Introduction to Moodle
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- The document discusses an agenda for a presentation on the Moodle learning management system (LMS), including an overview of Moodle, a live demo, and a follow-up question and answer session. - Moodle is an open source LMS and the world's leading LMS in terms of satisfaction and market share. It has core features like user management, course management, content management, and assessment capabilities. - Popular extensions allow for additional functionality like classroom courses, webinars, and e-commerce. The presenters will be available after to answer any questions.
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Introduction to Moodle
- 1. Moodle LMS Mark Aberdour, Head of Open Source Solutions Craig Taylor, Solutions Consultant
- 2. Moodle overview (5 mins) Live demo (30 mins) Moodle follow up (10 mins) Questions (10 mins) Please ask questions as we go… Agenda
- 4. What is Moodle? The world’s leading LMS in terms of satisfaction and market share Open source – zero license fees, large community, freedom to amend Mature, robust, scalable platform Fully re-brandable
- 5. E-learning Guild 2010 Top 3: Moodle, Blackboard, TotalLMS Moodle has highest satisfaction for: Ease of installation Cost Reporting capabilities Time to implement Living up to promises Assessment capabilities Migrating content and customization.
- 6. Core features User management Course management Content assignment Content access (e-learning, m-learning, files) Activity access (wiki, workshop, forum, chat, blog) Assessment (quiz, assignments) Learner/course tracking Reporting and analytics Content authoring Content management
- 7. Popular extensions Classroom courses Webinars E-commerce Certificates Organisation structure Enhanced reporting Continuing Professional Development
- 8. Poll How familiar are you with Moodle? Not at all I have basic familiarity I am an expert user
- 9. Demo
- 10. Moodle community
- 11. Which Moodle version? Moodle 2.1 is latest version Moodle 1.9 support being phased out Major release every 6 months, each receives 18 months of official support Some commercial distributions have emerged, but are lagging 12 months behind and lack open community benefits ‘ Flavours’ now launched, featuring Moodle core + packaged extensions
- 12. The open source advantage No license costs Avoid vendor lock in Mitigation of vendor collapse Mitigation of product discontinuation Enhanced reliability Rapid fixes and patches Ease of customisation
- 13. What stage in the LMS implementation cycle are you? Short-listing Final evaluations/selection Implementation Already rolled out Considering a replacement Poll
- 14. Implementation considerations E-learning, face-to-face, blend Content authoring / libraries Learner journey / instructional design Desktop, tablet, mobile LMS setup, customisation, hosting, support – in-house / external
- 15. Contact our team: Craig Taylor Solutions Consultant [email_address] Mark Aberdour Head of Open Source Solutions [email_address]
- 16. Questions?