Scratch 1.4 question bank for Moodle I have created a 120 question bank to test my students’ knowledge of the Scratch 1.4 blocks. Ihave not used the scores to inform a student’s ‘level’ but I have noticed that students are now using blocks they would have stayed away from in the past. Use this question bank to produce your own quizzes. Download link Warning – Right-click on the link and ‘save as’...
If you have not registered for iMoot 2013, you can do so here. Using Gamification to Increase Course Engagement and Autonomy of Non-Traditional Online Students Presenter: Thomas Wilson Sessions: Friday 24th May 2013 02:00, Saturday 25th May 03:30 Thomas works for an institution that provides online courses for non-traditional students, namely, persons who are ordered by a court or agency to complete a specialized class such as anger management, alcohol/drug awareness, or DUI risk education to satisfy court requirements....
Setting up Google Analytics for Moodle There is no plugin as such to install Google Analytics on Moodle 2. As explained in this blog post, Moodle URL’s are not Google Analytics friendly and you need to apply a simple tweak to your server for it to work well. It is fairly simple to get it going following the instructions put together by Bas Brand. You can read more about Google Analytics and Moodle here....
You can re-use these queries directly in PHPMyAdmin, command line, or using the excellent configurable reports plugin. Moodle URLs Most queries will need information that is found in Moodle web page addresses (URL, or Unique Resource Locator) so it’s important that you understand what to look for. Each page has a unique identifier (or URL), which can be found by either hovering your mouse over the resource/activity you’re interested in (URL should show up at the bottom of your window), or by simply visiting the page and checking the address in your web browser address bar....
Activity completion I started gamifying my course in a bid to increase engagement with Moodle, as my course is full of really useful organisational tools (or at least I think they’re useful…). There are a few ways to measure engagement with a VLE/LMS, and this week I decided to have a look at activity completion rates. Here is a visual representation of the activity completed/not completed by both groups of students....