Moodle, a learning management system (LMS), allows you to create online classes, post assignments and assessments, calculate grades, and more. Students can access the class and resources online, complete assignments, and communicate with the instructor. This course demonstrates how instructors can get started using Moodle. Learn how to set up an instructor profile. See how to create a course and adjust course settings. Find out how to add files, post announcements, and make quizzes. Watch how to enroll students and create groups. Additionally, discover how to grade assignments and run reports.


Topics include:

  • Setting up an instructor profile
  • Creating a course
  • Adjusting course settings
  • Posting announcements
  • Adding resources and activities
  • Managing files and URLs
  • Adding assignments
  • Creating a quiz
  • Enrolling students in a course
  • Chatting and sending messages
  • Setting up a gradebook
  • Viewing gradebook reports

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Moodle Administration Essential Training tackles Moodle's administrative side. It provides a simple introduction to installing and setting up a Moodle site—even for those with no server or database-related experience. Author George Papazian explores the server environment required to install and run Moodle 2.8, describing how to configure the LMS for a variety of applications. George also covers common administrative tasks such as creating and managing users and courses, adjusting permissions, and setting up a school-wide grading system. He shows how to enhance Moodle with themes and plugins, which allow administrators to customize the look and functionality of their sites. The course closes with some tips on keeping Moodle more secure.
Topics include:
  • Configuring your local server with XAMPP or LAMP
  • Installing Moodle
  • Connecting to the database
  • Installing cron and automating cron jobs
  • Creating views
  • Changing primary settings
  • Adding and managing users and cohorts
  • Setting roles and permissions
  • Creating and managing courses
  • Applying themes
  • Working with plugins
  • Keeping your Moodle site secure

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Go beyond the basics with Moodle. This course will look at how instructors can efficiently and effectively assess learning in a Moodle environment, communicate with students, and add more interactive elements to their online courses. Kevin Kelly covers the intermediate and advanced features of Moodle, such as the Book module, adaptive and conditional activities, videoconferencing and social media integration, and alternative ways to assess learning with rubrics, scoring guides, and Moodle's Workshop module.


Topics include:

  • Creating multipage resources
  • Using SCORM content in Moodle
  • Building adaptive and conditional activities
  • Integrating Skype and Facebook
  • Creating workshops
  • Recognizing achievement with badges

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Have you ever wanted to manage an online course, but didn’t know where to begin? Enter Moodle, one of the world’s leading open-source learning management systems (LMS). In this course, instructor Oliver Schinkten shows you how to use Moodle to develop, teach, and manage online courses. Discover how to create a course and manage course resources and classroom activities in the latest version of Moodle. Customize your profile and notification settings in a way that fits your teaching style. Learn about how to add students, collect assignments, quiz students, grade papers, and increase student-to-student and student-to-teacher communication. As your classroom goes online, becoming more and more interconnected, you want a trusted LMS that works to the fullest advantage of your students. Find out how Moodle can help you organize and optimize the online learning experience.

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