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    Managing the Moodle 2.5 School
    Managing the Moodle 2.5 School
    Managing the Moodle 2.5 School
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    Managing the Moodle 2.5 School

    By Richard Jones

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    Bringing a Learning Management System into a school (ought to) imply changes in classroom practice, teacher organisation and, perhaps, administrative practices.

    The book gives some theoretical background about the need for this change and relates the discussion to the usefulness of Moodle 2.5 in achieving it.

    This book will outline tried and tested strategies for implementing Moodle, consideration of the options that can be included and strategies for professional development of staff.

    In addition the book will also survey the major options that administrators will be faced with when they first install Moodle. We will also touch on the Mahara ePortfolio at times, however, a full discussion of the combination – Mahoodle – is outside the scope of this book. Mahara can easily be installed at the same time as Moodle.

    The book will also cover elements of style as they relate to the building of a Moodle course and cover the reporting options – probably an underused but very useful feature of Moodle.

    Game theory and the Moodle 2.5 Open Badge interface are also covered.

    There is an extensive chapter on the management of courses by Managers or Course Creators which covers course/activity completion, user management and a simplified approach to using the Moodle gradebook.

    Finally some other uses of Moodle in the school will be mentioned briefly.

    This is not a detailed, step by step “How to” book about installing Moodle or how to set up activities, load resources and so on – there is plenty of help for that already on the web and elsewhere. It is more of a “Why to” book, explaining the options and describing what worked for us at The Southport School.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Jones
    Release dateMay 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301914876
    Managing the Moodle 2.5 School
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    Richard Jones

    I am Richard Jones, currently assisting The Southport School in Queensland, Australia to introduce eLearning as a vehicle for pedagogical change. I have been a Senior Examiner for the IB for many years and researched, designed, piloted and developed online workshops in Computer Science from 2006 to 2011. Richard is a Moodler and Educator with 10 year’s experience of the software and has introduced the system to two schools already. He has a background in Computer Science, having taught the subject in High School for 20 years as well as lectured at a New Zealand university. Richard also brings a wealth of Moodle administrative experience having used Moodle since version 1.4. The administration side of Moodle is relatively simple, the real challenge lies in getting teachers to use it and Richard has demonstrated success in this area through professional development programs which have been innovative and interesting.

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      Managing the Moodle 2.5 School - Richard Jones

      Managing Moodle 2.5

      A Guide for Administrators and Educators

      Richard Jones

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Richard Jones

      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      The author will donate a percentage of the net profits from the sale of this book to the Moodle Open Source Project.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author and of all those who contribute to the further development of Moodle.

      About the author

      Richard Jones is a Moodler and Educator with 10 year’s experience of the software and has introduced the system to two schools already. He has a background in Computer Science, having taught the subject in High School for 20 years as well as lectured at a New Zealand university.

      Richard also brings a wealth of Moodle administrative experience having used Moodle since version 1.4. The administration side of Moodle is relatively simple, the real challenge lies in getting teachers to use it and Richard has demonstrated success in this area through professional development programs which have been innovative and interesting.

      Acknowledgements

      The author would like to acknowledge the help and cooperation of the staff of The Southport School in making this book possible. Many of the staff have given and continue to give their time voluntarily and willingly to help implement Moodle and Mahara at the school. Their enthusiasm and energy in support of boy’s education is truly remarkable.

      The author is grateful to the Headmaster of The Southport School, Mr Greg Wain, for permission to use screenshots from the school’s management system Learning@TSS.

      Richard would particularly like to mention the support and leadership of Ms Jo Inglis without whom, Learning@TSS would not have been the success it is and thus, this book never written.

      At the same time it should be noted that any error or advice which is contained in these pages is solely the responsibility of the author.

      A list of references to published work will be found at the end of the book. These are indicated in the text by numbers in square brackets, for example [1].

      Support

      Supporting documents, sample forms. Further links and a discussion forum are available at http://richardnz.net/course/view.php?id=29

      Dedication

      Richard would like to dedicate this book to his wife Hanna Jones for so many years of patient support and encouragement.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Introducing Moodle

      Chapter 1 Adminstrator’s Overview

      Planning

      The Front Page

      Administrator Options

      Chapter 2 Planning and Implementation

      Working with Roles

      Authentication

      The Test Server

      Courses and Categories

      Themes and Theming

      Chapter 3 Staff Professional Development

      Pre-installation

      Post-installation

      Auditing

      Chapter 4 Making More of Moodle

      Course Style Guide

      Game Theory and Moodle (including open badges)

      Moodle Course Reports

      Chapter 5 Course management for teachers

      Managing users

      Managing course completion

      Managing gradebooks and assignments

      Chapter 6 Further Uses of Moodle in the School

      References

      Introduction

      Bringing a Learning Management System into a school (ought to) imply changes in classroom practice, teacher organisation and, perhaps, administrative practices. The book gives some theoretical background about the need for this change and relates the discussion to the usefulness of Moodle in achieving it.

      This book will outline tried and tested strategies for implementing Moodle, consideration of the options that can be included and strategies for professional development of staff.

      In addition the book will also survey the major options that administrators will be faced with when they first install Moodle. We will also touch on the Mahara ePortfolio at times, however, a full discussion of the combination – Mahoodle – is outside the scope of this book. Mahara can easily be installed at the same time as Moodle.

      The book will also cover elements of style as they relate to the building of a Moodle course and cover the reporting options – probably an underused but very useful feature of Moodle.

      Finally some other uses of Moodle in the school will be mentioned briefly.

      This is not a detailed, step by step How to book about installing Moodle or how to set up activities, load resources and so on – there is plenty of help for that already on the web and elsewhere. It is more of a Why to book, explaining the options and describing what worked for us at The Southport School.

      How will this book help?

      This book reviews the need for schools to change their practice and gives the necessary pedagogical underpinning for the use of a Learning Management System like Moodle. It does not stop there however, as it provides many hints and

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