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Making oodle more social and fun
Moodle Sharing Seminar, UM7th February 2012
Frankie KamGraduate Lecturer, Coordinator
Stamford College
[email protected]://moodurian.blogspot.comBecause sharing
is caring!
Contents
I. A bit about MeII. Five Moodle customisations
1. Hiding clutter with Autohide 2. Having fun with the Online Users block3. Motivating students with Multistamps4. Post content and comment with the Wall
A bit about me• Married with one wife and two children• Working in Stamford College since 1996• Teaching IT and programming, Ms Office By day, a Coordinator for the Computing School… ….a Moodle ‘code developer’
by night
• Wrote Msc. Paper “How Moodle supports Self-Directed-Learning” (OUM, 2011)
• I love to share code with others on my blog
Jom Facebook• Started the
Facebook group “Moodle Malaysia Boleh” in May 2011
(a grand total of 34 members currently)
A bit about me Blogger on Moodurian.blogspot.com since 2011. So far, 134 posts, 55 Moodle hacks.
Making Moodle More Social and Fun
Social (adjective) relating to activities in which you
meet and spend time with other people
Fun (adjective) Amusing, entertaining, or
enjoyable: "it was a fun evening".
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes– reducing clutter
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
1. Autohide for Moodle 2.x themes
2. Spicing up the Online Users block
2. Spicing up the Online Users block
2. Spicing up the Online Users block
2. Spicing up the Online Users block
2. Spicing up the Online Users block
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
The Standard Stamp Collection module. From this…
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
…to this!
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
Integrated with the Logged in user block
3. Motivating students with Multistamps
An Email is sent once a stamp is awarded.“gld:First place in Electrical Engineering Test1...
Keep up the good work!”
4. The Wall
4. The Wall
Facebook’s got a Wall…
4. The Wall
Mahara’s got a Wall…
4. The Wall
Joomla’s (Jomsocial) got a Wall…
WHAT ABOUT MOODLE?
4. The Wall
Benefits of a Wall for Moodle
1. Instant posting of information2. Allows context feedback3. Mimics Facebook4. Encourages sharing 5. Encourages collaboration6. Fun to use (user icons)7. Multifunctional8. Complements the Forum
activity
4. The Wall
Origin = Srinivas Tamada’s Facebook-like Wall Version 3.0
http://www.9lessons.info/2011/05/facebook-wall-script-with-php-and.html
4. The Wall
Can be embeded inside a course page
4. The Wall
Allows Voice-To-Text Input (microphone)
4. The Wall
Allows various Web 2.0 embedded content
YoutubeScribdVimeoImage URLS, etc.
4. The Wall
Add a background.
4. The Wall
Add rich text (various font sizes, styles, colours)
4. The Wall
And toggle between text and rich-text formats
4. The Wall
Mix image backgrounds and rich text
4. The Wall
More fonts
4. The Wall
Supports Unicode
(Inter-national
languages)
4. The Wall
Allows gamification
4. The Wall
Allows gamification
4. The Wall
Allows copy-and-
paste of Website content
4. The Wall
AllowsTeacher
To receiveE-mail
Of Wallpost
4. The WallDate stamping
4. The Wall
Private JournalFeature Mr Student is
logged in,but cannot read
James Dean’s posts
On the wall.
4. The Wall
No scroll of death via Accordian Activity
4. The Wall
4. The Wall
Future work. Social-Related Moodle Stuff
1. Look into Open Badges integration
2. Look into Joomdle
SUMMARYELEMENT WHAT IT DOES BENEFIT
Autohide Gives a cleaner interface for Course Administrators
Removes clutter;Course administration becomes less of a chore.
Online User Block
Allows users to express themselves and be invisible on demand.
Better student engagementBetter acceptability from new users
Multistamps Allows the Teacher to award various stamps
Motivation factorVirtual Rewards for students
Wall All users can posts and comments ala Facebook
Fun to usePromotes sharing of informationVersatile usage
Thank you
Frankie KamGraduate Lecturer
Stamford College [email protected]
http://moodurian.blogspot.com