Presenting on some Moodle activities that may be overlooked in building a course Presented at Moodlemoot Romania 2013.

1. Choosing Moodle Activities

2. Profile - >
http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick
Blog - >
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
Books ->
http://www.moodleaddons.com/book/
https://www.packtpub.com/moodle-2-0-for-business-
beginners-guide/book

3. Read Robert Frost poem.

5. Looking at some less used activities in Moodle
» Book
» External Tool
» Glossary
Other lesser used (but not today)
» Workshop
» Lesson

6. Book is to Pages
as
Folder is to Files

7. » Create a resource of related web pages
» Chapter and sub chapter titles formatting
» Use Editor to configure content
» Embed videos, images

12. » Linked content pages together
» HTML Editor (online)
» Browser access (for tablets/mobile)
» No Plugins needed
» Can print chapter or whole book
» Auto-Linking filters

13. » Support Manual …
» Interactive Course Content
» A library of resources (embedded videos?)
» Student Showcase
» Public facing content pages

17. » Demo creating Book

18. Linking
Learning Tools
to Moodle

19. » Use Moodle as a launch pad for other Learning
Technology
» Easy integration with no plugin
» Single Sign on
“Allow the seamless connection of web-based,
externally hosted applications and content, or
Tools to platforms that present them to users”

20. MOODLE
1. WP Admin
Gives Teacher
Configuration
Details
3. Student
Clicks Link
2. Teachers
Adds
External Tool
4. Wordpress
creates student
account
Logs student in
5. Student
Writes blog posts

21. MOODLE
1. Admin
Gives
Teacher
Details
3. Student
Clicks Link
2. Teachers
Adds
External Tool
4. creates account
Logs student in
Gives access to course
Central Exam Moodle
6 Sends
Back
Grade
5. Student
Does Exam
7 Grade added
to Gradebook

22. » SpACE .5
» WebPA 1.0.0.3
» Campus Pack v4.2
» Noteflight 2.1
» CourseSmart
ServiceHub 2
» Mediasite v6.0.2
» WebAssign API v1.0
» Ucompass Octane
» Tegrity BLTI
» Barnes & Noble
NOOK Study
» PebblePad
» ChemVantage
» SCORM Cloud BLTI
» Piazza
» BadgeStack

23. » Bigbluebutton
» Moodle
» Tandem
» Mediawiki
» LangBlog
» Elgg
» Mahara
» Joomla!
» Question2Answer
» Status.net
» Vanilla2
» Videochat
» Google Apps
» LTI Plugin for
Wordpress...

24. » Demonstration

25. “a list of terms in a
specific subject area
with accompanying
definitions”

26. » Teacher or Student Creation
» Teacher or Student rating (grades)
» Teacher or student comments
» Entries grouped in Categories
» Entries searchable
» Auto-link filter!

27. Before:
» Teacher has glossary in word document or pdf
» Teacher uploads the PDF into the course for
students
After
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary
activity
» Students can now browse/search it online

28. Before:
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary
activity
» Students can now browse/search it online
After
» Teacher adds the random glossary block to the
course page
» Students now see random definitions on the
page while viewing the content

29. Before:
» Teacher creates the entries in the glossary
activity
» Students can now browse/search it online
» Random Block enabled
After
» Teacher enables auto-linking filter so that
phrases in glossary are linked within course
content text.

30. » Demonstration

31. Letsturnit
onitshead

33. OLD WAY NEW WAY
» Teacher did all the
work
» Teacher created
entries in glossary
» Students viewed
them
» Students do most of
work
» Students create
entries in glossary
» Teacher approves
them
» Students co-create
the glossary

34. Some ideas More Ideas
» Book Reviews
» Biographies
» Quote Collection
» Article Clippings
» Interesting Resources
» Quiz Questions
» Recipes
» Student Showcase
» Image gallery
» Video Archive

35. » Demonstration of Student creation,
commenting and rating

36. Gavin Henrick
E: gavin@lts.ie
T: @ghenrick
B: http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
S: http://www.slideshare.net/ghenrick/
L: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick
W: http://www.lts.ie

38. Moodle Add-ons Book
Available on
» Kindle
» iTunes
» Print
-> http://moodleaddons.com