Learn 5 simple tips how to engage your students by using 5 Moodle modifications that wil ramp up the social and fun factor on your Moodle website.

1. Making oodle
more social and fun
Moodle Sharing Seminar, UM
7th February 2012
Frankie Kam
Graduate Lecturer, Coordinator
Stamford College
boonsengkam@gmail.com
http://moodurian.blogspot.com

2. Contents
I. A bit about Me
II. Five Moodle customisations
1. Hiding clutter with Autohide
2. Having fun with the Online Users block
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
4. Post content and comment with the Wall

3. A bit about me
• Married with one wife and two children
• Working in Stamford College since 1996
• Teaching IT and programming, Ms Office
By day, a Coordinator for the Computing
School…
….a Moodle ‘code developer’
by night
• Wrote Msc. Paper “How Moodle supports Self-
Directed-Learning” (OUM, 2011)
• I love to share code with others on my blog

4. Jom Facebook
• Started the
Facebook group
“Moodle
Malaysia Boleh”
in May 2011
(a grand total of
34 members
currently)

5. A bit about me
Blogger on Moodurian.blogspot.com since 2011.
So far, 134 posts, 55 Moodle hacks.

6. Making Moodle More Social and Fun
Social
(adjective) relating to activities in which you
meet and spend time with other people
Fun
(adjective) Amusing, entertaining, or
enjoyable: "it was a fun evening".

7. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
– reducing clutter

8. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

9. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

10. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

11. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

12. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

13. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

14. 1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes

15. 2. Spicing up the Online Users block

16. 2. Spicing up the Online Users block

17. 2. Spicing up the Online Users block

18. 2. Spicing up the Online Users block

19. 2. Spicing up the Online Users block

20. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps

21. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps
The Standard Stamp Collection module.
From this…

22. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps
…to this!

23. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps

25. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps

26. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps
Integrated with the Logged in user block

27. 3. Motivating students with Multistamps
An Email is sent once a stamp is awarded.
“gld:First place in Electrical Engineering Test1...
Keep up the good work!”

28. 4. The Wall

29. 4. The Wall
Facebook’s got a Wall…

30. 4. The Wall
Mahara’s got a Wall…

31. 4. The Wall
Joomla’s (Jomsocial) got a Wall…
WHAT ABOUT MOODLE?

32. 4. The Wall
Benefits of a Wall for Moodle
1. Instant posting of information
2. Allows context feedback
3. Mimics Facebook
4. Encourages sharing
5. Encourages collaboration
6. Fun to use (user icons)
7. Multifunctional
8. Complements the Forum
activity

33. 4. The Wall
Origin = Srinivas Tamada’s Facebook-like Wall Version 3.0
http://www.9lessons.info/2011/05/facebook-wall-script-with-php-and.html

34. 4. The Wall
Can be embeded inside a course page

35. 4. The Wall
Allows Voice-To-Text Input (microphone)

36. 4. The Wall
Allows various Web 2.0 embedded content
Youtube
Scribd
Vimeo
Image URLS, etc.

37. 4. The Wall
Add a background.

38. 4. The Wall
Add rich text (various font sizes, styles, colours)

39. 4. The Wall
And toggle between text and rich-text formats

40. 4. The Wall
Mix image backgrounds and rich text

41. 4. The Wall
More fonts

42. 4. The Wall
Supports
Unicode
(Inter
-national
languages)

43. 4. The Wall
Allows gamification

44. 4. The Wall
Allows gamification

45. 4. The Wall
Allows
copy-
and-
paste of
Website
content

46. 4. The Wall
Allows
Teacher
To
receive
E-mail
Of Wall
post

47. 4. The Wall
Date stamping

48. 4. The Wall
Private Journal
Feature Mr Student is
logged in,
but cannot read
James Dean’s
posts
On the wall.

49. 4. The Wall
No scroll of death via Accordian Activity

50. 4. The Wall

51. 4. The Wall

52. Future work. Social-Related Moodle Stuff
1. Look into Open Badges
integration
2. Look into Joomdle

53. SUMMARY
ELEMENT WHAT IT DOES BENEFIT
Autohide Gives a cleaner interface Removes clutter;
for Course Administrators Course administration
becomes less of a chore.
Online User Allows users to express Better student
Block themselves and be engagement
invisible on demand. Better acceptability from
new users
Multistamps Allows the Teacher to Motivation factor
award various stamps Virtual Rewards for
students
Wall All users can posts and Fun to use
comments ala Facebook Promotes sharing of
information
Versatile usage

54. Thank you
Frankie Kam
Graduate Lecturer
Stamford College PJ
boonsengkam@gmail.com
http://moodurian.blogspot.com