Moodle Course Design Best Practices: Design and develop outstanding Moodle learning experiences

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https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/moodle-course-design-best-practices-second-edition Fast-paced guide for designing effective Moodle courses; experiment with Moodle’s features for free using MoodleCloud Key FeaturesApply principles of instructional design to create great Moodle learning experiencesEnhance collaboration and spur creativity with MoodleBring together instructional materials, social interaction, and student management functions in your coursesBook Description Moodle is a leading virtual learning environment for your online course. This book incorporates the principles of instructional design, showing you how to apply them to your Moodle courses. With this guidance, you will develop and deploy better courses, content, and assessments than ever. This book will guide you as you learn how to build and incorporate many different types of course materials and dynamic activities. You will learn how to improve the structure and presentation of resources, activities, and assessments. All this will help you to create better for self-led courses, instructor-led courses, and courses for collaborative groups. The use of multimedia features to enhance your Moodle courses is also explained in this book. Our goal is to encourage creativity, and the free MoodleCloud hosting option is an ideal place for teachers, students, trainers, and administrators to jump in and play with all the new features, which include powerful new plug-ins, new resources, and activities. Moodle can be your sandbox as well as your castle of learning! With this book, you will build learning experiences that will last your learners’ lifetimes. What you will learnBuild a course structure that fits your goalsDesign a unique appearanceManage the resources and activitiesTips for better organization of your course contentSelect and set up assessmentsInclude effective instructional strategiesIncorporate competency frameworksRun and archive webinarsMotivate learners by incorporating badgesExplore MoodleCloudWho this book is for If you create courses with Moodle, this book is for you. It can be used by teachers, instructors, training managers, Moodle administrators, instructional technologists, instructional designers, and e-learning entrepreneurs. Prior experience with Moodle will be helpful. Table of ContentsPreparing to Build an Exemplary Moodle CoursePlanning Your CourseOrganizing Your CourseBest Practices in Content DeliveryDesigning Self-Paced Independent Study CoursesDeveloping Cohort-Based Courses with Teacher-Student InteractionCreating Student-Centered Project-Based CoursesMoodle for Online Communities Cover Title Page Copyright and Credits Packt Upsell Contributors Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Preparing to Build an Exemplary Moodle Course The advantages of Moodle Getting started with Moodle Preparing your Moodle workspace Creating user accounts Creating a new course shell Assigning course roles Site settings for course designers Course format Activating filters Enabling completion tracking Enabling conditional activities Designing an effective course for student success Summary Chapter 2: Planning Your Course Learning outcomes Cognitive psychology as applied to learning Bloom's taxonomy Universal design for learning Multiple means of representation Multiple means of access and expression Multiple means of engagement Selecting resources and activities Types of assessment Summary Chapter 3: Organizing Your Course Looking at your course goals and the big picture Aligning your course with your learning objectives Course settings General Description Course format Structuring your instructional material using a format The number of sections in the course Hidden sections Course layout Appearance Taking an inventory of tools and applications – Media players Matching content and tools with student success strategies Time management strategies Mapping workflows for student success Files and uploads Completion tracking Guest access Groups Role renaming Customizing your course page The Calendar block Instructor/institution links Student success links Additional elements to customize the appearance of your course Fonts Images Theme considerations Summary Chapter 4: Best Practices in Content Delivery Managing types of content and activities Adding resources to our course Adding course materials via Book Adding files Adding folders Adding pages Embedding presentations Adding activities Assignment module Choice Forum Lesson Quiz Wiki Using assessments to deliver content Incorporating collaborative learning Incorporating productivity and collaboration apps Backing up and reusing content Summary Chapter 5: Designing Self-Paced Independent Study Courses Self-paced independent study Configuring your course – Global settings Theme selection Activities Quiz Book Badges Calendar Course-level configuration Course settings Course completion Resources Book Resources Resources – File Resources – URL Recording webcasts/presentations Producing and sharing presentations Audio only Presentation only Activities and assessments Choice Quiz Certificates Achievement and motivation Summary Chapter 6: Developing Cohort-Based Courses with Teacher-Student Interaction Characteristics of instructor-led, cohort-based courses Benefits and limitations of cohort-based courses in Moodle Setting up your instructor-led course – Global settings Theme selection Collaborative and guided webinars for cohorts Configuring the plugins Forum Calendar Course-level configuration Course settings Resources Folder Student-created files Word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools Activities and assessments Assignment Grades Course backups for cohort-based courses Summary Chapter 7: Creating Student-Centered Project-Based Courses Characteristics of student-centered project-based courses Setting up your project-based course – Global settings Calendar Competency-based education Theme selection Configuring the workshop settings Calendar Goal setting and motivation Course-level configuration Course settings Providing resources for the course Links to applications for projects Audio, video, and geographical information tools Selecting activities Activities and assessments Workshop Configuring wiki Summary Chapter 8: Moodle for Online Communities Moodle and online communities Building a knowledge-based online community Choosing the best theme for your knowledge-based Moodle online communities Using the best settings for knowledge-based Moodle online communities Selecting resources and activities for a knowledge-based Moodle online community Building a task-based online community Choosing the best activity for your task-based Moodle online communities Using the best settings for task-based Moodle online communities Selecting resources and activities for a task-based Moodle online community Building an online community based on learning and achievement Creating a certificate course Creating badge-generating courses Creating a MOOC Creating a question bank for a quiz Building your quiz Summary Other Books You May Enjoy Index