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Bedford College – Moodle Overview

Bedford College – Moodle Overview. Roy Currie, Director of Information & Learning Technologies, Bedford College. Background. Migrated from WebCT /Blackboard Campus Edn . 4 to Moodle on May 11 2009 – Original plan was to go to Blackboard 9 Currently using Moodle 1.9.x

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Bedford College – Moodle Overview

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  1. Bedford College – Moodle Overview Roy Currie, Director of Information & Learning Technologies, Bedford College

  2. Background • Migrated from WebCT/Blackboard Campus Edn. 4 to Moodle on May 11 2009 – Original plan was to go to Blackboard 9 • Currently using Moodle 1.9.x • Strong culture of tinkering and hacking • Moving to Moodle 2.x this summer (probably 2.4/2.5) • Develop and host Moodle for other organisations

  3. Key Features • All students have Moodle as home page • NTLM/LDAP Single sign-on • gMailintergration with automated provisioning of student email accounts • Separation of content and cohort management through use of metacourses and automated course enrolment • Chat is permitted and monitored • Extensive customisation of ULCC PLP module (Currently developing our own) • Development of Grade Tracking system • Setting up and integrating Mahara (Mahoodle)

  4. Course Structure Students Meta courses with content Hidden Child Courses 201211 L2 Beauty H203_09 201212 201213 H204_09 201214 H204_10 201215 L2 Hair H205_09 201216 H205_10 201217 201218 H206_10 201219 H207_09 L3 Beauty 201220 H207_10 201221

  5. Integrating Communications • Established account with gmail • Used [StudentID]@student.bedford.ac.uk as address • [Username]@bedford.ac.uk is staff email going to exchange • Gmail accounts are automatically created when learners first log onto Moodle • New mail notifications are pushed onto the Moodle home page • Clicking on new mail links enables seamless transition between gMail and Moodle through single sign on

  6. Enabling Chat • Use of Moodle chat is permitted! • This is monitored by Learning technologies staff • Report for monitoring chat has been customised • One-button ban has been implemented for chat abusers • Student pictures are set as their ID pictures • Students can hide their online presence from other students.

  7. Attendance & Punctuality • Predicted grades • BKSB results • Prior learning • Timetables • Subject reports • Grade Tracking • Tutorial record • Target setting and tracking • Issues & Concerns Moodle & ePLP

  8. PLP Customisations • Attendance and punctuality information with trending on overnight update from student data system • Integration with BKSB • Prior achievement recording and target grade setting • Learner timetable information from EBS • Ability to add document attachments to ePLP • Course report recording • Tutorial recording (some customisation of target setting) • Ability to add issues and concerns (shared between teaching team but not visible to learner) • New Dashboard under construction

  9. Grade Tracker • Currently covers all BTEC diploma, HNC and HND, A & AS Level structures • Some C&G done, remainder, VRQ, FS, Access etc. under development • Set for learners by adding ‘Qualification’ to child course • Units and Criteria can be edited and configured at individual learner level • Ability to provide feedback at unit and criteria levels • By course, learners or unit views available • Range of reports under development • ‘Assignment view’ and tie in with electronic assignment submission under development.

  10. Project Partnership • The College YstradMynach • West Suffolk College • Westminster Kingsway College • JISC RSC Eastern • JISC Infonet • Aylesbury College • GrwpLlandrilloMenai • Herts Regional College • Highbury College • Hull College • Lambeth College • SEEVIC • Sussex Downs College

  11. Interested Parties • Berkshire College of Agriculture • Brockenhurst College • Tresham College • Colchester Institute • Leeds College of Art • Colchester Sixth Form • College of West Anglia • Gateway College • Boston College • Wiltshire College • Canterbury College • Palmer’s College • Suffolk One

  12. Deliverables and Timescales • Originally intended for Moodle 1.9 & Moodle 2.0, finding little evidence of demand for 1.9 version • Project website and on-line test environment: already available – http://moodlegrades.bedford.ac.uk • Issuing monthly releases for local installation and evaluation – commenced on 3rd May with V1.0. V2.0 has just been released • Next release, V3.0 is scheduled for 8th July • Community release: November 13

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