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Jisc RSC East Midlands
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The document summarizes the agenda and presentations from the Moodle Moot 2011 conference. It provides an overview of the topics discussed, including the Moodle development process, best practices for course design in Moodle, and plans for the upcoming year. Slides also show results from an eye tracking study on Moodle interfaces to inform improvements.

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Phil HardcastleMoodle User Group – 08/06/11June 21, 2011| slide 1
Agenda9:30-10:00 Coffee & Registration10:00 Welcome & Housekeeping10:00 -10:45 Moodle Moot 201110:45 - 11:15 Coffee11:15 - 11:45 News11:45 - 12:00 Planning for next yearJune 21, 2011| slide 2
Mmoot112 days at ULCC – links point to video of speaker and presentationIntro by GraineConoleNew pedagogies for social and participatory media Frank McLoughlin (City and Islington College)
IT’S THE CULTURE STUPID Endpiece by Martin DougiamassMoodle Development Process June 21, 2011| slide 3
Mmoot11 - Martin DougiamasCheck out Mooch – Moodle hubsTuning of 2.0 will continue6 monthly releasesCentral team, more controlled developmentQuality control of codeQuiz in 2.12.2 re-vamp of gradingSurvey combined into one moduleMobile (iphone) app being developed – out with 2.1User manualJune 21, 2011| slide 4
Mmoot11 - DevelopmentThe Unified VLE: the Good, and the not-really-so-Bad and Ugly Adopting, Migrating and Integrating Moodle, including IMS LTIFrom Messy repository to Quality InteractionServing & including your communities: Mahoodle & more Moodle and Drupal CMS Integration Cloud formations for curriculum transformation June 21, 2011| slide 5
Mmoot 11 - TrainingFast effective Moodle induction The challenge of cultural change: Getting beyond resistance to Moodle “It’s not as scary as I thought!” June 21, 2011| slide 6
Mmoot11 - AssessmentCan Moodle do it all: course, assessment, SOW and lesson plans? Monitoring student progress & annotating assignments onlineMoodle for RARPA (Recognising and recording progress and achievement)Achievement takes off with customised PLP and Flight PlanUsing Moodle to administer GCSE Controlled Assessments June 21, 2011| slide 7
Mmoot11 - And more...Moodle 2Mastering the Moodle 2 Workshop Module PortfoliosGoogle App/ Moodle ePortfolio Implementation UsabilityEye Tracking Moodle: Improving usability & what do students really see? TeachingTeaching with Moodle: Best Practices in Course Design Blended Learning – A Cross College Approach June 21, 2011| slide 8
Eye Tracking MoodleCentre of the page is bestReduction from 3 to 2 column layout - no-one looked on the rightTopbar navigation menu for frequently used itemsOptimisation of course menu - all items can be folded upStrengthen the personal area - in top right - photo, personal stuffJune 21, 2011| slide 9
Eye tracking cont’dRe-design & consolidation of help and support FAQs/Video tutorialsCombine admin block and organisational stuff - settings, management, groups and groupings, gradings, backup and restoreHelp – top rightJune 21, 2011| slide 10
Screen layoutJune 21, 2011| slide 11
Priority objects on pageHeadlines & Titles looked at firstText evaluated for lengthHigh info picturesThen picturesThen navigation elementsJune 21, 2011| slide 12
Eye tracking cont’dEye catching materials - text should have enumerations, listings - students looking for thisBreak difficult text apart - use pictures/white space - helps to processUse different colours for different instructionsVisual attention is drawn to human faces - use them cleverly to draw attention to important bits of your course.June 21, 2011| slide 13
Best Practice in Course DesignWhat are your ideas?From your experience what would you advise about course design with Moodle?June 21, 2011| slide 14
Best practice in course designIdeas are still evolvingConsider your audienceDo what you can – don’t do it all....Limit font styles to 3 - this includes colour - increases the cognitive load for learnersOtherwise students spend more time processing what's going on.Maintaining consistency - Course page is a launching pad for content - not the course info on thereSimplicity is good.One topic at eye levelJune 21, 2011| slide 15
Course designDon't be the one doing all the work! Don't make lots of quizzesStudents can create quizzes - question creator roleDo let students participate and collaborateDon't make users scroll side to side - be aware that your wide screen is not everyone's wide screen - test it on different monitors - think netbooksValue of logs - user activity will not show when links are in labelsJune 21, 2011| slide 16
Course designLabels to guide studentsDon't be afraid of white space - indentationUse topic summaries for titles - use labels for infoDon't force users to scroll and scrollUse images to enhance your courseSimplify deliveryPut as much content in Moodle containers as possible - not Word or PowerpointDon't be afraid to branch out - use different tools.June 21, 2011| slide 17
Course designMoodle 2 - do dock the blocksUse completion tracking in M2 - enables students to see what they've done and what's to do. Allow students to develop a planDon't overdo conditional activitiesOnly one column of blocksUse RSS feeds to bring in new contentJune 21, 2011| slide 18
Course design linkshttp://coolcourses.moodle.orghttp://moodle2test.pteppic.net/course/view.php?id=25http://id.remote-learner.nethttp://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Teaching_Good_Practices_%28K-12%29June 21, 2011| slide 19
Mobile MoodleMpage – app for iphonehttp://www.moodlenews.com/2011/in-latest-release-mpage-adds-file-management-and-upload-to-moodle-capabilities/Moodle Mobilehttp://www.moodlenews.com/mobile/Official mobile app developed by Moodle HQhttp://docs.moodle.org/dev/Mobile_appJune 21, 2011| slide 20
News & StuffConversionthingy2 update: Convert Moodle backups from 1.9 to 2.0http://www.conversionthingy.net/. Convert Powerpoint to flash for integration in Moodle http://www.ispringsolutions.com/free_powerpoint_to_flash_converter.htmlUse SlideshareBig Blue Button – webinars through Moodle – open source projectJune 21, 2011| slide 21
Planning for 2011-12Development – M2 / Add-ins / Portfolio / ILP Staff Training/Course developmentLearnersJune 21, 2011| slide 22

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Moodle user group – 08/06/11

  • 1. Phil HardcastleMoodle User Group – 08/06/11June 21, 2011| slide 1
  • 2. Agenda9:30-10:00 Coffee & Registration10:00 Welcome & Housekeeping10:00 -10:45 Moodle Moot 201110:45 - 11:15 Coffee11:15 - 11:45 News11:45 - 12:00 Planning for next yearJune 21, 2011| slide 2
  • 3. Mmoot112 days at ULCC – links point to video of speaker and presentationIntro by GraineConoleNew pedagogies for social and participatory media Frank McLoughlin (City and Islington College)
  • 4. IT’S THE CULTURE STUPID Endpiece by Martin DougiamassMoodle Development Process June 21, 2011| slide 3
  • 5. Mmoot11 - Martin DougiamasCheck out Mooch – Moodle hubsTuning of 2.0 will continue6 monthly releasesCentral team, more controlled developmentQuality control of codeQuiz in 2.12.2 re-vamp of gradingSurvey combined into one moduleMobile (iphone) app being developed – out with 2.1User manualJune 21, 2011| slide 4
  • 6. Mmoot11 - DevelopmentThe Unified VLE: the Good, and the not-really-so-Bad and Ugly Adopting, Migrating and Integrating Moodle, including IMS LTIFrom Messy repository to Quality InteractionServing & including your communities: Mahoodle & more Moodle and Drupal CMS Integration Cloud formations for curriculum transformation June 21, 2011| slide 5
  • 7. Mmoot 11 - TrainingFast effective Moodle induction The challenge of cultural change: Getting beyond resistance to Moodle “It’s not as scary as I thought!” June 21, 2011| slide 6
  • 8. Mmoot11 - AssessmentCan Moodle do it all: course, assessment, SOW and lesson plans? Monitoring student progress & annotating assignments onlineMoodle for RARPA (Recognising and recording progress and achievement)Achievement takes off with customised PLP and Flight PlanUsing Moodle to administer GCSE Controlled Assessments June 21, 2011| slide 7
  • 9. Mmoot11 - And more...Moodle 2Mastering the Moodle 2 Workshop Module PortfoliosGoogle App/ Moodle ePortfolio Implementation UsabilityEye Tracking Moodle: Improving usability & what do students really see? TeachingTeaching with Moodle: Best Practices in Course Design Blended Learning – A Cross College Approach June 21, 2011| slide 8
  • 10. Eye Tracking MoodleCentre of the page is bestReduction from 3 to 2 column layout - no-one looked on the rightTopbar navigation menu for frequently used itemsOptimisation of course menu - all items can be folded upStrengthen the personal area - in top right - photo, personal stuffJune 21, 2011| slide 9
  • 11. Eye tracking cont’dRe-design & consolidation of help and support FAQs/Video tutorialsCombine admin block and organisational stuff - settings, management, groups and groupings, gradings, backup and restoreHelp – top rightJune 21, 2011| slide 10
  • 12. Screen layoutJune 21, 2011| slide 11
  • 13. Priority objects on pageHeadlines & Titles looked at firstText evaluated for lengthHigh info picturesThen picturesThen navigation elementsJune 21, 2011| slide 12
  • 14. Eye tracking cont’dEye catching materials - text should have enumerations, listings - students looking for thisBreak difficult text apart - use pictures/white space - helps to processUse different colours for different instructionsVisual attention is drawn to human faces - use them cleverly to draw attention to important bits of your course.June 21, 2011| slide 13
  • 15. Best Practice in Course DesignWhat are your ideas?From your experience what would you advise about course design with Moodle?June 21, 2011| slide 14
  • 16. Best practice in course designIdeas are still evolvingConsider your audienceDo what you can – don’t do it all....Limit font styles to 3 - this includes colour - increases the cognitive load for learnersOtherwise students spend more time processing what's going on.Maintaining consistency - Course page is a launching pad for content - not the course info on thereSimplicity is good.One topic at eye levelJune 21, 2011| slide 15
  • 17. Course designDon't be the one doing all the work! Don't make lots of quizzesStudents can create quizzes - question creator roleDo let students participate and collaborateDon't make users scroll side to side - be aware that your wide screen is not everyone's wide screen - test it on different monitors - think netbooksValue of logs - user activity will not show when links are in labelsJune 21, 2011| slide 16
  • 18. Course designLabels to guide studentsDon't be afraid of white space - indentationUse topic summaries for titles - use labels for infoDon't force users to scroll and scrollUse images to enhance your courseSimplify deliveryPut as much content in Moodle containers as possible - not Word or PowerpointDon't be afraid to branch out - use different tools.June 21, 2011| slide 17
  • 19. Course designMoodle 2 - do dock the blocksUse completion tracking in M2 - enables students to see what they've done and what's to do. Allow students to develop a planDon't overdo conditional activitiesOnly one column of blocksUse RSS feeds to bring in new contentJune 21, 2011| slide 18
  • 21. Mobile MoodleMpage – app for iphonehttp://www.moodlenews.com/2011/in-latest-release-mpage-adds-file-management-and-upload-to-moodle-capabilities/Moodle Mobilehttp://www.moodlenews.com/mobile/Official mobile app developed by Moodle HQhttp://docs.moodle.org/dev/Mobile_appJune 21, 2011| slide 20
  • 22. News & StuffConversionthingy2 update: Convert Moodle backups from 1.9 to 2.0http://www.conversionthingy.net/. Convert Powerpoint to flash for integration in Moodle http://www.ispringsolutions.com/free_powerpoint_to_flash_converter.htmlUse SlideshareBig Blue Button – webinars through Moodle – open source projectJune 21, 2011| slide 21
  • 23. Planning for 2011-12Development – M2 / Add-ins / Portfolio / ILP Staff Training/Course developmentLearnersJune 21, 2011| slide 22
  • 24. ContactPhil HardcastlePhil.hardcastle@rsc-em.ac.ukSend in your ideas as to what you would like covered next year!Moodle user group reportshttp://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=84RSC Websitehttp://www.rsc-em.ac.uk/June 21, 2011| slide 23