1. Welcome to an
Introduction to
Joan Coy & Wanda Dechant
Peace Academy of Virtual
Education
Peace Wapiti School Division
#76
Spirit River, Alberta, Canada

2. Introduction to
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
(5 – 10 mins)
•Introductions
•What is Moodle (10 mins)
•Examples of Moodle (10 – 20 mins)
•What can we do with Moodle Today (hands
on) (2 hrs)
Don’t worry, we will take breaks too!!
We heard the loaves arrive at 10:15 a.m.!

3. Room Introductions
•Pleasetell us:
•Your Name
•What you teach or the type of work you
do
•Where you live (city, province, country)
•Why you are here at the Moodle Moot
•One thing you’d like to learn this morning

4. What is Moodle?
Moodle Explained with Lego…… (Thanks Tomaz
Lasic)
http://tiny.cc/lego684

5. Moodle Philosophy – Our View
Students need to actively
construct meaning in
relating:
 what is already known
 to each other
 to their own experiences.
“Wisdom can’t be told”
Students
 See topics as relevant
 Plan & carry out work collaboratively
 Practice self assessment
 Apply concepts to new situations

6. Moodle Philosophy
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Philosophy

7. Moodle Pedagogy
Commonly Known as Martin’s 5 rules
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
1. All of us are potential teachers as well as
learners - in a true collaborative environment
we are both.

8. Martin’s 5 Rules
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
2. We learn particularly well from the act of
creating or expressing something for others
to see.

9. Martin’s 5 Rules
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
3. We learn a lot by just observing the activity of
our peers.

10. Martin’s 5 Rules
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
4. By understanding the contexts of others, we
can teach in a more transformational way
(constructivism)

11. Martin’s 5 Rules
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
5. A learning environment needs to be flexible
and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to
the needs of the participants within it.

12. Examples of Moodle in Use
•PWSD eCommunity Site (Student site)
•PWSD Collaboration Site (Teacher site)

13. Take a Look for Yourself
Student Moodle Site:
http://ecommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca/
Teacher Moodle Site:
http://collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca/

14. What do You Want to Learn
Today? – Here’s Where You can Customize
this Session...
•Sign-in
•Find the Sandbox
•Turn Editing on
•Adding Items to Moodle
•Add a Label
•Add a discussion forum
•Add a webpage (text page vs webpage)
•Choices
•Calendar
•Html blocks

15. MoodleMoot Sandbox
http://moodlemoot.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=
127
Or
http://tiny.cc/sandbox

16. Turn on Editing
Once you are logged in (and you have been
added to our Sandbox), you can turn the editing
on:
• Look at the upper right corner and click on
this button:
Or
Click on “Turn editing on” in the
•
Administration block

17. Moodle Icons

18. Add a Label
•Editing must be turned on
•Click on the drop down menu by “Add a
resource”
•Choose “Insert Label”

19. Add a Discussion Forum
•Editing must be turned on
•Click on the drop down menu by “Add an
activity”
•Choose “Forum”

20. Add a Webpage
Text Page VS Web Page
•Editing must be turned on
•Click on the drop down menu by “Add a
resource”
•Choose “Compose a web page”

21. Add a Choice (survey)
•Editing must be turned on
•Click on the drop down menu by “Add an
activity”
•Choose “Choice”

22. Add a Calendar
• Editing must be turned on
• Click on the drop down menu over on
the right, by “Blocks”
• Choose “Calendar”

23. Add an html Block
• Editing must be turned on
• Click on the drop down menu over on
the right, by “Blocks”
• Choose “HTML”

24. Moodle Resources
Moodle docs is an excellent resource with
searchable topics
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_Page
Our School Division has our own Moodle
resource area, you are welcome to check it out:
http://tiny.cc/pwsdmoodle