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User:James Neill/Training notes

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Training notes

UC Moodle Training notes by James Neill during 2-day training by Mark Drechsler (Netspot). To be sorted later.

Adding Content

  • Insert label
    • adds information to a topic (or week)
    • Good for a brief summary; but will add to length of site homepage, so keep it simple
    • Can't add a heading for a topic when in Weekly mode
  • Add web page
    • Adds a link on the homepage to a webpage
    • Summary: doesn't often display - (does display on resource page)
    • Page content
  • Add a youtube video
  • Resources/Activities breadcrumb can switched on/off globally, but not site-specifically.
  • Uploading mp3, swf, wma, wmv, etc.
  • Latex code works - start with $$ - can also use equation editor
  • (i) yellow links to MoodleDocs
  • (?) blue links to help info (opens pop-up)
  • Sideblocks are fixed width (not%)
  • All students automatically subscribed to announcements forum (one-way) forum
  • Resources - Book
    • Gathers together a group of web pages (essentially a book is a link structure; must be web pages - not other stuff unless embeddedded in web pages)
    • WimbaCreate can also do something similar (can import a whole book); currently Book can only import only headings
    • Can have sub-chapters
    • Students can download a book
  • SCORM - standard format for importing/exporting between Learning Management Systems.

File storage

  • General Moodle files are stored at a global level e.g., logo
  • Site files are stored locally within a site
  • Eventually UC will use Equella - Equella
  • e.g.,
    • Algebra
      • Notes
    • Images
  • Moving - goes to clipboard, then go to Folder
  • Bulk actions vs. single file actions
  • Pop-ups (consider - because of pop-up blockers)

External content creators

Moodle is not a high-end content-creation tool (e.g., to convert ppt, etc. and export to swf or html or other more playable etc. formats)

  • Articulate $$ (e.g., ArticulateEngage)
    • Several products, e.g.,
    • PPT to flash converter (advantages of flash)
      • Smaller file size
      • More accessible format
      • 99% of browsers have flash presenter
    • Wimba Create $
      • Good for converting .doc to .html
    • Adobe Captivate $$$
    • Camtasia
      • Screen recording
      • Annotate powerpoint
      • Zoom in on stuff
      • MoodleTraining site vides (UC) done this way
    • Powerconverter
    • eXelearning.org (free)
    • Courselab (free; Russian; obscure
    • FreeMind (free)
  • Conversion to html will be to something like index.html, default.html, <filename>.html plus folders such as /CSS, /XML, /FLV, /SWF, etc. - all of this would need to brought into Moodle
  • ZIP and then upload, unzip OR use WebDAV
  • Dilemma - new window uses pop-up but as a page includes top nav-frame (which varies browser to browser) -> another option it to use iframe

iFrame

A way of embedding local pages or external content within a webpage:

<iframe src="http://example.com" height="200"> Alternative text for browsers that do not understand IFrames. </iframe>

(Hey! nowiki doesn't work!? But iFrame does!)

Groups

  • Social constructivism background - some aspects about this are good; others not so good
  • Roles
    1. Lecturer
    2. Tutor
    3. Guest
    4. Auditing Student
    5. Auditing Staff
  • "Student" roles will be auto-populated from Callista
  • One extreme - no groups - everyone sees/can do everything
  • Other extreme - separate groups - separate groups cannot see the conduct of other groups or be aware that they existed
  • Groups separate by activities
  • Groups see the same content and assignments
  • But they see different discussion fora
  • Middle option - Visible groups - can see other groups, but can't post to them
  • Each of these is true for tutors and students
  • Various ways of allocating groups e.g., random allocation
  • If making a forum posting (as a lecturer/teacher), make sure to select which groups can reply to the post.

Forums

  • Most utilised collaboration tool in Moodle.

Forums

  • 30 minutes

Enrolling

  • Go to the URL - ID and then join (depends on default config for enrollability and whether an enrollment key is used)

Collaborative environment

Archiving

  • TBD

UC

Help (staff)

  • learningonline@canberra.edu.au (goes to netspot)
  • lola@canberra.edu.au (learningonline.admin@canberra.edu.au UC Moodle Admin)

IT

  • Disk image needs to allow pop-ups from learnonline.canberra.edu.au

Questions

External links

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