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Developed by Jennifer Jahedkar Texas AgriLife Extension
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About moodle............................................................................................................................................ 3 Logging in ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Moodle Front Page .................................................................................................................................... 5 Blocks ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Exercise: Front page ................................................................................................................................. 5 Administration Block ................................................................................................................................ 8 Settings ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Roles ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Files ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 Exercise: Administration block .............................................................................................................. 13 Editing ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Static Content: Resources ....................................................................................................................... 16 Web page ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Label ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Exercise: Editing ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Book ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Exercise: Book ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Dynamic Content: Activities ................................................................................................................... 21 Forum ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Exercise: Forum ...................................................................................................................................... 24 Quiz ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 Exercise: Quiz ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Certificate ................................................................................................................................................ 28 Exercise: Certificates .............................................................................................................................. 29 Logs & Reports ....................................................................................................................................... 30 Glossary .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Questionnaire .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Lesson ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 Wiki......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Notes: ...................................................................................................................................................... 37
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About moodle Once you have gone through the instructional design process, making sure that your audience has been identified, the learning objectives have been set, and appropriate media has been identified, you are ready to create a course that will successfully meet the learning objectives for your specific learners. At that point you’re ready to look at different tools that are available, different applications that you can use to develop and deliver online learning.
eXtension has quite a number of tools, including Moodle.
Moodle is an online course development and delivery platform that facilitates the creation and delivery of self-directed, instructor-led and blended online courses. Moodle requires no programming knowledge.
Moodle courses contain activities and resources to facilitate learning including forums, glossaries, wikis, quizzes, etc.
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eXtension Moodle sites include:
http://pdc.extension.org/ for internal professional development courses http://campus.extension.org/ for outreach courses Request a blank course shell by e-mailing [email protected]
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Logging in On http://pdc.extension.org an eXtension ID is required to login and access online Professional Development Courses. http://pdc.extension.org is not open to non-employees. On http://campus.extension.org, Extension employees are encouraged to use the same login information, including their eXtension ID, to access the eXtension outreach Campus.
http://campus.extension.org is open to non-employees. Clientele create their own accounts by following the Create an account link.
Using an eXtension ID to log in at http://pdc.extension.org: If you don’t have an eXtension ID go to https://people.extension.org, and follow the link near the
bottom of the page to ‘signup for one!’ Once the account is set up then proceed.
Click the ‘Login’ link in the top right corner of http://pdc.extension.org. If prompted, enter an eXtension ID and password at http://people.extension.org . Click to Allow that site to communicate with moodle, if prompted to do so. http://pdc.extension.org should re-open, with you Logged in, as seen in the upper right corner. Using an eXtension ID to log in at http://campus.extension.org: Click the ‘Login’ link in the top right corner of the site. Look to the top of the page under We are OpenID Enabled. Enter the following in the text box: “ https://people.extension.org ” then click the Login button. If prompted, enter an eXtension ID and password at http://people.extension.org and click Login. Click to Allow that site to communicate with moodle, if prompted to do so. http://campus.extension.org should re-open, with you Logged in, as seen in the upper right corner.
Help for employees and clientele is available at [email protected]
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Moodle front page The front page of a Moodle course typically contains blocks on either side and course content and activities in the center. Course content begins with an overview or introduction, continues with a series of topics, and ends with a conclusion and evaluation.
Switch Role to… allows teachers to view the course as a student or another type of user.
Turn Editing On/Off is a toggle that enables and disables editing within the page. Make sure editing is turned on before editing is attempted!
Each topic can be selected, highlighted, hidden, moved or edited by clicking the appropriate icon for the action.
On the right and left there are menus and blocks, which are added by clicking the Add drop down menu.
Blocks can be hidden, deleted, moved and customized.
Breadcrumbs at the top of the page show where a learner is in the course, and provides a way to get back by clicking on the appropriate course or activity name
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Blocks
Blocks allow the customization of a course by pulling in or highlighting specific information in a course.
The left and right columns of the Moodle layout can be customized with different blocks. Each block can contain a different type of content.
Popular Block Types
HTML block
Blocks that contain any content made up of text, links, and images. When added, this block will have the label (new HTML block). After adding the block, click the Edit/Configuration icon and enter a title for the block or leave it blank to choose no title. Then use the text box to add content.
Random Glossary block
Displays random entries from a glossary. After adding the block, configure it using the edit icon to specify a title, a glossary to pull from, and frequency.
Recent Activity block
Lists course activity, including added, modified or deleted activities and content, forum postings and assignment submissions, that have changed since the user last accessed the course.
To Add a Block
1. Turn editing on for the course 2. Scroll down to the block labeled "Blocks" 3. Select the block to add from the drop-down menu
To Move a Block
Use the up arrow to move the block up in the column Use the left arrow to move a block to the left column
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Exercise: Front page
1. Turn Editing on, if necessary, then
Add Random Glossary Term block
2. Hide Random Glossary Term block
3. Move blocks Right
4. Switch role to Student
5. View course
The Random Glossary block doesn’t appear.
6. Return to normal role as Teacher
7. Turn Editing on
8. Show Random Glossary Term block
9. Move 1 blocks left
10. Move 1 block up
11. Move 1 block down
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Administration Block Students see a course administration block with a link to their Profile and a link to their Grades, if "Show grades" is set to yes in course settings. Teachers see much more in the administration block, including the links below, which are only visible and available to teachers of the course and others with high-level permissions. The underlined links are most frequently used.
Turn editing on to edit the course Settings to specify enrollment & other parameters Assign Roles set roles for teachers etc in the course Grades to see grades of enrolled students Groups to establish group settings for the course Backup to backup and save course data Restore to restore backed up data Import to transfer data from another course you are teaching Reset to reset the course Reports to see activity in the course Questions to open the question bank Files to upload or view files in the course
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Settings
Before a course is moved into an open category the following info must be entered in Settings:
Course details and contact information Course dates and enrollment parameters
An Enrollment key can be used to limit enrollment to specific users, or students who have paid for a course and received the key.
Allowing Guest access limits the amount of meaningful participation data your course will generate.
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Roles Moodle uses a set of Roles, permissions that can be assigned to specific users in specific contexts. Roles can be assigned for the entire course or on a block-by-block or activity-by-activity basis. To assign roles, click Assign Roles in the administration block. To add a user to a particular course, select the name from the list of potential users, and use the arrow buttons to move them to the existing users list. To remove a user from a particular course, select the name from the “existing users” column and click the arrow.
Teachers don’t need to be enrolled as students in classes they are taking, as they can Change Role to.. and view the course as a student any time they wish.
Backup The Backup link in the Administration block allows you to backup the entire course or part of a course. The course backup process creates a zip file that is saved in the course files and can be easily saved to a local or network drive for safekeeping or archival purposes. Restore Restore can create a new course from a backup. The new course can replace an existing one or stand alone. Click Restore in the Administration block to get to the files. If there are files to restore to the system, click the word “restore” next to the backup files. Choose settings as appropriate.
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Import The Import link in the Administration block allows teachers to copy content from one course they are teaching into another they are teaching. Reset The reset link in the Administration block allows you to remove user data from a course, while retaining activities and other settings.
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Reports The Reports link in the Administration block allows teachers to pull data from the course. Questions The Questions link in the Administration block takes you to the bank of quiz questions.
Files The Files link in the Administrative block allows teachers to upload files to the server. File types can include text documents, sound files, spreadsheets, and more. Students do not have access to these files unless they are linked from within the course. In the Files manager select files or folders by check marking the box to the left of the name (or by “Select all” / “Deselect all” buttons). Once the file or folder is selected choose from the “With chosen files” drop-down menu to: Move to another folder – choose the folder to move the file to Delete completely – remove the file from the system Create Zip archive – create a zip file of the files or folders that have been selected Under the action column, you will have the option to “Rename” a file and, if there is a zip file, there is also an option to unzip, list (which will show a list of the contents) or restore. Teachers have reported that Moodle does not overwrite a file well. In order to replace a file with another file (ie upload a new handout.pdf to replace the one that’s there) it is recommended that you delete the first file then upload the new one. Create a new folder by clicking on “Make a folder.” Or click Upload a file to get to this:
Browse for a file on your computer by clicking on the “Browse” button. Then click on “Upload this file” to load the file into a course.
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Exercise: The Administration block
1. Log into your course
Turn Editing on and Open Settings
Enter course and contact information in summary
[COURSE NAME] is a/n [instructor-led/self-directed/blended] course designed for [audience]. Participants will gain [one or two things] from taking this course. For more information contact [teacher's name], [institution], at [teacher's email address]
Set Number of Topics to 4
Click Save Changes
2. Open Assign Roles
Click Student and Add 2 users to Student Roles in your course
[Hint: Assign a classmate on either side of you to your course]
3. Switch Role to.. Student and view your course. Note that no editing icons are visible.
4. Open other courses that you’ve been enrolled in.
5. Use breadcrumbs to return to the course listings on the main page.
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Editing When a course shell is created, it contains placeholders for content, and teachers ‘edit’ the placeholders to insert course content and information for students.
The process of editing begins by Turning Editing On by clicking the button in the upper right corner of the page. The icons that appear immediately after [or below] each placeholder allow teachers to indent, move, edit, delete or hide.
SHOW ONLY THIS TOPIC HIGHLIGHT TOPIC
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Summary Topic Each course has a Topic 0 at the top of the course home page. This topic should contain introductory information about the course. The summary should be very short so that the course page doesn't become too long. Users typically don’t like to scroll. The course description, contact information, institution and objectives should go in the General area of the course settings, which is visible outside of the course. Content of the course should start in Topic 1. If your course uses the Topics format, Topic 1 and onwards will be numbered, but Topic 0 will not be numbered. This indicates to the student that Topic 0 is not part of the course flow. The information in Topic 0 is content that students should see as soon as they enter the course. Students won't see Topic 0 until they are enrolled, so don't include information that they might need before enrolling. The content in the Summary Topic, like other topics, can be formatted with the HTML editor to include links, graphics and other elements. More on that later…
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Static Content: Resources Resources are things like documents and websites that students read or view in the course. A resource can be a web page or text page that’s composed within Moodle or it can be a link to a document elsewhere on the web.
Resources display with a variety of icons, depending on the type. Files like Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, or PDFs will be indicated with the same icon you see on your desktop or in your folders on your local computer.
The link is to an external website
The link is to text
To Compose a web page 1. Select from the Add a resource menu 2. Provide a name and summary for the document. The name will be displayed in the course. The summary is a description of the document - not the entire document 3. Compose or paste the body of the document in the Full Text field
Display options:
1. Inside the Moodle window (Same window) 2. In a Popup window (New window)
Formatting options: 1. Use the Moodle editor like a word processor and click to format text, add links, images etc. 2. Click the < > button to open the code view, and type or paste HTML code
If you paste text from Word, use the clean Word HTML button or paste the text in the code < > to remove formatting that may not render correctly. Using heading levels consistently in the course provides for easier navigation and readability.
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Label
Inserting a label is a way to insert text and graphics among the other activities on the course page.
Labels can be a good way to provide learner instructions and/or introductory information on a topic and a different label can be created for each topic if appropriate.
Labels can be formatted with HTML using the editor.
To Insert a label:
1. Select Label from the Add a resource... drop down menu 2. Compose or paste the label text in the editor, or use the HTML code by clicking the < > button 3. Choose Visible to Show (or make available) or Hide (keep hidden) the new resource 4. Save changes to go back to the main course page, where the label will be displayed
Summary of topic 5 with the word Conclusion formatted with a heading level 3
Activities and Resources
Label
Activity
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Exercise: Editing
1. Open your course and Turn Editing On
2. Click and Edit the Summary Topic (0) Enter a sentence or two of introductory text about your course Save Changes
3. Add a Resource, label in topic 1 Work in the HTML code OR in the editor and enter some text Include a link within the label Save
4. Add a Resource, Compose a web page in topic 2 Enter some text in the Summary section and in the Full Text section Format some of text in the Full Text with italics Leave default settings Save and display
5. Click to Update the Resource you just added
6. Click < > to open the HTML code editor
Click to maximize the HTML editor then click to minimize it Click < > to close HTML code editor
7. Add a Link to a website, either to a site of your choosing or to http://moodle.org Choose to Open in New Window Leave other settings as defaulted Save and Return to course
8. Return to the main page of the course and view changes
9. Switch Role to Student and click to open web page
10. Return to Normal Role
11. Go view one of the courses you’re enrolled in
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Resource: Book This module allows teachers to create to create multi-page resources with a book-like format. This can be used to build complete book-like websites inside of your Moodle course. The Book is a good way to lead learners through content in a page by page manner.
Previously created websites can be imported into the Book module, and HTML code can be copied from something like Dreamweaver and pasted into the book.
A Book can be simple or complex. It is not inherently interactive but teachers can link to other Moodle resources and activities from within a book, and include multimedia objects by using HTML code.
Once you add a book you then open the book and Turn Editing On. Then add chapters and subchapters as appropriate for the content.
Chapters and subchapters should not contain a large amount of content. A good rule of thumb is not to make the learner scroll on the page.
Content can be copied and pasted from other types of files, like PowerPoint and the web, with varying levels of formatting success.
Books are a great way to chunk content into bite-size pieces for the learner.
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Exercise: Book
1. Add a Resource, Book to topic 2
Name it “My First Book” In the summary type some info about your First Book Leave the defaults selected and choose Save and Display
2. Enter “moodle content” as the first Chapter title
3. Enter the following Content: “A moodle course can have lots of content including links” Link the word “links” to http://moodle.org/. Save changes
4. Add a chapter by clicking the + next to the moodle content chapter Title it “Book” and click to set it as a subchapter Enter “I might use a book for..” Save changes
5. Return to the book and look at it with editing off.
6. Click Update this Book
Change Chapter numbering to bullets Save and display
7. Click the book name to open it, with editing
turned OFF. Note that bullets now show.
8. Return to course
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Dynamic Content: Activities An activity is an interactive learning piece of a course. Activities are added from the Add an Activity drop down menu. Although all activities promote learner involvement and interaction/activity, they all have different options and settings that teachers can specify.
After adding an Activity to a topic in a course, teachers can click for help or more information about that specific Activity.
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Activity: Forum
The Forum Activity allows asynchronous communication between teacher and student and student and student. Teacher and students can be subscribed to the forum so that they are notified when a new posting is made.
The Recent Activity block, when added to the front page, shows forum postings made since the last login.
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The News Forum
Moodle courses automatically generate a News forum which defaults to automatically subscribe all participants in a course. The name of the News Forum can be changed to something more appropriate, such as ‘Announcements’. This is a useful feature that can be used in different ways.
The News Forum should be Hidden if it will not be used in a course.
Forum Subscription options- Subscribing to a forum means the person who has subscribed will get email notifications of new postings. They don't reply to the e-mail message to post back to the forum, but there’s a link within the email message to read the rest of the posting as well is to get back to the forum to post a reply. A good setting to choose here is yes, initially.
Yes, Initially specifies that people who are enrolled in the course will be subscribed to it and will receive e-mail notifications of new postings. Since it is only initially, they can unsubscribe if they choose to. If they unsubscribe from the forum they will not receive the e-mail notifications, but they will still be able to read the forum postings and reply just like other enrolled students.
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Exercise: Forum
1. Add a forum named Class Forum
Leave the type as Standard
Enter “Welcome to the Forum” as introduction text using the editor or HTML code
Choose Yes Initially Force everyone to be subscribed
Leave defaults
Save and Display
2. Add a new discussion topic and set the Subject as Moodle Usage
In the window Ask what Moodle can be used for
Note the editor
Continue
3. Return to the front page
Enter your classmates’ forum and reply to the post there
4. Return to your course and view your forum
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Activity: Quiz
Allows the teacher to design and set quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types, including multiple choice, true-false, and short answer Questions are kept in a Question bank and can be re-used within courses and between courses Quiz Questions can be formatted in a specific way and uploaded from a text file into the question bank
Creating a new quiz is a two-step process
1. Create the quiz activity and set its options which specify the rules for interacting with the quiz
2. Edit the quiz to add questions to it
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Question bank
This allows a teacher to create, preview, and edit questions in a course question bank, a database of questions. These questions can then be used in Quizzes and through the export process in a Lesson. The teacher enters the question bank by creating or editing a quiz activity or through the Administration block The initial Question Bank page has tabs that allow you (as teacher) to edit questions, categories, import questions and export questions.
Adding a new question
1. Click the Questions tab to access the Question Bank page
2. From the Category drop-down menu, select a category to add a question to
3. The page will show the questions that already exist in that category
4. Select the question type to create from the Create new question drop-down menu
5. Fill in the form for the question type you are creating
Each question type has its own form and has its own options.
6. Save Changes
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Exercise: Quiz
1. Add Activity Quiz
Name it “Moodle quiz”
Leave defaults
Save and display
2. Create new question
Click dropdown menu to choose Multiple Choice
Name it “Where”
Type in “Where are we?” in the Question text box
Type in “Thanks” in General Feedback
Enter 3 Choices, one being “Moodle training”
Set Moodle training with a Grade of 100% and all others none
Enter Overall feedback: “You’re right” for any correct response
Enter Overall Feedback: “No, that’s not right” for any incorrect response
Save Changes
3. Select “Where” Question
and Add to quiz
4. Preview
5. Return to Course
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Activity: Certificate
The Certificate module creates PDF certificates for students of the course.
Certificates can be set to email the teacher when a certificate is issued.
Certificates can be dependent on a required grade in one or more specific activities, or contingent on a minimum number of minutes spent in the course.
Certificates can include border images, logos and more.
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Exercise: Certificates
1. Add a Certificate Activity
2. Name it “Certificate of Completion” . This becomes the clickable link and does not change the wording on the certificate itself.
3. Enter a short Introduction
4. Set Options to Email Teachers and Choose Locking Options if desired.
5. Set Text Options to include “Congratulations” in Custom Text field.
6. Set Design Options and choose Landscape Type and include a Seal or Logo image.
7. Save and Display
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Logs & Reports
The Report page allows the teacher or administrator to look at course/site logs and user activity reports.
Teachers have a Report icon in the administrative block in their course.
Participation data can be gathered for a certain timeframe, a specific activity, and/or a specific individual student. Data can be viewed onscreen or downloaded in a number of formats.
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Exercise: Logs & Reports
1. From the Administration block choose Reports
2. Choose to see All Participants, All Days, All Activities, All Actions, Display on Page
Get the Logs
Choose to see All Participants, Today, All Activities, All Actions
Download in Excel format.
Get the Logs
Save to disk
3. Return to main page
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Glossary Activity A Glossary is typically a list of definitions, like a dictionary. The entries can be entered by the teacher or by the students or both. The Glossary can be used to display a word or term and its definition, and can include images and links. Entries can be searched or browsed in many different formats, including being shown in a random glossary block.
Creative uses of glossaries include pictures of plant species, images of students with biographical data, etc. If students are given permission to add entries they could create notes to share with other students with the glossary tool
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Questionnaire Activity Questionnaires can be used for course evaluations as well as any type of survey activity. They can be anonymous or not, and many types of questions can be included.
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Questionnaire Activity
Edit Questions Dropdown Box Type
Text Box Type
Essay Box Type
Rate Type
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Lesson Activity
The tool allows instructors to set up a structured lesson. Students' progress through the lesson can be linear or branching, depending on the instructor's content and organization. A Moodle lesson consists of a series of web pages and it can be a powerful combination of instruction and assessment. Lessons offer the flexibility of a web page, the interactivity of a quiz, and branching capabilities. For more information about Lessons visit http://docs.moodle.org/en/Lesson
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Wiki Activity
A Wiki enables documents to be authored in a simple markup language using a web browser.
The Moodle Wiki module enables groups to work together on web pages to add, expand and change the content. Student wikis can be used for note taking etc. Old versions are never deleted and can be restored. Viewing and editing capabilities vary from one wiki type to another.
There are three wiki types: Teacher, Groups, and Student. In addition, like any activity, the wiki has the Moodle group modes: "No Groups" "Separate Groups" and "Visible Groups". A teacher can always edit every wiki in the course.
No Groups Separate Groups Visible Groups
Teacher There is one wiki which only the teacher can edit. Students can view contents.
There is one wiki for every group which just the teacher can edit. Students can view the wiki of their group only.
There is one wiki for every group which just the teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis for all groups.
Groups There is one wiki. The teacher and all students can view and edit this wiki.
There is one wiki per group. Students can view and edit the wiki of their own group only.
There is one wiki per group. Students can change the wiki of their own group only. They can view the wikis for all groups.
Student Every student has their own wiki which only they and their teacher can view and edit.
Every student has their own wiki, which only they and their teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis of other students in their group.
Every student has their own wiki, which only they and their teacher can edit. Students can view the wikis of all other students in the course.
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