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Moodle for Linguistics. Autumn 2013. Overview – What is Moodle ?. Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment LMS (Learning Management System) Open Source / PHP Hosted by the Language Learning Center Version 2.4+ (WEFLI4), 2.5+ (WEFLI8) Tech support: rlhugo@uw.edu.
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Moodle for Linguistics Autumn 2013
Overview – What is Moodle? • Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment • LMS (Learning Management System) • Open Source / PHP • Hosted by the Language Learning Center • Version 2.4+ (WEFLI4), 2.5+ (WEFLI8) • Tech support: rlhugo@uw.edu
How do we use Moodle? • Ling 100 & 200, all assessment is done on Moodle. • You can create customized quizzes/homework utilizing predeveloped content.
Accessing the system • Direct the students to the LLC website for logging in. This way, when server migrations occur the move is seamless for students.
How do students create accounts? • They click the NetID login button and it automatically creates an account for them. • They enroll in the course with an “enrollment key” (i.e., password) that is provided in each section syllabus. (This is a one time process.) • Each class section may be given a unique enrollment key that enrolls them into the correct group into the course. • Afterwards, they only need to click the NetID login and select the course.
Tour of Ling 100 • http://wefli4.lang.washington.edu/moodle2/course/view.php?id=348 • Overview of the course • Editing • Adding resources and activities • Creating quizzes/homeworks & questions • Previewing questions • Adding media
What does a Quiz look like in Moodle: Question bank category Quiz Question bank folder Question bank folder
Benefit of the quiz structure: • Random questions • Shuffling questions and within questions • Descriptions/Instructions
Common question types • True/False • Matching • Multiple Choice • Cloze / Embedded (Hot Potatoes) • http://wefli4.lang.washington.edu/moodle2/question/question.php?returnurl=%2Fquestion%2Fedit.php%3Fcourseid%3D348%26cat%3D12917%252C25684&courseid=348&id=119153 • Drag and Drop • Essay (Manually graded) • Short Answer (Complicated auto-grading) • Random Short-Answer Matching • Audio recording (Assignment)
Questions with multiple answers and distracters. • For questions with multiple answers there is a grade percentage box at the bottom. • However many answers you want to be correct, they have to TOTAL 100%. • For example, two questions are worth 50% each. • Distracter answers need to have a negative percentage and must equal -100%. • These percentage scales go from -100% to none to +100%.
Cheating Prevention • Monitoring student progress and activity
Grading • Nearly all Quizzes and Homework for linguistics are autograded. • To be taken care of when you create the quiz and questions. This is why we use Multiple choice, true/false, etc. • Manually check the gradebook to make sure that everyone has completed and submitted their homework. • At the end of the course, the grades are exported to Excel and then imported into Catalyst.