Index

A

• adaptive items
  • adaptive itemsin quiz module / Adaptive items in the Quiz module
  • adaptive itemsoverall feedback, using / Using Overall feedback to suggest higher or lower level tests
• add-on blocks, Moodle
  • personal glossary / Personal glossary
  • Exabis E-portfolio / Exabis E-portfolio
• assessing language
  • about / Assessing language — working through an example
• assessment relationships
  • about / Who is assessing whom?
• assignment
  • feedback, receiving / Activity 9: Using Assignment to submit and evaluate semi-authentic writing
• audacity
  • features / Audio, Sources of listening material
• audio/text matching activity, creating
  • quiz module, used / Variation 3: Creating an audio/text matching activity using the Quiz module, Here's how to do it
• awareness of text structure, raising
  • text elements order, analyzing / Part 1: Analyzing the order of text elements
  • essay question, adding / Part 2: Adding an essay question
  • quiz, attempting / Part 3: Student attempts at the quiz

B

• blog stories
  • telling / Variation 1: Blog stories
  • commenting, OUblog used / Variation 2: Blog stories, Here's how to do it
• book
  • using, for displaying descriptions of houses / Variation 3: Using Book to display student descriptions of their houses

C

• choice module
  • about / Activity 3: Using Choice for voting on texts
• class discussion, preparing
  • chat, used / Here's how to do it
• class glossary
  • setting up / Here's how to do it
  • categories, adding / Adding categories
• class speaking practice, wiki used
  • dialog, building / Here's how to do it
  • debate, preparing / Variation 2: Preparing for a debate
• CLT
  • age and level of students / Age and level of students
  • variety of languages / What languages can you teach using Moodle?
• collaborative dictation
  • collaborative dictationcreating, wiki used / Variation 2: Creating a collaborative dictation using a Wiki, Here's how to do it
• creative wirting
  • blog used / Activity 6: Using a Blog or Web page for creative writing
• crossword, creating in Hot Potatoes
  • Hot Potatoes, downloading / Here's how to do it

D

• dialog
  • setting up / Recording
• dialog minus one activity
  • recording program, using / Which recording program?vodcastabout
  • media module, using / Which Moodle module?
  • dialog, setting up / Recording
  • podcast, making / Making the podcast
• dictation
  • dictationabout / Activity 4: Practicing grammar through dictation
  • dictationpreparing for / Activity 4: Practicing grammar through dictation
  • dictationcreating, lesson used / Variation 1: Creating a dictation using Lesson, Here's how to do it
  • dictationcollaborative dictation, creating wiki used / Variation 2: Creating a collaborative dictation using a Wiki
• directories of websites
  • RSS feeds / RSS feedsprograms and resourcesdirectories of websites
  • about / Websites

E

• e-portfolio
  • e-portfoliofeatures / E-portfolio
  • e-portfoliolimitations / Limitations
• encyclopedia entries
  • images, inserting / Images
• evaluation, Webquest module components
  • evaluation, Webquest module componentsabout / Webquest components
• extended activities
  • extended activitiessequence of activities, planning / Planning a sequence of activities
  • extended activitiestask based approach / Planning a sequence of activities
• extended reading program
  • extended reading programstudent management / Here's how to do it
  • extended reading programquiz management / Here's how to do it
  • extended reading programbook & level management / Here's how to do it

F

• feedback, providing
  • rating scale, creating / Here's how to do it
  • glossary activity, setting up / Glossary
  • students entries, rating / Rating students' entries
• fluency writing
  • promoting, chat used / Activity 8: Promoting fluency writing using Chat
• form module
  • about / Activity 1: Helping students improve pronunciation using the Forum module
• forum module
  • using, for book discussion / Activity 1: Using Forum for a book discussion, Here's how to do it
  • about / Activity 1: Using Forum for a book discussion
  • using, for motivation / Activity 1: Using Forum to motivate students, Here's how to do it

G

• gap-fill
  • gap-fillfocusing on grammar, quiz used / Variation 2a: Gap-fill focusing on grammar using Quiz
  • gap-fillfocusing on grammar, Hot Potatoes used / Variation 2b: Gap-fill focusing on grammar using Hot Potatoes, Here's how to do it
• gap-fill, creating
  • text, using / Variation 1: Using a text as a stimulus for a gap-fill, Here's how to do it
  • embedded answers, adding / Adding embedded answers (cloze)
• gap-fill questions
  • gap-fill questionsfeatures / Variation 2a: Gap-fill focusing on grammar using Quiz
  • gap-fill questionsselecting / Here's how to do it
  • gap-fill questionsexamples / Here's how to do it
  • gap-fill questionstypes / Here's how to do it
• general settings, grading system set up
  • grade category settings / Grade category settings
  • grade display type / Grade display type
  • scales, grade display type / Scales
• glossary
  • features / Activity 1: Setting up a class glossary
  • setting up / Here's how to do it
  • settings / Here's how to do it
  • categories, adding / Adding categories
  • using, for writing encyclopedia entries / Activity 7: Writing encyclopedia entries using Glossary, Here's how to do it
• glossary module
  • commenting on words / Here's how to do it
• grading system set up
  • general settings / General settingssite administration, Moodlegrading system, setting up
  • outcomes / Outcomes
  • letters / Letters (grade letters)
• grammar
  • grammarpracticing, dictation used / Activity 4: Practicing grammar through dictation
• grammar errors
  • grammar errorsanalysing, chat session transcript used / Activity 6: Using a chat session transcript to analyze grammar errors
• grammar feedback
  • grammar feedbackproviding, assignment module used / Activity 8: Providing feedback on grammar using the Assignment module
  • grammar feedbackproviding ways / Activity 8: Providing feedback on grammar using the Assignment module
  • grammar feedbackprocess, overview / Activity 8: Providing feedback on grammar using the Assignment module
  • grammar feedbacktypes / Activity 8: Providing feedback on grammar using the Assignment module
  • grammar feedbackproviding, on written text / Variation 1: Providing grammar feedback on a written text, Here's how to do it
  • grammar feedbackproviding, on spoken text / Variation 2: Providing grammar feedback on a spoken text

H

• Hot Potatoes
  • about / Activity 9: Creating a crossword in Hot Potatoes
• Hot Potatoes, for investigating texts
  • Hot Potatoes, for investigating textspictures, matching to text / Variation 1: Matching pictures to a text, Preparation
  • Hot Potatoes, for investigating textsimages, inserting / Inserting an image
  • Hot Potatoes, for investigating textsmeaning of words, identifying / Variation 2: Identifying meaning of individual words using multiple-choice questions, Here's how to do it
• HTML
  • basic HTML, learning / Learning some basic HTML to edit your pagesprograms and resourcesHTML

I

• image
  • family tree diagram example / Example 1: Family tree diagram, Here's how to do it
  • picture of activity / Example 2: Picture of an activity
• introduction, Webquest module components
  • introduction, Webquest module componentsabout / Webquest components

J

• Jake Ludington Media Blab
  • about / Jake Ludington's Media Blab
• journal
  • using / Helping students use Journal
  • editing / Helping students use Journal

K

• Kompozer
  • about / KompoZer

L

• labels and instructions, site administration
  • language settings / Language settingssite administration, Moodlelabels and instructions, editing
  • language editing / Language editing
  • language packs / Language packs
• language error, analysing
  • chat session, setting up / Here's how to do it
  • errors, reviewing in word processor / Review 1: Review errors in a word processor, Here's how to do it
  • errors, reviewing in wiki / Review 2: Review errors in a wiki, Here's how to do it
  • errors, reviewing / Review 3: Review errors by comparing to a teacher recording
• lesson
  • lessonsetting up / Setting up the Lesson
  • lessonsettings / Setting up the Lesson
• lesson module
  • lesson moduleusing, for noticing grammar points / Activity 2: Using the Lesson module to get students to notice grammar points
  • lesson moduleabout / Activity 2: Using the Lesson module to get students to notice grammar points
  • lesson modulevariables / Interesting variables
• listening material
  • sources / Sources of listening material
• lolipop module
  • lolipop modulefeatures / Lolipop module
  • lolipop modulelolipop menu / Lolipop module

M

• matching items
  • words, matching / Here's how to do it
• media module
  • advantages / Which recording program?vodcastabout
  • features / Which Moodle module?
• Mindmap
  • using, for anticipating content of recording / Activity 2: Using Mindmap to anticipate content of a recording, Here's how to do it
• mobile quiz module
  • mobile quiz moduleusing / Mobile Quiz module
  • mobile quiz modulequiz, creating / Here's how to do it
• monologs, presenting
  • essay, adding / Adding an Essay
• Moodle
  • about / What is Moodle?
  • assumptions / Assumptions
  • another book, need for / Why another book on Moodle?
  • assessment / Assessment
  • communicative language teaching / Communicative Language Teaching
  • overview / Part 1: Overview of MoodleMoodleoverview
  • installing / Installing Moodle
  • core blocks / Moodle overview: Core blocks
  • add-on blocks / Moodle overview: Add-on blocks
  • core modules / Moodle overview: Core modules
  • add-on modules / Moodle overview: Add-on modules
  • design principles / Part 4: General design principles for creating a good Moodle course
  • glossary module / Activity 1: Setting up a class glossary
  • word of the day feature, creating / Activity 2: Using a Glossary to create a "word of the day" feature
  • commenting on words, glossary module / Activity 3: Using comments in the Glossary module for students to comment on keywords
  • feedback, providing / Activity 4: Using the rating facility to provide feedback on students' definitions
  • stories, creating / Activity 5: Using tags to highlight vocabulary and link to example stories
  • polls, used for voting / Activity 6: Using polls to vote on the meaning of words
  • language error, analyzing / Activity 7: Using a chat session transcript to analyze vocabulary errors
  • chat activity / Activity 7: Using a chat session transcript to analyze vocabulary errors
  • crossword, creating in Hot Potatoes / Activity 9: Creating a crossword in Hot Potatoes, Here's how to do it
  • gap-fill, creating quiz module used / Activity 11: Creating a gap-fill using the Quiz module
  • lyrics, completing from audio file Audacity used / Variation 2: Completing the lyrics of a song from an audio file using Audacity
  • audio/text matching activity, creating / Variation 3: Creating an audio/text matching activity using the Quiz module
  • pronunciation, improving / PreparationMoodlepronunciation, improving
  • quiz module / Activity 2: Creating a word stress matching activity using the Quiz module
  • students, practicing speaking by listening and repeating / What it will look like, Here's how to do it
  • dialogs, building / Activity 5: Dialog Minus One — helping students build dialogs using a podcast
  • class speaking practice, preparing / Activity 6: Preparing for class speaking practice using a Wiki
  • class discussion, preparing / Activity 7: Preparing a class discussion using Chat
  • monologs, presenting / Activity 9: Presenting a monolog using the Quiz module
  • players / Players
  • Moodlee-portfolio / E-portfolio
• Moodle add-ons
  • Moodle add-onsabout / Useful Moodle add-ons
  • Moodle add-onsHot Potatoes / Hot Potatoes
  • Moodle add-onsLolipop module / Lolipop module
  • Moodle add-onsmobile quiz module / Mobile Quiz module
• Moodle assessment tools
  • Moodle assessment toolsadaptive items / Adaptive items
  • Moodle assessment toolslesson module / Lesson module
• Moodle course design
  • don’ts / Moodle course design: Do's and don'ts
• Moodle Gradebook
  • Moodle Gradebookabout / Moodle Gradebook
  • Moodle Gradebookoverview / Moodle Gradebook
  • Moodle Gradebookstatistic / Moodle Gradebook
  • Moodle Gradebooksecurity / Security

N

• Nanogong audio recorder
  • Nanogong audio recorderabout / NanoGong audio recorder
• new scales
  • new scalescreating / Creating a new scale

O

• online discussion, about recordings
  • stimulating, forum module used / Activity 7: Developing students' critical faculties through online discussion about recordings they've listened to
• open source
  • about / What is Moodle?
• ordering question type
  • ordering question typeabout / Ordering question type
• OUblog
  • about / Activity 6: Using a Blog or Web page for creative writing
• outcomes
  • outcomesabout / Outcomes
• OUwiki
  • students, practicing speaking by listening and repeating / Activity 4: Using OUwiki to help students learn by repeatingsound extensionadding, to vocabulary lists
  • about / Activity 4: Using OUwiki to help students learn by repeatingsound extensionadding, to vocabulary lists
• overall feedback
  • overall feedbackabout / Feedback

P

• peer grammar
  • peer grammarreviewing, forum module used / Activity 7: Peer grammar review using the Forum module, Here's how to do it
• personal profiles
  • producing / Activity 4: Producing effective personal profiles, Here's how to do it
  • writing / Writing profiles
• personal vocabulary lists, setting up
  • personal glossary, used / Activity 8: Using a Personal Glossary to set up simple individual vocabulary lists, Here's how to do it, Instructions for students
  • database, used / Activity 10: Using a Database to set up categorized vocabulary lists, Here's how to do it
  • database, setting up / Here's how to do it
  • data view, formatting / Formatting the data view
• picture/text matching activity, creating
  • quiz module, used / Variation 2: Creating a picture/text matching activity using the Quiz module, Here's how to do it
• players
  • built-in flash player / Players
  • Mediacenter / Players
  • Nanogang player / Players
  • embedded flash video players / Players
• podcast
  • podcastsetting up / Setting up the Podcast
• podcast lecture
  • podcast lecturecreating / Activity 1: Creating a Podcast lecture to present grammar in a lively way
  • podcast lecturerecording, making / Making the recording
• polls
  • pollsused, for voting on correctness of grammar items / Activity 3: Using polls to get students to vote on the correctness of grammar items, Here's how to do it
• polls, used for voting
  • word, defining / Variation 1: Defining a word, Here's how to do it
• prediction activity
  • lesson module used / Activity 4: Prediction activity using Lesson, Here's how to do it
• presentations, producing
  • OUblog, used / Activity 8: Producing presentations using an OUblog, Here's how to do it
  • OUblog, setting up / Here's how to do it
• private writing
  • journal, using / Activity 5: Using Journal for reflective or private writing, Here's how to do it
• process, Webquest module components
  • process, Webquest module componentsabout / Webquest components
• programs and resources
  • about / Part 3: Some useful external programs and resources
  • assessment / Assessment
  • websites, related to assessment / Websites relating to assessment
  • audio / Audio
  • avatars / Avatars
  • directories of websites / RSS feedsprograms and resourcesdirectories of websites
  • firewalls / Firewalls
  • Hot Potatoes / Hot Potatoes
  • HTML / Learning some basic HTML to edit your pagesprograms and resourcesHTML
  • images / Images
  • paint program / Paint program
  • international accent marks / International accent marks and diacritics
  • reminder service / Reminder service
  • scheduling service / Scheduling service
  • screencasts / Screencasts
  • twitter / Twitter
  • video / Movie Makerprograms and resourcesvideo
  • XML file creator / XML file creator
• pronunciation, improving
  • forum module, used / Activity 1: Helping students improve pronunciation using the Forum module, PreparationMoodlepronunciation, improving, Activity
  • preparation / PreparationMoodlepronunciation, improving
  • forum module, setting up / Activity

Q

• qualitative assessment
  • features / What is assessment: A brief overview of assessment and how Moodle supports it
• quantitative assessment
  • disadvantages / What is assessment: A brief overview of assessment and how Moodle supports it
  • features / What is assessment: A brief overview of assessment and how Moodle supports it
• question
  • matching / Listening and matching question
  • ordering / Ordering question
  • multiple choice question / Multiple-choice question
  • gap-fill question / Gap-fill question
• questionnaire
  • about / Activity 5: Using Questionnaire to explore texts
• questionnaire module
  • questionnaire moduleabout / Questionnaire module
• question types, quiz module
  • question types, quiz moduledisadvantages / Quiz module: Question types
• quiz module
  • quiz moduleusing, for practicing grammar / Activity 5: Using the Quiz module to practice grammar
  • using, for raising awareness of text structure / Activity 1: Raising awareness of text structure using Quiz
  • setting up / Setting up the quiz
  • quiz, setting up / Quiz module
  • questions, organizing in item bank / Quiz module: Categorizing questions in the Item Bank, Here's how to do it
  • question types / Quiz module: Question types
  • quiz modulequestion types / Quiz module: Question types
  • quiz moduleusing, for different test types / Using the Quiz module for different test types
  • quiz moduleset up page / Using the Quiz module for different test types
  • quiz moduletest types / Using the Quiz module for different test types
• quiz module, used for practicing grammar
  • quiz module, used for practicing grammarmultiple choice grammar quiz / Variation 1: Multiple-choice grammar quiz
  • quiz module, used for practicing grammarmoodle quiz, setting up / Here's how to do it
  • quiz module, used for practicing grammarmultiple-choice question, adding to moodle quiz / Adding a multiple-choice question
• Quiz question type
  • about / Activity 12: Creating a text/text matching activity using the Quiz module
• quiz tests, Gradebook
  • quiz tests, Gradebookreviewing / Reviewing and improving your quiz tests
  • quiz tests, Gradebookmultiple choice item distracters / Multiple-choice item distracters — are they working?
  • quiz tests, Gradebookwild cards, using / Using wild cards with short-answer questions
  • quiz tests, Gradebookregular expressions, using / Using regular expressions with short-answer questions
  • quiz tests, Gradebookalternatives, allowing / Allowing alternatives — using "|"
  • quiz tests, Gradebookcharacter, allowing / Allowing a character to be included or not — using "?"
  • quiz tests, Gradebookrange of answers, allowing / Allowing a range of answers — using "[ ]"
  • quiz tests, Gradebookcase sensitivity, removing / Removing case sensitivity — using "/i"

R

• rating facility, glossary module
  • using, for providing feedback on students definition / Activity 4: Using the rating facility to provide feedback on students' definitions, Glossary, Rating students' entries
• rating system
  • about / Which rating system?
• read and write, web pages used
  • recording, preparing / Preparing a recording
  • web page, creating / Creating a web page
• reader
  • readerabout / Reader
  • readerusing, to create extended reading program / Activity 4: Using Reader to create an extended reading program, Here's how to do it
• recordings
  • reviewing, choice module used / Activity 5: Reviewing recordings using Choice, Here's how to do it
  • reviewing, questionnaire used / Activity 6: Reviewing recordings using Questionnaire
• register, practicing
  • lesson module used / Activity 2: Practicing register using Lesson, Here's how to do it
• regular expression short answer question type
  • regular expression short answer question typeabout / Regular Expression Short Answer question type
• RSS
  • about / Activity 11: Summarizing RSS news items
• RSS news items
  • summarizing / Activity 11: Summarizing RSS news items, Here's how to do it

S

• scales
  • scalesabout / Scales
  • scalescommon european framework / Scales
• semi-authentic writing
  • submitting, assignment used / Activity 9: Using Assignment to submit and evaluate semi-authentic writing, Here's how to do it
• site administration, Moodle
  • about / Part 2: Site administration how-tos
  • users / Part 2: Site administration how-tos
  • courses, managing / How to create and manage courses
  • courses, editing / How to create and manage courses
  • course request / Course request
  • backups / Backups
  • activities, setting up / How to set up activities
  • quiz settings / Quiz settings
  • files, uploading / How to upload files to Moodle
  • images, uploading / How to upload images to Moodle
  • grading system, setting up / General settingssite administration, Moodlegrading system, setting up
  • labels and instructions, editing / Language settingssite administration, Moodlelabels and instructions, editing
  • modules, managing / How to manage modules
  • blocks, managing / How to manage blocks
  • remote RSS feeds, setting up / How to set up remote RSS feeds
  • filters, managing / How to manage filters
  • HTML editor, controlling / How to control the HTML editor
  • My Moodle, controlling / How to control My Moodle
  • course calendar, setting up / How to set up a course calendar
  • Flash audio player, creating / How to create a Flash audio player
  • glossary entries, importing / How to import glossary entries
• slideshow commentary
  • writing, forum used / Activity 10: Writing a slideshow commentary using Forum
  • forum, setting up / Setting up a forum
  • photos, aligning / Aligning photos, AFTER 2
• sound extension
  • adding, to vocabulary lists / Activity 3: Adding a sound extension to vocabulary lists, Here's how to do it, Activity 4: Using OUwiki to help students learn by repeatingsound extensionadding, to vocabulary lists
• spam, site administration
  • avoiding / How to avoid spam
• speaking activities
  • content, preparing / Activity 6: Preparing for class speaking practice using a Wiki
• stamp collection
  • stamp collectionabout / Stamp collection
  • stamp collectionstamps, giving / Stamp collection
  • stamp collectionsettings / Here's how to do it
• sticky blocks, site administration
  • managing / How to manage sticky blocks
  • examples / How to manage sticky blocks
• stories, creating
  • keywords, preparing / Preparation
  • administration / Administration
  • tags, making out of keywords / Administration
  • in blogs / Activity

T

• tags, site administration
  • managing / How to manage tags
• team, Webquest module components
  • team, Webquest module componentsabout / Webquest components
• text, predicting
  • text, predictinglesson, used / Activity 7: Using Lesson for text prediction, Here's how to do it
• text/text matching activity, creating
  • words, matching / Variation 1: Matching words, Here's how to do it
  • matching question, adding / Adding a matching question
• texts
  • textsinvestigating, Hot Potatoes used / Activity 6: Using Hot Potatoes to investigate texts
  • showing, before listening / Showing the text before listening
  • investigating, quiz used / Activity 3: Investigating texts using Quiz
• texts, completing
  • images, using / Variation 3: Completing texts based on charts and other images
  • example / Here's how to do it
• texts, exploring
  • blog used / Activity 4: Using Blog to explore texts
  • questionnaire, used / Activity 5: Using Questionnaire to explore texts, Preparation, Activity
  • texts, exploringquestionnaire, used / Activity
• texts, voting for
  • choice module used / Activity 3: Using Choice for voting on texts, Here's how to do it
• tonography, Moodle site
  • about / Topography of a Moodle site
  • frontpage / Topography of a Moodle site: Front page
  • course page / Topography of a Moodle site: Course page
• twitter
  • about / Twitter

U

• users, site administration
  • authentification / Authentification
  • accounts / Accounts
  • user profile fields / User profile fields
  • roles, defining / Defining roles
  • system roles / System roles
  • enabling, to add RSS feeds / How to enable users to add RSS feeds

V

• video
  • movie maker / Movie Makerprograms and resourcesvideo
  • iMovie / iMovie
  • mashable / Mashable
• video hosting
  • about / Video hosting
• videos, site administration
  • downloading, form YouTube / How to download videos from YouTube
• VLE
  • about / What is Moodle?
• vocabulary lists
  • building / Activity 1: Setting up a class glossary
• vodcast
  • about / Which recording program?vodcastabout

W

• web pages
  • using, for reading and writing / Activity 2: Using Web pages to read and listen
• Webquest module
  • Webquest moduleabout / Webquests
  • Webquest moduleexample / Webquests
  • Webquest modulecomponents / Webquest components
  • Webquest modulelimitations / Limitations to the Webquest module
  • Webquest moduleusing, for evaluating issues / Activity 1: Supporting student investigation of knowledge or issues using the Webquest module, Here's how to do it
  • Webquest moduleteams, creating / Creating teams
• websites, site administration
  • displaying / How to display other websites within your Moodle site
• widgets
  • about / Widgets
• wiki
  • using, for collaborative writing / Activity 12: Collaborative writing using Wiki, Here's how to do it
  • about / Activity 12: Collaborative writing using Wiki
• word of the day feature
  • creating, glossary used / Activity 2: Using a Glossary to create a "word of the day" feature, Here's how to do it
• Word processors
  • about / Word processors
• words-objects association, making
  • quiz module, using / Activity 12: Creating a text/text matching activity using the Quiz module
• word stress matching activity, creating
  • quiz module used / Activity 2: Creating a word stress matching activity using the Quiz module
  • word stress, example / Example 1: Word stress
  • sounds with audio, example / Example 2: Sounds with audio
  • intonation patterns, example / Example 3: Intonation patterns
  • intonation, identifying / Variation 2: Getting students to identify intonation
• word stress matching question activity
  • creating / Variation 1: Getting students to identify word stress
  • quiz activity, creating / Here's how to do it
  • matching question, adding / Adding a matching question
• work dispay
  • work dispaycreating, e-portfolio used / Activity 2: Creating a display of student work using the E-Portfolio block, Here's how to do it
• workshop
  • workshopabout / Workshop
  • workshopusing, for supporting iterative writing / Activity 3: Using Workshop to support iterative writing, Here is how to do it
  • workshopgrading strategies / Here is how to do it
  • workshopgrading elements / Here is how to do it
• workshops
  • workshopsabout / Workshops
• writing assignments
  • brainstroming, mindmap used / Activity 3: Using Mindmap to brainstorm writing assignments, Here's how to do it

X

• XML file creator
  • about / XML file creator