Advanced Moodle: An overview to Quiz, Gradebook, Assignments: May 24 - 29, 2009
(KSKW8927 - Quizzes and Assessments)

 This course requires an enrolment key

Advanced Moodle:An Overview to Quiz, Gradebook and Assignments
(Sunday, May 24- Friday, May 29, 2009)

Location:http://knowschools.ca
Facilitator:Mike McLeod, Canada, Richard Wallace, Australia, David LeBlanc, Canada

Pre-requisites: It is assumed that you have used Moodle for a few months and have specific questions.

During this session you will learn to use some of the more popular Moodle tools that will encourage active learning amongst your students. The focus of this knowWEEK will introduce you to the Assignment, Gradebook, Quiz tools

About Mike McLeod:

Mike is a Certified Moodle Teacher, has been using Moodle since 2003. He first got involved with Moodle while completing his Master of Science degree and is currently working on his Master of Distance Education at Athabasca University. He lives in Surrey, British Columbia and works for Trinity Western University as an Academic Technical Support Specialist, who is involved in their Customized Learning Program and in academic technical support for students. His main area of interest these days is the implementation of educational technologies into adult learning environments.

About Richard Wallace:

Richard has been a Moodle user since 2003 and is a Certified Moodle Teacher. Moodle has really taken off in Australia and Richard has built many Moodle sites for organisations in Australia and overseas. His company http://wwdad.com which is based in Adelaide, South Australia, develops, maintains, hosts and customises Moodle sites for public and private organisations. He has a keen interest in engaging users during learning as well as offering engaging self marking assessments for facilitators so that results can immediately be given to students for run of the mill areas of knowledge, (the Deadly Dull Content Areas)

About David LeBlanc:

David is a teacher in Burnaby, British Columbia where he designs and teach esonline courses. He is a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University with a research focus in Distributed Collaborative Learning Design supported through Activity Theory and Socio-Constructivism.

How To ACCESS This knowWEEK:Please note the following steps

1. Limited Participation
Each knowWEEK is limited to a maximum of 35 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged!

2. Who can Participate?
Of interest to school administrators and teachers.Access is open and free of charge to:
  • All BC teachers and Administrators in the BC public and private school system;
  • By special arrangement for organizations outside of the BC Public School System.

If you don't fit into the above criteria you can still participate and $175.00 CAD for each knowWEEK. Pay through our secure online registration system.

3. Access Steps
  • First time at KnowSCHOOLS? Welcome! Your first step is to create an account in our site: http://knowSCHOOLS.ca
  • Once you have created your profile (login and password), your next step is to pre-register for the knowWEEK discussion(s).

4. KnowWEEK Length:
knowWEEKS open apx. 9:00 am, Sunday and close apx. 12 noon, Friday Pacific time (Vancouver, British Columbia) http://timeanddate.com (World Clock)

5. Late Registration:
If you register after the knowWEEK has begun, and try to enter the discussion, you will be asked for an enrolment key. This means we haven't moved you into the knowWEEK yet. We will very soon, we promise!

This course requires an enrolment key