Presentation on NJIT's pilot program using Moodle as a learning management system. Given in cooperation with NJEDge.Net for other NJ schools. Not somewhat, "historical" since it was presented in August 2007 (THis is a revised version from an earlier presentation also available here.)

1. Ken Ronkowitz & Blake Haggerty Instructional Technology Tim Kellers & Bhavna Vij System Administration

5. Moodle was designed to help foster online learning communities. It has an active development and support group (very important for open-source projects) and has users in over 150 countries. Humboldt State Moodle has 12,288 courses and 42,121 users. BRNO University of Technology has 19,223 courses and 41,305 users. The Open University (OU) in the UK has converted all their courses to MOODLE for their 250,000 students. Recent converts to Moodle include UCLA, UC-San Diego, Smith College, Lafayette, Bennington...

6. http://moodle.org/sites/ Registered sites:30,027 (August 2007) Courses:1,216,472 Users:12,574,968

11. http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL Moodle Project Developers

13. NJIT participates in this consortium which offers courses using Moodle – an incentive to explore Moodle more fully.

14. Exploring Other Academic & Corporate Users

15. Customizable Themes for Branding

19. Log In authentication using LDAP

20. Overview of Selected Features and Tools

21. The Moodle interface can be displayed in either Weekly , Topic or Social format.

22. The Calendar allows you to enter events in various categories (User, Course and Site). You have the option to also show upcoming events, assignments etc., and recent activity in the course. Calendar

23. The Chat feature in Moodle will facilitate real time conversations between users. It can be logged. Chat

24. SETTINGS - teacher

26. A Forum is a posting area where students can create or contribute to a topic with their own comments (AKA bulletin board or discussion) OPTIONS include: Grade posts, set open/close date, no reply, one reply only etc.

27. Lessons, similar to learning objects, represent a means of delivering structured learning through Q & A sessions that are drawn from embedded content. Lessons

28. QUIZ tool

29. Quiz Information and Grades

30. A Workshop allows peer assessment of documents and self-assessment activities, while providing the teacher with opportunities to both manage and grade material. Workshops

31. The Journal feature will allow every student to have a personal journal that only they and their teacher will be able to access. Journal

32. The Glossary feature in Moodle acts as a definition resource - entries can be set to create highlighted hyperlinks within the course itself. Glossary

33. Assignments (online, offline) can be delivered to students, and they can upload files which you can grade online and give feedback. Assignments

34. Reports User activity on Moodle can be monitored using the Logs option. This features levels of detail from module, to student details, grouped by date and time

38. Moodle Community Discussion http://moodle.org/course/ Using Moodle by Jason Cole Moodle: Learning Course Development by William Rice IV

39. Check our Serendipity35 blog entry for 8/22/07 for links mentioned today, the presentation and more information. http://devel2.njit.edu/serendipity/

40. After the Break... Demo in NJIT Moodle Courses