1. Use of Moodle to host IT projects
Presented By:
Vineet Singh – Assistant Programmer
Dr. Bibhya Sharma – Associate Dean – L&T (Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment)
The University of the South Pacific

2. Overview To host 2 projects on Moodle
Faculty Orientation Online Tool (FOOT )
Online Mathematics Diagnostic Tool (OMDT)

3. AIM Functionality USP’s LMS so it’s easy for students to adopt
To have marks in gradebook
To award certificate, badge and transcripts according to the marks and activity completion
To open next activity based on activity completion of required activities
USP’s LMS so it’s easy for students to adopt

4. FOOT
Fore first year science students at the University of the South Pacific (USP)
interactive and engaging tool was designed in-house to introduce and share information
faculty’s support services
campus facilities
support staff
learning and support tools

5. FOOT Especially for distance students
Self-paced and acts as reinforcement
Addresses time management, roles and responsibilities, personal commitment and the need for realistic expectations
Provides jut-in-time information
Online forum for peer networking
Developed using Adobe Captivate 9

6. FOOT Features Animations (games, audio, coins) through gamification
Short Interactive Videos (Video scribe)
In-built Surveys
Electronic Questionnaire
Responsive

7. FOOT Flowchart

8. Use of Moodle in FOOT Hosted on Moodle
Moodle Authentication & Social Authentication plugin (auth_googleoauth2 by Jérôme Mouneyrac)
Conditional Activity to control the flow and awarding certificate
Badge feature and Certificate plugin (Mark Nelson)
SCORM Package – well integrated
Feedback Questionnaires

9. OMDT
The OMDT is designed to diagnose incoming students’ weaknesses in different areas of mathematics and directs them to relevant online remediation based on their online test performance.
Topics covered:
Algebra, Functions, Differentiation, Integration and Statistics & Probability.

10. OMDT
Test – Moodle
Remedial – Adobe Captivate

11. Flow of OMDT

12. Question Bank Quiz 8 questions 15 minutes 1 attempt.
> 50% to pass & earn 2 star.

13. Remedial Modules

14. Use of Moodle in OMDT Hosted on Moodle
Moodle Authentication & Social Authentication plugin (auth_googleoauth2 by Jérôme Mouneyrac)
Conditional Activity to control the flow
Moodle Quiz
Badge feature and Certificate plugin (Mark Nelson) and Transcript plugin (Extended from certificate)
SCORM Package – well integrated
Feedback Questionnaires

15. Transcripts Extended from Certificate Plugin
Opens when all above activities completed
Mark Range (%)
Grades Attained
78+ A
64-77 B
50-63 C
0-49 D

16. Transcript
Configuration

17. Transcripts Flowchart

18. General & Recommendation
Moodle is user friendly
Moodle is well integrated for SCORM Packages
Moodle to add timer per quiz question
(Cloze) question type is a great feature
Allow to give 1 mark if 2 objectives are correct

19. Questions
We want to host on Moodle since it’s current learning management system of USP and it has security features and students are already in it. Easy to manage. Other tools which we used, we made sure that it can be integrated with Moodle and that is why we used them.