1 / 17

101 Uses for Moodle at the University

101 Uses for Moodle at the University. Thomas Gillespie - Instructional Technologist Chris Lewis - Information Systems Manager. About NMU. 9,400 Students 300 Faculty One of the largest notebook computer campuses in U.S. Largest educational WiMAX network

edolie
Download Presentation

101 Uses for Moodle at the University

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 101 Uses for Moodle at the University Thomas Gillespie - Instructional Technologist Chris Lewis - Information Systems Manager

  2. About NMU • 9,400 Students • 300 Faculty • One of the largest notebook computer campuses in U.S. • Largest educational WiMAX network • ~1200 course sections/ semester utilizing EduCat (Moodle)

  3. History and Decisions • Began Using Moodle during the 2008 school year • Became the primary LMS in 2010 • Prior to our selection of Moodle we decided to refer to it as EduCat • In the event we change to another LMS in the future, we can still refer to it as EduCat • We knew we would want to use Moodle for other purposes, and could avoid confusion by having different names.

  4. Why Have Separate Installations for Different Uses? • Support from Different Areas • Current Courses and Archives - Center for Instructional Technology in Education • Share server - Information Services • Different time frames for updates/ maintenance • Support for non-NMU users

  5. Current Servers for Courses (EduCat) • Production - Current courses in session • Test - Exact Duplicate of Production for testing upgrades, security patches, plugins, theme changes, code that has been reviewed on Dev • Development - testing ground for all new code • Archive - Read only versions of previous semesters with student data (submissions, posts, grades)

  6. Other Current Moodle Servers • Share - collaboration site for faculty/staff committees, student groups and organizations not necessarily tied to semesters or courses • Online Orientation - New student orientation for those who can’t attend an on campus session • Math Placement and Chemistry Readiness Testing - Removes holds and inserts scores into Banner for course prerequisites

  7. Usage Stats by Server • Share • 381 Groups (courses) • 9580 Users • Online Orientation • 4 Sessions • 780 Users (Freshman) • Math Placement and Chemistry Readiness Testing • Just a pilot right now

  8. Share Server Details Faculty/ Staff Committees Student Organizations Accreditation Department Sites Campus Wide Discussions Grant Writing/Projects/Reporting Board of Trustees Curriculum Change Documents Training

  9. Top 20 Share Groups in Cloud Form

  10. Top 50 Share Groups (based on views over a three day period)

  11. Unintended Benefits of Multiple Uses • Notice something that was missed in testing on non-mission critical “Share” server before it impacts “EduCat” server • Non credit courses can be offered on a machine that will not impact credit earning courses. • We can offer collaboration with off-site vendors (building and trades, Johnson Controls) • Possibility to Virtualize smaller instances • More streamlined servers (Oracle, etc…)

  12. Challenges, Issues, Limitations • Read-Only instance of Moodle can be tricky • Exporting Gradebook (writing temp files) • Hiding items after the semester backup/archive • Support for non-NMU users • Support for new first-time freshman who are not familiar with Moodle. • Updating • Increasing # of courses outside the usual semester dates

  13. Potential Future Servers • HR/Safety Training • Continuing Education • Online course training • Internal Department Training

  14. What are your non-course uses of Moodle? Freshman Advising Nursing Practicum (Feedback from clinical sites) Pre-test for Nursing Majors New Employee Training Course Material - from previous courses for new faculty

  15. Contact Information Thomas Gillespie Instructional Technologist Northern Michigan University tgillesp@nmu.edu Chris Lewis Information Systems Manager Northern Michigan University clewis@nmu.edu http://goo.gl/UZhDh2

More Related