2. Mr. Justin Zephyrine (MSc, MA, BA, PG Dip) eLearning Support Specialist Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CeTL), http://sta.uwi.edu/idu/index.asp The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

3. ICE BREAKER Take a piece of candy from the envelop. State your name and department/faculty and then answer the question assigned to your candy/colour. RED – As a student, what was your worse experience? GREEN – As a student, what was your best experience? BLUE – Thus far, what has been your greatest accomplishment regarding the use of technology? GOLD/YELLOW – Identify at least one expectation you have of this workshop

4. By the end of this session, you will be able to: 1. Use the various resources in Moodle for course delivery 2. Select the Assignment Activity in Moodle for students’ submission of coursework. 3. Create a Quiz activity for student assessment 4. Demonstrate the different types of Discussion Fora in Moodle 5. Choose the most appropriate technology for the delivery of course content and student assessment in Moodle.

5. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY What is Moodle? M.O.O.D.L.E. Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

6. Moodle is a Learning Management System that provides an online interface for the course. It facilitates: Course administration Communication between course members The distribution of materials Active learning

7. “ SEED ” Continuum of Online Learning WEB SUPPORTED WEB ENHANCED WEB ENABLED WEB DELIVERED Used to post or distribute materials in a face to face course Face-to-face enriched with resources Face-to face course with online learning activities that replace face- to-face activities 100% online course delivery with little or no face-to-face sessions. Provides administrative convenience May have some teacher –led asynchronous activities Teacher provides feedback online Face-to-face used for orientations, lab work, or proctored exams Does not enhance learning Students’ use of resources or activities is optional Student participation is mandatory 100% teacher presence No teacher presence online

8. The Educational Philosophy of Moodle Constructivism: 1. Led by Jerome Bruner, David Ausubal and others 2. Learner-centred 3. Active learning (students learn by doing) 4. Students discover ideas or knowledge by themselves. 5. It makes learning more of a social process via interaction, collaborations etc (Social Constructionism where knowledge is constructed through interaction)

9. Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) 7 Principles of Good Teaching 1. Promotes Teacher Student Interaction 2. Promotes Student to Student Interaction 3. Encourages High Expectations 4. Provides Rich, Rapid Feedback 5. Promotes Active Learning 6. Facilitates Time on Task 7. Addresses Different Learning Styles

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11. User Roles 1. Administrators/Managers can usually do anything on the site, in all courses (e.g. The IT Dept/Personnel). 2. Course Creators can create new courses and teach in them. 3. Teachers can do anything within a course; change the activities and grade students. 4. Editing Teaching Assistants can teach in courses, grade students and update course content/activities.

12. User Roles 5. Non-Editing Teachers can teach in courses and grade students but may not alter course activities or content. 6. Students generally have less privileges within a course; they can participate in course activities and access resources at the instructor’s discretion. 7. Guests have minimal privileges and usually cannot enter text anywhere.

13. ACTIVITY Add another person as a Non-Editing Teacher, Student or Guest to your test course. The Procedure: 1. Click “Assign Roles” 2. Click “Non-Editing Teacher”, “Guest” or “Student” 3. Type the person’s name in the search field. 4. Click “Search” 5. Select the relevant name 6. Click “Add”

14. Resources A resource is a is an item that a teacher can use to support learning such as a file or link. These files/links often provide further information on any particular topic within the course. Resources include the following: Videos PDF’s Power Point presentations Word documents Resources appear as a single link with an icon in front of it that represents the type of resource.

15. Moodle Resources Files: Documents (Excel, Power Point, Word, Portable Document Format (pdf’s) and more). Links to websites On-Screen text

16. ACTIVITY 1. Go to the Moodle Training Course and access one of the files/resources. 2. SAVE this file on the desktop. 3. Go into your Moodle test course and upload the same file into your course: 1. Click “Turn Editing On” 2. Click on the “Add a Resource” drop-down menu 3. Under Resources, select the type of resource you would like to add e.g. “URL” or “File” 4. Give the document a Name and Description in the fields provided. 5. Once the file address appears, click on “Save and return to course”

17. Break Time

18. Moodle Activities: An activity is a general name for a group of features in a Moodle course. It is usually something that a student will do (such as an exercise, project or forum) that interacts with other students and or the teacher. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY

19. Moodle Activities: Moodle supports a range of activities that can be used within any course. The list of available activities in Moodle includes: 1. Glossaries 2. Discussion Forums 3. Choices 4. Journals 5. Assignments 6. Questionnaires 7. Quizzes 8. Hot Potatoes 9. Wikis 10. Surveys USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY

20. Adding an Activity To Course Adding an Activity is a basic part of creating most courses. Activities are added to course sections by a drop down menu that is displayed when editing is turned on. To add an Activity: 1. Log in to your Moodle site 2. Go to the course 3. Turn editing on 4. Go to the topic / week where you would like the activity 5. Select 'Add an Activity or Resource' 6. Select the activity from the drop-down list 7. Enter the activity settings and save them 8. Possibly move the activity

21. THE ASSIGNMENT ACTIVITY The Assignment Activity is an easy way to allow students to upload/submit digital content (such as essays, spreadsheets, presentations, webpages, photographs, or small audio or video clips) for grading. Anything they can store on their hard drives can be submitted in response to an assignment. Assignments don’t necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Offline Assignments can be created to remind students of real-world assignments they need to complete. Alternatively, the students can be asked to input their answer directly into the assignment itself.

22. ACTIVITY 1. In pairs, create an assignment in which students must submit a file on the topics given. 2. Demonstrate the process you used to create this assignment activity.

23. The Discussion Forum The forum module is an activity where students and teachers can exchange ideas by posting comments. There are four basic forum types. Forum posts can be graded by the teacher or other students. How to set up a basic discussion forum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igzHnmr4TA0

24. ACTIVITY 1. Create a class discussion by posting a question/instructions relating to a topic your course. 2. Demonstrate the process you used to create this forum.

25. The Quiz Activity The Quiz activity module allows the teacher to design and build quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types, including multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept in the Question bank and can be re-used in different quizzes.

26. Activity In your test course, create a quiz comprising at least two questions of any type. The Process: 1. Turn Editing On 2. Select Quiz from the Add an Activity menu 3. Give the quiz a name and introduction / instructions 4. Select the time/duration of the quiz & display options 5. Set the number of attempts allowed and grading options 6. Select security options 7. Click Save and Return to Course Changes 8. Create quiz items 9. Add items to quiz 10. Click Save Changes

27. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY A Recap: (we are now able to): 1. Use the various resources in Moodle for course delivery 2. Select the Assignment Activity in Moodle for students’ submission of coursework. 3. Create a Quiz activity for student assessment 4. Demonstrate the different types of Discussion Fora in Moodle 5. Choose the most appropriate technology for the delivery of course content and student assessment in Moodle.

28. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY Any Questions?

29. USING MOODLE FOR ONLINE COURSE DELIVERY Workshop Evaluation

30. Thank You