Take a look at how Cheadle and Marple prepared to make the switch to Moodlerooms. It will visit what was successful and why, results from student feedback on the project ad what happens next. It will also share insight into how their innovative teaching techniques encourage their students to better engage with their LMS.

1. Teaching & Learning Forum
By Moodlerooms
Assessing and addressing
student engagement
Cheadle & Marple College Network

2. Who we are
• Cheadle and Marple College Network
• Background information on the college
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3. Cheadle & Marple Moodle
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4. Our Moodlerooms Journey
• Where we were
• Why we moved to Moodlerooms
• Our Experience
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5. What student engagement is to us
• Student Engagement is about involving and empowering our
learners with e-learning.
• We encourage the use of Moodle tools that promote
interactivity.
• Such tools should help the student organise their own learning
and contribute to their student experience, especially through
the use of online submission, feedback and badges.
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6. What we have done to drive it
• Student Satisfaction Surveys for e-learning and Computer
Facilities
• Increased staff adoption by making Moodle easier to use and
understand (through systems integration, INSET days, ongoing
training and support)
• Greater Adoption = More courses and resources
• This has a positive impact on student engagement
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7. How we have measured it
• Student Satisfaction Survey Results (e-learning survey)
• Reports Comparisons and Analysis (Moodle Review Process)
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8. How our students use Moodle
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9. Powered by
E-learning & Computer
Facilities Survey – January 2015
Cheadle and Marple Students
568 Total Responses

10. Q: Have you ever used Moodle?
92% 8%

11. Q: Overall, would you agree that you found Moodle intuitive to
use?(easy to find what you want, without needing instructions)
65%19% 8% 8%

12. Q: What sort of introduction on using Moodle would you
have liked?
28%
35%
27%
5%
5%
I did not need any since Moodle was so
easy to use
Some introduction would have helped
N/A (I did have a session to learn Moodle)
I needed a solid overview
Needed an in-depth lesson

13. Q: How frequently do you use Moodle outside of class
time?
14%
38%
43%
5%
Only when I'm sent an announcement via
email
Only when I'm told during class to check
it
When I need to do an
assignment/homework
I check it every day regardless

14. Q: How much use do you make of the files/ resources on
Moodle?
18%
28%
38%
16%
No use
Only when I explicitly
To do assignments..
To do assignments..

15. Q: If you do not submit your assignments online would you
like to do this?
48% 52%

16. Q: Are there other ways you can think of that Moodle could
have been used in the course?
“Have more information
on the assignments we
have to do.”
“To do quizzes.”
“As a way to contact and
discuss course work with
other classmates outside of
lesson.”
“To show students specifications
and marking criteria and sharing
PowerPoint's used in lessons by
tutors to refresh understanding.”

17. Q: Are there other ways you can think of that Moodle could
have been used in the course?
“Better induction of Moodle as a forum that teachers
on the campus use. Students can communicate with
each other outside of lesson on the boards and
teachers can assist .”
“Assignments submitted
online rather than being
printed out .”
“Get access to our documents on the college system. I
have not been able to get hold of my work from the
college system from home if I forgot to send it my email
or save it on my USB stick. “

18. Q: Which features of Moodle do you like the best?

19. Q: Which features of Moodle do you like the least?
A bit slow to use
Hard to find the
right file within
the subject
That there's not as
much information
for assignments to
help you out
The home page is
dull
Its sometimes
difficult to find
what you are
looking for
The lack of
information for a
lot of my courses.
PowerPoints need
PowerPoint to
view at home
Very few sub-
headings for each
assignment
Colour Scheme Complexity

20. Q: Generally when you use Moodle, how do you rate its
responsiveness?
6% 13% 25% 4%52%

21. Q: What devices have you accessed Moodle on?
other
College PC
Home PC
Laptop
Tablet
Smart Phone

22. Q: Which social media platforms do you actively use? (tick
all that apply)
73%2%

23. Q: Do you own any of the following devices? (Tick all that
apply)
73%
13%
22%
6%
32%
65%
44%
Laptop
Other Tablet
Android Tablet
Windows Smartphone
Android Smartphone
iPhone
iPad

24. Q: If you do own any of the devices above how easy have
you found it to use the device for College work when on
campus?
13%
18%
12%
6%
12%
39%
N/A
Never used it for college
Never used it for college work
Very Difficult
Have used it but wasn't that difficult
Easy and straight forward

25. Q: If you have your own tablet/iPad/laptop, would you be
prepared to bring this into College and use as your main
source of technology?
37% 57% 6%N/A

26. Powered by
Moodle Review
Dec 2014

27. Posts Comparison (All)
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September October November
All OLD 1287 3019 3000
ALL NEW 1734 4947 6294
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28. Views Comparisons (All)
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September October November
All OLD 5753 50528 44320
ALL NEW 36010 55220 48991
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60000
Views
Views Comparisons (All)

29. View Comparisons (Students)
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September October November
Student OLD 3188 36122 33169
Student NEW 14596 26810 14754
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30. Views Comparisons (Teachers)
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September October November
Teacher OLD 850 3793 2368
Teacher NEW 3961 5397 6347
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31. A2 ICT Marple
• The data shows that last year there were no posts indicating a
lack of interactivity in the course. Activity this year is obviously
high and linked to online assessment submissions and
feedback through Moodle to students.
• Views are also significantly higher indicating greater student
interaction with Moodle.
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32. A2 ICT Posts Comparison
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September October November
Posts Old 0 0 0
Posts New 257 192 116
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Posts
A2 ICT Posts Comparison

33. A2 ICT Views Comparison
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September October November
Views old 122 66 15
Views New 2360 1991 999
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34. Creative Media BTEC L3
• The old Moodle model allowed all students to see just one
course.
• This course was large and could not be automatically
transferred and
all material has had to be manually downloaded or recreated.
• Some material is still being transferred. This is common on all
BTEC’s
and has caused a slow start to usage.
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35. Continued…
• The new Moodle allows students to only view the course they
are enrolled on.
• To overcome the need for teachers to duplicate material,
• all students are being manually enrolled on the largest year
• 1 or 2 qualification available.
• Usage is significantly down for one of our highest used courses
• Historically and there is still a requirement to build on the
interactivity within the course.
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36. BTEC Creative Media Level 3
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September October November
Views Old 3379 3379 1826
Views New Cheadle 275 419 334
Views New Marple 112 236 193
Posts OLD 0 0 0
Posts New Cheadle 0 0 0
Posts New Marple 0 0 0
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37. Learner Voice
• Business, Law, Economics and ICT will be trialling using the
Feedback activity within each course.
• Learner Voice will be collected from January automatically
• This will also promote usage of Moodle
• If successful this could be used as a model for other curriculum
areas.
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38. Explore a Moodlerooms course
• Karen McAvoy is one of our leading Moodlerooms advocates
and will now show you how she uses it with her ICT classes
• http://moodle.cmcnet.ac.uk/

39. What Happens Next
• What will we do with the data?
• What actions will we take
• What do we hope to see?
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40. Questions
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