2 3 98 2009 moodle co creation
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2-3-98 2009 MoodleMoot presentation: Co-Creation: Empowering Students with Roles and Overrides in Moodle: Clark Shah-NelsonTRANSCRIPT
Co-Creation: Empowering Students
with Roles and Overrides in
Clark Shah-NelsonCoordinator of Online Education
SUNY Delhi: [email protected]
http://delhitools.net/2-3-98
Online Coordinator
• Began December 2006• Past experience teaching with
– E-Education (Jones) (1999-2001)– eCollege (2001-2007)
• Past experience admin/support for:– Blackboard (2006)
• Position described working with WebCT and SLN…
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SUNY Delhi Online Courses and Enrollments
The Plan
• Bit of history/definition of roles
• Administrator settings
• Teachers: assigning roles
• Teachers: override
• Show the possibilities, inspire you
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The Definition: Roles• Roles: what users are able to do/not do
– For example: • Teachers can add activities (forum) to a course.• Students can reply to a forum.• Students cannot reply to a news forum.• Teachers cannot administer the Moodle site.• Guests cannot submit an assignment.
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Roles: The Old Paradigm
• System-wide roles: (non-editable!)– Admin– Teacher– Student– Guest
• Multiple logins for multiple roles:– Clark-admin– Clark-teacher– Clark-student
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Newer Paradigm
• Ability to assign different (non-editable) roles to same user - by course– Course 1: instructor– Course 2: student– Course 3: guest
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The Latest: Roles and Capabilities
• Editable, by user AND by context– (ie. context: forum, role: student
or context: quiz, role: teacher)– Assign a student as “non-editing teacher” on 1
particular assignment or a set of activities– Override capabilities for role “student” or for
context “forum”– Add 1 capability to 1 student
(unlimited time on a quiz…)
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From http://docs.moodle.org
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Disclaimer:• Your Moodle may differ.• Administrator must have enabled certain
settings:– Users > Permissions > Define Roles– > Allow Role Assignments – > Allow Role Overrides
• Practice in a sandbox course!• Use your local support for assistance
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Moodle’s Default Roles
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Admin: Allow Role Assignments:
• Who gets to assign roles to whom…
Teacher: Assigning
Roles: Whole Course
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Assigning Roles by Context(Locally assigned roles)
• Forum: Make a student also be an instructor for only that activity
Admin: Allow Role Overrides
• Who can assign overrides…
Teacher: Overrides (Update Activity)
• Inherit• Allow• Prevent• Prohibit
(see more here:) http://docs.moodle.org/en/Manage_roles
Forum Overrides:
• Only certain functions, not all
• Limited to what you see (otherwise: code)
• Click on any to see definition on docs.moodle.org
Activity/Block Overrides
The Results:
• More ability for instructor to determine workings of course, what students are able to do or not
• Guide on the Side vs. Sage on the Stage• More ability to set up course activities for
students to co-construct, co-create• More ability to give students advanced
responsibilities, enhanced functionalities
“Editing Student” Role
• More ability to participate in their own learning environment, beyond discussion forum postings, assignment uploads, and wikis:– Add activities and blocks– Add resources and files– Add questions and self-checks or peer quizzes– Participatory, constructivistic, enhanced cognitive
and social presence
Web 2.0
• Enhanced ability for students to create and share resources and activities within Moodle AND embed content from Web 2.0 sites into Moodle.
The End
Questions?
Thank you!
Clark Shah-Nelson, SUNY Delhi
http://delhitools.net/2-3-98