Moodle+Basics

Intro to Moodle
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Exploring Moodle
Visit the demonstration site to experience editing in the Moodle environment.Go to the English section, and select any of the moodles there. Note: This is now Moodle 2.0, so the environment may look slightly different from your environment.
 * Moodle Demonstration Site**


 * Task 1:** Identify the various features of the Moodle course and become familiar with the environment:
 * How is it organized?
 * What kinds of activities are present?
 * What kinds of resources are present?
 * What visual cues are present?
 * Task 2: Let's Edit!** You will have to login (upper right corner; teacher - demo)
 * Can you turn the editing on and off?
 * Can you identify the symbols and their function?
 * Can you locate the settings?
 * Explore!

//Alternate Moodle Demonstration site: Mount Orange School//


 * Are you the self-paced, teach yourself kind of educator?** Then check out these two resources.

Dynamic Getting started for teachers is an online guide on Moodle's website that has documentation and directions hyperlinked - you can work at your own pace with this information. Return here in the future!

Moodle Basics: Collaboration and File Sharing is a moodle that focuses on how to what moodle is, how to build it, and then integrate collaborative features; or try this Moodle features demo course - []

Building your Moodle
We will do the following together during our time together.

1. Log in to your Moodle site; click on your name to update your profile. 2. Find your course: check the settings for the course. This will include the enrollment key! 3. Add resources and activities 4. Communication Tools a. 2 Minute Tutorials - scroll down to the orange labeled "third batch" of tools b. Moodle: Creating an online course - scroll to topic 6, Communication and Collaboration Tools
 * Tasks:**

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How to Set up the Moodle Gradebook
How to Configure and Use the Moodle Gradebook (PDF)

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Grades in Moodle

**How to Create a Moodle Quiz - Simplified!**
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Question Bank Question Types Editing a quiz Effective Quiz Practices
 * Convenient links from Moodle support docs:**

Ann Thorp's Moodle Screencast Tutorials Ingham ISD tutorials 2 Minute Moodle Tutorials
 * Tutorials**

Florida Virtual High School courses available for adaptation to teachers in Michigan Moodle Commons
 * Moodle Courses you can download and modify for your use**

Evaluation