Top+10+Moodle+Plugins+and+Modules

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=**Presenter:**=

Justine Kobeski


=Who attended:=

Lisa Butler
= = =Resources:=
 * ==[|Moodle]==

=Notes:= 1. Accessibility 2. Questionnaire 3. Games 4. Lightbox 5. Book 6. OU Blog 7. DimDim 8. Java Molecule Editor 9. Mindmap 10. Certificate Modules
 * Change the way text is displayed. Customizable to individual students.
 * Multiple types of questions available
 * Able to export the data to evaluate in Excel
 * This would be better than GoogleForms at the very beginning of the year, before 6th graders have GoogleDocs
 * Shows up as an Activity in the editing menu
 * Games can be based on a glossary, quiz, or questions you write
 * Easy to create, but very basic look
 * Can record a students' score in Moodle
 * Upload images and comment
 * Unlike Voicethread, you can not leave comments for specific images, just the album as a whole
 * Shows up as a resource
 * Can divide the book into chapters
 * Similar to a lesson module
 * Students can respond to a specific teacher prompt
 * This is not the private blog that students have across all their courses, it is course specific.
 * Hosts online class
 * Need to consider how it affects the network?
 * Would students be able to participate from home? Depends on computer/internet access
 * Able to share resources (desktop, whiteboard, chat, etc)
 * Great for chemistry
 * Simple
 * Disadvantage - you can only have primary connections
 * Track professional development - teachers would have to complete each activity and achieve a minimum score
 * Can photo edit to make certificates more pleasing


 * * ADDITIONAL
 * EXELearning.org - ability to create questions/quizzes and package as a SCORM to be uploaded on Moodle
 * Udutu - similar to EXELearning, but easier to use
 * Both are free to use
 * Articulate will create amazing, interactive, engaging activities which can be packaged as SCORM. However, it is not a free option.

=Ideas for Implementing:=
 * The games are more visually basic than Quia or other game sites online. However, it does track on task efforts. It it would be an easier/better way to track homework. Random guesses do hurt the students final score.
 * I want to investigate the Lesson option on Moodle - similar to the Book plugin, but you can track on task work.

=Challenges:=
 * In order to get a plugin installed, it needs to go through the server admin. In this case, we would have to contact the IU and state our case for the benefit of a specific plugin or module.
 * People who do not know what they are doing - with permissions they should not have - results in lots of damage to Moodle sites
 * Copy & Pasting from a Word document includes a lot of unintentional codes that interfere with Moodle
 * When Moodle is upgraded, many of the plugins are not included in the update. So there is no way to transfer that data/resource over.