Comments on: Moodle Advice for New Users http://budtheteacher.com/blog/2007/06/13/moodle-advice-for-new-users/ Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning Mon, 21 May 2012 14:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pam Shoemaker http://budtheteacher.com/blog/2007/06/13/moodle-advice-for-new-users/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Pam Shoemaker Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:38:21 +0000 http://budtheteacher.com/blog/?p=525#comment-1088 I facilitated a full-scale project in Moodle for all of our 8th graders - about 1,200 of them and learned many things along the way. First of all, make sure your server can handle the amount of use that will occur (as you might have guessed, our server crashed). Moodle requires users to have an email account to sign up. If your district doesn't provide one, you'll need to figure out a plan for what the students will enter in that field. Students loved the chat feature (actually it was a mixed blessing, the teachers asked for this feature to be turned off after about a week....). We included Unitedstreaming videos (using Assignment Builder), but found out that there was a conflict with IE and therefore we needed to use Firefox. The ability for students to upload files is very nice and saves paper. The students LOVE getting quick feedback and having the ability to re-submit assingments. Enjoy the rest of your training. Using Moodle is lots of fun! I facilitated a full-scale project in Moodle for all of our 8th graders – about 1,200 of them and learned many things along the way. First of all, make sure your server can handle the amount of use that will occur (as you might have guessed, our server crashed). Moodle requires users to have an email account to sign up. If your district doesn’t provide one, you’ll need to figure out a plan for what the students will enter in that field. Students loved the chat feature (actually it was a mixed blessing, the teachers asked for this feature to be turned off after about a week….). We included Unitedstreaming videos (using Assignment Builder), but found out that there was a conflict with IE and therefore we needed to use Firefox.

The ability for students to upload files is very nice and saves paper. The students LOVE getting quick feedback and having the ability to re-submit assingments. Enjoy the rest of your training. Using Moodle is lots of fun!

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