Moodle Demo

Topic outline

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  General

  Welcome to the Moodle Features Demo Course

  Within this course you can explore the various Moodle features available. For a full demo of Moodle as a teacher or administrator, please visit demo.moodle.org.

  • News forum
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  Topic 1

  General features

  • Overall design of Moodle Page
  • Site management Page
  • User management Page
  • Course management Page
  • Text Filters (May be applied to any text in a Moodle site)

  • Auto-linking Page
  • Mathematics notation Page
  • Media plugins Page
  • Multi-language content Page
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  Topic 2

  Assignments

  • Assignments allow teachers to grade electronically submitted material or 'offline' submissions such as paper-based assignments or class presentations.
  • An Upload File assignment
  • An Online Text Assignment
  • An Offline assignment
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  Topic 3

  Chats

  • The Chat module allows participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion via the web. This is a useful way to get a different understanding of each other and the topic being discussed.
  • A repeating chat with public session logs
  • An open chat event
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  Topic 4

  Choices

  • Here a teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses. This  can be useful as a quick poll to stimulate thinking about a topic; to allow the class to vote on a direction for the course; or to gather research consent.
  • A Choice with anonymous results
  • A Choice with non-anonymous results
  • A Choice that allows you to update anytime
  • A Choice with a limited number of responses allowed
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  Topic 5

  Forums

  • It is in forums that most discussion takes place. Forums can be structured in different ways, and can include peer rating of each posting. The postings can be viewed in a variety for formats, and can include attachments.
  • A Standard forum for general use
  • Each person posts one discussion Forum
  • A single discussion Forum
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  Topic 6

  Glossaries

  • This activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.The entries can be searched or browsed in many different formats.
  • Teacher-Defined Glossary
  • Learner-Defined Glossary
  • A glossary of common terms
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  Topic 7

  HotPot

  • This module allows teachers to create multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill quizzes using Hot Potatoes software.
  • Newton's 2nd and 3rd Laws Pretest HotPot
  • Crossword Puzzle with Timer HotPot
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  Topic 8

  Lessons

  • A lesson delivers content in an interesting and flexible way. It consists of a number of pages. Each page normally ends with a multiple choice question. Navigation through the lesson can be straight forward or complex.
  • How to use the Lesson Module
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  Topic 9

  Quizzes

  • This module allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions and more. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers.
  • A short quiz about Moodle (with timer)
  • Example Listening Quiz
  • A quiz with a password
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  Topic 10

  Resources

  • Resources can be prepared files uploaded to the course server; pages edited directly in Moodle; or external web pages made to appear part of this course.
  • A Text Page
  • A Text Page (markdown formatting)
  • A Web Page
  • A Web Page (opens in a new window)
  • A Web Link (opens in a new window) URL
  • A Web Link (framed) URL
  • A Web Link (with parameters) URL
  • A Directory Folder
  • A Label Page
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    Links to uploaded files (Moodle automatically assigns the icons according to the file type):
  • An image File
  • An MP3 file
  • A Flash file (opens in a new window)
  • A Windows Media file (opens in a new window)
  • An Office file
  • A PDF file
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  Topic 13

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