moodle at fort lewis college
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Moodle at Fort Lewis College. Matthew McGlamery Director, Information Technology CHECO April 7, 2008. Topics. A Few Statistics, a note on Stability Moodle Training and Support at FLC Changes to our Moodle Home Page Examples of Courses and Uses Moodle 1.9 First Thoughts - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Moodle at Fort Lewis College
Matthew McGlameryDirector, Information Technology
CHECO April 7, 2008
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Topics• A Few Statistics, a note on Stability• Moodle Training and Support at FLC• Changes to our Moodle Home Page• Examples of Courses and Uses• Moodle 1.9 First Thoughts• Challenges, Successes, Opportunities• Wrap Up
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• Course Mgmt SURVEY– Moodle– WebCT– Blackboard– SAKAI– Other– None
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Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
• www.moodle.org• K12 – Higher Ed – Private• Anyone who uses moodle is a moodler• Been moodling around• Moodle is all muddled up
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• Open Source• LAMP
– Web, PHP, SQL• FLC = Windows, PHP, IIS, MYSql• Account Creation• LDAP• CAS • UPortal Channel
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• Moodle Stats Fall 07‐08 Winter 07‐08• Number of courses: 998 937• Number of courses that have been updated since beginning of
semester: 182 174• Highest number logins in a day:
6300 10239(2/3)• Highest number of unique logins in a day:
1400+ 1587(1/20)• Number of Faculty/Staff that have logged in to Moodle this
semester: 89 77• Number of Students that have logged in Moodle this semester:
1989 1938
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Statistics - Monthly
• AWstats
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Statistics – Robots/Spiders
• 19 different robots
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Stability – System Downtime
• This is public• Other hiccups• Slower at high
volume use
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Training – Audience
• All courses have Moodle shells• All Faculty have access from Day 1• Can be difficult to ID who is doing what• Great potential to develop training
schedules & delivery for higher “touch”
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Training – 4 “Legs” To The Table
• Strong learning objectives & outcomes• Assessment tied to objectives, measure• Logical course layout, design, usability• Strong communication with students
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Training – Topics
• How to access courses, change settings• Resources for one-way-out, e.g. syllabus• Interactivity for assessment, communicat’n• Course management for Gradebook• Course mgt. for backup, import, restore• New media files for adult learning styles
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Training – Self-Service Support
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Training – Online Tutorials
• Click below for a web-based tutorial on• How To Add A Syllabus
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Home Page Before / After
• Busy• Calendar
not used to potential
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Home Page Before / After
• Long scroll for courses
• 3 pages to print
• Online users not helpful
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Home Page Before / After
• Uses Site News
• Links to Help files
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Home Page Before / After
• After login, use My Courses
• Prints in one page
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Some Courses – Psyc Testing
• Points to Faculty web page for more info.
• Uses File Directory• Points to publisher’s
website for more info.• Uses Quizzes
extensively
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Some Courses – Music Conducting
• Upload video for visual aid
• Note the format and file sizes
• 6 min. clips• Used Display a
Directory tool
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Some Courses – Computer Science
• Graded Assignment for Moodle Familiarization and Course Policies
• Students upload files• Holds Students
Accountable
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Moodle 1.9 – Preliminary Testing
• Hooray! Gradebook!– Looks much more user-friendly– To be used as the focal point for marketing and
program development to build Faculty buy-in• Uh-Oh: Text Editor is glitchy
– No dialogue box displays for Insert Web Link, change font color, or Insert Image
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Challenges
• Growing Pains with Support Team– Roles, Expectations, Communication Styles
• Integration with SCT Banner Systems– Repeated sync failure taxed Faculty patience
• No protocol for Who uses Moodle & How– Difficult to ID levels of Faculty engagement
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Successes
• Import Test Bank CD files into Questions– Overcame WebCT/Blackboard format types
• Streamlined Manual Remove Students– Tightened up workflow processes for improved
Customer Service• Improved Call Center actions for Moodle
– Reduced most response times to one-hour, same day for improved Customer Service
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Opportunities
• Regularly scheduled Moodle training throughout the semester to build
• Faculty Focus Groups will acknowledge stakeholders and build strong foundations
• Integration with UPortal • Integration with Banner - Grades
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Thank You
Matthew McGlameryDirector, Information Technology
Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado