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OERs at RRU: Customizing and sharing Moodle code. Emma Irwin and Mary Burgess. Why did Royal Roads share?. Marketing. Our use of open source software. We have created some useful resources . Faculty recruitment. What are we sharing?. Customized Code. Instructional Multimedia. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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OERS AT RRU: CUSTOMIZING AND SHARING MOODLE CODE
Emma Irwin and Mary Burgess
RRU Open Educational
Resource Initiative
How? Kind people at
BC Campus.How?
Support from staff.
How? Support
from senior executive.
What? Moodle training
materials.
Why? Marketing.
Why? Faculty
Recruitment
What? Moodle Code.
Why? Open Source
products we’ve used.
What? Courses with pedagogy
Why? We have useful resources.
What? Multimedia resources.
Why did Royal Roads share?
Our use of open source software.
Faculty recruitment
We have created some useful resources.
Marketing
What are we sharing?
Customized Code
Instructional Multimedia
Moodle training resources
Courses with pedagogy
How did we do it?
Moodle code – some extracted, some newly written, shared back to Moodle community
Moodle training resources – posted on our public Moodle site for anyone to download and use
Instructional multimedia – posted in SOLR (BC Campus repository)
Courses – hosted on our public Moodle site and include the pedagogy
Open Source
CommunitiesOpen Source Software communities are DIFFERENT. Get to know yours!
SocialConferences (Moodlemoot)Meet-ups (start one!)Twitter
ContributionCode contributionsBug Fixes /PatchesForumsTest PlansFeedback!DocumentationTranslation
ChampionShare the enthusiasm, grow the project
1.95 (Default Courses) The process …
• Created Patch from Vanilla Moodle w/ our Default Course code• Tested code & patch• Documented • Conformed Moodle Standards• Created Moodle Tracker Task for Contrib• Reviewed by->Fr. Anthony Borrow• Created Moodle Plugin Entry• Added to Moodle Docs• Told the world! -> Forums• Respond to requests/bug reports and maintain• Now a part of core functionality in 2.0
Sharing CodeOur Experiences
2.1 (Team Assignments)
• created patches to support team assignment• Through test plan & documentation• Submitted it via Moodle tracker as a ‘new feature’ in core.• Very well received, needs for this functionality was echoed by many other institutions.• Functionality slated for 2.3 core assignment functionality
Sharing CodeOur Experiences
Lessons Learned/Next Steps?
• Start the conversation early• Check in often• Contribute Contribute Contribute
