Beloit College Moodle

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Beloit College Moodle. What is Moodle?. “Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.” 1. What is Moodle?. Course Management System 2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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“Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.” 1

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Course Management System2

◦ A software system designed to help teachers in the creation and facilitation of their courses

Open Source Software2

◦ Software whose source code is open for public review

◦ Free to download, free to modify, free to distribute Based on a “Social Constructionist

Pedagogy”2

◦ Focus is on constructing, collaborating, creating, and sharing

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Post course materials for students to retrieve◦ Course syllabus◦ Bibliographical guidelines◦ Research instructions◦ Course readings, videos, sounds, pictures◦ Students get 24 hour access to the online course

Create assignments for students◦ Have them complete an assignment online◦ Have them submit a paper through Moodle

Complete online grading for Moodle activities

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Start an online forum to facilitate student discussion

Facilitate a Chat with students Create a Wiki for your students to

collaborate on Create online quizzes Create an online glossary of course terms

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Plan before you build 3

◦ Start with a syllabus as you normally would Start small and build up 3

◦ Start by posting resources on your Moodle site Hide sections of your course that are being

worked on 3

◦ Upload all of your content and keep it hidden until you are ready for students to see it

Differentiate online activities from face to face meetings 4

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Go to http://bcmoodle.beloit.edu

Click the Login link in the upper right hand corner

Enter your Beloit College network username and password

Fill in the account details

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Email [email protected]

Be sure to include the course number and title

You will receive an email when your course setup is completed

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1 http://moodle.org/ 2

http://www.mywebschool.org/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=15

3 http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/22/170214

4 http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1666