I like these ideas. In our school district, we have the same concerns for data and student privacy. Movies are very powerful. Thanks for sharing yours Mary!
In my school website, I have an X-change where the databases, glossaries, quizzes, etc. are actually set up so that so that teachers can look at them without having to set up their own. If they want to share one, the exports, presents etc. are posted for them to download. (I'm working on the directions for how to creat and import.) I would like to see something like that along with a set of some really nice courses for newbees to be able to see different ways that these courses can work. Courses made for different levels can look very different. Mary has some great suggestions for courses for younger children in her book. Having been a Preschool through grade 8 teacher for much of my career, my courses for teachers and older students look different from those of my peers. I can share not just the information in the courses, I can share my difference in appearance and organization.
It would be nice if we could put some of the great videos that Mary, Tom Lasic and others are making in Moodle Docs.... hmmm I thinking of an idea.
Paula Clough