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  • THE MOODLE HELP DESK Forum
  • THE KITCHEN Forum
  • The Good Teacher (Optional Parable) URL
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  LYNDA.COM: MOODLE ORIENTATION TRAINING

  

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  Read steps, then go to the UW-Stout Lynda.com Portal

  1. The portal page opens in a new window or tab.

  2. Login using your D2L username and password.

  3. Leave the page open and return to Moodle.

  4. Once you have logged in to Lynda.com, the video tutorials will work properly. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Moodle Course Overview URL

    This orientation video will help you see how the Moodle CMS works. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Moodle Discussion Overview URL

    This video will quickly orient you to the Moodle Discussion system.

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Manage Your Moodle (Clear the Clutter!) URL

    Learn how to customize the look of your Moodle page. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Editing Your Profile URL

    Use the video to help you complete your Moodle Profile Assignment.

  • Module 3 Activity 2 -- Moodle Profile: Write a Draft of Your Instructor Biography URL

    Use information from your D2L Profile and your the Professional Biography Worksheet* you created in the last module to write a draft of your instructor biography for use in your Moodle Profile.

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  MODULE 3: ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE ONLINE LEARNERS

  

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  Contents for Module 3: Please have your prompt posted no later than Wednesday.

  • Develop a prompt and facilitate a discussion.
    
  • Participate in your group's discussions.
    

  • Module 3 Introduction URL
  • Module 3 Activity 1 — Readings URL
  • Module 3 Activity 2 — Moodle Profile URL
  • Module 3 Activity 3 — Facilitate a Moodle Forum URL
  • Contact your group members ASAP: The Golden Rules of Collaboration: (Silence isn't Golden) URL
  • Module 3 Activity 4 — Self-Evaluate Your Discussion Posting (Instructor POV) URL
  • Module 3 Activity 5 — Reflective Journal URL
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  MODULE 3 WORK AREA

  Module 3 Green Group: Brent, Jen, Keli, Kristin
  

  • Post Discussion Topics Here Forum
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  MODULE 3 WORK AREA

  Module 3 Red Group:Corrie, Lisa, Susan R., Sue G.
  

  • Post Discussion Topics Here Forum
  • Teaching Time: Online vs. Face to Face Sue G. Choice
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  MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT: MEASURING ONLINE LEARNING

  
  

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  YOU ARE NOW IN TEACHER MODE. Teachers see tools that are hidden from students. To use the tools you MUST 'Turn editing on' by CLICKING THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

  

  Contents for Module 4: Please have your assessment posted no later than Wednesday.
  

  • Build a Moodle assessment.

  • Take all assessments created by your group.

  • Offer peer feedback to all in your group.

  • Module 4 Introduction URL
  • Module 4 Activity 1 — Readings URL
  • Module 4 Activity 2 — Assignments and Assessments URL
  • Module 4 Activity 3 — RLO: Plagiarism and Paraphrasing URL
  • Module 4 Activity 4 — D2L: Reflective Journal and Midterm Feedback URL
  • The Importance of Understanding Process Choice
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  MODULE 4: LYNDA.COM TEACHER TRAINING: ASSESSMENT TOOLS

  

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  Read steps, then go to the UW-Stout Lynda.com Portal

  1. The portal page opens in a new window or tab.

  2. Login using your D2L username and password.

  3. Leave the page open and return to Moodle.

  4. Once you have logged in to Lynda.com, the video tutorials will work properly.
     

  • MOODLE SURVEY TOOLS

  • Understanding Choice, Feedback, and Survey activities: Lynda.com URL

    This overview of Moodle Assessment tools will help you get oriented to your new role as instructors.

  • Creating a Choice Activity URL

    The Moodle Choice tool makes it easy to create a simple one question poll. 

  • Creating a customized Feedback activity URL

    This is the first of six short videos explaining how to create a Moodle Feedback activity. 

  • Example Choice Poll: Which CMS would you prefer to drive?
  • Example Feedback: Digital Texts in the Classroom

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    MOODLE QUIZZES

  • Assessing Students with Tests and Quizzes URL

    This link takes you to the first for 13 short video tutorials that will walk you through the process of creating a Moodle Quiz. (Run time 1hr 4min.) You are not expected to create a long test. Instead explore question types as you create a brief assessment on a topic that interests you. 

    The Moodle Testing tools are powerful and complex. Choose this option if you are up for a technically challenging experience. 

  • Example Quiz: Creative Commons - by Jen Hegna
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  MODULE 4 WORK AREA

  Mod 4 Blue Group: Brent, Jen, Keli, Kristin 

  • Click the Add an activity... link in the lower right corner of this group work area 

  • Include your name in the title so we know which assessment is yours.  

  • Offer feedback to everyone in your group in the Peer Review discussion forum.

  • Peer Review of surveys and quizzes Forum
  • Jen - Defining plagiarism for digital natives Feedback
  • Kristin Terry--Travel in Spain Feedback
  • Brent - Language Learning Technologies That You Find Exciting! Feedback
  • Keli-Pretesting Students Feedback

    An important type of assessment is the Diagnostic Assessment often called pretesting.  In the Science classroom assessing your student's current thinking is particularly important because misunderstandings about the way the natural world works often interfere with students learning the correct science concepts.

    Look at the following article about pretesting and answer the following short survey about your experience with pretesting.

    How Do My Students Think: Diagnosing Student Thinking

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  MODULE 4 WORK AREA

  Mod 4 Purple Group:Corrie, Lisa, Susan R., Sue G. 

  • Click the Add an activity... link in the lower right corner of this group work area 

  • Include your name in the title so we know which assessment is yours.  

  • Offer feedback to everyone in your group in the Peer Review discussion forum.

  • Peer Review of surveys and quizzes Forum
  • Teaching Refugees Online_Susan Ramsey Feedback

    This survey explores the interest of educators in volunteering to teach refugees or other marginalized groups online.  The idea came from reading an article on Inside Higher Ed entitled, "A Global Jesuit University: A pilot program has set up online courses from Jesuit colleges at refugee camps in three countries." 
    

    Nelson, L. A. (2013, March 27). "Jesuit universities offer online courses in refugee camps." Retrieved June 26, 2016, from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/27/jesuit-universities-offer-online-courses-refugee-camps 

  • Lisa Weaver - Thwarting plagiarism Choice

    Choose from the following list a maximum of 2 options that would help thwart plagiarism in your classroom.

    I feel I could best combat plagiarism in my classroom by:

    Columbia College. (2016). What constitutes appropriate collaboration in your course. Retrieved from https://www.college.columbia.edu/faculty/resourcesforinstructors/academicintegrity/plagiarism

    Bart, Mary. (2011). Tips for Preventing Plagiarism among College Students. Faculty Focus. Retrieved from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/tips-for-preventing-plagiarism-among-college-students/

  • Teaching Time: Online vs. Face to Face Sue G. Choice
  • Instructor Characteristics and Online Student Success Corrie Behling Choice

    There can be many variables which can contribute to online student success.  To explore what specific characteristics an instructor needs to have to facilitate successful online student learning, please read the following article, Instructor Characteristics That Affect Online Student Success, then choose which 1 response you believe is the most important characteristic of an online instructor.  

    Orso, D. & Doolittle, J. (2012, Nov. 2). "Instructor Characteristics That Affect Online Student Success."  Retrieved on June 29, 2016 from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/instructor-characteristics-that-affect-online-student-success/

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