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  • Teaching with Moodle & Wolfware Tools

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    Course Purpose: provide instructor resources and model learning/practice activities to get started in Moodle and develop more advanced skills with learning tools available at NC State through Moodle or Wolfware. This course can be used independently or may be used in courses accessed through Reporter (the registration system for non-credit courses or training) i.e. Getting Started with Moodle: Self-Paced.
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  • Start Here!

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      How to Use this Course: Video Page

      How to Use this Course: Teaching with Moodle

      Activity completion is turned on for this course. You can click on the "Mark as Done" buttons when you complete an activity, or you will automatically be "marked complete" by reading/finishing an interactive activity.
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      READ ME FIRST: Site Introduction Page
      Students must
      Mark as done

  • Interactive Course Roadmap

    You can scroll through this course or use the Roadmap below to jump to different activities in the "Getting Started" segments of the course.

    • Interested in learning more about adding an interactive Roadmap to your course? Check out our user guide! 

      NOTE: It's best to create your Roadmap activity in Moodle after setting up your course with activities, quizzes, content, and so on.

  • Module 1 Working in Wolfware and Activating Moodle: Getting Started (expand to view content)


    • Module Overview

      Wolfware is the name of the system on the web that provides access to all of our digital/online teaching tools including Moodle, Panopto (video host/creator), PlayPosit (interactive videos), and more.

      You MUST access Wolfware before you can activate Moodle and begin using it in your courses. Moodle is essentially an interactive course website that instructors design to host assignments, course content, student grades and more. 

      Module Learning Objectives

      The instructional materials and learning activities in this module are designed to help you be able to:

      • Create course spaces in Wolfware
      • Identify ways to activate tools in Wolfware
      • Activate Moodle in Wolfware

      Task List
      • Review the Moodle Book: "Getting Started with Wolfware and Moodle"
      • Answer the questions in "Check your Understanding: Module 1"
      • Activate a Moodle course or Moodle project space via Wolfware

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

    • Assessments

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      RESPOND: Check your Understanding --Module 1 Quiz
      Students must
      Receive a grade
      Receive a passing grade

      This quiz is required if you are taking the Self-Paced Getting Started with Moodle course through Reporter and optional if you are using this as a reference course to learn about Moodle.

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      TO DO -- Activate a Moodle Course in Wolfware Interactive Content
      Students must
      Receive a grade

      TRY IT OUT! If you want to be able to work in your own course alongside this set of tutorials, you should stop and go activate a course in Moodle or a project space per the directions in the book above. You can then open that book in another tab or window while this Moodle training course is also open. 

  • Module 2 Navigating the Moodle Interface & Settings: Getting Started (expand to view content)


    • Module Overview

      In this module, you will review ways to navigate your Moodle course.

      Module Learning Objectives

      The instructional materials and learning activities in this module are designed to help you be able to:

      • Locate the Navigation Drawer
      • Turn on editing and access course settings
      • Locate and add course blocks 
      • Navigate using breadcrumbs

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

    • Assessments

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      RESPOND: Check your Understanding--Module 2 Quiz
      Students must
      Receive a grade
      Receive a passing grade

      This quiz is required if you are taking the Self-Paced Getting Started with Moodle course through Reporter and optional if you are using this as a reference course to learn about Moodle.

  • Module 3 Creating Content and Activities: Getting Started (expand to view content)


    • Module Overview
      In this module, you will review the different types of content and activities that can be added to Moodle including pages, quizzes, URLs, etc. To add any content to a Moodle course, start by turning edit mode on and selecting "Add an activity or resource." 

      Module Learning Objectives

      The instructional materials and learning activities in this module are designed to help you be able to:

      • Identify common Moodle resource types 
      • Review how to add Moodle resources and activities
      • Identify common activity types 
      • Create content and activities in a Moodle course
      • Review common blocks and the functions of the block drawer

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

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      READ, TRY, INTERACT: Adding Resources to Moodle Guide Interactive Content
      Students must
      Receive a grade

      TECH TOOL ALERT! This activity was created in H5P which is an authoring tool to create many different interactives that you can use throughout a Moodle course. Learn more here! NOTE: Completion of H5P activities may take a few minutes to appear.

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      WATCH: Moodle Resource Overview & Tutorials for Pages, Files, Folders, and URLs
      Students must
      View
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      WATCH & REVIEW: Moodle Activities Page
      Students must
      View
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      WATCH & REVIEW: Blocks & the Block Drawer Page
      Students must
      Mark as done
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      TRY IT OUT! Guided Practice + Resource and Activity Type Moodle Help Pages
      Students must
      Mark as done

    • Assessments

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      RESPOND: Check your Understanding--Module 3 Quiz
      Students must
      Receive a grade
      Receive a passing grade

      This quiz is required if you are taking the Self-Paced Getting Started with Moodle course through Reporter and optional if you are using this as a reference course to learn about Moodle.

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      Blocks and Block Drawer Interactive Content
      Students must
      Receive a grade

  • Module 4 Using Administrative Functions in Moodle: Getting Started (expand to view content)


    • Module Overview

      In this module, you will review the administrative functions in Moodle to track student attendance, record student grades, view or require completion of activities, and restrict access to activities or resources based on various conditions. If you are completing the Getting Started with Moodle self-paced course, please complete the gradebook segments. The attendance and activity completion segments are optional.

      Module Learning Objectives

      The instructional materials and learning activities in this module are designed to help you be able to:

      • Navigate and set up the gradebook 
      • Use the attendance activity/feature in Moodle
      • Set activity and course completion conditions
      • Set access restrictions in activities and resources

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

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      CHOOSE AND REVIEW: Taking Attendance Lesson
      Students must
      Go through the activity to the end

      OPTIONAL: If you would like to use the Attendance activity in Moodle to track student attendance, complete this lesson.

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      READ, WATCH & INTERACT: Restricting Access & Activity Completion Interactive Content
      Students must
      Receive a grade

    • Assessments

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      RESPOND: Teaching with Moodle Getting Started Modules--Learning Gains Inventory Page
      Click "Mark as Done" after you complete the Google Form to give us feedback on the Teaching with Moodle course.

  • Moving on with Moodle: Beyond the Basics

    Topics & content below this label move past "getting started with Moodle" and explore digital teaching and learning tools using Moodle and Wolfware.

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      DELTA Teaching Resources Site Page

      Use this site to access best practices, strategies, technical help and more for course design, creating content, assessment, and specific tools like PlayPosit, H5P, and Panopto.

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      ADVANCED RESOURCE: NC State Book URL

      Combine written content, video content, interactive elements and more in an online book format that integrates with Moodle.

  • Interactive Videos: PlayPosit


    • Module Overview

      PlayPosit is a video overlay tool that allows an instructor to add interactive components like multiple-choice questions, open-ended questions, polling, and more to an existing video. 

      Module Learning Objectives

      The instructional materials and learning activities in this module are designed to help you be able to:

      • View PlayPosit activities as a student
      • Find PlayPosit instructor resources

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

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      RESOURCE: PlayPosit Interactive Video Teaching Resources Page URL
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      RESOURCE: PlayPosit Instructor Guide URL

  • Panopto: Creating a "Just Right" Video


    • Module Overview

      Panopto can be used to create course/instructor welcome videos, feedback videos for students, screen sharing content videos for courses, and more. Use the resources below to find out more about Panopto and creating short videos for courses.


    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

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      Panopto Resources Page
    • URL icon
      Panopto Recorded Workshop - Added as a URL Resource Type

    • Assessments

    • Page icon
      Introduction to an Assignment Page

  • Perusall: Interactive Reading and Text/Video Based Discussion


    • Module Overview

      Perusall is a social annotation tool that can be used with articles, websites, videos, podcasts and more. Students and instructors can add questions, comments, etc. and reply to each other. Instructors can use Perusall settings to grade student's annotations and connect the grades to the Moodle gradebook.

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

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      NC State Instructor Guide: Perusall URL
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      Perusall Training Webinars URL
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      Perusall Support (Student and Instructor Guides) URL

  • Stealth Activities in Moodle


    • Moodle Support Site: Stealth Activities
      Workshop Handout
      Stealth activities in Moodle are not shown to students on the main course page but can still be accessed by students through links in other locations. If you want to provide one or multiple learning activities or assessments within a resource such as a Label, Page, or NC State Book, you can streamline access to them by making them stealth and linking them or embedding them in that resource.

      An instructor will see the label "Available but not shown on course page" when something is a stealth activity --meaning that students can access and complete the activity but only where it's linked elsewhere in the course.

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      Demo Stealth Quiz (linked in Demo book above)
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      Choice Activities: Improve your Grade! (Page Demo: Stealth)
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      Stealth Activity Considerations & Tips Page
    • Check your understanding by answering this True/False question (this embedded question was created using a "stealth" H5P activity and then copying the "embed code" and pasting it into a label.
        


  • Customize Learning: Example Section #1

    This module shows examples of how to create customized learning experiences for your students using activity completion and restrict access settings. If you'd like to learn more about customizing learning for students, access this Teaching Resources page.

    • Instructional Materials & Learning Activities

      Students may choose which of the following activities  to complete. At least one activity must be marked complete in order to access the Knowledge Check Quiz.

    • Assessments

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      Knowledge Check Quiz with Activity Completion

      This is an example of a quiz with unlimited attempts where the requirement for activity completion is for the student to "receive a grade." 

      A "Grade to pass" was set; however, any grade will allow the quiz to be marked as complete.

      If a passing grade is received, the access restriction on the next topic module is unlocked so that the student may move on in the course. 

      If a passing grade is not received, access restrictions on additional resources are unlocked for the student to review before attempting the quiz again.

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      Resources for review Page

      Students can review these additional resources before making another quiz attempt or before moving on to the next section.

      Not available unless: The activity Knowledge Check Quiz with Activity Completion is marked complete

  • Customize Learning: Example Section #2

    In order to access this section, a student must receive a passing grade on the quiz in the previous section.

    (This module is a continuation of the customized learning experience examples - -please see the previous topic/section for more information.)