‘Resources’ Archives
Video: A great illustration of the Lesson Module by @red20twenty
Below you'll find a video by Mike Walters (@red20twenty) which showcases his design and use of the lesson activity in Moodle to try to stave off the "scroll of death". The lesson is an all inclusive exercise that includes complete instructions, a quiz, 3 assignments and additional resources (even PDF downloads) of the resources students need to [...]
Breaking down the Walls of the ‘Walled Garden’ LMS (presentation by @paulbmckenzie)
Here's a pretty great presentation by Paul McKenzie (@paulbmckenzie) which highlights the pros and cons/problem and solution of using Moodle in the classroom. The pros, Paul says, are that Moodle has a great community, is open source, free to adopt (no license). The cons include it's course development learning curve and "walled garden" [...]
Video: Converting web pages to activities (cleaning up your Moodle with @grant_harbor)
Here's a quick video from Grant Harbor (@Grant_Harbor) of SCIL who shows us how to clean up a Moodle by changing a resource already created in Moodle to pretty much any type of Moodle activity. The tip, while simple, is a great tool which can help you reduce the number of links and resources available to your students. It's a great way overall [...]
Moodle Monday: Using Avatars by @timdalton
Do you have an avatar as part of your profile? Do you encourage your students to add their own? I've been thinking about creating a sense of community in our Moodle sites this week, will write a few posts on it. Today I wanted to look at the avatar, and some of the things we could do with it. Adding your avatar To add an avatar to your [...]
Using Moodle in foreign language courses – a video by @moodlefairy
Here's a video from Mary Cooch (@Moodlefairy; produced in 2008) which still applies today. Learn how you might structure a foreign language course in Moodle using the directory, images, Glossary/Database, embedding video and mp3s. Adding mp3s seems like a very easy and useful way to embed foreign language audio into a course for students to [...]
Embedding PDF files in Moodle – a concise tutorial by @LBCCeLearning
Editor's note: first and foremost I'd like to welcome a new author/contributor to Moodlenews, Frankie Kam. His first post is published below. Welcome to the team! LBCC eLearning Blog is the "the place to see the latest ideas for online education at Linn-Benton Community College" (follow them @LBCCeLearning). In a March 2010 post, Eric [...]
Can’t wait for #iMoot 2011? Get your kicks by listening to last year’s keynotes from @imootonline
iMoot 2011 (@imootonline) is coming up at the end of April and it's sure to be a great virtual event. In the meantime, you might get your fill on all things Moodle by listening to one of the presentations from last year (check out all of the archived presentations and keynotes from last year at http://2010.imoot.org/course/view.php?id=64). My [...]
The Best Moodle Commercial yet: a must watch.
This video comes from the Bismarck Public Schools, the very same Youtube account that introduced us to Moodleman (the flying Popsicle stick superhero who vanquished the "over use of paper"-Man ). This ~14 minute video has great narration and tells the story of two schools (the old school and the new school), one of which embraces [...]
@Moodleshare gives away a sweet English Composition course
This secondary or beyond level English Composition course was developed by Jon Fila through a funding grant in Minnesota. The course is intended for hybrid delivery but covers some great topics and includes discussion forums, videos and resources to help students navigate such tasks and assignments as blogging, essay writing, proper research [...]
Moodle Monday: Forums for individual groups by @timdalton
After something of a delay due to other commitments I'm hoping the Moodle Monday posts will now return to a regular schedule, apologies all... I'm sure most of you are aware of the groups function in your Moodle courses. They are a nice way to divide your course participants up into more manageable sizes. Not really a concern if you only have a [...]
