1. Thursday, January 29, 2015 1
Moodle , Equella , Aspire…
Manchester | June 2011
Professor Mark Stubbs
Head of Learning & Research Technologies
m.stubbs@mmu.ac.uk | http://twitter.com/thestubbs
EQAL Context | Moodle: timeline; policies; areas; magic; makeover |
Digitization: workflow; integration | Portal: integration; features

2. Moodle | Overview
• Mar 2010 LT review selected Moodle+Equella+Aspire
– http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/ltreview
• July 2010 Moodle Policies approved by ICTSG
• Jan 2011 Moodle available for Jan-starting courses
• Mar 2011 11/12 unit areas & staff sandboxes created
• May 2011 Faculty ELSOs start
• Jun 2011 WebCT archived in Moodle format
• Jul 2011 Moodle re-skinned & ‘magic’ block launched
• Aug 2011 WebCT switched off
• Sep 2011 Moodle live for all units and programmes
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3. Core
Integrated VLE:
Moodle
Equella Aspire
Arranged
Recommended
Recognised
LiveEduTurnitin
SlideShare
YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Ning
GoogleDocs
Diigo
Blogger
Delicious
Mahara
Core
We provide the systems
+ train + expect
everyone to use them
Arranged
We set up & integrate,
+ publish training
materials; staff choose
whether to use them
PebblePad Recommended
Staff set up + fund; we
publish training on how
to integrate with core
Recognised
Staff set up + fund; we
watch & learn to spot
tech to recommend

4. Moodle | Context: EQAL Strand 3
• Aims to:
– raise student satisfaction, engagement and success by
providing a more seamless and personalised online
experience of university activity
• by:
– delivering a new, integrated VLE & supporting tools [3A]
– enhancing the student portal [3A]
– ensuring staff can take full advantage of these tools [3B]
Strand 3A coordinated by Mark Stubbs
Strand 3B coordinated by Neil Ringan

5. Moodle | Policies
• Approved by ICTSG summer
2010 following consultation
– automatic creation of areas for
• every Unit Instance
– 2CP3D011_1011_3
• every Programme
– 11131A_1011
• every Faculty
• Student Support
– standard toolset
– threshold standards for Unit
and Programme areas

6. Moodle | Unit Area policy
Every Moodle Unit will normally display
• Unit Details - Title and Teaching Team
• Reading List – ideally distinguishing items To buy | Essential | Further
• Submission Deadlines
• Timetable for the enrolled student for the next month
• A week-by-week teaching schedule

7. Moodle | Unit Instance Area
Exam papers
Scanned articles
Learning resources
Reading Lists
Podcasts
Hand-ins & marks
Unit Instance Area Timetable
Enrolments

8. Moodle | Magic Block
• Useful “threshold” data only a click away
2CP3D011_1011_3
27130001_1011_3

9. Digitization
Aspire Unit List for
Review
Unit Reading List entries
added to Aspire List
(digitization requests
added to notes for
librarians field)
EQAL
Unit DB
Unit Reading
List
Aspire notes
include digitization
request?
Chapter / article
scanned & uploaded to
Equella CLA collection.
Aspire List updated with
Equella URL
Aspire Unit List
Published +
available in Moodle
Y
N
Unit Leader

10. Moodle | Makeover

11. Moodle | Portal integration
Unit Instance Areas
List of areas &
aggregated news
for each user
Programme Area

12. Enhanced Portal | Timeframe
• myMMU launched Sept 2009, has 30,000+ users
• Make-over Sept 2010 + new features for EQAL
– Fee status (traffic lights with follow-up) [10/11]
– Bi-annual online Unit-level satisfaction surveys [10/11]
– Assignment hand-in schedule [10/11]
– Update contact details (mobile, address, ..) [10/11]
– Transcript of Achievement [11/12]
– Personal Timetable [11/12]
– Prog-specific info on PDP + showcasing talent [11/12]
• myMMU mobile launched 30/09/2010