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 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“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
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
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
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
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
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
Email [email protected]
Be sure to include the course number and title
You will receive an email when your course setup is completed
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