Moodle forums This should really be your first step. If you found my website using Google and have never used the moodle.org forums, please do yourself a favour and go there. If you have already visited the forums and have not found the answer you were looking for, maybe you’ll be lucky and find it here (make sure you check the comments at the bottom of the page). I cannot stress this enough – the Moodle community really is fantastic....
Our school had to close for about a week at the height of conflict as it wasn’t deemed safe for students and staff to travel to and from school. As a teacher and e-learning coordinator, that week was one of the busiest ones for me. What did I learn from it, and what did Moodle help us achieve during that crisis? Disclaimer: these are my views, not the school management’s/owner’s. I am not speaking for them, just sharing my own account of what happened....
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....
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....