Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.

Moodle

Moodle is Concordia's content management system. This tool has a range of classroom uses from publishing a syllabus and course documents, tracking and publishing grades for students, to managing more advanced online interaction and assignments. Please review the workshop objectives listed below, and click on the workshop title to view dates & register.

Introduction to Moodle (click to register)

Navigate Moodle. Learn about how course materials are displayed, work with blocks, and customize settings.
Manage student information including course enrollment and grades.
Upload and manage files.
Create and use dropboxes and inline text.
Setup e-reserves and apply copyright laws.

Moodle Activities & Resources, Part I (click to register)

Generate ideas for how and why to use online discussion boards to supplement face-to-face classroom discussions.
Use and discuss applications for webpages, chat, Wimba classroom, journals, wikis, and glossary activities within Moodle.
Use and discuss applications for the database activity.
Use and discuss applications for the feedback, choice, and questionnaire activities.

Moodle Activities & Resources, Part II (click to register)

Create an online quiz.
Access and analyze reports and statistics about your course.
Use and discuss applications for the lesson activity.

A lesson delivers content in an interesting and flexible way. It consists of a number of pages. Each page normally ends with a question and a number of possible answers. Depending on the student's choice of answer they either progress to the next page or are taken back to a previous page. Navigation through the lesson can be straight forward or complex, depending largely on the structure of the material being presented.

Use and discuss applications for podcasting.

We will explore the Moodle podcasting activity as well as other tools to create podcasts and vodcasts. Discuss ways to organize "insta-reviews" for core concepts within the Moodle framework.

Moodle Gradebook (click to register)

The goal of this workshop is to setup a gradebook that can help you manage student assessment data, and help students monitor progress in your class. Since grades range from a simple average of total points to complex weighted systems with non-numeric scales, we will do our best to customize this workshop to meet the specific needs of participants.

Work Sessions: I took the class in June, but I forgot how to... (click to register)

If you would like some help getting your fall 2009 course ready to go, Ron Balko and Jodell Teiken will be on hand during these Work Sessions and throughout the summer to help you plan and build your course, setup your gradebook, and provide general Moodle assistance. Come and go as your schedule allows, or call for an appointment.