5+Days+to+Building+Your+Moodle+Course

Notes: Reasoning for this 5 Day Moodle Training Course

Introduction The Moodle Philosophy Building A Successful Online Course in Moodle Why Moodle? Why not? Where do you start? What is Moodle Editing Your Profile in Moodle Setting Up Your Class - Administrative Creating Your Course Space Editing Your Course Settings Selecting A Format For Your Course What are Roles? Activities in Moodle Making A Moodle Test (Quiz) Creating Questions For A Test (Quiz) Importing Questions & Adding Questions to a Quiz Quiz Strategies Quiz Security & Cheating Finalizing Your Semester Test
 * Training Outline**
 * Day 1**

Day 1 - Moodle Activities

//**Goal: By the end of Day 1 of Training every teacher should have finished their course Semester Test for the 1st semester.**//
 * Day 2**

Blended, Hybrid or Online Course Adding Content to Your Course Creating and Managing Your Moodle Course Content Putting All of your Course Materials in Your Course
 * 1st 6 Weeks Test - (Or Unit Test)
 * 2nd 6 Weeks Test - (Or Unit Test)
 * 3rd 6 Weeks Test - (Or Unit Test)

Day 2 - Moodle Activities //**Goal: By the end of Day 2 of Training every teacher should have finished all other tests for the 1st semester, understand how to import or develop questions for their 1st semester.**//


 * Day 3**

Using Forums, Chats & Dialogues Workshops Assignments & Exercises Journals

Day 3 - Moodle Activities //**Goal: By the end of Day 3 of Training every teacher should have have an understanding and starting to develop a working knowledge of Moodle Activities.**//


 * Day 4**

Glossaries Lessons Wikis Grades & Scales Managing Your Class Surveys & Choices

Day 4 - Moodle Activities //**Goal: By the end of Day 4 of Training every teacher should be continuing their development of knowledge towards the Activities in Moodle, Communication aspects of the Social Constructivism Pedagogy of Moodle and be completing their 1st semester of activities in their own course.**// The Moodle Community Enrolling Your Students In Moodle Introducing Your Students to Moodle Completing the 1st Semester Start Building the 2nd Semester Other Open Source Resources to Consider Wikispaces Single Sign On
 * Day 5**

Student Moodle Tutorials

Day 5 - Moodle Activities //**Goal: By the end of Day 5 of Training every teacher should have finished their entire course for the first Semester and will be able to build the 2nd semester on their own during the fall. Subsequent training days, if possible in the fall semester will involve solving any Moodle issues and completing the 1st year Moodle course work for individual courses.**//


 * September Day 6 - 1 Day Training**
 * October Day 7 - 1 Day Training**
 * December Day 8 - 1 Day Training**

//**Future Training Days during the course of the first semester will allow teachers to discuss issues and solve problems during the course of the first semester implementing a Moodle course as well as getting assistance in completing the 2nd semester Moodle course before January of 2011.**//

[|Moodle Website] [|HISD Online Learning Website] - HISD Moodle [|Moodle Docs] - Instructor Documentation [|Moodle Video Tutorials] - Tugaloo College [|Moodle Video Tutorials] - YouTube 101 Web 2.0 Tutorials
 * Resources:**

[|Using Moodle] - Jason Cole [|Moodle Teaching Techniques] - William H. Rice IV [|Moodle E-Learning Course Development] - William H.Rice IV
 * Moodle Resources (Books):**

[|Moodle Tutorials] [|Tougaloo College Videos] [|YouTube Moodle Videos]
 * Moodle Videos**


 * Moodle Manuals:**