Moodle Overview

By Abi Ball

How do I access Moodle?

Direct URL – http://moodle.brookes.ac.uk/

(Link from the button on the gateway page)

Login using your p number and PIP password

Click on My courses on the left hand menu – then click on your course title

What will my course look like?

How do I edit my course?

How do I add content to my course?

What do the icons mean?

Move

Indent (Outdent)

x2 Copy or duplicate

Edit

Delete

Show (Hide)

Assign roles to specific resource or activity

Differences in terminology

Blackboard Moodle

Web link URL

Discussion Forum

Survey Feedback

In praise of Moodle

“In the Faculty of Business we have been using Moodle for a number of years now to deliver our online Global MBA. We had the usual anxieties when moving from our previous VLE, but the change proved simple. I am not particularly adept technology wise but Moodle is so intuitive and flexible it took a relatively short time to get the basics.”

“Having used Brookes Virtual (Blackboard), I think there is simply nocomparison. Moodle is definitely much more user friendly and easy touse. I also think the students will find it so much easier and willnot have any problem finding their way around it. “

Barbara Hocking, Senior Lecturer Global MBA, Business School

Still in praise of Moodle

“Our students are all mature students (age range 25-70 yrs) and none get much more than 2 days to look at Moodle before term starts. We find that our students take very easily to the Moodle VLE and that it is embraced by them completely.”

“As an administrator the benefits include the ability of students to upload their assignments wherever they are in the world and also for our tutors to be able to mark these and upload marks and feedback as required.  The resulting reports are easily downloadable and usable.”

John Scholefield, Programme Administrator, Business School

Where can I get help with Moodle?

Faculty of Business DMELDs (Digital Media and E-Learning Developers) Emma Coles - Email: ecoles@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 5729 Heather Watters - Email: hdwatters@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 5728

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences DMELDs Irmgard Huppe - Email: ihuppe@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 2581 Win Ko - Email: w.ko@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 5507

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences DMELDs Tom Cosgrove - Email: tcosgrove@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 8621 Jim Hyndman - Email: jhyndman@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 8580

Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment DMELDs Patrick Cheeseman - Email: pcheeseman@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 3525 Rebecca Price - Email: rprice@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 4227 Rob Woodward - Email: rwoodward@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 3411

Media Workshop Abigail Ball - Email: aball@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 4469 Chess Black - Email: cblack@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 4469 Richard Francis - Email: rafrancis@brookes.ac.uk Tel: 4470

Media Workshop Moodle Training Sessions

Available for:

Non faculty staff

Faculty staff who are unable to attend their DMELD workshops

Booking is required as places are limited (email aball@brookes.ac.uk)

https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/BVhelp/Training

Moodle Quickstart Guide – RADAR and all Moodle courses