BETT 2015: Moodle and Microsoft, Better Together
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The document discusses the integration of Moodle with Microsoft Office tools, highlighting features like single sign-on, calendar synchronization, OneDrive repositories, and Office Mix for interactive content. It emphasizes the benefits for teachers and students, including easy access, offline work capabilities, and mobile-friendly options. Additionally, it provides guidance on getting started with the integration and looks ahead to future enhancements and community collaboration.
BETT 2015: Moodle and Microsoft, Better Together
- 1. Moodle + Microsoft: Better Together INTRODUCING MOODLE PLUGINS FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE Jason Cole CEO Doug Mahugh Technical Evangelist
- 3. A Bold Bet in Openness “We’re convinced that openness is good for our customers, good for the community and good for our business.” - Jean Paoli, President, Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.
- 4. Agenda Overview Features Single Sign-On Calendar Integration OneDrive Repositories Office Mix OneNote Workflow Getting Started Q&A
- 6. New Capabilities Sign on to Moodle with the ID you use for Office 365. Moodle calendar entries automatically copied to personal Office 365 calendars. Students can complete assignments and receive feedback in OneNote. Office Mix interactive content can easily be integrated into courses. Documents in OneDrive for Business linked with Moodle courses, and updates appear automatically in Moodle.
- 7. Benefits for Teachers and Students Easy access. No additional credentials to remember. Work offline. Include Office documents created on any device – even without an Internet connection. Mobile friendly. Moodle calendar events can be synced with Office 365 and show up in mobile devices including Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Classroom ready. Teachers can add interactive Office Mix lectures in Moodle courses, manage Moodle assignment submissions through OneNote, and store Moodle course documents on OneDrive.
- 8. Features Single Sign-On Calendar Integration OneDrive Repositories Office Mix OneNote Workflow
- 9. Single Sign-On Logging in with Office 365 gives Moodle access to documents in OneDrive, Outlook calendar, etc. If you’re already logged in, don’t have to log in again Moodle is one click away, in the Office 365 app launcher Moodle login
- 10. Calendar Integration When teacher schedules events (lectures, office hours, etc), they are copied to personal calendars of students and teachers. Personal calendars may be viewed on the web, in Outlook, or on mobile devices. When calendar events are rescheduled, personal calendars are updated. Can configure which Moodle calendars are synched: site calendar, course calendar, student calendar. Moodle calendar Office 365 calendar
- 11. OneDrive Repositories Moodle repositories enable users to easily bring content into Moodle from external sources including local files, server files, YouTube, Wikimedia, and many others. The Office 365 plugin set includes a OneDrive repository plugin, making OneDrive a first-class repository in Moodle. You can choose to either copy the resource to Moodle or leave the resource on OneDrive and create a link to it (for dynamic content). Offline Editing – you can synch your OneDrive document library to your local drive, then work on it offline, and it will synch to the cloud (and Moodle) when you're online again.
- 12. Office Mix http://mix.office.com Free tool for interactive online lessons Authoring experience is a PowerPoint add-in Interactive elements including quizzes, polls, and custom interactive elements from Khan Academy and others Share easily in the cloud, can be viewed from any device Comprehensive analytics provide insights into how viewers interact with content
- 13. Microsoft Distinguished Scientist Anoop Gupta demonstrates how to embed interactive Office Mix content in Moodle
- 14. View student’s submission in OneNote, provide feedback in OneNote. Create assignment, embed content from Office if desired. Teacher Student Assignment appears in course notebook, student can work offline, on the web or on mobile device. Review teacher’s feedback. Assignment/Feedback Workflow
- 15. Create a OneNote Assignment Same process as usual for creating an assignment in Moodle. Two new options to select: “OneNote submissions” to indicate that students can do homework in OneNote. “Feedback OneNote” to indicate that the teacher will provide feedback in OneNote.
- 17. Student begins work on assignment in OneNote
- 18. Student completes assignment in OneNote
- 19. Teacher begins grading submissions
- 21. Teacher gives feedback in OneNote
- 22. Teacher notifies students of completed grading/feedback
- 24. Student reviews feedback in OneNote
- 25. Potential Class Assignments Field trip reflection with pictures Data gathering in the field Annotated web bibliography Lecture Notes Submit recordings Pictures and drawings for annotation
- 26. Getting Started HOW TO GET IT, WHERE TO LEARN MORE
- 27. Two plugins: Office 365 and Microsoft Services Office 365 plugin Single Sign-On with Office 365 Office Mix integration OneDrive integration Calendar integration Moodle plugin directory: https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_office 365 GitHub repo: https://github.com/MSOpenTech/moodle- local_office365 Microsoft Services plugin OneNote integration (for assignments and feedback) Office Mix integration Moodle plugin directory: https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_ microsoftservices GitHub repo: https://github.com/MSOpenTech/mood le-local_microsoftservices
- 28. Azure Certified VM Image Supported by Remote-Learner Fully supported and maintained Moodle installations in the Azure Cloud. Configured and optimized to provide high performance and immediate value. Installation subscription includes: approved, configured and maintained Moodle codebase access to our support portal for two identified contacts over 40 high-value, approved third-party add-ons one seat in our LearningSpaces® training program Learn more in the Azure Marketplace.
- 29. Learn more about how to use Office tools in Education Office Mix in Education: https://mix.office.com/watch/14iqkll3cdyv OneNote for Teachers: http://www.onenoteforteachers.com/ OneNote Class Notebook Creator: https://store.office.com/app.aspx?ui=en-US&rs=en- US&ad=US&assetid=WA104371260&appredirect=fals e&fromAR=1
- 30. Plugins developed “The Moodle Way” Fully open source plugins Available through Moodle plugin repository and GitHub Collaborating with Moodle partners and user community Enhancements to community source: Oidc plugin – enable SSO with Office 365, Google, Facebook, others Oembed plugin – applies to Office Mix, Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare Ongoing commitment to future roadmap
- 31. Looking Forward MS Open Tech and Remote-Learner are committed to evolving the project Improve document embedding OneNote for Business integration Office365 video integration Your opinion counts: what would you like to see next? Expansion to non-English markets: Microsoft is working with Remote-Learner to bring Moodle Partners on board in other markets
- 32. Q&A