A beginner's guide to eLearn

Topic outline

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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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  • Announcements Forum
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  Getting Started with Moodle

  
  

  • Welcome to learning about how to use Moodle! Begin by clicking this link...

  • START HERE -----> Finding your way around Moodle Book
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     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.)

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  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.
  

  
  

  • START HERE -----> Inserting RESOURCES for student learning Book
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     Try creating these examples in your own Sandbox course:
  • Sample: A page with an inserted image
  • Sample: A page with an inserted video
  • Sample: A Book...and how it is different from a Page
  • Resources documentation URL
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  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.

  
  

  • START HERE -----> Inserting ACTIVITIES for student engagement Book
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    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!

  • A choice with anonymous results
  • A choice with non-anonymous results
  • Choice module documentation URL
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    Forums provide the opportunity for asynchronous discussions.

     Try creating a variety of different forums to see how each one is different.

  • A standard forum for general use
  • Each person posts one discussion Forum
  • A single discussion Forum
  • Forum module documentation URL
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  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.

  
  

  • START HERE -----> Inserting ACTIVITIES for student instruction and assessment Book
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    Assignments enable teachers to grade and give comments on uploaded files and assignments created on and off line.

  • Sample online assignment
  • Assignment module documentation URL
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    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.

  • Sample lesson
  • Lesson module documentation URL
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    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.

  • A super short quiz with NO password
  • A quiz with a password
  • Quiz module documentation URL
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  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.

     

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    Database module enables participants to create, maintain and search a bank of record entries.

  • A database as an Image gallery
  • A database of web links
  • Database module documentation URL
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    Glossary enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.

  • A dictionary-style glossary
  • An FAQ-style glossary
  • Glossary module documentation URL
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  Course Completion Certificate

  Restricted 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