We have just started showing moodle to our teachers and we will be migrating all the blackboard content accross to moodle.
The most common question I'm getting at the moment is along the lines of
"I've got 6 units in my course which then need to be broken down into 4 topics each and then have 5 different folders for each topic which will have different resources in. I want this in Moodle"
The units map nicely to topics, but then I can't subdivide them easily without making use of different types of resources like web pages or books. Is the the right way to go or am I missing something?
We've only really been using the topic format so far so there maybe a different format which is more suitable?
Moodle's equivalent of blackboard'd file and folder structure
by Craig Douglas -
Number of replies: 3
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Re: Moodle's equivalent of blackboard'd file and folder structure
by Albert Ramsbottom -
I dont know for sure but this may be of use:
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Blackboard_migration
Paul
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http://docs.moodle.org/en/Blackboard_migration
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In reply to Albert Ramsbottom
Re: Moodle's equivalent of blackboard'd file and folder structure
by Craig Douglas -
That doesn't answer the question I'm afraid Paul. I've already imported content - following that guide actually - and it looks terrible and unorganised.
What I asked is whether there is an equivalent way of organising content. Teachers are used to the way blackboard does things and I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them to do this. The only way I've found so far which looks good and is reasonably intuitive is using the additional book module.
It strikes me as a bit of an oversight (or maybe there is a good reason that I'm missing) if there isn't a direct equivalent as it makes the change from blackboard to moodle all the more difficult.
What I asked is whether there is an equivalent way of organising content. Teachers are used to the way blackboard does things and I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them to do this. The only way I've found so far which looks good and is reasonably intuitive is using the additional book module.
It strikes me as a bit of an oversight (or maybe there is a good reason that I'm missing) if there isn't a direct equivalent as it makes the change from blackboard to moodle all the more difficult.
In reply to Craig Douglas
Re: Moodle's equivalent of blackboard'd file and folder structure
by E. L. Cooper -
There is no specific equivalent but you are right that book has been used to approximate that navigation. Also in terms of a more tidy page look there are tricks like setting the course for one week more than it really is, putting things in the extra week, linking to them in a 'web page' then resting for the correct number of weeks. The clutter is hidden but accessible for students.