1. Moodle Beginners Training
Peter Kilcoyne
Director of ILT
Worcester College of Technology

2. Moodle – Key Facts History Open Source Modularity Support
Supporting e-learning in developing countries
Programme

3. History
Started by Martin Dougiamas in 2000 in Australia as Open source VLE
Social Constructivist
Massive Growth
Moodle 2.0

4. Open Source Free to use Free to develop Free to customise
Free to use as you wish
Huge community of developers and Moodle Partners

5. Modularity Hundreds of free third party Modules to download and use
e.g eportfolios, games, plagiarism, podcasting, repositories, register systems, library links etc
Develop your own modules?

6. Support Moodle.org forums and documentation Moodle-uk@jiscmail.ac.uk
Moodle Moots
Regional Moodle Meetings
Moodle Partners
YouTube

7. Supporting e-learning in developing countries
Computer aid International
Open Source plus Open Content
Supporting education in developing countries by supplying recycled ICT equipment and training
Building Moodle communities in Africa

8. Programme – Day 1: Course Building
Introductions
Moodle – student experience
Course Building – settings, headings, labels, webpages, links, files, embedding
Communication and collaboration Tools – chat, forums, glossaries, wikis
Assessment – Quiz and Assignment
Course Management – backups, adding students and teachers

9. Programme - Day Two 2: Non Technical Administration
Structure – Adding Categories and courses
Restoring a course
Look and feel – changing a Moodle theme and appearence
Front page settings
User Management, adding users, managing roles
Managing Grades Globally
Managing and adding modules
Moodle reporting

10. Why has Moodle been so Successful?
Cost?
Ease of use – flat and like a scheme of work
Functionality
Adaptability
The name?
Support and community
Behaviour of commercial suppliers