VLE Development Work PlacementBy Timothy Bryan

The Placement To assess, upgrade, improve and utilise

the current Moodle site for Stockport College.

To work alongside Sarah Donohoe (ELearning Coordinator) part time over a 6-8 week period, assisting with the above, and liaise with Mike Smith (IT Specialist) to help achieve this.

What is a VLE? A VLE is a “Virtual Learning

Environment”. Most educational institutes use them

to :1. Source classroom materials.

2. Provide a place to upload work.3. Provide extra/out of class activities.

Most VLE’s are based on the Moodle platform.

The Original Moodle Site

The VLE - Skoodle Colourful! Uses logo’s for

course areas. “Nav Bar” No more infinite

lists/scrolling!

Logo Scheme

New Functions & Services GSB Blocks Drag and Drop Moodle App Search+ Messaging Tab Display for courses and information.

Extra/Optional Tasks Provide training to staff on how to use

Skoodle. Extra research and study into PHP and

JavaScript. Many hours researching Moodle,

participating on Moodle forums and researching features.

Research on servers and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

What do the users think?Tutors like: The new look and feel. The working drag and

drop. The new features

implemented in the updates with the training on how to use them(ongoing).

Having someone on hand to solve any issues.

Students like: The ease of navigating

course pages. The new look and feel. The touchscreen

accessibility of the site on mobile devices.

Search+ Easy access to student

email.

Demonstration I would now like to take this opportunity

to demonstrate the new VLE and open the floor to any questions:

http://skoodle.stockport.ac.uk

Finished This wraps up the presentation on the

work placement. Thank you very much for your time (and

patience depending on how the demonstrations goes).

Any further questions?