Very general question

Very general question

autor Erin Rogers -
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Hello!  I work for a professional association and we are exploring using Moodle to offer online training for continuing education units for our members.  In reading about Moodle, I'm seeing that it's features are practically endless and I'm a bit overwhelmed.  I was just wondering if someone might be able to tell me if Moodle would be a good match for our needs:

  • We receive recorded presentations from our speakers/teachers (.mp4 files) (we can upload to our Vimeo account if needed)
  • We want our paid conference/seminar attendees to be able to access this content on demand
  • Our accreditation office requires:
    -- No ability to skip/fast forward or otherwise progress through a course without viewing all content
    -- The courses require positive interaction (for example, pressing a button to progress through the course).  [trainings that self-complete (run automatically), such as videos, with no intervention by the participant are not acceptable.]
    -- Courses monitor participant comprehension throughout the training.

One specific question that goes along with this - if we upload a complete one hour course (one video file), is there a way in Moodle to break it up into sections where the viewer has to press button or fill out survey/poll to continue?  Our conferences consist of over 100 sessions, so if we had to manually separate the videos into smaller sections, it would be very time-consuming.

Thanks in advance!  Please let me know if you need any additional information.

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Re: Very general question

autor Rick Jerz -
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Others here in Moodle.org will help with some of your questions. I just want to say that I use Vimeo with my Moodle, and the technique is NOT to upload. Instead, you put a link in Moodle for your Vimeo video. I suggest considering keeping all videos in Vimeo.
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Re: Very general question

autor Rajnish Rao -

Hi Erin,

I can answer your few questions as follows:

We receive recorded presentations from our speakers/teachers (.mp4 files) (we can upload to our Vimeo account if needed)
We want our paid conference/seminar attendees to be able to access this content on demand
[You can upload these videos on Viemo and add restricting like your Moodle URL so that it can play on that platform only. Embed those video to the course where you have enrolld those paid conference/seminar attendees ]
Our accreditation office requires:
No ability to skip/fast forward or otherwise progress through a course without viewing all content
[If you are takling about video for skip/forward this will depend on video hosting platform. In your case check it on Vimeo. However, If you want to restrict users to skip actvities/resources you have added in a course, then you can set this by Moodle resctrictions rule.]
The courses require positive interaction (for example, pressing a button to progress through the course).  [trainings that self-complete (run automatically), such as videos, with no intervention by the participant are not acceptable.]
[I am not sure what exactly you are looking for but I can suggest check Moodle course format (core/contrib) probably tile and grid view and see it that works]
 

One specific question that goes along with this - if we upload a complete one hour course (one video file), is there a way in Moodle to break it up into sections where the viewer has to press button or fill out survey/poll to continue?  Our conferences consist of over 100 sessions, so if we had to manually separate the videos into smaller sections, it would be very time-consuming.

[I don't think it is possible.]



Thanks,

Rajnish

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Re: Very general question

autor Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi

The very general answer is, Yes, Moodle is made for this kind of applications too.

Being specific is not easy. Firstly, as you've already noted, Moodle's "features are practically endless". So expect a slow start. Secondly, being a mature product of 18 years of age, Moodle has its own approaches and jargon. Don't expect them to overlap with yours. You need to learn their way of thinking to make the product run (or fly). For a first example, in Moodle a course is more than single video, irrespective of how long it is. See https://docs.moodle.org/en/Course.

On videos: You can upload sporadic, short vidoes in to Moodle. But it is not a video hosting. Yes, Vimeo is one. Upload the videos in to Vimeo and place their encrypted links on the corresponding Moodle course, which only its participants can see.

Same thing with stop-and-go videos: Moodle is not a video editor either. H5P https://h5p.org/, which is a separate, Open Source project, has a clever trick. It is now partly integrated in to Moodle https://docs.moodle.org/en/H5P. See their Examples & downloads page, the number 1 being the Interactive Video.

About forcing the participants to look at / watch content: Moodle is more academic. It sprang from a University, BTW. Their answer is to test/evaluate the _result_ through assignments, MC tests, etc. If they knew the answers even without watching, why torture?
mrknout

Explaining these things is not an efficient route. Get a test site and see for yourself. MoodleCloud https://moodle.com/moodlecloud/ even has a free plan.

Finally, there is a dedicated forum for this kind of enquiries, the Comparison and advocacy forum https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=2784. Look for similar discussions there.
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