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Welcome! The purpose of this page is to provide educators with a brief overview of teaching and learning with Moodle and useful links by general topics.

Moodle principles

The design and development of Moodle has been guided by a social constructionist theory and practice of teaching and learning. While Moodle can be and is used to support a number of other pedagogical and andragogical approaches, the core Moodle package will continue to be built with these five key principles in mind.

Moodle Pedagogy

Moodle in education and training

Although initially designed for higher education environment (university), Moodle has quickly become used across a broad range of organisations worldwide to conduct courses fully online or support face-to-face teaching and learning.

Its modularity, flexibility, security and free availability have attracted learning communities ranging from single primary school classrooms to large universities, businesses, government departments and other places where people learn.

Primary education - Common uses of Moodle in primary education settings.

Secondary education - Common uses of Moodle in secondary education settings.

Tertiary education - Common uses of Moodle in tertiary education settings.

Adult education and training - Common uses of Moodle in adult education and business/government training.

Versions of Moodle

Since 2002, Moodle has undergone many changes and updated versions. Currently, the most widely used stable version of Moodle is 1.9.x

Moodle 2.0 is a major new stable version released in November 2010. It contains a many improvements and new features. Users will be able import and export content in and out Moodle easier, scaffold courses and activities by using conditions for entry, improved evaluations with re-designed Quiz and Workshop activities, search, enrol in and share courses via Community hub, enter comments in a range of places, navigate easier, integrate better with other systems, mobile devices, customise their personal home page and more. Check this playlist of short clips for the new and redesigned features in Moodle 2.0.

Starting with Moodle

Countless anecdotes from Moodle users suggest that the best way to learn Moodle is by simply trying and using it in ways you find it creative and useful - like a box of Lego.

Getting started for teachers - general overview of technical features of a course with links to expand your knowledge of the how to make different features work, currently for Moodle 1.x.
moodle.org/educators – a course with explanations, FAQ, examples of use, useful links, tips, strategies and resources to help educators make the most of Moodle
Mt Orange School Demo - A demo site in Moodle 2.0, fully populated with accounts and examples to see and play with. Great way to explore the features of Moodle and many ways they could be used in places where people teach and learn. Site link - Mt Orange School Demo
Teaching with Moodle - a wiki on common approaches, strategies (needs updating).
Download Moodle – Choose from the official Moodle packages to install on your own server.

Moodle community

Moodle has been made and improved with participation, mutual help from software developers, educators, translators and many others worldwide. There are many ways to participate in Moodle community, regardless of your background and interest.

Moodle.org - The multilingual alma mater of moodlers worldwide! Forums, documents, users, activities, demos, history, Particularly Helpful Moodlers and more. You can see and contribute to the good will and effort of thousands over the years.
Moodle Docs - A wikipedia-style documentation about Moodle that we all write. This document is part of Moodle Docs and anyone can contribute, easily.
Moodle Partners – Optional commercial services for Moodle users, including fully-serviced Moodle hosting, remote support contracts, custom code development and consulting.
Moodle Tracker – Community database for recording and managing bugs, improvements and feature requests for Moodle.
MoodleMoots - List of famously named gatherings of Moodle users, developers and enthusiasts around the world! Other events included.
Moodle on social networks – Connect with fellow moodlers.
Getting help – There are many ways in which you can ask for and get help.
Teaching FAQ - Commonly asked questions about Moodle and its use

Reference

Category:Teacher - List of links to "Teacher" related pages.
Moodle manuals - List of links to manuals in different languages.
Moodle Books - List of Moodle books in different languages.
Tutorials - Links to manuals and popular video tutorials
Using Moodle book - A real book you can reprint!
Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers - Great printable poster of Moodle tools and their suitability for different learning tasks.
Course Creator Certificate - Get certified by demonstrating your skills in using Moodle as a teacher.

Useful links

Teaching Do and Donts - A poster with explanatory links.
Student documentation examples - Useful documents for students, multi-language.
Student FAQ - Questions that students may have about Moodle.
Trainer - Useful links for Trainers
Non Internet Moodles - Information for small installations and sandboxes

Complete install packages - for installing Moodle on a small server or a standalone computer

Installation guide - Moodle for Windows on a USB Memory Stick

Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere

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-This page is in the middle of a major edit.  Most of the previous content of this page is now  in [[Adding/editing_a_course]]. We would like this page to become a general jumping off page for Teachers.
+{{Teacher documentation}}
+Welcome!  The purpose of this page is to provide educators with a brief overview of teaching and learning with Moodle and useful links by general topics.
-The intent is to create a page that has the look and feel of the page called "Administrator documentation". --[[User:chris collman|chris collman]] 18:43, 4 September 2006 (CDT)
+==Moodle principles==
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+The design and development of Moodle has been guided by a [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Philosophy social constructionist] theory and practice of teaching and learning. While Moodle can be and is used to support a number of other pedagogical and andragogical approaches, the core Moodle package will continue to be built with these [[five key principles]] in mind.
-'''If you are a new user and would like a list of all teacher documentation articles, please see [[:Category:Teacher]] link or the [[Teacher_documentation#See_also | See also]] below.'''
+*[[Pedagogy|Moodle Pedagogy]]
-== A course ==
+==Moodle in education and training==
-A course is the primary tool of a teacher for organizing a student's learning experience.
-You will find the [[Course homepage|course homepage]] is broken down into [[Course sections]]. A course is created by [[Adding resources and activities|adding resources and activities]] in the sections and/or creating [[Blocks | blocks]].
+Although initially designed for higher education environment (university), Moodle has quickly become used across a broad range of organisations worldwide to conduct courses fully online or support face-to-face teaching and learning.
-[[Image:Course edit on new 4.JPG|thumb|center|400px|New Course Moodle  1.6]]
+Its modularity, flexibility, security and free availability have attracted learning communities ranging from single primary school classrooms to large universities, businesses, government departments and other places where people learn.
-The example above shows a new course set up with topic sections, edit is on and there are blocks both sides of the topics. Resources and activities are ready to be added.
+* [[Primary education]] - Common uses of Moodle in primary education settings.
-==General advice==
+* [[Secondary education]] - Common uses of Moodle in secondary education settings.
-* Subscribe yourself to all of the [[forum]]s in your course so that you can keep in touch with your class activity.
-* Encourage all of the students to fill out their [[Edit profile|user profile]] (including photos) and read them all - this will help provide some context to their later writings and help you to respond in ways that are tailored to their own needs.
-* Keep notes to yourself in the private [[Teacher_forum | "Teacher's Forum"]]. This is especially useful when team teaching.
-* Use the [[Logs]] link (under Administration) to get access to complete, raw logs. In there you'll see a link to a popup window that updates every sixty seconds and shows the last hour of activity. This is useful to keep open on your desktop all day so you can feel in touch with what's going on in the course.
-* Use the [[Recent_activity|Activity Reports]] (next to each name in the list of all people, or from any user profile page). These provide a great way to see what any particular person has been up to in the course.
-* Respond quickly to students. Don't leave it for later - do it right away. Not only is it easy to become overwhelmed with the volume that can be generated, but it's a crucial part of building and maintaining a community feel in your course.
-* Don't be afraid to experiment: feel free to poke around and change things. It's hard to break anything in a Moodle course, and even if you do it's usually easy to fix it.
-* Use the [[Navigation bar|navigation bar]] at the top of each page - this should help remind you where you are and prevent getting lost
+* [[Tertiary education]] - Common uses of Moodle in tertiary education settings.
-== See also ==
+* [[Adult education and training]] - Common uses of Moodle in adult education and business/government training.
-*[[Teaching with Moodle]] - inspiring links
-*[[Teaching do's and don'ts]] - hints
+==Versions of Moodle==
-*[[Moodle manuals]] - A list of links to manuals and books
+[[Moodle_version_history|Since 2002]], Moodle has undergone many changes and updated versions. Currently, the most widely used stable version of Moodle is 1.9.x
+'''Moodle 2.0''' is a major new stable version released in November 2010. It contains a [[Moodle_2.0_release_notes|many improvements and new features]]. Users will be able import and export content in and out Moodle easier, [[Course completion|scaffold courses]] and [[Activity completion|activities]] by using conditions for entry, improved evaluations with re-designed Quiz and Workshop activities, search, enrol in and share courses via [[Community hub]], enter comments in a range of places, navigate easier, integrate better with other systems, mobile devices, customise their [[My Moodle|personal home page]] and more. Check this [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5F39867B1037BA89 playlist of short clips] for the new and redesigned features in Moodle 2.0.
+==Starting with Moodle==
+Countless anecdotes from Moodle users suggest that the best way to learn Moodle is by simply trying and using it in ways you find it creative and useful - like a [http://www.slideshare.net/moodlefan/what-is-moodle-explained-with-lego-presentation box of Lego].
+* [[Getting started for teachers|Getting started for teachers]] - general overview of technical features of a course with links to expand your knowledge of the how to make different features work, currently for Moodle 1.x.
+* [http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=17223  moodle.org/educators] – a course with explanations, FAQ, examples of use, useful links, tips, strategies and resources to help educators make the most of Moodle
+* [[Mt Orange School Demo]] -  A demo site in Moodle 2.0, fully populated with accounts and examples to see and play with. Great way to explore the features of Moodle and many ways they could be used in places where people teach and learn. Site link - [http://school.demo.moodle.net  Mt Orange School Demo]
+* [[Teaching with Moodle]] - a wiki on common approaches, strategies (needs updating).
+* [http://download.moodle.org Download Moodle] – Choose from the official Moodle packages to install on your own server.
+==Moodle community==
+Moodle has been made and improved with participation, mutual help from software developers, educators, translators and many others worldwide. There are many ways to participate in Moodle community, regardless of your background and interest.
+* [http://moodle.org Moodle.org] - The multilingual ''alma mater'' of moodlers worldwide! Forums, documents, users, activities, demos, history, Particularly Helpful Moodlers and more. You can see and contribute to the good will and effort of thousands over the years.
+* [https://docs.moodle.org Moodle Docs] - A wikipedia-style documentation about Moodle that we all write. This document is part of Moodle Docs and anyone can contribute, easily.
+* [http://moodle.com/partners/ Moodle Partners] – Optional commercial services for Moodle users, including fully-serviced Moodle hosting, remote support contracts, custom code development and consulting.
+* [http://tracker.moodle.org/ Moodle Tracker] – Community database for recording and managing bugs, improvements and feature requests for Moodle.
+* [http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=33 MoodleMoots] - List of famously named gatherings of Moodle users, developers and enthusiasts around the world! Other events included.
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7750 Moodle on social networks] – Connect with fellow moodlers.
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7748 Getting help] – There are many ways in which you can ask for and get help.
+* [[Teaching FAQ]] - Commonly asked questions about Moodle and its use
+==Reference==
+*[[:Category:Teacher]] - List of links to "Teacher" related pages.
+*[[Moodle manuals]] - List of links to manuals in different languages.
+*[http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=7246 Moodle Books] - List of Moodle books in different languages.
+*[http://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7745 Tutorials] - Links to manuals and popular video tutorials
 *[[Using Moodle book]] - A real book you can reprint!
-*[[Teaching FAQ]] - common questions
+*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=150830 Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers] - Great printable poster of Moodle tools and their suitability for different learning tasks.
-*[http://moodle.tokem.fi/mod/book/view.php?id=5116&chapterid=256 Course teaching checklist]
+*[https://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_Teacher_Certificate Course Creator Certificate] - Get certified by demonstrating your skills in using Moodle as a teacher.
-*[[Tips and tricks]]
-*[[Student FAQ]] - students have questions about technology?
+==Useful links==
+*[http://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7743 Teaching Do and Donts] - A poster with explanatory links.
+*[[Student documentation examples]] - Useful documents for students, multi-language.
+*[[Student FAQ]] - Questions that students may have about Moodle.
+*[[Trainer]] - Useful links for Trainers
+*Non Internet Moodles - Information for small installations and sandboxes
+:[[Complete install packages]] - for installing Moodle on a small server or a standalone computer
+:[[Installation guide - Moodle for Windows on a USB Memory Stick]]
+:[[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere]]
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+[[de:Dokumentation für Trainer]]
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