Using Moodle to build an e-learning website

Topic: Using Moodle

to build an e-learning website

Hoang Quang Huy

Hanoi, 4/2009

Content

What is Moodle?Who use Moodle?What can Moodle do?Using Moodle to build an e-learning website

Moodle Logo

What is Moodle?

Moodle is a free web-based open source course management system (CMS). It has been designed to help educators create effective online learning communities.

• Moodle is an ideal solution for online learning in

– Schools– Colleges / Universities– Companies

• MOODLE is the abbreviation Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

What can Moodle do?

You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a University with 200,000 students.Open access to world-wide information with teacher controlDifferentiate learning & accommodate multiple learning stylesCreate communication & collaboration channels

Moodle Community

• Moodle has a large and diverse user community with over 400,000 registered users on this site alone, speaking over 75 languages in 208 countries

• Moole can support over 70 languages• In Vietnam there are 166 (7/2008), 248 sites

using Moodle

Who uses Moodle ?

Moodle in world map

Who uses Moodle ?

Registered sites: 45887 (53321)Courses: 2011652Users: 20879267Teachers: 1917147Enrolments: 20975592Forum posts: 24911610Resources: 14955326Quiz questions: 19137467 (http://moodle.org/stats)

• There are 279 sites with more than 10000 users.

• The site with the most users is The Open University with 3590 courses and 452483 users.

• The site with the most courses is E-learning na VUT with 19223 courses and 41305 users.

(http://moodle.org/stats)

Moodle in Vietnam

Using Moode

• Moodle consists of 3 functions:Courses ManagementLearner ManagementWebsite Management

Course creaters can do more with lists of menu

Courses management

AssignmentChat Choice DialogueForum GlossaryHot, potatoes, QuizJournal

Courses management

Lesson Quiz Resource SCORMSurveyWiki Workshop

Configuring courses

CategoryFull Name Format Course start date Enrolment durationNumber of weeks/topics Enrolment key Guest accessShow grades Force language

SCORM, RELOAD

SCORM is a standard for packing a lecture

Tool to pack a lecture with SCORM standard

Creating courses is one of things that can be done with CMS like Moodle. Moodle has to manage learner in many different ways. Such as: Information about a learner in a cours.

Ability to divide learners into groups.

Managing grade, reporting access of learners

Learner management

Learner management

ParticipantEach learner (participant) has his own profile

• Group

Moodle allows teachers to create many group

Learners

Login– Easy, friendly– Anytime, anywhere– Email informing– Private key to enroll– Time duration and language

Llinks show you where you are in website

Quizzes and Results

Quizzes

Login

Login (2)

Doing Quizz

Doing Quizz (2)

Doing Quizz (3)

Doing Quizz (4)

Quizz Results

Quizzes Results (2)

Why Moodle???

"Moodle is a real gift to forward thinking educators."

Moodle Deployment

Setup Moodle* Use LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) or WAMP (Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP) * Download Moodle and install with its easy manual* Customize and localize Moodle as you like

AchievementBuilding an e-learning Website with 20 courses packaged by Reload Editor software at http://fit.uct.edu.vn/coursesCourses with various resource

• PDF• PowerPoint• HTML/XML

You should have a look ?

Moodle Resources

• Moodle Website http://moodle.com• Dowload : http://moodle.com/download• Moodle Vietnam Community http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=45• Website of Education Network

http://el.edu.net.vn• Jason Cole, “Using Moodle ” , O'Reilly, 2005• William H. Rice IV, « Moodle - E-Learning

Course Development  », Packt Publishing, 2006

Thank for listening!

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