This document provides training information for teachers and administrators on new features in Moodle 2, including customizing the home page, expanding the workspace, improved navigation, conditional access to resources, advanced grading forms, sharing quiz questions, mobile compatibility, using cohorts to create groups, and configuring file repositories to access files outside of Moodle. Videos and additional resources are provided to demonstrate how to use these new features.

1. *
For Teachers and Administrators
Contact information:
Sheilla Norton
snorton@erdc.k12.mn.us
(651)287-9921
Presented by cmERDC 888-772-6202 moodle@erdc.k12.mn.us

2. This course is intended for
those who are familiar with
Moodle.
Changes in Moodle 2

3. *

4. * Users can now customize there My Home page, by
adding blocks to any part including right, left and
center content areas.
* You can add anything available in the block dropdown
box.
* Administrators can set default looks and blocks for My
home Page and My Profile Page.
* Adding things like completion activities, and private files
to these areas, may be a good idea and a way to
streamline access for students.
*

5. *

6. *Expand your space
– using the Dock
Feature
*Breadcrumbs –
know where you
are.
*Administrator *
search facility
Navigation Your Way

7. *Expand your
working space by
docking blocks.
*Can easily be
done by clicking
or unclicking the
dock button.
*Blocks can be
anywhere left,
right, center
*

8. *Breadcrumbs are under the banner to show you where
you are and to easily go backwards to anywhere in the
path. They are a bit different and show categories and
topic areas you are in. This helps locate the files your
are looking for in the file picker.
*

9. * Many of the
Administrators
tools have moved
or changed.
* By typing in any
common Moodle
word, you can
find the tool you
are looking for.
* You can also add
a place to your
administrator's
bookmarks.
*

10. *Video

11. * See if you can Dock and un-
dock your navigation blocks
* Notice how this changes the
look of the site.
* * Decide how you want your
students to view your site.
* Make sure that anything you
add, like images, will fit in
the center in both
navigation structures.

12. *
*See how fast you can find
the new locations of the
following items and Add
one to your bookmarks.
*Email Configurations
*Cohorts
*Manual Accounts

13. *
A New Way to Store Files

14. * Organized by location * Could reuse files more
and activity easily
* As is it is harder to re-use * Could link to files using
or share files, but can be the same URL
done with adding file
repository systems (2.0- * Were less secure because
2.2 – 2.3 has new system they were not linked to a
with thumbnails) specific activity or
* Has a private file area resource therefore roles
* Allows for multiple were not applied.
outside repositories can
be configured to run
within Moodle, i.e.
Google Apps, Alfresco,
Flicker, You Tube,
Dropbox etc..

15. *
http://youtu.be/d3DeIrip8Co

16. *
* Moodle 2.3 File picker changes
* The 2.3 version has changed quite a bit
addressing the usability issue users were
complaining about in 2.0 – 2.2
* http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.3_release
_notes

17. * http://youtu.be/tmsJApfYvWs
*

18. * Turn on the Editing in your
course
* Go to a topic section and
click on resources
* Choose add a file and then
* upload file
* Find a file on your computer
to upload.
* Now try adding the file to
your private file section
from your home page.

19. *
Multiple ways to monitor progress from self- assessment to instructor tool
and improved conditional access to resources and activities.

20. Teacher Monitoring Student self-Monitoring
* It is now possible for * If enabled by the
teachers to set conditions teacher, students can
for assignments before a now manually check off
student can access it.
assignments as they
* Grade complete them.
* Completing another
assignment * They can monitor their
* Time progress in the progress
block.
* Teachers can place a
progress bar in course for
students and parents to see
or view all participant‟s
progress on one page
You must enable under
Edit course settings

21. http://youtu.be/fFP_OpLygC4

22. Administrators Role
* You must turn on Completion activities in site
administration before instructors can see this feature.
* Site Administration -> Advanced Features (bottom)-> Save
changes

23. Administrators Role
* You can also add this feature by default to all courses
* Site Administration -> Courses -> Course Default Settings -
> student progress

24. * Teachers must also enable this feature under
course settings when they are creating a course
or it will not be an option when adding
assignments. (if you did not enable in default
course settings)
* Course settings (bottom) under Student
progress

25. * There is an add-on module
that gives a visual progress
bar for students, teachers,
and parents(if there is a
role) to view a students
progress through the
assignments.
*

26. * Customizable
* Feedback for every criteria option
* Save as a template for others to use
*
Using advanced grading forms
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

27. * http://youtu.be/KXavtUhDINA

28. * Question Bank has been streamlined and
simplified
* Students can flag questions in-line
* Question tagging for better searching options
* Several new forms of questions.
*
Sharing Quiz Questions
2.3 Quiz changes
There is two nice changes to the quiz module. The one I think which will be
really welcomed is an option for the teacher to force students to answer the
quiz in the defined order. Another aspect of this is that the quiz remembers
what page the student was on when they resume. Very helpful!

29. For More information:
*
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/quiz/?id=3484

30. * Under course administration
* choose Question Bank
* Next select category:
* Create a category for your subject
area by filling in title and
description, i.e. Geologic time
* Select pull down menu under
parent category and choose
„Course templates‟
* Now choose questions under
question bank
* Select the category you just made
under category drop box
* Click „New question‟
* Choose type and create your
question and feedback
* Save

31. *
* Turn on the Editing in your
course
* For a Rubric:
* Go to a topic section and
click on activities
* Select upload a single file
and fill in requirements
* Under grading method,
choose rubric
* Click save and display
* Next select „from scratch‟
* Fill in your rubric and save

32. *
From Looks to Functionality

33. * As mobile technology becomes more popular it becomes
important to plan for how things will layout or look on the
screen. And what students need on the go.
* Moodle comes with a theme specifically designed for mobile
technology
* You have a choice to differentiate between phones and tablets.
* Apps are another way to handle the look and feel of the mobile
environment.

34. * Moodle now comes
with a specially
designed theme for
mobile technology.
* It works very well
with smart phones,
ipods and other small
screen devices.

35. * Although a tablet can display any theme ok, it is
wise to keep it clean and minimized.
* Here is a demo of the mobile theme in action.
Moodle iPad Demo Video

36. *Official Moodle App *Official Moodle App
has been developed is being developed
*My Moodle *A few alternative
apps have been
*A few alternative developed and are
apps have been available on Android
developed and are Markets
available at iTunes *Moodle on Android
store *Droodle
*

37. * ADMINISTRATORS
* To enable app use with your Moodle Site you MUST
enable external services for web applications
* Site Administration->PlugIns->Web Services->External
Services->”Enable web services for mobile devices”

38. * My Moodle from iTunes (2.1 or higher) -free

39. The official Moodle app is now available on the App store.
Designed as a mobile complement to the web version, you
can:
* upload pictures and video (picked from your gallery or
captured with your camera)
* record an audio file and upload it
* view the participant list of your courses
* view information about the participants
* send a private message
* add a private note about someone
* work offline with automatic synchronization
* add a participant to your iPhone/iPad contacts
* access the web version of your Moodle site
* access Moodle documentation

40. * Alternative Apps – mTouch - $2.99 per instance

41. What's New in mTouch Version 2.3
* Profile support for Web Login. Your username and password is
automatically inserted to your school's login page.
* NOTE: You have to download a web login manifest file from our server
which is used to define the layout of your login page. Please drop us
an email if you want profile support for your site so that we can add
your login page layout to the manifest file.
* Upload file to Private Files (Only for Moodle 2.x since Moodle 1.9.x
does not have this feature)
* iCal reminder improvements
* Support for enrol/unenrol to courses (Only Internal Enrolment is
supported)
* List course participants and add participants to address book
* Support for course Recent Activity/Latest News block
* Support for course search and course categories
* Forum search support
* Minor bug fixes and improvements

42. * Until the official
app for android/
blackberry
comes you can
use the
customizable
app if you are
tech savvy
* http://moodle.o
rg/mod/forum/d
iscuss.php?d=191
144
*

43. 5 things to excited about in 2.3
http://youtu.be/NsF1McA3Jow

44. *

45. *
Easy Add Solution

46. * New in Moodle 2 is the cohort feature designed to
create groups of learning based on some criteria
such as graduation year, grade, low-performers, or
some other filter.
* This then allows you to do Bulk actions with a
particular group, such as enroll in a particular class
or send out a mass email.
* Teachers can also use cohorts sync to enroll a
particular group into their courses.
* You can also upload users to a cohort via a CSV file
* Labels would look like this >
username,password,firstname,lastname,email,cohort1
*

47. http://youtu.be/FMWZW_n0eVI

48. *To create a cohort
got to Site
Administration
*Users ->Accounts -
> Cohorts

49. *
Decisions to be made:
Context -> System or Category

50. * To add members go to Users ->Accounts->bulk user actions
* Select the users you want to include
* Under With selected users choose Add to Cohort

51. *Now that you have a cohort created you can cohort sync:
*Cohort Sync can be activated under enrollment methods
*All new members added to cohort will be automatically
added to the course the cohort is enrolled in.
*You can do mass email or batch actions with a cohort.

52. When enrolling in a course select the cohort by
name using the Enrol Cohort button.

53. *Things Administrators
must do to enable this
feature:
*Create Cohorts
* Settings > Site
administration > Users
> Accounts > Cohorts
* Cohorts can be system
wide or just for a
category.

54. *Things Administrators
must do to enable this
feature:
*Enable Cohort Sync so
teachers can use it.
* Settings > Site
administration > Plugins
> Enrolments > Manage
enrol plugins.

55. * A New Way to Store Files

56. *
Video: How to use the File Repository System

57. *Highly Configurable *Had to store
everything within
*More secure
Moodle or use URL
*Allows for access to link
outside sources
within Moodle
*Required to move
between Moodle and
*Single Sign-on is now other sources to get
possible the documents
*Upgrading gets tricky linked
To configure repositories go to Site Administration-> Plug
Ins -> Repositories -> Manage Repositories (or settings to
change)

58. *Repository Changes
A long-awaited feature is here! If the repository
supports it you can now add an alias/shortcut to
a file so that the file does not need to be copied
into Moodle, just linked (but served securely
through Moodle rather than just a redirect to the
repository). This will be a great help to those
who want the file used in many places and easily
updated! Currently Equella, Filesystem, private
user files, coursefiles and box.net repositories
are enabled.
*

59. How to use Flickr as a Moodle image repository
Part One : Flickr
Step 1
If you don‟t already have a free Flickr account, you
need to sign up for one. (http://www.flickr.com/)
Step 2
Make sure you are logged into Flickr, and follow the
link http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys/ to get
a Flickr API key for your Moodle site.
*

60. Step 3
Once you click the link provided above, you should
see a screen like the one shown below. Click the “Get
Another Key” button to proceed.
Step 4
Now you should arrive at the “App Garden” page, and
you need to click the “APPLY FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL
KEY” button.
*

61. Step 5
On the “Tell us about your app” page, fill in the form and
submit.
Step 6
Ok, now the API key is generated for you! Copy the key. (Ctrl+C
on PC or Cmd+C on Mac)

62. Part Two: Moodle
Step 1
Log into your Moodle site as an admin user, and navigate
to the “Manage repositories” option:
Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Repositories >
Manage repositories

63. Step 2
On the “Manage repositories” page, find “Flickr
public” (NOT “Flickr”) and choose “Enable and
Visible” from it‟s options drop-down list.

64. Step 3
On the “Flickr public configuration” page, paste the
API key into the relevant box as shown below. Save
and you are all good to go.

65. Part Three: Testing
Congratulations, you have just set Flickr up as your
Moodle site‟s image repository! Now test it out by
adding a Flickr image to a course.

66. *
Create Partnerships/ Keep Them Informed

67. Parent Role Video

68. * To find this in Moodle 2
* Site Administration -> Users -> Permissions ->
Define Roles

69. * Set the following permissions to allow

71. * Now you must assign a parent to a student
* Go to Site administration ► Users ► Accounts ►
Browse list of users
* Profile settings for [username]' > 'Roles' >'Assign
roles relative to this user
* Choose the role to assign i.e. Parent
* Select the parent in the potential users list, and use
the Add button to add it to the existing users list.
This should already be familiar so just select the
parent you want to assign to that student and click
the "Add" button. (Multiple Role Assignment Link)
* Make sure to add a Mentee from Front Page Editing
to ensure parent access to every page.

72. * Navigation video - http://youtu.be/KW-IVfe2-WY
* File Repository video -
http://youtu.be/VpJbrOfAMkk
* Conditional Activities Video -
http://youtu.be/fFP_OpLygC4
* Rubric generator - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
* Rubric examples -
http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-
rubrics.html
* Rubric video - http://youtu.be/KXavtUhDINA
* Quiz Features video -
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.ph
p?id=459149&direct=1

73. * Cohort FeaturesVideo -
http://youtu.be/FMWZW_n0eVI
* Parent Role Multiple Role Assignment -
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=7053
9#p345127
* Moodle iPad Demo Video -
http://vimeo.com/37633271
* New in Moodle 2.3 – Video: “5 things to get excited
about in 2.3” - http://youtu.be/NsF1McA3Jow