Hi all,
Although I think Ger's example is interesting, I think the key concept in building an engaging course lies not in a theme, specific plugins or badges. Instead, a good course should be good regardless the layout of the LMS.
When I do a Moodle onboarding for new teachers / instructors, I tend to follow a path similar to the one Mary and Helen have set up for the official Learn Moodle Basics and Teaching with Moodle MOOCs:
Although I think Ger's example is interesting, I think the key concept in building an engaging course lies not in a theme, specific plugins or badges. Instead, a good course should be good regardless the layout of the LMS.
When I do a Moodle onboarding for new teachers / instructors, I tend to follow a path similar to the one Mary and Helen have set up for the official Learn Moodle Basics and Teaching with Moodle MOOCs:
Prepare
- Establish learning objectives
- Select resources (media, articles, etc)
- Select learning activities to use (assignments, forums, quizzes, H5P, ...)
- Establish desired learning outcomes (at the end of this course, you'll be able to...)
Create
- Set up the course structure by creating sections
- Add your text, media and files
- Add your activities and resources
Advanced create
- Set up activity completion tracking
- Set up grading (formative, summative, ...)
- Set up conditional access rules
Test
- Add a dummy student user account to play-test your course, or enrol a colleague in a student role to do this
Adjust where necessary
- Use the testers' input to adjust and modify
Publish and deploy
- Set visibility
- Set start and end date
- Enrol students