Managing the Moodle 2.5 School
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Bringing a Learning Management System into a school (ought to) imply changes in classroom practice, teacher organisation and, perhaps, administrative practices.
The book gives some theoretical background about the need for this change and relates the discussion to the usefulness of Moodle 2.5 in achieving it.
This book will outline tried and tested strategies for implementing Moodle, consideration of the options that can be included and strategies for professional development of staff.
In addition the book will also survey the major options that administrators will be faced with when they first install Moodle. We will also touch on the Mahara ePortfolio at times, however, a full discussion of the combination – Mahoodle – is outside the scope of this book. Mahara can easily be installed at the same time as Moodle.
The book will also cover elements of style as they relate to the building of a Moodle course and cover the reporting options – probably an underused but very useful feature of Moodle.
Game theory and the Moodle 2.5 Open Badge interface are also covered.
There is an extensive chapter on the management of courses by Managers or Course Creators which covers course/activity completion, user management and a simplified approach to using the Moodle gradebook.
Finally some other uses of Moodle in the school will be mentioned briefly.
This is not a detailed, step by step “How to” book about installing Moodle or how to set up activities, load resources and so on – there is plenty of help for that already on the web and elsewhere. It is more of a “Why to” book, explaining the options and describing what worked for us at The Southport School.
Richard Jones
I am Richard Jones, currently assisting The Southport School in Queensland, Australia to introduce eLearning as a vehicle for pedagogical change. I have been a Senior Examiner for the IB for many years and researched, designed, piloted and developed online workshops in Computer Science from 2006 to 2011. Richard is a Moodler and Educator with 10 year’s experience of the software and has introduced the system to two schools already. He has a background in Computer Science, having taught the subject in High School for 20 years as well as lectured at a New Zealand university. Richard also brings a wealth of Moodle administrative experience having used Moodle since version 1.4. The administration side of Moodle is relatively simple, the real challenge lies in getting teachers to use it and Richard has demonstrated success in this area through professional development programs which have been innovative and interesting.
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Managing the Moodle 2.5 School - Richard Jones
Managing Moodle 2.5
A Guide for Administrators and Educators
Richard Jones
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Richard Jones
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The author will donate a percentage of the net profits from the sale of this book to the Moodle Open Source Project.
Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author and of all those who contribute to the further development of Moodle.
About the author
Richard Jones is a Moodler and Educator with 10 year’s experience of the software and has introduced the system to two schools already. He has a background in Computer Science, having taught the subject in High School for 20 years as well as lectured at a New Zealand university.
Richard also brings a wealth of Moodle administrative experience having used Moodle since version 1.4. The administration side of Moodle is relatively simple, the real challenge lies in getting teachers to use it and Richard has demonstrated success in this area through professional development programs which have been innovative and interesting.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to acknowledge the help and cooperation of the staff of The Southport School in making this book possible. Many of the staff have given and continue to give their time voluntarily and willingly to help implement Moodle and Mahara at the school. Their enthusiasm and energy in support of boy’s education is truly remarkable.
The author is grateful to the Headmaster of The Southport School, Mr Greg Wain, for permission to use screenshots from the school’s management system Learning@TSS.
Richard would particularly like to mention the support and leadership of Ms Jo Inglis without whom, Learning@TSS would not have been the success it is and thus, this book never written.
At the same time it should be noted that any error or advice which is contained in these pages is solely the responsibility of the author.
A list of references to published work will be found at the end of the book. These are indicated in the text by numbers in square brackets, for example [1].
Support
Supporting documents, sample forms. Further links and a discussion forum are available at http://richardnz.net/course/view.php?id=29
Dedication
Richard would like to dedicate this book to his wife Hanna Jones for so many years of patient support and encouragement.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Introducing Moodle
Chapter 1 Adminstrator’s Overview
Planning
The Front Page
Administrator Options
Chapter 2 Planning and Implementation
Working with Roles
Authentication
The Test Server
Courses and Categories
Themes and Theming
Chapter 3 Staff Professional Development
Pre-installation
Post-installation
Auditing
Chapter 4 Making More of Moodle
Course Style Guide
Game Theory and Moodle (including open badges)
Moodle Course Reports
Chapter 5 Course management for teachers
Managing users
Managing course completion
Managing gradebooks and assignments
Chapter 6 Further Uses of Moodle in the School
References
Introduction
Bringing a Learning Management System into a school (ought to) imply changes in classroom practice, teacher organisation and, perhaps, administrative practices. The book gives some theoretical background about the need for this change and relates the discussion to the usefulness of Moodle in achieving it.
This book will outline tried and tested strategies for implementing Moodle, consideration of the options that can be included and strategies for professional development of staff.
In addition the book will also survey the major options that administrators will be faced with when they first install Moodle. We will also touch on the Mahara ePortfolio at times, however, a full discussion of the combination – Mahoodle – is outside the scope of this book. Mahara can easily be installed at the same time as Moodle.
The book will also cover elements of style as they relate to the building of a Moodle course and cover the reporting options – probably an underused but very useful feature of Moodle.
Finally some other uses of Moodle in the school will be mentioned briefly.
This is not a detailed, step by step How to
book about installing Moodle or how to set up activities, load resources and so on – there is plenty of help for that already on the web and elsewhere. It is more of a Why to
book, explaining the options and describing what worked for us at The Southport School.
How will this book help?
This book reviews the need for schools to change their practice and gives the necessary pedagogical underpinning for the use of a Learning Management System like Moodle. It does not stop there however, as it provides many hints and