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What is Moodle?
Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. It’s a software called learning management system. It is designed to be collaborative.  Students and teachers can work together and talk to each other because sometimes they are scared or they don’t have time in person.

You can do lots of things in Moodle. For example, you can access your class work and talk to other students about the work that you are doing in case you are a bit late or you have missed a class for that class, talk on forums, you can also submit assignments in it from home so if your away from school on the day that an assignment is due in you could post it on Moodle and get someone to tell your teacher where it is and that way it isn’t late in. And more.

Here is one explanation of Moodle compared to Lego blocks (double click the screen to play full screen)

"What is Moodle" explained with Lego (full version) from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.

Here is a link to the presentation used in the clip.

http://www.slideshare.net/moodlefan/what-is-moodle-explained-with-lego-presentation

Article author: Kathleen Heathcote

How to insert files and folders in Moodle?
Teachers use folders to store there files in Moodle so that it would be easier for them to find work that they have seperated into folders. Teachers suggest that making a hole new file is easier because you can just store everything in one folder.

Who benefits it? The teacher can benefit the net by making differant files and folders for differant year's of students. Students can benifit on it, because they would be able to open a course that is there task and can find information. 

For us students it's easy to just open a document with one click. We can open it, download it, edit it, store it and so on. Thus saves a lot of time and hassle of trying to find things and copying.

Here is a clip about working with files and folders in Moodle. You can really do all this if you have a Teacher role in Moodle.

Working with files and folders from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.

If you want to look at how to upload a file to Moodle click on this link to see a clip.

http://vimeo.com/channels/44004#4956818

If you want to look at how to sort files in folders in Moodle click on this link to see a clip.

http://vimeo.com/channels/44004#4958332

Article author: Eryn Savell

How to create links to websites in Moodle?

This is very useful to teachers and students.

You don’t need to spend your time writing the website on the board everytime your students are on the computer. Just make a website link and your students can visit it anytime they like at school or at home to do there homework if there is any information they need. As you have read above it is every easy to make a link and you can make one anytime you like. This is only for teachers and not students and links need to be work related with what subject you are teaching.

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Here is a clip that explains how create a link to a website (see my written instructions below if you are stuck).

Adding website links from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.

There is also a way to create a whole list of websites on one page in Moodle. Click this link to watch the clip

http://vimeo.com/channels/44004#4958958

Here is a quick text on how to add a link to website. You need to have a Teacher role.

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How to Login to Moodle?
Well, you need to have a username and a password to log into Moodle.

Because we don't want to publish details about passwords here, you will need to ask Russell, the library ladies, Mr Olynyk or Mr Lasic and they will help you. It's pretty simple too.

Here is a clip about logging in to Moodle

Login to Moodle from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.


Article author: Stevie-Skye Barlow
Why do we have Moodle at our school?
We have Moodle at our school so that we students will be able to see ours and other people’s comments. This can also help us on what people think about what we think because its there for us to be able to socialise with other people. With this we can communicate with each other in school to help each other with our tasks, to get information about our assignments and most importantly we can access Moodle in any computer in school and we can use it anytime in school even lunch to do our homework so that we can do it while were in school.

We have it in school because in this past years we were using computers a lot of times that’s for us to be interested. Students are the ones that really like to use computer so Moodle makes it much easier to our class works.

Here is a clip about Moodle at our school.

How can Moodle change a school (Part 1) from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.

Article author: Keith Aurea

How to start and use a forum in Moodle?
Forums can be a very useful tool in education in this day and age. Forums have many advantages in getting students opinions and views on the subject you are researching.

One good thing you can get out of forums is to be able to see the some of the views individual students express in the topics you are researching.

Also a student can have a look at other students’ entries and discover something they may have not have thought of, therefore learning more about the topic.

Students who might not be vocally social will express their opinions more openly on a forum than in front of a class.

There are a few different types of forums in Moodle and they all have some different advantage for use is class or our of class.

Those are only some of the reasons why forums we have in Moodle are a useful tool in education. They are actually not hard to set up. Here is a clip about how you can do that.

Opening a forum from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.


Article author: Aaron Hutchinson
How to use assignments in Moodle?
Assignments are great for sending work to teachers when you want to and get some feedback from the teacher really quickly. Teacher sets the assignment and writes you what students need to do in the task. When the students are done, they can just upload the files and teachers get it all on one sheet where they can look at your work and download it they need to. It's really easy for teachers to comment too and see when you sent the file because sometimes you send it from home and late at night.

Here is a little clip about how to set an assignment if you are a teacher.

Setting an Assignment from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.

What are some of the popular things to do with Moodle?
Moodle has a range of different popular activites. For each course there can be a variety of activities that are related to that course. There are things like files, forums, videos, blogs, games, wikis, quizzes and so on.

Teacher resource: Websites and files. This is designed for teachers to submit information, this saves time when students have to go searching for sites and files, because it’s all there with one click.

Forums: Forums are designed to help get a topic started and start a discussion. This helps people because they can view what other people have said and will understand more.

Quiz: Quizes are good because anyone can get involved. They can put their own opinion in and test their skill or what they know.

Wiki: Wikis are very helpful in many ways because its a way to express ideas, opinions, and information but working together.

Messaging system: The messaging system is rarely on because of some students not using it responsibly. But when it is, its a good way for students and teachers to communicate, swap information or help each other.

Article author: Chloe Caudle
How popular is Moodle?
Moodle is growing at our school and around the world dramatically. It is becoming more and more popular everyday with students, teachers, and people that find it a useful source to gather information for research to make their learning and education improve and to learn more about technology and understand the actual meaning of actually having this site. We can all improve this way.

Moodle is a great advantage for the students and teachers to learn about new things, share information and learn and have a bit of fun with the games section.

Did you know there are more than 37 million users in 210 countries around the world? Did you know that Moodle actually comes from Perth? Did you know that you don’t have to pay anything to use Moodle software?

You can visit Moodle.org for some amazing statistics that will show you how fast and how much Moodle has grown around the world. Here is the link http://moodle.org/stats/

Article authors: Rebecka Smith & Kerdelle Samson
How to use blogs in Moodle?
Blog in Moodle is like a journal, to record things, do some quick responses, student reflections and thinking about something.

A blog post can be assignments on a particular topic your are working on, It has a great potential on improving literacy because students can type their on work and its public. Smart use of keywords and tags can help students practice recognising information.

Here is a clip about setting up a blog in Moodle

Using blogs in Moodle from Tomaz Lasic on Vimeo.


Article author: Santana Tamihana
How to access your student folder from home?

So, you want to access Moodle from home? Easy, just look up "Belmont City College and Moodle" and you will probably see

http://moodle.belmontcc.wa.edu.au

What about accessing your student folder files from home? Just follow these 5 simple steps:

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FluExpert - Dec 1 2009 10:28 AM
i think that just not working

wfelton - Jun 22 2009 4:35 AM
Nice job folks, this shows a lot of good work and can be helpful to the larger Moodle community.