: moodle.org