Comments on: My English faculty Moodle

By: kmcg2375

kmcg2375 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:18:59 +0000

Would be happy to share but how do you ‘share a course’? Is there a way to save the whole kit-and-kaboodle, or do you mean just sharing files uploaded, link recommended etc?

There is a big push in our school now to integrate computer use and online teaching tools into all classes across the school, in particular years 9 and 10 who will all have laptops this year. In our faculty all of the English classes 7-12 have a Moodle presence (brief overview of semester program at a minimum), and I am expecting that I’ll see about half of the teachers use it actively with more than one class, and just 1-2 using it actively for all their classes.

I agree the interface is a bit dull – and the backend a bit unfriendly to non-tech teachers. I’ve tried to keep my formatting to a minimum inside the English courses – normal text and black or coloured headings in Heading 1 style.

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:49:28 +0000

I like the break down, we have the same, but only for Year 9 and Year 10. I am tempted to create more, but I am trying to share the load. I’ve left all the courses I’ve created as open to all, whereas the other two teachers using moodle at the moment have named the courses after their classes. That might be a problem for continuity, as the courses set up can be reflected upon and used the next with the same year group or by classes with new or other teachers. Other members of staff need to know how easy it is to create a course. Sometimes I feel a little worried about the interface. We really need to grab the students with the look. Yours is much much more visually appealling!
Now, is it about PR for you? Getting it used in some classes or all? We have the MUG’s meeting from next week: Moodle Users’ Group.
I would love to share what you have, you can have any of our courses and vice versa??

By: kmcg2375

kmcg2375 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:32:25 +0000

Interestingly, Science have not split anything into class groups, but have allocated a grade to each course and then put all info on topics covered up there eg topic 5 for all of Year 9 is:
9.5 Kitchen Chemistry
Resources:
Acids Word document
Bases Word document
Scientific Method Resource

Interesting…in English we all approach the program in such different ways/orders that a one-size-fits all approach didn’t work for us. Is it a KLA thing? Or should we be aiming for more common, shared, streamlined content?