So your district has Moodle and you’re about to start creating a Moodle course – but where do you start? What’s a Moodle course supposed to look like? I need help. I need ideas on how to use Moodle in my classroom.

These are frequently asked questions for any Moodle newbie and many of the same questions I was asked when training staff on Moodle.

One great place to start is the newly created resource on Moodle.org “Teaching and Learning with Moodle” created by Tomaz Lasic, who works as an Education Researcher at Moodle Headquarters in Australia.

The “Teaching and Learning with Moodle” course is by educators for educators and aims to serve the follow purposes

• Provide a clear, synthesised and relatively gentle ‘intro to Moodle’ to new users in education and training environments
• Become a generator and repository of Moodle-related (in)formal research in the use and design of Moodle
• Serve as an organised point for great ideas and resources for new and experienced users alike

One of the best parts in the course is the Moodle Recipes for Educators

This is a growing collection of teaching and learning ‘recipes’ of using Moodle in a range of educational settings. The recipes are contributed by educators for educators.

A few examples of “recipes” already in the community cookbook include

• English learners collaboratively complete and modify stories to improve their writing skills [source]
• High school, language students, glossary tool to learn correct use of new words in sentences [source]
• Students upload photos from the field trip to a class gallery and comment on photos to learn about the importance of zoo care [source]

Other materials in the course include 5 Myths about teaching with Moodle, Moodle Dos and Donts, Blooms taxonomy and Moodle, 5 Basic steps of using Moodle and much more.

The “Teaching and Learning with Moodle” course is not only for Moodle newbies, but for more advanced users as well. It’s a great place to see what other educators are doing in their district and to get ideas to use with your own class. You can also share your ideas and experiences and be a part of the great Moodle Community.

Enroll in the course today! (it’s free but you have to have a free Moodle.org account first)

Related Links

• Teaching and Learning with Moodle Course (log in as guest or use your Moodle.org account details)
• Moodle.org
• Follow @edumoodle on Twitter
• Follow Tomaz Lasic on Twitter