moodle moot 2012: just 2 - look what she can do!

IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012

IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT

2012

Daniel MackleyStaff TEL Trainer

York St John University

IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012

SETTING THE SCENE!

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WHY UPGRADE TO MOODLE 2?

• Moodle 2 included functionality that our users were asking for

• Staff training and development

• Opportunity to enhance our Moodle theme

• Web services - allowed us to pull information to student portal (SharePoint)

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AUTOMATIC COURSE CREATION & STUDENT ENROLMENTS

Moodle Modules is a web application that sits between the student record system SITS and Active Directory.

Moodle modules dictates what modules are created within Moodle and assigns tutor roles.

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MOODLE MODULES APPLICATION

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CUSTOMISATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Moodle theme• Course filter & course overview plus• Simple course import• Integration with SharePoint

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MOODLE THEME

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COURSE FILTER & COURSE OVERVIEW +

http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_course_overview_plus

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SIMPLY COURSE IMPORT

• Modified the course import process in Moodle to allow a ‘copy everything from previous year option’

• Displays the course with a similar course id number

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STUDENT PORTAL INTEGRATION

• Assignment information is pulled through in to the student portal which is powered by SharePoint

• A web service was written to display assignment information

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MOVING FORWARD...

• Course creation to be done in the student records system (SITs) to allow integration with the Moodle grade book

• Bulk upload of assignments

• Integrate lecture capture software and media hosting platform

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank you for your time.

Daniel Mackley Technology Enhanced Learning Trainer

York St John Universitye: d.mackley@yorksj.ac.uk