The document provides tips from teachers on how to create engaging content and activities in Moodle like assignments, quizzes, forums, chats, blogs, wikis, and podcasts to improve the learning experience and promote student collaboration, communication, and reflection. It emphasizes making the Moodle course visually appealing and including things like a glossary and videos to keep students engaged both inside and outside the classroom. The document concludes by stating you don't need to be a technical expert to use Moodle successfully and provides resources for learning how to set up the recommended activities.
27. “ Assignments are an excellent
way of keeping track of
students’ homework and
progress.
It’s great way of providing
feedback and comments on the
learners’ activities.”
Ewa Rzepko – ESOL Lecturer
29. “ Online testing is tremendous for
practicing computer testing, for
immediate feedback and
paperless testing.
I like Quizzes because they
make it so easy to keep a record
of students’ results.”
Dorota Beata Matuszyk –
Initial assessment Coordinator
30. You have different types of questions: Multiple-choice,
Cloze embedded answers, Matching, Description,
Short answer, Essay, True/False, Calculated...
32. “
Forum is a fun way of
communicating…
I always take pictures of what
we’ve been up to in class and
then students comment on them
and communicate with each
other in writing.
It’s very visual and immediate
for them and it’s good for their
language skills.”
Jane Conway - ESOL Tutor
38. “ Recently we were organising
a trip, so I uploaded various
tourist attractions, and the
students went and read about
them.
Then we made a Choice activity
where students vote on the
attraction they’d like to visit.”
Jane Conway - ESOL Tutor
42. “Podcasting has an enormous impact on my students
as they are able to get extra practice outside the
classroom, and consequently their learning experience
is enhanced.”
43. Create or use videos
Elfi Diekmann – Business Lecturer
44. “ Videos keep your students
engaged.
It’s ideal for remote teaching,
reviewing in-class materials and
it’s specially handy for absent
students.”
Elfi Diekmann – Business Lecturer
48. “ It’s very important that your
Moodle course looks more
user-friendly.
You can use images.
I normally distinguish each
course unit by using different
colours and detail.”
Caroline Allan–
Graphic Design Lecturer