VLE Development Work Placement By Timothy Bryan

The Placement  To assess, upgrade, improve and utilise the current Moodle site for Stockport College.  To work alongside Sarah Donohoe (ELearning Coordinator) part time over a 6-8 week period, assisting with the above, and liaise with Mike Smith (IT Specialist) to help achieve this.

What is a VLE?  A VLE is a “Virtual Learning Environment”.  Most educational institutes use them to : 1. Source classroom materials. 2. Provide a place to upload work. 3. Provide extra/out of class activities.  Most VLE’s are based on the Moodle platform.

The Original Moodle Site

The VLE - Skoodle  Colourful!  Uses logo’s for course areas.  “Nav Bar”  No more infinite lists/scrolling!

Logo Scheme

New Functions & Services  GSB Blocks  Drag and Drop  Moodle App  Search+  Messaging  Tab Display for courses and information.

Extra/Optional Tasks  Provide training to staff on how to use Skoodle.  Extra research and study into PHP and JavaScript.  Many hours researching Moodle, participating on Moodle forums and researching features.  Research on servers and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

What do the users think? Tutors like:  The new look and feel.  The working drag and drop.  The new features implemented in the updates with the training on how to use them(ongoing).  Having someone on hand to solve any issues. Students like:  The ease of navigating course pages.  The new look and feel.  The touchscreen accessibility of the site on mobile devices.  Search+  Easy access to student .

Demonstration  I would now like to take this opportunity to demonstrate the new VLE and open the floor to any questions: 

Finished  This wraps up the presentation on the work placement.  Thank you very much for your time (and patience depending on how the demonstrations goes).  Any further questions?