Teaching with Moodle: The Basic Essentials for Engaging Learners
In these pre-semester training sessions on e-learning, participants will learn about UMMoodle, UM’s learning management system, as well as Zoom, a video-conferencing tool used at UM. Join us to find out how to get your course off to a great start, engaging learners from day one.
Speakers:
Prof. Katrine Wong (CTLE/FAH), Dr. Alice Lee (FAH), Dr. Chris Fulton (CTLE) and Mr. Miguel Costa (FST)
Online via Zoom
Topics covered
Tuesday, 9 August
11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Course layout
• Tips on setting up a new course and examples of teaching activities
Quizzes
• Checking knowledge with quizzes
Wednesday, 10 August **Rescheduled to 11th August**
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Feedback with polls
• Grades
• Peer assessment tool
• Student activity tracking tools
Thursday, 11 August **Rescheduled to 12 August**
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Pedagogical applications with forums and quizzes
Slides:
- slides Course Layout and Quizzes
- slides Polls, Grades, Peer-Assessment, Activity-Tracking
- slides Examples of activities with forums and quizzes
Pre-session videos:
- Update settings of a new course in UMMoodle
- Adding and inspecting activities in a UMMoodle course
- Video Tutorial on How to Stream and Record a Class Using Zoom
- Create a syllabus poll for the first week of classes
- Gradebook setup basics
Video recording of sessions [Log in with UMPASS]:
- Tuesday, 9 August E-Learning, Course layout, Quizzes
- Friday, 12 August Pedagogical applications with forums and quizzes
ICTO guides:
- How to post news in Announcements in UMMoodle?
- How can I show/hide my course for the enrolled students in UMMoodle?
- How to upload a file by using File Picker in UMMoodle?
- How to add a URL in UMMoodle?
- How to create a new Zoom meeting in UMMoodle?
- How to create a forum in UMMoodle?
- How to create a new assignment in UMMoodle?
- How to create a new quiz in UMMoodle?
- How to create a multiple choice exercise in UMMoodle?
- How to show/hide Gradebook to students in UMMoodle?