Hi
I am looking to develop a manual/guide for teachers in my school about how to use moodle and was wondering if anyone has come across any manua; they found helpful for a few tips and ideas.Thanks
This probably belongs in the general discuss, not development discussion. As I understand it, you're looking for instructions for people to use Moodle, to develop?
Hi there. Depending on which version of Moodle you have in your school there is free documentation http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page which you can print off or link to. There are also Moodle books to buy which you can look through here http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=7246
Pitt Community College has a brilliant manual for Moodle 2.x. They have allowed us to use it, with citation. It is worth taking a look
Hi Vicke,
I was able to find and download the Pitt Community College New Moodle Student Manual but where do you find the teacher manual?
Cheers,
Glenys
I think it is is this one http://www.pittcc.edu/distance-learning/documentation/Moodle_ins_manual.pdf but i haven't been able to download it because it just kept hanging...
Hi Mary and everybody,
Thanks Mary - it downloaded OK for me. I'll keep it preciously until I can actually use Moodle 2 myself.
Your own tutorials and contributions to the Moodle docs will, of course, be immensely helpful too.
Cheers,
Glenys
Hi Glenys, Mary and others.
I also managed to download that PDF "PCC Moodle Instructor Manual".
One problem I find with paper manuals (and PDFs) is that they are "static". Instruction manuals for online activities, sites, CMS, etc. should really be online too and dynamic, if only to keep up with potential changes in the online environment they are describing. I will provide just one example. The aforesaid Manual states (section 4.3):
And before you ask – NO you still do not have the ability to turn an entire week or section of the course on or off by date. You can set available dates for individual items, but at this time, not entire sections.
Well, that feature is now available in Moodle 2.3, making that statement obsolete.
Obviously, it is not enough for a manual to be online to keep up with changes in the online environment it describes, it also needs an active maintainer to commit the necessary changes as they happen. But that is another story.
Joseph
To get around this particular problem, Joseph, is not easy. I tried for a couple of years and I just gave up. Every time I think I have it done, I have to update it and it became a lot of work. What started out as a simple how to guide, has monstered me... Right now, it is still a v1.9 guide and I have not bothered to update to a v2.x , I just don't know what my employer is going to do. What I am thinking of doing is re-editing some of the DOCS and adding a few images and using that as a quick start guide. Keep it to the first six things that anyone new to Moodle will want to use most and that way I do not have to get too tied up in the version changes.
I got to look at the Teacher's manual from PittCC that Mary refers to, and that is over 120 pages... Wow!!! One person could not maintain that and have a bi-annual upgrade policy. To me, this is my "management" of learning Moodle as opposed to their "control" of learning Moodle and - not surprisingly - I think my idea is a lot more realistic. All I have to do is figure out what six items would benefit a newbie teacher most?
Well all of this goes to show just how essential Moodle docs is! We have an up to date version for all of the Moodle 2 versions so far and when Moodle 2.4 comes out, there will be an up to date version of Moodle 2.4 docs too http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_page
Way too perky, Ms. MoodleFairy. Way too.
While there is a great deal of truth in what you are saying Mary, I do not think that there are too many newbies I know have the internal wherewithall to admit their crushing lack of knowledge and do as they are told. I always tell people, even experienced Moodle users, "Use the Docs, that what they are there for." I tell them about the little question marks. I tell them about the little link usually at the bottom that says "Moodle Docs for this page." And do they use them? No... they ask me, usually when I need to do something else, or struggle on and complain when they get it wrong and it does not work. I put it down to hubris, but if I tell them that, they would get all pouty..