MOODLE Learning Management System What is Moodle Moodle
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MOODLE Learning Management System
What is Moodle? • Moodle is a Learning Management System. • Entire courses can be created and delivered using Moodle. • Many of the same instructional and assessment strategies that teachers currently use can be created in Moodle. • Lessons, assignments, journals, quizzes etc.
WHAT CAN MOODLE DO FOR MY CLASSROOM? • Formative Assessment Tool • Summative Assessment Tool • Content for students: • Students who are absent or require additional support • An opportunity to explore a flipped or blended class • Effectively manage time spent in the online environment • A space for teachers to create and manage their own material • An easy way to explore going paperless
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IDEAS • The Checklist • Prerequisite learning • Guide the flow of lessons • End of unit – review • Automatically Marked Quizzes • Immediate feedback for the students • Can be offered multiple times – different versions • Choices or Survey • Quickly gather information from the class • Lessons • Questions can be embedded within lessons
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS • Quiz Function/ Tests • Offer self marked multiple choice, matching, T/F and Fill in the Blank. • Essay Questions • Exam Banks • Questions can be shuffled, time limits can be set, flow of the exam can be controlled. • Efficiency • Used as an assignment • Insert links to online content • Timed writing assignment • Automatically handed in
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT CONTINUED… • Assignment • Students can submit a file (Word Doc, PDF, Power Point, video, etc…. ) • Students can submit online text. • Teachers can provide feedback by annotating on the assignment. • Teachers can track exactly when assignments were completed and handed in…. time and date recorded. • Journal • Teachers can ask a prompt and students can respond.
CONTENT FOR STUDENTS • Interactive Lessons • Auto-marked questions and essay questions can be included • Links to videos and other resources can be embedded • Teachers can track whether students complete the content • Files can be easily uploaded • Word Docs, PDF’s, Power Point Presentations, Videos, Pictures, Audio, etc.
MANAGE STUDENTS ONLINE • Moodle allows you to run reports on student activity. • When offering content through Moodle, teachers can easily track where and when a student is working within the course.
A SPACE FOR TEACHERS TO MANAGE THEIR COURSE CONTENT • Teachers can control what content a student sees in Moodle and when. • Moodle can be a space for teachers to keep and organize all of their files, handouts, etc. for students. • Can be an interactive course binder!
GOING PAPERLESS • Moodle provides an opportunity for teachers to explore a paperless environment. • Handouts, assignments and tests can all be distributed, completed and assessed in the online environment. • Moodle also allows students to upload video and audio to a course.