Moodle 2 change
- 1. Moodle 2.2 Focus Group A shared Vision Date: July 2009
- 2. Agenda Welcome and apologies Meeting Framing and Terms of References e-Learning Strategy What does it means to you? In your role? In your department? In your part of the college? To your students? Your vision This is where we are and this is where we could be How to get there? Research projects Summary of SMART actions Review of meeting QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.
- 3. Framing of meeting Nature of meeting: Information sharing and action based Outcome: Defining what it is that we want to do with our VLE Understanding why Moodle 2.2 Defined Success Shared understanding of Moodle 2.2 Clarity of our focus group and individual role Ownership Rules of engagement Who will take minutes? Who will be the time keeper?
- 4. Terms of References Overall objective: To improve our VLE features to enhance Learning & Teaching at EFC
- 5. Terms of References 1. To review current VLE 2. To identify strength 3. To highlights areas where there are opportunities for improvement. 4. To review other Moodle sites and compare features 5. To rebrand our VLE 6. To redesign its Navigation 7. To redesign its homepage 8. To better link and integrate with our EFC systems 9. To decide on a communication strategy to staff 10. To review Training material developed to support staff and students in the new system 11. To support our staff development day in July Frequency of meetings: once a week Day and Time: Mondays 3 to 4pm
- 6. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Why Upgrade? New and improved Were upgrading because: Moodle is beginning to look and feel dated, we want to offer the best system possible for the needs of the EFC community. A major version of Moodle was released in June 2011 which introduces many improvements and new features - upgrading is a logical and progressive step. It introduces more functionality and flexibility while retaining all your existing course structures, activities and materials. Existing course content and the general structure and behaviour of Moodle is not changing. Building on what makes Moodle great, there are many improvements in Moodle 2 and a few new and complementary features.
- 7. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Why Upgrade?
- 8. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Improvement? Course and personal file management Course design, formats and structures Course enrolments and better integration of Portico cohorts Quiz tool and questions - flag questions and navigation during a quiz plus initial creation of questions Look and feel with a new theme Linking and integration with other EFC systems Consistent and clearer navigation Richer course content via a new editor (video, audio, text, mathematical expressions)
- 9. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change New Features? Mobile access - access Moodle from a mobile (smart) phone Structured pathways through course activities material Conditional release for activities and resources Link to external sites and merge content into your course
- 10. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Moodle 2.2 Upgrade To take place on June 28th Both new and improved features will be promoted throughout the coming months and into the next academic terms.
- 11. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Why Moodle? EFC adopted Moodle in 2008 as the institutional online learning environment, in September 2011 all taught modules and programmes are using Moodle to deliver teaching and learning. This staggering achievement needs to be matched by a system to support and promote the diverse range of uses Moodle caters for. Upgrading to the latest version ensures EFC is using the most modern system possible. A transparent and clear approach will ensure Moodle continues along its successful path.
- 12. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Timeline To get an overview of the upgrade take a look at the following timeline. We're aiming to go live by 28 June 2012 for the start of the 2012-13 academic session. While we understand that this may be more complicated for some courses and we're aiming to reduce this as much as possible, the summer break presents the best time for the necessary outage and migration.
- 13. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change Timeline May 2012 June 2012 Explore Communicate New version Redesign VLE and Review consult material
- 14. VLE Moodle 2.2 Change How are we going to get organised?
- 15. Was this a successful meeting? Outcome: Defining what it is that we want to do with our VLE Understanding why Moodle 2.2 Defined Success Do we have a Shared understanding? Is everyone clear of our role? Does everyone feel ownership of actions? Have we defined SMART actions? Date of next meeting Monday May 14th at 3pm