Moodle 1.9 for Teaching 7-14 Year Olds
Time for action-customising our course page
Making changes on the course page
Time for action-moving, adding, and deleting blocks
Making our own side blocks in Moodle
Time for action-configuring an HTML block
Where does Moodle store our stuff?
Time for action-setting up the course files area
Brightening up the course page with images
Time for action-uploading images to our Moodle page
Adding links to other web sites in Moodle
Time for action-making a 'click here' link to a web site
Adding worksheets and resources
Time for action-uploading a factsheet on to Moodle
Time for action-displaying our factsheet on our course page
Putting a week's worth of slideshows into Moodle
Time for action-getting a whole folder of work into Moodle in one go
Time for action-displaying a whole folder on Moodle
Making a 'click here' type link to the River Thames web site
Creating a worksheet about flooding, directly in Moodle
Time for action-typing our flooding worksheet straight into Moodle
Online worksheets—some ideas to consider
Time for action-improving the look of our course page
Getting our class to reflect and discuss
Time for action-setting up a discussion forum on Moodle
Carrying on the conversation in real time—outside of school
Time for action-setting up a chat room in Moodle
Time for action-getting students to create their own Glossary
Showcasing the plans in a database
Time for action-setting up a database
Giving our class a chance to vote
Time for action-giving students a chance to choose a winner
Time for action-setting up an online creative writing exercise
Marking students' work on Moodle
Time for action-getting our class to work together on an online story
Time for action-getting a program to create our self-marking activities
Time for action-matching rivers to continents with the JMatch Hot Potato
Time for action-getting our matching activity into Moodle
Consolidating knowledge with Hot Potatoes activities
Time for action-creating a self-marking gap-fill exercise
Time for action-making a self-marking crossword exercise
Time for action-making a self-marking mixed up words exercise
Time for action-making a self-marking multiple-choice quiz
Adding pictures to our Hot Potatoes
Time for action-creating an exercise where words are matched with pictures
Making an assessment test with a Moodle quiz
Time for action-set up a Moodle quiz as test on rivers and continents
The quiz question screen is in two parts
Time for action-making a multiple-choice question
Time for action-making a true/false question
Time for action-making a matching question
Making an Alien Abduction (hangman) game
Time for action-finding and making the Alien Abduction game
Garbage in the bins—making a sorting exercise
Time for action-finding and making the bin game
Bish Bash Bosh—a differentiation game with a hammer!
Time for action-finding and creating the Bish Bash Bosh game
WordWeb—making a spelling game using Spellmaster
Time for action-finding and making the WordWeb game from Spellmaster
Fling the Teacher—making a Moodle-marked homework
Time for action-finding and setting up 'Fling the Teacher'
Time for action-creating a 'Fling the Teacher' game
Time for action-getting our game to work in Moodle's grade book
Making a sound recording to put into Moodle
Time for action-getting Audacity
Time for action-setting up to record
Improving the recording and involving our class
Time for action-getting rid of the coughs and giggles
Time for action-adding background music
Time for action-saving our recording
Time for action-adding a link to the audio file
Making a film to put into Moodle
Time for action-creating our movie
Improving our movie with effects and sound
Time for action-adding special effects to our movie
Time for action-adding sound to our movie
Getting the sound to match our images
Adding the finishing touches to make our movie ready for Moodle
Time for action-adding our opening credits
Time for action-saving and uploading the movie into Moodle
Time for action-introducing our project with a blog entry
Time for action-how to display a Google Map on our course page
Introducing the project with a cartoon character
Time for action-creating a moving and a talking teacher
Telling our story through a cartoon animation
Time for action-creating our animation
Time for action-saving our animation which is ready for Moodle
Summarizing our project in a word cloud
Time for action-making a Wordle word cloud
Miss, I can't do the homework coz I haven't got Word at home!
Time for action-getting a free alternative to Microsoft Office
Choosing the best file type for Moodle
Time for action-saving a Rivers homework as a pdf file for ease of access on Moodle
Making it easier for our students to view our slideshows
Time for action-getting a program that displays our interactive presentations
Time for action-saving our slideshow so that everyone can see it
Making sure that all of our images look correct on Moodle
Time for action-getting a program to help us edit images for Moodle
Time for action-resizing a single photo to display on Moodle
Time for action-re-sizing several photos, all in one go
Showing YouTube videos on Moodle when YouTube is banned
Time for action-how to download a YouTube video to use on Moodle
Using Moodle to get our students to make decisions
Time for action-creating a decision-making exercise (DME)
Time for action-finishing and viewing our DME
Keeping our students up-to-date with the latest news
Time for action-getting some appropriate news feeds for our topic
Time for action-keeping our students informed with a Moodle RSS block
Finishing off—what else can Moodle do for me?
Evaluating our course with a Moodle questionnaire
Rewarding our students efforts with a certificate
Making our course home page look more like a web page
Time for action-adding image links to our topic sections
Time for action-putting our activities into web pages
Time for action-link the topic web page to its image
Concealing our activities to make our course page neater
Time for action-making our course page look more like a web page