Regardless of the device ― smartphone, desktop, tablet ― today’s networked learners deserve an exceptional user experience. Based on his first-hand experience of creating multi-device course companions for both his university (SFU) and continuing studies (UBC) courses, Paul will guide you through his key design considerations. During the session he will also provide an “under-the-hood” look at his most recent effort, a multi-device Moodle 2.6.1 implementation for his course on designing multi-device learning experiences at UBC.

1. Designing a Multi-device
Moodle Course Site
Paul D Hibbitts
@hibbittsdesign #iMoot2014
A case study, presented for iMoot 2014

2. How many mobile devices
do you use daily?

3. Why use Moodle in 2014?

4. Moodle’s Strengths (to me)
! Learning
– Discussions (Forums)
– Networked learning (Blogs + RSS,Twitter, etc.)
– Collaborative (Glossary)
– Mix of public and private (User Permissions)
! Interface
– Embedding of third-party objects, via HTML
– Ability to hide/show Topics Sections
– Language Pack customizations
– The easy “hackability”of PHP

5. Moodle 2.5 was a
true milestone release… why?

6. The Bootstrap Framework
! Grid-based layout
! Support for responsive design
! Interface components (e.g. tabs)
! Javascript snippets (e.g. dialog boxes)

7. Aardvark Theme

8. Aardvark Theme

9. Elegance Theme

10. Elegance Theme

11. Are you currently supporting
multi-device friendly courses?

12. Multi-device delivery is now easy,
but doing it well is not

13. Creating a Multi-device
Learning Strategy Foundation
! Why? (i.e. problem, opportunity, etc.)
! Who? (i.e. audience, setting, etc.)
! What? (i.e. learner goals, organization goals, etc.)
! Where? (i.e. context, devices supported, etc.)
! When? (i.e. learner intent, off-line access, etc.)
! How? (i.e. organizational support and capabilities,
existing or new content, etc.)

14. Redefining “Mobile Learning”
in a Multi-device World
! Ubiquitous
! Situational
! Connected
! Personal

15. Multi-device Experience Goals
! Conceptual and visual consistency
! Content and functionality parity
! Seamless task transferability
! Think ecosystem, not isolated devices
! Optimize physical interactions on every device

16. Multi-device
Learner Experience Goals
! Engaging
! Organized
! Relevant
! Appealing

17. Time for Questions or Comments
! What we’ve covered so far
– Why use Moodle in 2014?
– Multi-device support is now easy,
but doing it well is not
– Creating a multi-device learning strategy foundation
– “Mobile Learning” in a multi-device world
– Multi-device experience goals
– Multi-device learner experience goals
! Coming up
– A guided tour of a multi-device Moodle site

18. A guided tour of a
multi-device Moodle course site...
University of British Columbia (UBC) Continuing Studies,
part of the largest university in Western Canada.
http://iy103-w14.hibbittsdesign.com/ (built with Moodle 2.6.1)

28. Bootstrap (2.x) HTML Snippet
<div class="media">
<a class="pull-left" href="#">
Media thumbnail object
</a>
<div class="main-body">
Descriptive text for media
</div>
</div>
Media Thumbnail with Descriptive Text

30. Bootstrap (2.x) HTML Snippet
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span6">
Column one content
</div>
<div class="span6">
Column two content
</div>
</div>
Two Column Layout

48. Next Steps (besides getting v2.7)
! Try out the included Bootstrap theme Clean (v2.5+)
– docs.moodle.org/dev/Clean_theme
! Check out Bas Brands’ Bootstrap themes
– http://theming.sonsbeekmedia.nl/
! Learn more about the Bootstrap Framework
– getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/ (version 2.x)
– getbootstrap.com/ (version 3.x)
! Learn more about multi-device design
– lukew.com/presos/preso.asp?28
– blog.teamtreehouse.com/beginners-guide-to-responsive-
web-design

49. Thank you! Any questions?
! Contact Info
– Web: paulhibbitts.com
– Email: paul@paulhibbitts.com
– Twitter: @hibbittsdesign
– LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulhibbitts
! IY103-W14 Course Companion
– iy103-w14.hibbittsdesign.com
– Google Chrome web app: bit.ly/1fPTBvw

51. Chrome App Launcher
http://chrome.blogspot.ca/2013/12/a-new-breed-of-chrome-apps-now.html