Hi Dan,
A quick search of Moodle Docs returns this: https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Import_and_export_FAQ#How_do_I_export_a_list_of_users?
There may be some plugins that display a page of user profiles for a course. I found one that only displays their profile photos rather than all their profile information but that was only a quick search of the Moodle plugins repository: https://moodle.org/plugins/?q=
I hope this helps!
Yes, as Tim Hunt has recommended, try out different courses on different platforms & see how they're done. Platform software & workflow will differ between platforms but the underlying activities & sequences are typically similar, although the details of how they're implemented & the constraints of the platform software can have significant effects on usability, types of learning activity, & therefore learning outcomes.
The Open University's FutureLearn platform is well worth a look, as are some of the other MOOC platforms. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MOOC_providers and of course, specific to creating courses on Moodle, there's free courses at Moodle Academy: https://moodle.academy/
Additionally, one of the founder members of the UK's Open University has written a comprehensive open textbook (free) on online & distance education that you might find helpful: Bates, A. W. (2022). Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for designing teaching and learning (3rd ed.). Tony Bates Associates Ltd. https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/
I hope this helps!
Yes, checking & amending the hard-coded/manual links to files, resources, & activities when generating copies of courses can be highly time-consuming.
What I do is to use the "Activity names auto-linking filter" so that the links are automatically generated in each new copy of each course: https://docs.moodle.org/404/en/Activity_names_auto-linking_filter I just have to be systematic about a consistent naming system to ensure no naming conflicts, that I can remember the exact name of each file, activity, & resource, & that I don't change those names, which would "break" the corresponding auto-links.
I think this is well worth a read:
The Educational Hazards of Generative AI provides a basic scientific overview of how large-language models (LLMs) work and connects this knowledge to practical implications for educators. This document is intended as a resource for teachers, principals, school district administrators, parents, students, policymakers, and anyone else thinking about using generative AI for educational purposes.
The widespread commercial deployment of LLMs, also referred to as "chatbots," has generated a tremendous amount of excitement, including in education. Already, teachers and administrators report using chatbots with increasing frequency. There is no shortage of hype about how LLMs will "revolutionize" education.
But although there are promising use cases for LLMs in education, there are also potential educational hazards involved with using them. Chatbots are tools and, as with any tool, the failure to understand how they work may result in using them for purposes they are not well-suited for. This document highlights areas of concern where misconceptions about how LLMs function may lead to ineffective or even harmful educational practices.
The Educational Hazards of Generative AI is intended as an introductory overview and is far from comprehensive. As a technology product, LLMs are continually being updated by the companies that deploy them, and our scientific understanding of how they function continues to evolve. That notwithstanding, and because educators are the professionals who bear the ultimate responsibility for instruction and student learning, we hope that this document is helpful in making decisions about whether or how to use generative AI in education today.
This document was co-authored by Benjamin Riley (Cognitive Resonance) and Paul Bruno (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). We are grateful to Amber Willis, Blake Harvard, Dan Willingham, Dylan Kane, Efrat Furst, Geoff Vaughan, Jane Rosenzweig, Jasmine Lane, Michael Pershan, Peter Greene, Sarah Oberle, Sean Trott, and Tom Mullaney for providing feedback on pre-publication drafts, along with other anonymous reviewers.
Citation:
Riley, B., & Bruno, P. (2024). Education hazards of generative AI. Cognitive Resonance. https://www.cognitiveresonance.net