A+Moodle+Overview


 * Course settings

Moodle comes complete with a set of tools to assist you in the addition of a variety of activities, assignments or exercises to your course. We'll begin with the tools listed under "Activities" which appears in the left frame of the course window, similar to this:
 * **Icons**



1) Let's start with the **"Assignments"** icon: Selecting this icon allows you to add a 4 different types of assignments: b) Online text ** //This type of assignment gives the teacher the ability to comment inline within the student's submitted work. Students are offered an "Edit My Submission" button when they access the course, and are then able to copy the original assignment into the window as well as insert their own work to complete the assignment. The instructor may then make comments directly within the student's submission.// //This type of activity allows the students to create a document in another application, then upload that document using a submission button to the Moodle course as a means of "turning in" the assignment.// //This type of activity allows you to outline directions for or assign a task that does not require any Moodle usage to complete it, other than to read the instructor's directions. For example, you may want to communicate a specific task to your students to complete, such as completing certain exercises within a text or workbook. Since this assignment does not require them to be "online" to accomplish it, you may provide directions to it by using the "Offline activity" feature.//
 * a) Advanced Uploading of Files (explain each)
 * c) Upload a single file **
 * d) Offline activity **

2) Now on to the **"Forums"** Forums are used 3) Then, **"Glossaries"** 4) Now, fun with **"Hot Potatoes Quizzes"** To begin using Hot Potatoes Quizzes, you must first download the **[|Hot Potatoes]** software. (Is there some configuring to be done to the Moodle server as well?) Once this is done, you can launch the program which gives you the availability to create five different types of interactive, scoreable activities: ∆ a **Cloze** activity - fill-in-the-blanks of a paragraph or sentence; ∆ a **Matching** activity - perfect for vocabulary matching in different languages, or matching terms to their definitions; ∆ a **Mixing** Activity - allows you to created mixed up phrases where students must form a logical sentence or phrase; ∆ a **Quiz** activity - ∆ a **Crossword** activity - allows you to create an interactive, scoreable crossword puzzle for terms, definitions, ideas, etc. ∆ a **Mashable** feature - where you can create an activity that combines any of the above into one activity.

5) **"Lessons"** 6) **"Quizzes"** 7) **"Resources"**


 * Forms and visual cues