This two-day training session is designed for teachers and business trainers who would like to learn more about Moodle's features and how to implement them effectively.  The primary goal of the first day of training is to introduce participants to Moodle. The training will begin with a brief overview of Moodle. This overview will be followed by a guided tour of Moodle's most popular features and tools from the perspective of the learner.  As the first day comes to a close, participants will create the shell of their own "sandbox" course (provided). Topics included on the first day will be:

• Creating and editing the Moodle profile
• Hands on experience with the top five Moodle modules including Assignment, Choice, Forum, Quiz and Resource
• Defining course Settings
• Using blocks, topic summaries and labels to customize your course

On the second day, the focus will be learning to create several of the most frequently used Moodle activities. Strategies and resources for good course design will be presented during the day. Training will conclude with a discussion of rapid course development prototyping and review of the resources available to participants following the training. Topics covered on the second day will include:

• Creating Resources to link to web pages as well as electronic files
• Building Assignments, Quizzes and discussion Forums
• Best practices in managing online learners
• Discussion of other Moodle tools based on needs of participants

Participant Notes

• If you have materials that you would like to use as you start to build your Moodle course, please bring them (in an electronic format) as you can use them when we add sample activities
• Please bring your laptop computer for this hands-on training
• Class will begin at 8:30am and conclude at 4:30pm, with an hour and a half on your own for lunch
• The course is limited to 20 participants
• Recommendation: Using Moodle textbook by Jason Cole and Helen Foster

As district CTO, I was looking for face-to-face training for a selected group of participants who would be responsible for building course content on our own Moodle server. This training was perfectly suited to the ability levels and needs of our group. Alan (Hutto) was a thorough and patient instructor and quick to clarify concepts that might be perplexing to participants. All of them told me how pleased they were with the quality of instruction and expressed pleasure that they had decided to take part in the training. Participants are leaving the training with an excellent knowledge foundation and enthusiasm for beginning the course creation process.

Judith Ray, CTO
Catawaba County Schools, NC