Introduction to Moodle to Stamford College Malacca staff on 20th January 2010.

1. Oodles of
and noodles
By Frankie Kam
20th January 2010
Stamford College Malacca

2. Learning Outcomes. At the end
of this session, you will know…
1. what Moodle is
2. where the SCM Moodle site is,
and what it looks like
3. what Moodle can be used for
4. how to use the SCM Moodle site to
-create a simple course
-create a simple link to a website
-create a simple forum

3. PART I
OO means a collection of
objects and the interactions
between them

5. Created by teachers
for teachers

6. In Social Constructivism…
• the learner is actively involved in a joint enterprise with
the teacher of creating ("constructing") new meanings.
• The role of the teacher is to enter into a dialogue with
the learner, trying to understand the meaning to that
learner of the material to be learned, and to help her or
him to refine their understanding until it corresponds with
that of the teacher.
• Teacher: “I will actively interact with you to
help you know what I know”

7. Social Constructivism – learning theory
that emphasizes that learning is an
active social process in which individuals
make meanings through the interactions
with each other and with the environment
they live in.
Knowledge is thus a product of humans
and is socially and culturally constructed.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(learning_theory)
Do you agree with the last statement?

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17. http://www.keytoschool.com

18. PART II http://scm.moodlehub.com

19. http://scm.moodlehub.com

20. An actual Forum

21. Posts in
an actual Forum

22. Students
collaborating
on a Wiki
(shared
webpage)

23. An actual
quiz (MCQ)

24. Detailed Quiz
results
(MCQ)

25. Summary
Quiz results
(MCQ)

26. Playing videos off
Youtube or your
local PC (harddisk)

27. Playing MP3
files

28. PART III With Moodle, you can
Create a course that is the online
equivalent of a real-world course that you
teach (with a weekly layout)
Extend the class activity beyond the
standard classroom hours (via homework)
and supports asynchronous learning (useful
for part-timers and those who missed class)
Allow collaborative learning and knowledge
sharing via wikis

29. With Moodle, you can
Create online, self-marking and passworded
Quizzes (activated on a specific date/time)
Monitor students’ online activities
(via activity logs)
Get students to upload softcopy work
or assignments, where the grade can be
given.
Upload documents, PYQs, past test
questions for students to view or download.

30. With Moodle, you can
Interact with students by replying to posts
In forums that you create
Have students record their thoughts and
make notes in the Moodle blogs (built-in)
Have online chat with logging of chat
sessions (useful only in teacher-students
schedule chats, otherwise is a waste of time)

31. With Moodle, you can
Link to educational videos from
Youtube.com or TeacherTube.com.
Use educational games to complement the
Learning (built-in Millionaire quiz, Sudoku,
Hangman, Crosswords, etc.)
Allow students to leave voice recordings
(Nanogong)

32. With Moodle, admin staff can
Create sections (courses) that are
password-protected so that only those know
the password can access (download) files. E.g.,
Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.
Store promotional or marketing material or
work files, again secured by passwords
Store training materials for future reference
(e.g., all staff development powerpoint
presentation files)

33. In Conclusion, with Moodle,
Moodle
Academic staff can create a learning environment
for students where self-directed learning activity
can be monitored – no programming needed;
Administrative staff can create password protected
areas to store work-related files or training material
that can be accessed by others in a team
Does this sound like a lot of work? Yes it is. But once the
initial hurdle is cleared, it becomes easier as you slowly add
more resources and activities to your Moodle course.
My advice is - start small. “Life’s a climb, but the view’s great!”

34. Questions?
Okay, so how do you
think you can use
Moodle in your work at
SCM?

35. PART IV How to use the SCM Moodle site:
http://scm.moodlehub.com
You can log in using your
Stamford email address
(minus the @stamford.edu.my
part). Password is the same.
E.g., zuraika.abu.bakar

36. Alternatively, you can
create your own user name,
but you have to inform me so
that I can set you as a course
creator

37. This is what main page looks
like. You can see who has
logged in in the past 2 hours

38. All SCM staff are automatically
course creators. Click the
Courses link to add a new
course

39. Click here

40. Enter
course
details

41. Set the start
and end of the
course

42. Password
protect the
course with an
enrolment key
(password)

43. Click

44. Your
course
page.
Notice the
weekly
layout?

45. As a course
creator, you
must turn
editing on in
order to add
objects.
Click the
“Turn Editing
on”
button

46. Now you can add
resources and
activities!

47. Select a resource
from the drop-
down box

48. Choose “Link to a
file or a website”

49. Type the name
of your course
Type a general
description
Type the web
address

50. Click the Save
button

51. There’s your link!

52. Clicking on the
Link brings you to
the History
Channel website

53. You can also add
an activity!
Choose “Forum”

54. Type the name of
the forum…
..then a short
introductory
text…

55. Click Save

56. Now that the forum is
ready, add your discussion
topics (also called
discussion threads)

57. Discussion topic title
Detail instructions on what
you want students to
answer (post) in the forum

58. Click “Post to forum”
to save

59. Topic confirmed
saved

61. You can also add
a whole list of
activities!

62. THE END
THANK YOU