Course: A beginner's guide to eLearn

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Welcome to the eLearn Tutorial Course

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The eLearn MCOE platform was created using Moodle - a robust learning management system used by tens of thousands of universities around the world. This course is designed for teachers and outlines some of the features on eLearn for creating a rich distance learning experience for our learners. Complete all the activities to earn a certificate of completion!

You can browse as a guest. If you'd like to track your progress and earn badges, then login (upper right corner) and enroll into this course with the enrollment code:
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- Forum
  
  Announcements Forum
Getting Started with Moodle
- Welcome to learning about how to use Moodle! Begin by clicking this link...
- Book
  
  START HERE -----> Finding your way around Moodle Book
  
  View
- Request your own course here: https://elearn.mcoe.org/course/request.php?
  
  This will give you a Sandbox course to play with. Don't worry about breaking it, since this is not the course your students will be using. (You must have already created an eLearn account with your school-issued Google gmail address. Allow at least one full work day for your course to be created.)
RESOURCES for student learning
Teachers can provide course resources in various formats - pages edited in Moodle, uploaded files or web links. Resources are things students view, read, watch, etc.
- Book
  
  START HERE -----> Inserting RESOURCES for student learning Book
  
  View
- Try creating these examples in your own Sandbox course:
- Page
  
  Sample: A page with an inserted image
  
  View
- Page
  
  Sample: A page with an inserted video
  
  View
- Book
  
  Sample: A Book...and how it is different from a Page
- URL
  
  Resources documentation URL
ACTIVITIES for student engagement
Teachers insert ACTIVITIES into a Moodle course to cause the student to interact with the content, the course, and with other students.
- Book
  
  START HERE -----> Inserting ACTIVITIES for student engagement Book
  
  View
- Choices allow the teacher to ask a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses. It's basically a one-question survey/poll.
  
  Try adding a CHOICE to your own Sandbox Course!
- Choice
  
  A choice with anonymous results
  
  Make a choice
- Choice
  
  A choice with non-anonymous results
  
  Make a choice
- URL
  
  Choice module documentation URL
- Forums provide the opportunity for asynchronous discussions.
  Try creating a variety of different forums to see how each one is different.
- Forum
  
  A standard forum for general use
  
  Make forum posts: 1
- Forum
  
  Each person posts one discussion Forum
  
  Start discussions: 1
- Forum
  
  A single discussion Forum
  
  Make forum posts: 1
- URL
  
  Forum module documentation URL
ACTIVITIES for student instruction and assessment
Teachers insert these ACTIVITIES for student instruction and assessment. This is the bread and butter of an online classroom.
- Book
  
  START HERE -----> Inserting ACTIVITIES for student instruction and assessment Book
  
  View
- Assignments enable teachers to grade and give comments on uploaded files and assignments created on and off line.
- Assignment
  
  Sample online assignment
  
  Make a submission
- URL
  
  Assignment module documentation URL
- Lessons are similar to BOOKS because the deliver content to students. Lessons, however, require the student to give some sort of input before moving to the next page.
- Lesson
  
  Sample lesson
  
  View Go through the activity to the end
- URL
  
  Lesson module documentation URL
- Quiz. The teacher can create and assign quizzes consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions and more. Quiz scores go into the Moodle gradebook.
- Quiz
  
  A super short quiz with NO password
  
  Receive a grade
- Quiz
  
  A quiz with a password
  
  Receive a grade
- URL
  
  Quiz module documentation URL
Extras
Beyond the basics. There are many other features of Moodle to enhance distance learning. Here are just a couple.
- The following features are OPTIONAL for you to explore. They are cool, but beyond the scope of this introductory course.
  
  Database module enables participants to create, maintain and search a bank of record entries.
- Database
  
  A database as an Image gallery
- Database
  
  A database of web links
- URL
  
  Database module documentation URL
- Glossary enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.
- Glossary
  
  A dictionary-style glossary
- Glossary
  
  An FAQ-style glossary
- URL
  
  Glossary module documentation URL
Course Completion Certificate
Not available unless:

The activity Sample: A Book...and how it is different from a Page is marked complete

The activity Resources documentation is marked complete

The activity A choice with anonymous results is marked complete

The activity A choice with non-anonymous results is marked complete ...

The activity Choice module documentation is marked complete

The activity A standard forum for general use is marked complete

The activity Each person posts one discussion is marked complete

The activity A single discussion is marked complete

The activity Forum module documentation is marked complete

The activity Sample online assignment is marked complete

The activity Assignment module documentation is marked complete

The activity Sample lesson is marked complete

The activity Lesson module documentation is marked complete

The activity A super short quiz with NO password is marked complete

The activity A quiz with a password is marked complete

The activity Quiz module documentation is marked complete

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Topic outline

Welcome to the eLearn Tutorial Course

Getting Started with Moodle

RESOURCES for student learning

ACTIVITIES for student engagement

ACTIVITIES for student instruction and assessment

Extras

Course Completion Certificate