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IRELAND & UK MOODLEMOOT 2012

IRELAND & UK

MOODLEMOOT

2012

Daniel Mackley Staff TEL Trainer

York St John University


SETTING THE SCENE!


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

• Smooth and successful migration from Blackboard to Moodle


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.

The icons used in this diagram are taken from the Open Icon Library: http://openiconlibrary.sourceforge.net/. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.

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MOODLE MODULES APPLICATION


CUSTOMISATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS

• Moodle theme

• Course filter & course overview plus

• Simple course import

• Integration with student portal (SharePoint)


MOODLE THEME

Theme developed in consultation with Lewis Carr (Leeds City College).


COURSE FILTER & COURSE OVERVIEW +

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




SIMPLE 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


STUDENT PORTAL INTEGRATION

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

• A web service is used to display assignment information


STUDENT PORTAL


MOVING FORWARD...

• Integrate SITS (student record system) and the Moodle grade book

• Bulk upload of assignments

• Integrate lecture capture software and media hosting platform


ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank you for your time.

Daniel Mackley

Technology Enhanced Learning Trainer

York St John University

e: [email protected]

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