moodle and the workplace - · pdf file• professional development / competencies ......

Gavin HenrickCommunity Projects Manager

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Moodle and the

Workplace

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What sector are you in?

1. Go to the Moot site on the

Moodle Mobile app

2. Go to Responses course

3. Answer the Poll!

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• Hiring process

• Product rollout

• Regulatory compliance

• Professional development / competencies

• Informal learning communities

• Corporate structured learning spaces

Some business use cases



Booking Training



• Hiring process

• Product rollout

• Regulatory compliance

• Professional development / competencies

• Informal learning communities

• Corporate structured learning spaces

Some business use cases


Requirements

Enable HR to set up a schedule of classes

Enable staff to book training sessions

Enable tracking of those attending



Solution 1 – Choice

1. HR can set up a choice activity with options

2. Can limit the number per option

3. Staff can select which of the options they choose

4. Can select more than one option



Scheduler activity

https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_scheduler

Author Henning Bostelmann

Sites 1912

Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9, 3.0


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_scheduler


Face to face activity

https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_facetoface

Author Stacey Walker

Sites 1095

Version support 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

Comment

Plugin is sometimes supported and sometimes not


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_facetoface



Certification


Requirements

Issue something to represent completion of training

Configurable

Branded

Date bound

Specifying the trainee

Specifying the course



Solution 1 – Badges

Pros

Moodle core supports Open Badges

Badges linked to activity completion

Badges linked to course completion

Badges can be designed in advance with whatever branding

Cons

Open Badges not as well known

What to do with them?



Solution 2 - Certificate

Plugin for Moodle

Can configure look and feel

Can configure the text on it

Can include fields such as name, date, course



Simplecertificate activity

https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=mod_sim

plecertificate

Author Carlos Alexandre Fonseca

Sites 1785

Version support 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.0

Comment

Can replace backgrounds/images used easily

Many configuration options



Certificate activity

URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_certificate

Author Mark Nelson

Sites 7185

Version support 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8,2.9,3.0

Comment

Requires server level access to replace the backgrounds/images

used

Few customisation options


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_certificate



Progress monitoring


Requirements

Enable learners see where they are in the key tasks

What they have done, what they have to do

Enable trainers to see where students are in the key tasks



Solution 1 – activity completion

Pros

Moodle core supports activity completion

Can enable tracking on every time

Learner can see on course page

Trainer can see on a report

Cons

If all tracked – hard to identify key steps

Cross course reporting not possible in core



Progress Bar Block

URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_progress

Author Michael de Raadt

Sites 4620

Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9, 3.0

Comment

Nice visual time planer for learners

Cross course report on student dashboard


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_progress



Reporting


Analytics

URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_analytics

Author Bas Brands, others

Sites 570

Version support 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7

Comment

Works with Google Analytics and Piwik Analytics

Clean urls in the reports


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_analytics


Example Google Analytics Reports

Configurable reports

URL https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_configurable_reports

Author Juan Leyva

Sites 4847

Version support 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.0

Comment

Can use interface to build reports

Can use SQL to create reports

Can specify who can access reports


https://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_configurable_reports



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