Moodle APOP Wortkshop

Mastering Moodle’s
Learning Activities
Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Information Systems and Technology (IST)
Dawson College
Content
•What is Moodle? •Activities and Resources
•How to Access it? •Learning Activities – Best

Practices
•Course Formats
•Embedding External
Resources
•An Overview of Moodle
Main Features •Using the Cloud
•Questions
What is Moodle ?
Moodle is a free, open source Course Management
System (CMS) / Learning Management System (LMS)
Acronym for:
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning
Environment
Moodle is used in 200+ countries in 100+ languages.
Moodle was created in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas,
a WebCT administrator at Curtin University, Australia
Latest stable version: 3.4.1
Dawson uses version 3.2.7
Accessing Moodle
Accessing Moodle
Accessing Moodle
http://moodle.dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Moodle Hierarchy
Administrator
Teacher
Non-Editing Teacher
Student
Course Formats
The “Scroll of Death”
Course Formats: Topics
Course Formats: Weekly
Course Formats: Collapsed Topics
Course Formats: Grid
Moodle Main Features
Moodle Main Features
Attendance List
Attendance List
Activities and Resources
Use of Activities in Moodle
Asynchronous online discussions (Forums)
• Reflection and analysis via carefully constructed

questions
• Need guidelines and facilitation to keep the

activity focused on the goals/objectives of the
lesson (instructor to model at the beginning of the
course, and then students can have opportunity
to create discussion questions and facilitate)
• Feedback in the form of a grade, or as a

summary of the discussion topic
Case study (Forum, Assignment, Turnitin)
• Analysis, synthesis, and application of course

content through responses and interaction
• Students could post their answers, and then it

becomes the basis for an online discussion
Group assignment (Wiki, Forum, Assignment,
Turnitin)
• Small groups construct a solution to a given
problem, and demonstrate their understanding
through some sort of digital presentation (can be to
whole class)
Debates (Wiki, Forum, Voice Activity, video

upload through Assignment or Forum)
• Teams discuss a controversial topic/article in a
structured forum, each taking a position
• Promotes analysis and synthesis
Self-check activities
•A Quiz that is marked by Moodle
•A Q & A forum where the students can only see

the Instructor’s post/correct answer (and all other
students’ answers) after they post their thoughts first
•An Assignment where the students can get

participation marks for completing it, and then the
Instructor can post the answers as a file/document
so they can check their own work
Creating Groups
Creating Groups
Groups and Groupings
Use Groups in Moodle, to assign a particular activity (or
all course activities) to groups of students.
Groups can be especially useful for activities where

students interact with one another. With forums, wikis,
and databases, students in the same group can post and
reply only to each other.
Each group member always works in their own group, but

you can control whether or not they can see
contributions of members of other groups.
Groupings are a collection of groups, and you can

assign activities to specific groupings as needed.
Assignments
• Separate students by groups
• Use an anti-plagiarism plugin
(Turnitin)
• Audio files (Poodll plugin)
• Restrict access
Assignments
Assignments
Assignments: Rubric
Quizzes
• Separate students by groups
• Select desired feedback
• Restrict access
Quizzes
Creating a quiz in Moodle is a 2-step procedure:
1.Setup the quiz features
2.Add questions
Quizzes
Setup the quiz
Quizzes
Setup
the quiz
Quizzes
Adding
questions
Quizzes
Adding
questions
Cloud Storage Platforms
15 GB for free. $1.99/month

for 100 Gb. $9.99/month 1
Terabyte
5 Gb for free. 50 Gb for

$1.99/month. 1 T for $6.99/month
Dawson’s Faculty and Students

have 1T for free!
How Safe is it?
Not Encrypted
Encrypted Data
Data
Why Using Cloud Storage?
Traditional Way to Exchange
Files
E-Mail
Exchanging Files in the
Cloud
Exchanging Files in the Cloud: Multiple
Devices
Adding External Resources
Embedding a Youtube Video
Embedding Office 365 Files
Getting Feedback: Feedback
The feedback activity module enables a teacher to

create a custom survey for collecting feedback from
participants using a variety of question types
including multiple choice, yes/no or text input.
Feedback responses may be anonymous if desired,

and results may be shown to all participants or
restricted to teachers only.
Getting Feedback: Feedback
Getting Feedback: Choice
The choice activity module enables a teacher to ask a single
question and offer a selection of possible responses.
Choice results may be published after students have

answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be
published with student names or anonymously.
A choice activity may be used:

•As a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic
•To quickly test students' understanding
•To facilitate student decision-making, for example allowing
students to vote on a direction for the course
Getting Feedback: Choice
Getting Feedback: Questionnaire
The questionnaire module allows
you to construct surveys using a
variety of question types, for the
purpose of gathering data from
users.
Getting Feedback: Survey
The survey activity module provides a number of verified
survey instruments that have been found useful in assessing
and stimulating learning in online environments.
A teacher can use these to gather data from their students

that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their
own teaching.
Note that these survey tools are pre-populated with

questions. Teachers who wish to create their own survey
should use the feedback activity module.
Getting Feedback: Survey
Turnitin Module
Moodle Apps (iOS & Android)
iOS
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moodle-mobile/id633359593?mt=8
Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.moodle.moodlemobile&hl=en
Resources
Moodle.org:
http://www.moodle.org
Moodle News:
http://www.moodlenews.com/
Slideshare:
https://www.slideshare.net/rscapin/the-best-moodle-modules-and-
plugins
DawsonITE: http://dawsonite.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/
Resources
Lynda.com
https://www.lynda.com/Moodle-tutorials/Learning-Moodle-3-4/628700-2.html
Canadian Moodle Moot 2018
February 21-24, 2018
http://moodlemoot.ca/
Questions
Contact
E-mail:
rscapin@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Book an Appointment:
http://rscapin.youcanbook.me
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Mastering Moodle’s

•How to Access it? •Learning Activities – Best

• Reflection and analysis via carefully constructed

• Need guidelines and facilitation to keep the

• Feedback in the form of a grade, or as a

• Analysis, synthesis, and application of course

• Students could post their answers, and then it

Debates (Wiki, Forum, Voice Activity, video

•A Quiz that is marked by Moodle

•A Q & A forum where the students can only see

•An Assignment where the students can get

Groups can be especially useful for activities where

Each group member always works in their own group, but

Groupings are a collection of groups, and you can

• Separate students by groups

• Use an anti-plagiarism plugin

• Audio files (Poodll plugin)

• Select desired feedback

Creating a quiz in Moodle is a 2-step procedure:

1.Setup the quiz features

15 GB for free. $1.99/month

5 Gb for free. 50 Gb for

Dawson’s Faculty and Students

The feedback activity module enables a teacher to

Feedback responses may be anonymous if desired,

Choice results may be published after students have

A choice activity may be used:

A teacher can use these to gather data from their students

Note that these survey tools are pre-populated with

February 21-24, 2018

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