scottish moodle users group (smug)
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Scottish Moodle Users Group (SMUG) – in a nutshell
SMUG: History
First SMUG meeting28 February 2006
Moodle awareness dayDecember 2005
SMUG: Community driven
SMUG: Facilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs
Carol WalkereLearning Advisor (Learning Technology)JISC RSC Scotland North & East
Theresa DuffyeAdvisor: Higher EducationCoordination ManagementJISC RSC Scotland South & West
SMUG: Community generated aims
Scottish Moodle Landscape – FE (about 40%)
Scottish Moodle Landscape – HE (about 15%)
SMUG: Typical meeting
2- 3 times per year
Half-day meetingVenue alternates between the two RSCs
(Unless an institution volunteers tohost the event)
One or two presentations – often an institutional Show & Tell
Discussion
SMUG: Typical meeting – recent topics
Recent topicsGoogle Wave
Mr Cute Moodle Repository system
Moodle Easy Reader
“Moodle Style” – looking at theme and course design
Gradebook and the hottest new features of Moodle 1.9
Getting to grips with Mahara
New question Types for Moodle 1.9
SMUG: Martin Dougiamas – Mr Moodle
Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Creator
“Moodle is a complete course management system. It started out as a hobby, grew into the subject of my PhD thesis, and has become my life.”
After the 2007 Moodlemoot in Milton Keynes, Martin came up to Scotland and did a presentation for the SMUG Forum and Learning & Technology Unitat the University of Glasgow
Communication: SMUG JISCmail list
This list has been created to facilitate the sharing of information and promote local support between Scottish educational institutions who are using Moodle as their VLE.
This list has been created to facilitate the sharing of information and promote local support between Scottish educational institutions who are using Moodle as their VLE.
jiscmail.ac.uk/smugjiscmail.ac.uk/smug
Open to all FE & HE
No Commercial members
Publically accessible archive
s-mug.org.uk
Communication: SMUG Website (under development)
Scottish Moodle Users Group (SMUG) – in a nutshell
Community drivenFacilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs2-3 Face-to-face meetings per yearOpen to all FE and HE staff
Community drivenFacilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs2-3 Face-to-face meetings per yearOpen to all FE and HE staff
Photo Attributions
Slide 1: Nuts http://www.flickr.com/photos/12953668@N00/3041321336Slide 10: Martin Dougiamas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mberry/199514721/