How to add a single Echo video to Moodle Coursepage
Having movies held within Echo360 means that you don’t have to resize them, as the system takes care of the streaming.
However you want to avoid forcing your students to have to search for a video amongst a whole collection within Echo360.
This is possible by linking directly to a particular video on the moodle page. Continue reading
Moodle Workshop Activity
Workshop is a powerful peer assessment activity. At UOC we use it with a marking Rubric and students peer assess each others presentations live online for the whole 100 students in TI year in Hauora Maori
Students submit their own work and then receive a number of submissions from other students which they must assess according to the teacher’s specifications. (They may also assess their own work if the teacher requests this.) Text may be typed directly into Moodle’s editor, or files of any type may be uploaded, as long as others have the software to view them. The teacher can decide whether to show or hide the identities of the students to each other when assessing is taking place.
Two grades are given and appear in the Gradebook: a grade for the student’s own submission and a grade for the quality of their peer assessment skills.
Tagging Moodle Resources for the Curriculum Map
By tagging resources within Moodle, the curriculum map will automatically display this link on the appropriate Core Element, such as Core Presentations, Core Professional Activities and Core Conditions.
The resource sits within Moodle, so will only be accessible by medical students and staff. But you can see the link without a login. You can tag anything within Moodle, from PDFs, to quizzes, to wikis and glossaries. Continue reading
Moodle Glossary Activity
The glossary activity module allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.
Glossary can be used in many ways. The entries can be searched or browsed in different formats. A glossary can be a collaborative activity or be restricted to entries made by the teacher. Entries can be put in categories. The auto-linking feature will highlight any word in the course which is located in the glossary.
Learn more here How to use a glossary here Even make a quiz from your glossary entries
Moodle Quiz Activity
The Moodle quiz activity is probably the best assessment and learning tool in Moodle. Set it so that the quiz becomes a learning exercise with feedback as they go through it or as a summative assessment to a final grade. Moodle quiz has loads of question types to make it more interesting than that boring MCQ. Continue reading
Moodle Assignment Activity
The assignment activity provides a space into which students can submit work for teachers to grade and give feedback on. This saves on paper and is more efficient than email. It can also be used to remind students of ‘real-world’ assignments they need to complete offline, such as art work, and thus not require any digital content.
Student submissions are together on one screen of your course. You can require them to submit one or several files and/or to type text essays. It is possible to have them submit work as a group and you can also choose as a teacher to grade their work ‘blind’ in other words not to see the identities of those who have submitted assignments. Assignments can have deadlines and cut off dates – which you can also extend if necessary.
Moodle Attendance and Checklists
UOC has been taking digital attendance into Moodle for the past 2 years. They use Moodle Checklist and the Attendance plugins to do this. Students scan their student ID at the door and the attendance is signed off in Moodle for the students to keep track of.
Find out more about Checklists here
Find out more about the Attendance plug in here
Moodle Scheduler Activity
Moodle Forum activity
The forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of a ‘thread’. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts. The teacher can choose to rate forum posts and it is also possible to give students permission to rate each others’ posts.
Considering Course Design
When developing an online course, either as a standalone or as part of a blended learning programme that includes a face-to-face component, it is important to consider how that online component will be used by the student. As you prepare for the new year, think about these five considerations for designing a course online. Continue reading
