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A Free Open Source Course Management System: Tutorials For Studyzone by Coach Carole

Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system (LMS) that can be used to create online courses. It was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas and is used in 208 countries. Moodle allows users to create and deliver course content, communicate with students asynchronously or in real-time, assess students with quizzes and gradebooks, and manage entire courses online or offline. Users can access Moodle courses for free through StudyZone or install it on their own computers.

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A Free Open Source Course Management System: Tutorials For Studyzone by Coach Carole

Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system (LMS) that can be used to create online courses. It was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas and is used in 208 countries. Moodle allows users to create and deliver course content, communicate with students asynchronously or in real-time, assess students with quizzes and gradebooks, and manage entire courses online or offline. Users can access Moodle courses for free through StudyZone or install it on their own computers.

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A Free Open Source

Course Management System

Tutorials for StudyZone


By Coach Carole
What is Moodle?

Moodle is a free software e-learning platform (also


known as a Course Management System (CMS), or
Learning Management System (LMS), or Virtual
Learning Environment (VLE)).
Acronym for:
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment
What is Moodle?

Moodle was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas,


a WebCT administrator at Curtin University, Australia.
Who uses Moodle?
Moodle is used in 208 countries in 75 languages.
DST 101
What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:

• Create, deliver and manage web-based content for


courses.

• Add online elements to traditional courses (to


supplement current in-class instruction).

• Facilitate and deliver completely online courses


asynchronously or with limited face-to-face interaction.
What is Moodle?
Moodle can easily be used to:

• Communicate, real-time and/or asynchronous


collaboration and communication tools

• Assess integrated quizzes and grade books

• Manage course/content: upload course


materials (audio, video, documents like .doc,
.pdf, .ppt files), link to other sites, embed files and
resources
What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:


• Attach files for students to download
• Link to resources anywhere on the internet
• Create interesting classroom environments
without learning HTML
• Easily manage your course from year to year
(never lose your work!)
What is Moodle?

Moodle can easily be used to:


• Continue your class discussions online
• Chat online with students
• Engage students in discussions forums
• Help students collaborate over the internet,
within their groups and within the classroom.
What are the benefits?

• No programming experience necessary


• Engage all learning styles
• Provide multiple methods for learning the same
material
• Decrease paperwork (green solution!)
• Engage digital natives where they learn best
How do I start?

There are 2 ways you can start using Moodle:


1. Using it via web:
http://www.studyzone.net
Or
2. Installing it on your computer
(this way you can use it offline too!)
http://download.moodle.org/
Windows, Linux and Mac OS
Practical Moodle
Starting with Moodle

Go to:
http://www.studyzone.net
Login:
Select General Resources:
Select Hume Sandpit:
The Sandpit
Moodle components
Admin Content Updates

Topics or Weeks
Editing with Moodle
Editing mode on
Note the extra icons, resources & activities
Editing with Moodle
Editing a topic block

Show only this topic

Highlight this topic as


the current topic
Hide this topic from
students
Move Topic Down
Starting with Moodle
Adding a Resource into a Topic
Starting with Moodle
Adding an Activity into a Topic
Starting with Moodle
Admin Panel
Books on Moodle
Books on Moodle
Books on Moodle

Free Moodle book:

“Using Moodle”

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book
Presentation online

This presentation can be downloaded at:

http://www.slideshare.net
Questions

E-mail: [email protected]
Ph: 0260 208337 Mob: 0414 532 785

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