Moodle: From Novice Teacher to Expert Online Educator
Original price was: $84.99.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.
What you’ll learn
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Undestand how to navigate the Moodle system
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Be up to date with Moodle 2.7
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Create engaging, effective learning content
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Create effective quizzes and assignments
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Work confidently with the Moodle content editor
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Design a great looking Moodle course
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Work with Blocks to include useful learning tools
This course is designed to guide you from a complete beginner level to being an expert Moodle teacher. I cover both the technical and the teaching aspects, helping you not only to create a course easily, but to create it effectively, engaging your students in the best possible way. If you’re teaching with Moodle and need a little help with any aspect of it, then this course is for you.
This course was created using Moodle 2.7 – but even the newest version of Moodle hasn’t changed much so it’s still applicable.
In this course we’ll start by looking at how Moodle works as a website, including how to most easily navigate around the system. This is, surprisingly, pretty difficult for many to get to grips with. Next, we’ll look at the structure of a Moodle course, including a section on busting much of the jargon that tends to confuse matters in the Moodle world. Finally, we’ll explore blocks and how they can be used to enhance a course, adding extra features to make yours and your students’ lives easier.
Following introductions, we’ll get into the meat of the course, namely Resources and Activities. I’ll cover the full range of resources, including:
- Labels, and how they can be used to signpost a course
- Pages, and their main uses in Moodle
- Books and how they can guide students through material
- Files and URLs, and how both can add extra depth to a course
Then, we’ll get into the most common activities in use on Moodle, particularly Assignments, Chats and Forums. These are the base elements of creating interactive learning on Moodle and can be used to enhance any online course.
This course is a great introduction to teaching effectively in Moodle, but I’m certainly not finished yet. I’ll be expanding this course out to include every aspect of Moodle over the coming months, and I’d appreciate your help in doing so. By that, I just mean your suggestions on what to cover next! Moodle is a huge application, so let me know what elements you’re struggling with. Once you buy into the course, I’ll commit to answering your questions in the feedback comments and creating videos to cover those points.
I’d love you to get involved now and help me create the best Moodle course on the web. As an incentive I’m currently selling the course at a pretty low price in order to try to source that feedback. If you buy in now and help me out, you’ll be able to access the material permanently in future, even after I complete the materials and raise the price. Thanks for your help!
Who this course is for:
- Those entirely new to Moodle, looking to learn the system
- Those looking to improve their current Moodle courses
- Those who want to use new Moodle Tools
- Those who want to get up to date with Moodle 2.7
12 reviews for Moodle: From Novice Teacher to Expert Online Educator
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john p –
This course is aimed at those who are new to Moodle or who want a refresher. Moodle is clearly explained in a ‘no nonsense’ style. The tutor goes through Moodle at a good pace and is very clear. There are some activities and resources which could be covered but aren’t for some reason. However, the principles are well explained and anyone can apply those to any version of Moodle. Some Moodle courses I have seen on You Tube are very slow but not this one. Colin gets to the point and moves on. He also sometimes throws in some of his experience and tips on how he uses Moodle that is very useful and I wish he did a bit more of that. Good course.
Patricia B –
I would have wanted some information about how to use the themes.
We saw that it was possible to have a theme but there was no information given on how to get a theme, which is a shame.
Emilija Petkovic –
It is very easy to watch and learn about the course and all the resources.
Dean Scott –
Everything was well done but the last few videos assumed you know where all activities are found. Best to mention locations of activities in every video, not just the first few.
Ricardo Kullock –
Great course, but a bit slow. In the end you have some basic skills. Could have looked in more detail the different activities in moodle.
Adnan Masood –
Good Idea , I still do not know how I can place just the link for video and not the video itself within the moodle book.
Morrette Allen –
I am a lecturer and I am now required to use blended teaching methods which should incorporate face-to-face and online approaches, and Moodle is the learning platform that will be used. The course covered many of the key aspects of Moodle that users need to know. I have used Moodle before, but I was not exposed to the functions of some of blocks and panels. I feel more confident now going forward, I learned a lot.
Thank you Colin for putting your course online for free and making it a worthwhile course as well.
Ivan Viera –
it gives me to confidence to go out and experiment with creating course content. Very clear and did a good job of explaining things overall.
Julie Worthington –
yes
Domenico Tellatin –
It’s a little early to really express an opinion, the lecturer is clear and instructions are clear too
Heitor Dominoni Monteiro –
The course is set up in an old version of Moodle, making it frequently dificult to relate with the actual version.
Anonymized User –
muy enriquecedor, mil gracias¡