VLE - Integration with Moodle George Holt R/Manager New Learning Technologies [email protected] P +61 2 6938 1323 LTT Blog: http://blog.rit.tafensw.edu.au/LTT/ Project Website: tinyurl.com/rienable @GeorgeHolt1 http://www.slideshare.net/georgeholt39
VLE - Integration
with Moodle
George Holt R/Manager New Learning Technologies
P +61 2 6938 1323
LTT Blog: http://blog.rit.tafensw.edu.au/LTT/
Project Website: tinyurl.com/rienable
@GeorgeHolt1
http://www.slideshare.net/georgeholt39
My Journey to MEDMOOT13
Using Education to grow opportunities
Gundagai
TAFENSW Riverina Institute
Dealing with the challenges of distance and population
Integration – An elusive pot of GOLD
PLN
PLE
PCG
PRG
Roles and Functions
Staff TrainingNaming
Conventions
Automation
Universal Design
IntegrationSystems
Contingency Plans
Taxonomy
PLN
PLE
PCG
PRG
Roles and Functions
Staff Training
Naming
Conventions
Automation
Universal Design
Integration
SystemsContingency Plans
Taxonomy
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
An integrated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Riverina Institute (RI) Learning Management System (LMS)
Moodle as an integration tool
TAFE NSW Riverina Institute Learning Environment
> Autonomy - Individualism
> Creativity
> Brilliance
> Genius
> CHAOS!
CREATIVE CHAOS!
CREATIVE HARMONY!
Systemic development
LMS Structural Models – Finding Balance
Structure & Templates
Unit Based Model
1:Many
Many:Many
Modular design
Unit Based ModelEffective clustering
Cohort – Unit Model
Faculty Landing Pages
Cohort Landing Pages
STAFF ROLES AND FUNCTIONS
CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
Skill development based on specific training to support teams at all levels
from the strategic to the operational
Automation
Bulk course upload
•Import groups -http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Import_groups
•Templates
•Bulk users actions -Cohort, groups and groupings
> http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Bulk_c
ourse_upload
> https://github.com/piersharding/moo
dle-tool_uploadcourse
Import groups
> http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Im
port_groups
Course Application Process
> Landing Page(s)
> Cohort Site
> Units of competence or clusters of units
> Course Metadata to link to
– Learner Analytics
– Business Metrics
Landing Page Site Application - Riverina InstituteShould this be a text field? Or omitted
*Application
Completed by
*Landing Page Full
Name
*Summary Program Area Campus *Landing Page Type or Template *Landing Page Site
Coordinator
*Quality Assurer Teacher(s) Non Editing Teachers *Start Date *End Date *Estimated Archive Date *Linking to? Comments
Email of person
completing this form
eg ICT Teaching Dept Provide a short 1-2 line summary of site purpose.
This information is viewable by users browsing the
Moodle server
select the relevant program area for
this site
if applicable eg. Business Line, MET line, program area, domain
area (sub-program)
DEC username of who is going to
edit or manage this site space - can
be more than one teacher
DEC username of staff
member that will be
responsible for QA
check of this site prior
to release to students
DEC username (comma
separated) of staff who need
"teacher" role and therefore
rights to edit site content
add the DEC username (comma
separated) of staff to be added
to the site in the non-editing
teacher role
please specify
expected date site will
need to go live or
accept enrolments
mm/dd/yyyy
enter the known or estimated
end date mm/dd/yyyy OR
enter rolling-enrollments
end date when site can be
backed up for archiving and
then deleted
What other landing page or
cohort sites will this landing
page link to? Insert site
shortname or URL for each site
to be linked to separated by
commas
If you have used 'other' in any field or would like to add
relevant notes please enter them here
Moodle Backups
> Summary
> ==================================================
> Courses: 914
> OK: 79
> Skipped: 540
> Error: 295
> Unfinished: 0
> Warning: 0
>
> Some of your courses weren't saved!!
>
> Please take a look at your backup logs:
>
> We need partial Moodle site resets
> Structure and clustering matters!
Error: 295!
• Templates
• Clustering
• Cohorts
• Groups
• User Engagement
Scope and Design
• Planning
• Resources
Enrolments• Courses
• Skills sets
Roll books• Class Groups
The missing link?
Import groups
Bulk Course Upload
Learner Analytics
> Don’t oversimplify! Kaizen could be small steps
in the wrong direction!
> Virtual Learning Environments VLE
> ADVANCED MOODLE SKILLS
– Automate creation of courses
– Automate addition of students
into cohorts, groups, groupings
> SYSTEMS
– Systems to talk together (Advertising,
enrolment, Moodle and ePortfolio’s)
> PLANNING
– Start planning earlier and in more detail
> Team based development
> CULTURE
– Sharing, planning and delegation for
accountability
THE CHALLENGES