1. Introduction to Moodle August 4, 2010 Nina Keating

2. Moodle Workshop Pre-work Connect to GUEST network Connect to GUEST network Create file Test.doc in MS Word – Content of the document is up to you! Create file Test.doc in MS Word – Content of the document is up to you! Save Test.doc in a place you will remember Save Test.doc in a place you will remember

3. What is MOODLE ??? Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Manage student and teacher electronic portfolios at Manage student and teacher electronic portfolios at GBS-WCS-WMS GBS-WCS-WMS NH DOE requirement Ed 306.42 NH DOE requirement Ed 306.42 ePortfolios = Moodle ePortfolio = Moofolio ePortfolios = Moodle ePortfolio = Moofolio District-wide Course Management System (CMS) District-wide Course Management System (CMS) Manage course content Manage course content Communicate with “audience” Communicate with “audience” Students Students Peers Peers Community Community

4. Workshop Agenda Logging into Moodle (home and school) Logging into Moodle (home and school) Overview/Navigating WSD Moodle Courses Overview/Navigating WSD Moodle Courses Course you are enrolled in (e.g., Keating-Staff) Course you are enrolled in (e.g., Keating-Staff) Courses that you teach or “own” Courses that you teach or “own” Public Courses (no key required) Public Courses (no key required) Courses you enroll in with a key Courses you enroll in with a key Guest access (key required) Guest access (key required) Creating course content for your course(s) Creating course content for your course(s) Will not review student perspective Will not review student perspective

5. Logging in To Moodle Moodle preferences Moodle preferences Use Firefox Use Firefox Not Internet Explorer (IE) Not Internet Explorer (IE) Accessing Moodle Accessing Moodle From WSD buildings From WSD buildings “Moodle” in address bar “Moodle” in address bar Moodle shortcut (if available) Moodle shortcut (if available) From out of district From out of district WWW.windhamsd.org WWW.windhamsd.org WWW.windhamsd.org Teacher resources Teacher resources Elementary Moodle server Elementary Moodle server WHS Moodle server WHS Moodle server Login block – “My Courses Login block – “My Courses Username/password Username/password

6. What’s out there in “My Courses” ? Lists courses Lists courses That you are a student of (are enrolled in) That you are a student of (are enrolled in) That you are teaching That you are teaching (that you manage/create content) “grayed” out courses – not available to students (yet) “grayed” out courses – not available to students (yet) button button WSD courses available on the Moodle server WSD courses available on the Moodle server “Public” courses – no “key required” “Public” courses – no “key required” Other courses – need a “key” from owner Other courses – need a “key” from owner Select your own course from your “My Courses” to manage YOUR course Select your own course from your “My Courses” to manage YOUR course

7. Moodle Functions for YOUR Course Getting Setup Getting Setup Teacher information Teacher information Edit your profile Edit your profile Course information Course information Administration Block (Course) Settings Administration Block (Course) Settings Who has Access to your course Who has Access to your course People Participants Block People Participants Block Administration Block Assign Roles Administration Block Assign Roles Adding Content to your course Adding Content to your course Add a Label Add a Label Link to File Link to File Link to Webpage Link to Webpage Compose Text Page Compose Text Page Editing Look/layout of your content Editing Look/layout of your content

8. Moodle Tools Course Content 1 GET SETUP Keating 10/22/08 High level Teacher View of Moodle Components to GET SETUP

9. Getting Set Up Blocks (= modules = the M in MOODLE) Blocks (= modules = the M in MOODLE) Blocks provide different functions in Moodle Blocks provide different functions in Moodle Predefined blocks available (e.g., Portfolio block) Predefined blocks available (e.g., Portfolio block) You can pick and choose which blocks to use You can pick and choose which blocks to use You can pick and choose which blocks to SHOW/HIDE You can pick and choose which blocks to SHOW/HIDE Your starting Blocks or How did I come up with the template everyone is starting with? Your starting Blocks or How did I come up with the template everyone is starting with? Surveyed every TeacherWeb page and tallied catagories Surveyed every TeacherWeb page and tallied catagories Ranked the catagories Ranked the catagories You will need to customize to add/delete catagories You will need to customize to add/delete catagories You can add blocks LATER You can add blocks LATER “User Profile” ; What Role; Edit on/Edit off “User Profile” ; What Role; Edit on/Edit off People/Participants People/Participants Administration Administration Calendar Calendar Portfolio Keeper Portfolio Keeper Course content Course content

10. Getting Setup: Your information About editing your profileAbout editing your profile Changing your password Changing your password Your turn – try it!Your turn – try it! 1.Click on “WSDMoodle” “breadcrumb” 2.Click on your name in upper right corner next to “You are logged in as…” Change your password – SECURITY RISK IF YOU DO NOT IS VERY HIGH: We have educated our students well ;-)

11. Getting Setup: Course Information Administration Block : SettingsAdministration Block : Settings Controls what is displayed on Main WSD Moodle pageControls what is displayed on Main WSD Moodle page Full name, SummaryFull name, Summary Availability (available to students or not)Availability (available to students or not) Enrolment key controls course accessEnrolment key controls course access *CAUTION*: Changes to (Course) settings ONLY take affect on LOGOUT/LOGIN from Moodle*CAUTION*: Changes to (Course) settings ONLY take affect on LOGOUT/LOGIN from Moodle Your turnYour turn 1.Select your course 2.“Administration Settings” block: Change value for “Full Name” (e.g., salutation Mrs. Miss, Ms., Dr.) 3.Change value for “Summary” to describe your class (e.g., WCS Technology Course for Staff ) 4.Note: Availability: Available/Not available 5.Note Enrolment key: ________________ 6. Logout/login from Moodle 7. Verify your changes

12. Getting Set Up: How do you know who has accessed your course ? People: Participants About “People – Participants” BlockAbout “People – Participants” Block View users who have accessed your course listed View users who have accessed your course listed You can unenroll participants who should not be in your classYou can unenroll participants who should not be in your class Your turn – try it!Your turn – try it! 1. From the “People Block – Participants” - look at who has accessed your course 2. Click on a participant and find the “Unenroll me from the course” button, but only use it if you want to remove someone from your course

13. How do students, teachers, parents get assigned to your COURSE ? Students Students Automatically assigned to classroom courses from Powerschool Automatically assigned to classroom courses from Powerschool Teacher need to manually assign new students Teacher need to manually assign new students Teachers/Staff Teachers/Staff You can assign teachers/staff to your course; located at Administration: Assign roles You can assign teachers/staff to your course; located at Administration: Assign roles You can give them a key and they can enroll themselves (and they will remain enrolled); Administration: settings: Enrolment Key You can give them a key and they can enroll themselves (and they will remain enrolled); Administration: settings: Enrolment Key Parents Parents Can log into Moodle using student accounts or Can log into Moodle using student accounts or Can log in as GUESTS (since they don’t have Moodle Accts), but you MUST give them a KEY AND they do NOT remain enrolled – they must log in EVERY time they access your course) Can log in as GUESTS (since they don’t have Moodle Accts), but you MUST give them a KEY AND they do NOT remain enrolled – they must log in EVERY time they access your course) Public – Can access a course without a key (e.g., WCS Parent Resources) VERY Important: Setup your course so that students/public can’t access until you are ready (Administration Settings: Availability: This course is NOT available to Students)

14. Getting Setup: Administration: Assigning Roles Administration - Assigning Roles Administration - Assigning Roles Classroom and UA teacher’s students Classroom and UA teacher’s students AUTOMATICALLY enrolled yearly AUTOMATICALLY enrolled yearly ADD new students once they are entered in Moodle ADD new students once they are entered in Moodle SpEd/Special services instructors may enroll their students – be careful about creating forums and discussions due to confidentiality issues SpEd/Special services instructors may enroll their students – be careful about creating forums and discussions due to confidentiality issues ***CAUTION***: MAKE SURE YOU ADD STUDENTS AS STUDENTS and not non-editing teachers*** ***CAUTION***: MAKE SURE YOU ADD STUDENTS AS STUDENTS and not non-editing teachers*** Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. From the “Administration Block - Assign Roles”, students/teachers enrolled in your course 1. From the “Administration Block - Assign Roles”, look at students/teachers enrolled in your course 2. Add a teacher/staff to your course

15. Getting Setup Teachers/Staff Access About “Administration - Assigning Roles”About “Administration - Assigning Roles” 2 choice on having teachers/staff access your course2 choice on having teachers/staff access your course You can assign them to your courseYou can assign them to your course You can give them an enrollment key and they can enroll themselves in your classYou can give them an enrollment key and they can enroll themselves in your class You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one; you can change it!You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one; you can change it! Enrolment Key is case sensitiveEnrolment Key is case sensitive Your turn – try it! Assign someone to your course Your turn – try it! Assign someone to your course 1.Select your course 2.Administration – Assign Role 3.Select a staff member from Potential > Existing (actual)

16. Getting Setup: Guest (Parent) Access About Guest Login and Temporary EnrollmentAbout Guest Login and Temporary Enrollment For Parents and others who do NOT have a WSD Moodle account For Parents and others who do NOT have a WSD Moodle account Guest must log in with a KEY EVERYTIME they need access Guest must log in with a KEY EVERYTIME they need access You will need to give your parents/visitors an enrollment KEY You will need to give your parents/visitors an enrollment KEY Guests cannot participate in student activities (forums, chats, etc) Guests cannot participate in student activities (forums, chats, etc) You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one You have a default key in Settings; everyone has the same one Password IS CASE SENSITIVE Password IS CASE SENSITIVE Your turn – try it!Your turn – try it! 1. LOGOUT of your Moodle acct 2. From “Windham School District's Online Classrooms” Click on District-Moodle Features Demo Course Click on District-Moodle Features Demo Course Password is: Moodle Password is: Moodle Click on button to Login/enroll as a guest Click on button to Login/enroll as a guest 3. Log in to Moodle with your Moodle username/password 4. Go to SETTINGS and CHANGE YOUR ENROLLMENT KEY

17. Creating a Public Course Administration block - Course Settings Administration block - Course Settings Make Course available to students Make Course available to students Allow Guests without a key Allow Guests without a key

18. 2 ADD CONTENT Keating 10/22/08 High level Teacher View of Moodle Components RESOURCES Resource “Insert a LABEL” Resource: “LINK to WEBSITE” Resource: “LINK to a FILE” Resource: Compose TEXT page

19. Adding Content: Resources Method of posting your course content Method of posting your course content 7 types of resources available 7 types of resources available 1- 4 types that we will address today 1- 4 types that we will address today Labels Labels Text Text Linking to Files Linking to Files Linking to Websites Linking to Websites Activities: Not Today -  Activities: Not Today -  Discussions, Quiz, Survey,… Discussions, Quiz, Survey,…

20. Adding Content: Edit a Label About Editing a Label About Editing a Label Must be in “edit on” mode – toggles Must be in “edit on” mode – toggles Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! Turn edit on Turn edit on Select the edit button in the first block Select the edit button in the first block Modify the label with CONTACT info Modify the label with CONTACT info

21. Adding Content: Insert a Label About Adding a Label About Adding a Label Must be in “edit on” mode Must be in “edit on” mode Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it! 1. Turn edit on 2. Go to “Announcement and Notices” block 3. From “Add a resource dropdown” select “Insert a label” 4. Type a notice to your parents 5. 5.

22. Adding Content: Link to a File About Linking to a File About Linking to a File This option used if you have a file already or you want and archive of files (e.g., notices) This option used if you have a file already or you want and archive of files (e.g., notices) Moving/deleting the original file later does not affect Moodle (is a copy) Moving/deleting the original file later does not affect Moodle (is a copy) Moving/deleting the Moodle copy does not affect the original document Moving/deleting the Moodle copy does not affect the original document My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration Add resource; Link to File Add resource; Link to File Name “Link” Name “Link” Browse to Location Browse to Location Upload file Upload file Choose and save changes Choose and save changes Your turn – try it! Your turn – try it!

23. A word about Native Files v PDF Native ? Native ? Files produced by Microsoft or other software application Files produced by Microsoft or other software application To open/read the file MUST have the program installed on the reading/opening computer To open/read the file MUST have the program installed on the reading/opening computer Use if you want students to opened file and work with it (e.g., giving students template) Use if you want students to opened file and work with it (e.g., giving students template) Timeliner, Kidspiration, Inspiration, Kidpix will generally be UNREADABLE Timeliner, Kidspiration, Inspiration, Kidpix will generally be UNREADABLE Some Windham households do not have Office products Some Windham households do not have Office products PDF ? PDF ? Portable ? File Portable ? File Once generated by a PDF converter, can be read by any computer that has Adobe reader (free) Once generated by a PDF converter, can be read by any computer that has Adobe reader (free) Use if you want to make sure that your content is not changed by your reader (e.g., assignment dates) Use if you want to make sure that your content is not changed by your reader (e.g., assignment dates) Use toy ensure that all readers can open the file Use toy ensure that all readers can open the file PDF creator PRIMO PDF installed on all classroom and laptop computers PDF creator PRIMO PDF installed on all classroom and laptop computers Can download and install on your home computer for free Can download and install on your home computer for free Information? Information? Mrs. Keating course, Technical LINKS, Primo PDF tutorial (movie) available Mrs. Keating course, Technical LINKS, Primo PDF tutorial (movie) available Ms. Keating course, Moodle FORUM Ms. Keating course, Moodle FORUM

24. Adding Content: Link to a website My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration Acquire Website: Acquire Website: Open new browser window Open new browser window Copy address – Select Copy address – Select Select Add resource – Link to Website Select Add resource – Link to Website Create the resource Create the resource Name the Link Name the Link In “Location": Paste address In “Location": Paste address Save changes Save changes Your turn: Try it! Your turn: Try it!

25. Adding Content: Composing Text Page About Composing a Text Page About Composing a Text Page Only use this option if you do not want to use content anywhere else Only use this option if you do not want to use content anywhere else My Turn: Demonstration My Turn: Demonstration

26. Editing the Look of your course

27. Adding Images See handout! See handout!

28. Resources Ms. Keating Online Classroom for Staff Ms. Keating Online Classroom for Staff Moodle block Moodle block “WSD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Implementation Plan” “WSD Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Implementation Plan” Pat Spirou “Portfolio Planning” Pat Spirou “Portfolio Planning” www.moodle.org www.moodle.org www.moodle.org Atomic Learning Atomic Learning Moodle: Introduction Moodle: Introduction Moodle: Intermediate Moodle: Intermediate