From Friday Mailing 8th October 2021

As promised, this week I am beginning a series that will guide you through the Moodle learning tools. Forgive me if I sound like one of those adverts for expensive magazines – “week by week this will build into an invaluable reference guide to using Moodle, as you enter the exciting world of VLEs”.

• “What is a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) and why use Moodle?” Here is pdf explanation that I shared on Friday mailing last year.
• “Give me a quick overview.” Here is a pdf that summarizes all the Moodle learning activities, analyses their strengths and weaknesses, links them to various guides, and maps them to Bloom’s Taxonomy. Seriously this is a resource you will want to keep handy. Feel free to share it.

Next week, I will begin with the humble label – the foundation stone for all Moodle courses.

Pro Tip – This Moodle course is currently set to allow Guest access, so anyone can see it without logging on. See how much can be done before you require users to log on.