Moodle eLearning Development

Cost:

$795.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$995.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

Moodle is a free learning management system that enables you to create powerful, flexible, and engaging online learning experiences. This class covers the installation of Moodle, setting up course content, and organizing curriculums.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the Moodle experience
• Install and configure Moodle
• Crewate a framework for your Moodle site
• Add course material
• Create interactive courses
• Mike social courses
• Empower teachers to deliver and administer courses
• Extend Moodle functionality

Target Audience:

This class is for anyone who wants to make the most of Moodle's features to produce an interactive online learning experience. If you're an educator, corporate trainer, or just someone with something to teach, this book can guide you through the installation, configuration, creation, and management of a Moodle site. It is suitable for people who perform the task of creating and setting up the learning site, and for those who create and deliver courses on the site. That is, it is for site administrators, course creators, and teachers. Before taking the class you should be:

• Comfortable working in a Windows environment.
• Familiar with web terminology.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction

• Step-By-Step—Using Each Lesson
• Step 1—Learn about the Moodle Experience (Lesson 1)
• Step 2—Install and Configure Moodle (Lesson 2)
• Step 3—Create the Framework for Your Learning Site (Lesson3)
• Step 4—Add Basic Course Material (Lesson 4)
• Step 5—Make Your Courses Interactive (Lesson 5)
• Step 6—Make Your Course Social (Lesson 6)
• Step 7—Create a Welcome for New and Existing Students (Lesson 7)
• Step 8—Use Teacher's Tools to Deliver and Administer Courses (Lesson 8)
• Step 9—Extend Moodle (Lesson 9)
• The Moodle Philosophy
• The Moodle Experience
• The Moodle Architecture

Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring Moodle

• Installing Moodle
• The Moodle Data Directory
• Creating the Moodle Database and User
• The Installer Script

Lesson 3: Configuring Your Site

• The Site Administration Menu
• Authentication
• Enrolment Choices
• Language
• Configuring the Front Page
• Backup
• Set Up the Cron Job

Lesson 4: Creating Categories and Courses

• Using Course Categories and the User Experience
• Creating Courses
• Manually Enrolling Teachers and Students
• Blocks

Lesson 5: Adding Static Course Material

• What Kinds of Static Course Material Can Be Added?
• Files
• Why Upload Files?
• File Types
• Linking to Uploaded Files
• When to Use Uploaded Files
• Text Page
• Choosing a Format for a Text Page
• Moodle Auto-Format—for Quick, Limited Formatting
• HTML Format—for HTML Pages Composed Offline
• Plain Text Format—for Program Listings
• Markdown Format—Intuitive, Fast Formatting
• Window Settings
• When to Open Pages in a New Window
• Web Page
• Advantages of Using HTML View When Editing Web Pages
• Composing in an HTML Editor and Uploading to Moodle
• Learn More about HTML
• Link
• When to Use a Link Versus a Web Page
• Directory
• Why Use a Directory?
• Label
• Adding Multimedia (Audio and Video)
• Embedding Multimedia
• Allowing Non-Trusted Users to Embed Items
• Uploading and Linking to Multimedia Files
• Workaround for Uploading Large Files

Lesson 6: Adding Interactive Course Material

• Assignments
• Lesson
• Quizzes
• SCORM/AICC
• Survey
• Choices

Lesson 7: Adding Social Course Material

• Chat
• Forum
• Glossary
• Wiki
• Workshop

Lesson 8: Welcoming Your Students

• First Impression—Login Page, Front Page, or Your Page?
• Customizing the Login Page
• Customizing the Front Page
• Combining Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access
• Look and Feel

Lesson 9: Features for Teachers

• Reports and Logs
• Using Scales for Feedback, Rating, and Grading
• Grades
• The Teacher Forum
• Roles

Lesson 10: Extending and Administering Moodle

• Add-On Modules
• Roles

There are currently no public classes scheduled dates for this class. To schedule a private class, please call us toll free at 866-665-9441.

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.