A presentation from the NJEDge.Net Faculty Best Practices Showcase in March 2007 on NJIT's pilot program using Moodle as a learning management system and examining the open source and "free" aspects of Moodle and the support needed to implement it on a campus.

1. An Open Source Learning Management System It’s Free! (Like Free Kittens) Ken Ronkowitz

2. Moodle was designed to help foster online learning communities. It has an active development and support group (very important for open-source projects) and has users in over 150 countries. Moodle was built following social constructionist pedagogy as a virtual learning environment. 150,000 registered users on moodle.org moodle.org /stats/ Humboldt State Moodle has 12,288 courses and 42,121 users. The Open University (OU) in the UK has converted their courses to MOODLE for their 250,000 students. UCLA, UC-San Diego & Smith College are now using Moodle, and many are piloting it (Lafayette, Bennington...) SEE MY BLOG

3. http://moodle.org/sites/

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9. http:// tracker.moodle.org /browse/MDL Moodle Project developers

12. Log In authentication using LDAP

13. The Moodle interface can be displayed in either Weekly , Topic or Social format.

14. Quick Tour of Selected Features and Tools

15. The Calendar allows you to enter events in various categories (User, Course and Site). You have the option to also show upcoming events, assignments etc., and recent activity in the course. Calendar

16. The Chat feature in Moodle will facilitate real time conversations between users. It can be logged. Chat

17. SETTINGS - teacher

19. A Forum is a posting area where students can create or contribute to a topic with their own comments (AKA bulletin board or discussion) OPTIONS include: Grade posts, set open/close date, no reply, one reply only etc.

20. Lessons, similar to learning objects, represent a means of delivering structured learning through Q & A sessions that are drawn from embedded content. Lessons

21. QUIZ tool

22. Quiz Information and Grades

23. A Workshop allows peer assessment of documents and self-assessment activities, while providing the teacher with opportunities to both manage and grade material. Workshops

24. The Journal feature will allow every student to have a personal journal that only they and their teacher will be able to access. Journal

25. The Glossary feature in Moodle acts as a definition resource - entries can be set to create highlighted hyperlinks within the course itself. Glossary

26. Assignments (online, offline) can be delivered to students, and they can upload files which you can grade online and give feedback. Assignments

27. Reports User activity on Moodle can be monitored using the Logs option. This features levels of detail from module, to student details, grouped by date and time

29. Customizable Themes (branding)

32. Moodle Community Discussion http://moodle.org/course/ Using Moodle by Jason Cole Moodle: Learning Course Development by William Rice IV

33. Ken Ronkowitz [email_address] Manager of Media & Instructional Technology University Web Services, NJIT Check my March 22 Serendipity35 blog entry for this session to find the links mentioned today and more information. http://devel2.njit.edu/serendipity/ NJIT Moodle Pilot http://www.njit.edu/tlt/cms/