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Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques

You're reading from   Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques Creative ways to build powerful and effective online courses with Moodle 3.0

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786462299
Length 240 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Susan Smith Nash Susan Smith Nash
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Developing an Effective Online Course FREE CHAPTER 2. Instructional Material 3. Collaborative Activities 4. Assessment 5. Lesson Solutions 6. Wiki Solutions 7. Glossary Solutions 8. The Choice Activity 9. Course Solutions 10. Workshop Solution 11. Portfolio/Gallery Solution

Getting started - a simple example

The following screenshot shows a very basic instructional Lesson in Moodle. Note that it is essentially a website and it contains text, links, and an embedded graphic. In fact, it is written in HTML.

Getting started - a simple example

It is a brief Lesson and so does not have a large number of components. Essentially, the Lesson is introducing a concept (the relationship between distance and perspective). The instruction involves testing the student's knowledge by using a "jump question". If you get it right, you proceed to the next item and, if you get it wrong, you're either taken back to the instructional page or jump to a remedial page. However, the jump question could just as easily ask a student what they are interested in learning next or some other exploratory question.

When the student clicks on the Continue button at the bottom of the Lesson page, they are taken to a question page, as shown next:

Getting started - a simple example

Each answer displays different feedback.

If the student answers...

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