The best things about Moodle 2.0! Used at part of a 6 minute presentation at TurbtoTel 2012

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What’s new with Moodle 2?
The top 6 best things about Moodle
2.0 in 6 minutes!
The features we will make use of the most….
Becky Barrington
South Devon College

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Easier uploading and storage
• Simplified ‘add a resource’ menu
• No ‘choose’ requirement any more!
• Once a file has been added, that’s it – done!
• If you delete a file from the main course screen – the file
goes too!
• ‘Recent files’ makes it easier to
share across courses (there are
other ways too for confident users)

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Activity Tracking
• Each resource can have a
‘tracking’ option on it.
• None, student tracked or
Moodle tracked.
• Main course becomes a
personalised tracker for
each learner.
• Teacher can see all learners

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Course Completion and Pre-requisites
• Required elements can be elected as course
requirements.
• This can be tracked through a separate
report and summary.
• Learners see their own,
teachers see the class.
• Other courses can be linked as
‘pre-requisites’ to track linked
qualifications.

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Use of blocks in resources
And easier embedding of media
Link the two together and there are some easy and
interactive resources to be made!
• You can embed media – such as YouTube videos –
through a simple search.
• Webpages can also be embedded.
• Blocks can be added to these
pages – such as a HTML block
for instructions and a
comments box for discussion

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Private Files and Mahara Integration
• Each user has there own private files area (and
resources can be added to the course from it).
• The block is already in ‘my home’ but can be added
to any course or course pages.
• Mahara integration also allows files to be imported
into Moodle (eg: for assignment submission) or
exported to Mahara from Moodle (eg: an assignment
to share as part of an online CV)

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Conditional Activities
• Create a truly personal learner pathway
• Alongside activity tracking and course completion –
this can manage learning based on an individual
rather than all course users.
*To be used sparingly at first!