SP 08: March I
Moodle Mania Quick Bytes
A Faculty Based Communication
March 14, 2008
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What we love about Moodle
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“By far, the best feature of Moodle, is having all of the materials for the current week’s assignment automatically organized on the front course page and connected to a date that we can manage” ~Sue Kuba.
Moodle courses primarily appear as a single Webpage divided by weeks or modules. No more searching for course materials as if they were Easter Eggs hidden throughout the site. This interface eases student’s anxiety regarding each week’s materials as what is required and available for each week/module is obvious.
Moodle allows the faculty member to change their view to "Student view" allowing them to see the page as a student would.
Moodle is simple to learn. The basic skills, enough to run a course, can be acquired quickly.
Moodle interfaces with CARS so students don't have to be entered by hand.
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Best Practices
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Use color properly. Do not rely only on color to differentiate items in your site. For example, persons who are colorblind cannot distinguish between green and red, so highlighting text in red will not be helpful. Also, make sure there is sufficient contrast between background color and items in the foreground, such as buttons and text, so that people with compromised vision will clearly see them as separate.
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Keep the discussion going
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If you have questions about Moodle you would like discussed please e-mail Siobhan [email protected] and we will research the answers.
Coming in the next issue: A new How to! section and, of course, moreBest Practices and What we love about Moodle
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About Moodle Mania Quick Bytes
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Welcome to Moodle Mania Quick Bytes, an ad hoc e-news brief published every other Friday for the Alliant faculty community by the Alliant faculty community to discuss the benefits of switching to Moodle and some of the ways Moodle can be used to improve your online course delivery. This briefing is distributed to Alliant faculty and administrators and is a product of the Learning and Education Technology Committee of the Faculty Senate.
