Moodle possible integrations - Wissam Nahas
- 1. MOODLE POSSIBLE INTEGRATIONS Wissam Nahas - eLearning Manager American University of Beirut - AUB
- 2. Outline Learning Management System at AUB Accomplished integrations Registration system - Banner Turnitin - Plagiarism prevention system Mahara - ePortfolio LMS growth @ AUB Ongoing integrations - What’s next? Student profile image from the ID center Course description Student final grade to Banner Q & A
- 3. American University of Beirut - AUB Founded in 1866 Top university in the ME Middle States' accreditation 64 buildings over an area of 61-acre More than 100 programs Around 8000 students Faculty to students ratio: 1/13
- 4. Learning Management System @ AUB WebCT - Fall 2001 Moodle - Summer 2005 80% of AUB course-sections use Moodle Course delivery: Web-enhanced & Blended format A couple of online courses Moodle 2 Piloting Moodle 2 – Summer 2012 Official move to Moodle 2 – Fall 2012 Running Moodle 2.4 Moodle 2.6 this Summer
- 5. Integration - Registration system (Banner) Problems faced: Manual creation of accounts in Moodle Too many passwords Manual enrollment Out dated student list – during “drop & add” period Accounts on-hold are not reflected in Moodle Dis-continue accounts after graduation
- 6. Process Automated script Reads from Banner Run daily after midnight Groups of students per section Push the groups into Active Directory Under student organizational unit Creating organizational unit for every role (Instructor, Co-instructor…) Groups are created based on Moodle “Course ID” CourseID_CourseNumber_SectionNumer_InstructorEmail BIOL_201_1_wissamn Changed every semester Integration - Registration system (Banner)
- 7. Integration - Registration system (Banner) Active Directory Registration system – (Banner) Moodle Push data daily at midnight Bind settings
- 8. Advantages Same username & password – uniform convention Up-to-date account status – students, staff & faculty Students are added automatically to courses Up-to-date student list during the “drop & add period” Integration - Registration system (Banner)
- 9. Integration - Turnitin (Plagiarism Prevention System) TurnitinMoodle TurnitinMoodle Submissions to Assignments only Submissions to Assignments & Forums Similarity report Similarity report Grade & feedback Grade, feedback & similarity report Access is denied
- 10. Problems faced Two separate applications Different credentials Duplicate work for faculty in Moodle & Turnitin Student enrollment in Turnitin Assignments are saved in Turnitin servers only Discussion forums in Moodle are not checked Integration - Turnitin
- 11. Process Moodle plug-in vs. Turnitin plug-in Moodle plug-in (1.9.x) Turnitin plug-in (2.2.x) Back to Moodle plug-in (2.4) We recommend Moodle plug-in Integration - Turnitin Moodle plug-in Turnitin plug-in Files are saved in Moodle Files are saved in Turnitin Settings within the Assignment activity Separate activity Easy process Synchronization is needed upon creation and with every edit
- 12. Advantages One platform/interface One credential Work is done once on Moodle Grading is done once on Moodle Submissions (Assignments & Forums) are saved locally Promote the use of forums Integration - Turnitin
- 13. Integration - Turnitin Turnitin settings in Moodle Assignment & Forum activity
- 14. Integration - Mahara (ePortfolio) Problems faced Two separate applications Different credentials No data exchanged from one application to another Instructors need to check both applications for assessment
- 15. Integration - Mahara (ePortfolio) Process Assigning Moodle as the Master application Single Sign On New Mahara assignment activity in Moodle Student can submit one of the views from their collection in Mahara to be assessed in Moodle Outcomes can be added to views in Mahara from Moodle
- 16. Advantages Users can navigate from Moodle to Mahara and vice versa without login Instructors can view student’s ePortfolios without going to Mahara Outcomes feedback pushed back to Mahara Benefit from the group creation in Moodle Integration - Mahara (ePortfolio)
- 17. Integration - Mahara (ePortfolio) Single Sign On Mahara Assignment
- 18. LMS Growth @ AUB - Update
- 19. Ongoing integrations Student profile image from the ID center Course description Student final grade to Banner What’s next?
- 20. Thank you! Contact information: Wissam Nahas wissam.nahas@aub.edu.lb Questions!