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No permitir que Moodle te abrume
Moodle es grande. Puedes meter todos los temas y materias dentro de Moodle, tantos temas y materias, que los principiantes pueden ser abrumados por todo lo que deben aprender. ¿Pero es necesario dominar Moodle enseguida? Por supuesto no.
Comenzar con metas modestas, como la fijar planes de la lección y los enlaces a los recursos útiles y empezar desde allí. Tomar tu tiempo y ser paciente. Si tienes dificultad para aprender a hacer algo mas sofisticado, da vuelta a la comunidad de Moodle para pedir ayuda. ¡En algunos meses, dominarás Moodle como un campeón!
No dominar las discusiones
A veces es necesario guiar a los estudiantes un poco en los foros. Tu puedes darles un suave empujoncito aquí y otro mas allá. Esto es excelente. Pero evita intervenir demasiado en los foros. Estimular la discusión es una cosa. ¡Dominarla es otra!
Don't assume that the coolness of Moodle will inspire or motivate your students
Many teachers are amazed and impressed by what Moodle can do. Astonished, even. They simply assume that their students will share their enthusiasm. Well, maybe... But remember that it is good teaching (online or otherwise) that inspires students. Don't expect Moodle to do the teacher's job.
Don't violate copyright laws
If you inappropriately borrow the works of others, your students will do so, too. That is probably not what you are trying to teach them.
Don't forget to check users' profiles
Sigh... Some students have questionable judgement. You never know what they will post to their profiles. Best to check now and again. Depending upon your school system, your local laws, and your personal beliefs, of course, you may or may not do anything about what you find, but it is best to at least know what's there.
Don't encourage users to run Power Point presentations in their browsers
Teachers with content they developed in PowerPoint want to use it in Moodle as a jump start. And student/users want to simply click on a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation and run it inside their browsers. This usually works out pretty well, but not always. You will have far fewer complaints and problems if your users download PPT presentations to their desktops and run them from there. Encourage them to do so. By the way, this is not a Moodle problem; it is a browser problem.
Do not upload large PPTs if your Moodle disk space is limited.
If you want to provide the original presentation, it would be nice to also provide handouts or an outline in addition. The student can choose the most personally convenient option.
Here are some alternatives:
- Convert your PPTs to .swf files using Open Office. The only disadvantage is that you will lose any animations.
- Print PPT handouts to a .pdf file and have your students downloat/view that as a resource.
- Use one of many Moodle features instead of PPT.
- presentation module
- lección module which can also import a PPT
- the slideshow module
- the Libro will present pages and can import a PPT
- Present a PPT with Flash
Don't be afraid to experiment
Moodle is designed to be played with. Set up a test course for yourself and experiment with the different modules - you can't break anything!
Don't be distracted by shiny stuff
Just because you can do something in Moodle does not mean that you should do it or have to do it. Moodle is very robust software and many of its features are fun to play with. That is cool, but, remember, the point is not to build a cutting-edge web site (although that really is a lot of fun). The point is learning.
- What is it you want your students to know?
- What is it you want them to be able to do?
Let those questions dictate how you use Moodle.
