Scottish Moodle Users Group (SMUG) – in a nutshell

SMUG: History

First SMUG meeting28 February 2006

Moodle awareness dayDecember 2005

SMUG: Community driven

SMUG: Facilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs

Carol WalkereLearning Advisor (Learning Technology)JISC RSC Scotland North & East

Theresa DuffyeAdvisor: Higher EducationCoordination ManagementJISC RSC Scotland South & West

SMUG: Community generated aims

Scottish Moodle Landscape – FE (about 40%)

Scottish Moodle Landscape – HE (about 15%)

SMUG: Typical meeting

2- 3 times per year

Half-day meetingVenue alternates between the two RSCs

(Unless an institution volunteers tohost the event)

One or two presentations – often an institutional Show & Tell

Discussion

SMUG: Typical meeting – recent topics

Recent topicsGoogle Wave

Mr Cute Moodle Repository system

Moodle Easy Reader

“Moodle Style” – looking at theme and course design

Gradebook and the hottest new features of Moodle 1.9

Getting to grips with Mahara

New question Types for Moodle 1.9

SMUG: Martin Dougiamas – Mr Moodle

Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Creator

“Moodle is a complete course management system. It started out as a hobby, grew into the subject of my PhD thesis, and has become my life.”

After the 2007 Moodlemoot in Milton Keynes, Martin came up to Scotland and did a presentation for the SMUG Forum and Learning & Technology Unitat the University of Glasgow

Communication: SMUG JISCmail list

This list has been created to facilitate the sharing of information and promote local support between Scottish educational institutions who are using Moodle as their VLE.

This list has been created to facilitate the sharing of information and promote local support between Scottish educational institutions who are using Moodle as their VLE.

jiscmail.ac.uk/smugjiscmail.ac.uk/smug

Open to all FE & HE

No Commercial members

Publically accessible archive

s-mug.org.uk

Communication: SMUG Website (under development)

Scottish Moodle Users Group (SMUG) – in a nutshell

Community drivenFacilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs2-3 Face-to-face meetings per yearOpen to all FE and HE staff

Community drivenFacilitated by the two Scottish JISC RSCs2-3 Face-to-face meetings per yearOpen to all FE and HE staff

Photo Attributions

Slide 1: Nuts http://www.flickr.com/photos/12953668@N00/3041321336Slide 10: Martin Dougiamas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mberry/199514721/