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<h2>Teacher Manual</h2>\r
-<p>This page is a quick guide to creating online courses with Moodle. It outlines \r
- the main functions that are available, as well as some of the main decisions \r
- you'll need to make.</p>\r
+<p>This page is a very quick guide to creating online courses with Moodle. It \r
+ outlines the main functions that are available, as well as some of the main \r
+ decisions you'll need to make.</p>\r
\r
<p>Sections in this document:</p>\r
<ol>\r
lets you edit whatever it is next to.</p>\r
<p><img src="../pix/help.gif" width="22" height="17"> - the <strong>help \r
icon</strong> will provide you with a popup help window </p>\r
+ <p> <img src="../pix/i/hide.gif" width="16" height="16"> - the <strong>open-eye \r
+ icon</strong> will let you hide something from students</p>\r
+ <p> <img src="../pix/i/show.gif" width="16" height="16"> - the <strong>closed-eye \r
+ icon</strong> will make a hidden item available</p>\r
</blockquote>\r
</li>\r
<li><strong>Use the navigation bar at the top of each page</strong>\r
should help remind you where you are and prevent getting lost.\r
</blockquote></li>\r
</ol>\r
- <hr>\r
-</blockquote>\r
+ \r
+<p> </p></blockquote>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="settings"></a>Course settings</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
<p>The first thing you should do is look under the "Administration" \r
format doesn't use much content at all and is based around just one forum \r
- this is displayed on the main page.</p>\r
<p>See the help buttons on the Course Settings page for more details.</p>\r
- <hr>\r
-</blockquote>\r
+ \r
+<p> </p></blockquote>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="upload"></a>Uploading files</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
<p>You may have existing content that you want to add to your course, such as \r
<p>A final note: if your content resides out on the web then you don't need \r
to upload the files at all - you can link directly to them from inside the \r
course (see the Resources module and the next section).</p>\r
- <hr>\r
-</blockquote>\r
+ \r
+<p> </p></blockquote>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="activities"></a>Setting up activities</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
<p>Building a course involves adding course activity modules to the main page \r
date they upload their file is recorded. Afterwards, you will have a single \r
page on which ou can view each file (and how late or early it is), and then \r
record a grade and a comment. Half an hour after you grade any particular \r
- student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification. </dd><br>\r
+ student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification. </dd>\r
+ <br>\r
<br>\r
<dt><strong>Choice</strong></dt>\r
<dd>A choice activity is very simple - you ask a question and specify a choice \r
- of responses. Students can make their choice, and you \r
- have a report screen where you can see the results. I use it to gather research \r
- consent from my students, but you could use it for quick polls or class \r
- votes.</dd>\r
+ of responses. Students can make their choice, and you have a report screen \r
+ where you can see the results. I use it to gather research consent from \r
+ my students, but you could use it for quick polls or class votes.</dd>\r
<br>\r
<br>\r
<dt><strong>Forum</strong></dt>\r
<dd>Each journal activity is an entry in the whole course journal. For each \r
one you can specify an open-ended question that guides what students write, \r
as well as a window of time in which the journal is open (weekly course \r
- format only). Encourage students to write reflectively and critically in \r
- these journals, as they are only available to them and you. Afterwards, \r
- you will be able to grade and comment all the entries for that week or topic, \r
- and students will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback.</dd>\r
+ format only). A general rule of thumb is to create one journal per week. \r
+ Encourage students to write reflectively and critically in these journals, \r
+ as they are only available to them and you. Afterwards, you will be able \r
+ to grade and comment all the entries for that week or topic, and students \r
+ will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback. Journals \r
+ are not designed to be continually added to - if you need to do that then \r
+ add more journal activities.</dd>\r
<br>\r
<br>\r
<dt><strong>Resource</strong></dt>\r
<dd>Resources are the content of your course. Each resource can be any file \r
- you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple text-based pages by typing them\r
- directly into a form.</dd>\r
+ you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple \r
+ text-based pages by typing them directly into a form.</dd>\r
<br>\r
<br>\r
<dt><strong>Quiz</strong></dt>\r
- <dd>This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of\r
- multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These\r
- questions are kept in a categorised database, and can be re-used\r
- within courses and even between courses. Quizzes can allow\r
- multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the\r
- teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers.\r
- This module includes grading facilities.\r
- </dd>\r
+ <dd>This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple \r
+ choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept \r
+ in a categorised database, and can be re-used within courses and even between \r
+ courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically \r
+ marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct \r
+ answers. This module includes grading facilities. </dd>\r
<br>\r
<br>\r
<dt><strong>Survey</strong></dt>\r
- <dd>The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that are useful in \r
- evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments.\r
- They can be given to students early in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the \r
- course as an evaluation tool (I use one every week in my courses).</dd>\r
+ <dd>The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that \r
+ are useful in evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include \r
+ the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments. They can be given to students early \r
+ in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the course as an evaluation \r
+ tool (I use one every week in my courses).</dd>\r
</dl>\r
<br>\r
<p>After adding your activities you can move them up and down in your course \r
<img src="../pix/t/down.gif" width="9" height="10">) next to each one. You \r
can also delete them using the cross icon <img src="../pix/t/delete.gif" width="10" height="10">, \r
and re-edit them using the edit icon <img src="../pix/t/edit.gif" width="10" height="11">.</p>\r
- <hr>\r
-</blockquote>\r
+ \r
+<p> </p></blockquote>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="course"></a>Running the course</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
- <p>I could write a thesis about this. Actually I <strong>am</strong> writing \r
- a thesis about this. <img src="../pix/s/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15"></p>\r
- <p>Until then here are just a few quick pointers:</p>\r
+ <p>There are some big plans to extend this document into a more comprehensive \r
+ tutorial. Until then here are a few ideas:</p>\r
<ol>\r
- <li>Subscribe yourself to all the forums.</li>\r
+ <li>Subscribe yourself to all the forums so you keep in touch with your class \r
+ activity. </li>\r
<li>Encourage all the students fill out their user profile (including photos) \r
- and read them all - this will help provide some context to their later writings.</li>\r
+ and read them all - this will help provide some context to their later writings \r
+ and help you to respond in ways that are tailored to their own needs.</li>\r
<li>Keep notes to yourself in the private "<strong>Teacher's Forum</strong>" \r
(under Administration). This is especially useful when team teaching.</li>\r
<li>Use the "<strong>Logs</strong>" link (under Administration) \r
but it's a crucial part of building and maintaining a community feel in \r
your course.</li>\r
</ol>\r
- <hr>\r
-</blockquote>\r
+ \r
+<p> </p></blockquote>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="further"></a>Further information</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
<p>If you have any particular problems with your site, you should contact your \r
local site administrator.</p>\r
<p>If you have some great ideas for improvements to Moodle, or even some good \r
- stories, come over to <a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_top">moodle.org</a> and join \r
- in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target=_top >Using Moodle</a>". \r
- We'd love to hear from you, and you can help Moodle improve.</p>\r
+ stories, come over to <a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_top">moodle.org</a> \r
+ and join us in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target=_top >Using \r
+ Moodle</a>". We'd love to hear from you, and you can help Moodle improve.</p>\r
<p>If you want to contribute to coding new modules, or writing documentation, \r
or papers, contact me: <a href="http://dougiamas.com/" target="_top">Martin \r
Dougiamas</a> or browse the "bug tracker" site for Moodle, at <a href="http://moodle.org/bugs/" target="_top">moodle.org/bugs</a></p>\r
- <p align="center">Thanks for using Moodle - good luck!</p>\r
+ <p align="center">Thanks for using Moodle - and good luck with your teaching!</p>\r
<hr>\r
<p> </p>\r
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