Introduction to Teaching with Moodle

with Joan Van Duzer

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 8:00am - Fri, 03/26/2010 - 5:00pm (Pacific Time)

Are you ready to become a Moodler? Moodle is an easy-to-use, open source, course management system for online, hybrid, or face-to-face classes. In this course you'll learn how to enter a Moodle course shell and organize and present content—including graphics—all without needing to know HTML! You'll discover handy tools for site, course, and student management functions, as well as tools for creating quizzes, assignments with due dates, grades, and interactive forums. You'll not only finish the course with a working knowledge of Moodle, you'll also walk away with the foundation for your own online course.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you'll be able to do the following:

• Adjust Moodle course settings to create a customized online learning environment
• Identify basic features in Moodle
• Experience Moodle as a student, to see the result of deployment of various Moodle features
• Add content to a new Moodle course by incorporating Moodle activities and resources
• Implement Moodle's basic communication and assessment tools

Requirements for Completion:

A passing performance on the following:

• Participation in at least three discussion forums
• Completion of assigned activities and exercises
• Completion of assigned quizzes
• Completion of required elements in sandbox course

Hours Required

This is a 4-week course. Course completion, including reading, online discussions, and assignments, will take approximately 10 hours per week.

Recommended Skills

• Basic computer skills (use of word processor, e-mail, file management)
• Basic Internet skills (use of browser, searches, uploading and downloading files)
• Familiarity with discussion boards

Technical Requirements

• Fairly recent Mac or PC (not more than three years old) with a current operating system
• Current browser (Netscape 7, Firefox 1.0, or Internet Explorer 6 or later)
• Internet connection, preferably broadband (DSL speeds)