Moodle

I am lucky enough to have assistants to help me cater for all needs in my classroom, but I see no reason why Moodle should not also receive the differentiation treatment. Luckily there are a few simple strategies that can be used to offer differentiated courses with little effort (and subsequently time). This post presents you with three easy to implement Moodle differentiation strategies. 1. Use a (colour) code As explained in one of my previous posts, you can use labels and colours to offer differentiated materials/activities....

In a survey I conducted in December 2010, it became apparent that students prefer courses which are nicely laid out (no surprises there). Many a teacher who uses Moodle will have come across the Scroll Of Death issue (I won’t use the acronym for that one!). For those unfamiliar with the problem, it is when you have many resources on a Moodle course, and it makes it difficult for users to navigate the course, thus ending up scrolling up and down endlessly....

I am heavily testing Moodle 2 to see whether it is suitable for our needs. I often reset my Moodle 2 sandbox to its original state and therefore need to re-upload users for every refresh. While there are some tools to generate users, I prefer to have a CSV file at the ready to not add any more time than I need to an already boring task. I created a Moodle user CSV file that contains about 110 bogus people and quite a few fields already completed....

This is where this assignment comes into play. Its premise is simple: students create a number of questions that you will review, and then export to add to your current question bank and create tests with. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Students working for you, brilliant! Well, let’s have a look, shall we? The great Activities are easy to setup Once installed, it is very easy to create your first activity....

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I strongly believe formative assessment is key to quality learning, and is in line with the IB MYP approach to teaching & learning. When I found the ‘Peer review‘ assignment type I was excited and I have not been disappointed with it. In a nutshell Students upload their assignments, they are then given (at least) two of their classmates’ assignments to peer review, against a set of criteria defined by you....