Welcome to Moodle at Mission College

What is Moodle?

• Information on moodle - http://1moodle.pbwiki.com

• definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
• Origin of the name - The word Moodle is actually an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment ,although originally the M stood for "Martin", named after Martin Dougiamas, the original developer.

Student Guides

• Student Guide to navigate moodle - click here
• Student and Faculty Guide - powerpoint - http://www.cruzteach.com/cabrillo/file.php/1/StudentMoodleGuide.ppt

Facutly Guides

*Faculty Guide - from Finland - excellent

• quickstart in Moodle - http://learn.humboldt.edu/mod/resource/view.php?id=12468
• do's and don't - click here
• Faculty Training Manual - http://moodle.tokem.fi/mod/book/view.php?id=5116
• Teacher Documentation - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation
• Moodle Content Manual - http://www.humboldt.edu/~moodle/instructor/manual/index.html
• Intro to Moodle for Faculty - http://learn.humboldt.edu/mod/book/print.php?id=8730
• quiz format - aiken-format

What can Moodle do for me?

1. Forums
2. Assignments - http://moodle.org/mod/assignment/index.php?id=34
3. Content managing (resources)
4. Quizzes with different kinds of questions -http://moodle.org/mod/quiz/index.php?id=34
5. Blogs
6. Wikis - http://moodle.org/mod/wiki/view.php?id=4144
7. Database activities
8. Surveys
9. Chat
10. Glossaries - http://moodle.org/mod/glossary/index.php?id=34
11. Peer assessment
12. A Choice is like a poll. In this case the activity is set to display anonymous results to you after you have made your choice - http://moodle.org/mod/choice/view.php?id=2313
13. Hot Potatoe Quizzes - http://moodle.org/mod/hotpot/view.php?id=4145
14. Lessons Modules - http://moodle.org/mod/lesson/view.php?id=2321
15. download notepad2 for use in importing quizzes in GIFT format - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html (avoids cutting off question stems that have apostrophes in them)

Resources

• Moodle Docs - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation
• moodle support - http://moodle.org/
• moodle documentation - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_Page
• moodle beginner's manual - http://moodle.tokem.fi/mod/book/view.php?id=5114&chapterid=98
• teacher's moodle documentation - http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation
• getting the lay of "moodle" land - http://profj.us/moodle/moodleintro.htm
• setting up activities in moodle - http://learn.humboldt.edu/mod/book/view.php?id=8730&chapterid=1713
• moodle guide - http://learn.humboldt.edu/course/view.php?id=3765
• great moodle videos from Cornell - http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/moodle_doc/
• lead developer of moodle