Are you an online teacher or instructor about to use the Moodle Learning Management System, LMS, and need to ensure you know the basics?

Here at Online Teachers’ Moodle Videos, we provide a variety of helpful links, collaborative tools, and online Moodle training videos.  Online teaching success and quality truly depends upon working knowledge of the platform used.  Moodle, the world’s top-most open-source Learning Management System, is used throughout the world at the K-20 levels.

Here are some very helpful Moodle training videos for teachers / instructors, provided courtesy of Cornell University. Please review the videos below and add your comments and suggestions.

Moodle for Instructors

• The Course Skeleton (800×600) | This covers the fundamentals of the course skeleton and how to add links to your new course. 9m23s Flash Video
  • 640×480 version of The Course Skeleton
• Who’s Doing What, When – Introducing the reports feature in MOODLE | A video exploring the reporting features of MOODLE. This covers the basics of viewing and filtering reports in order to evaluate participation and course activity. September 2007 6m32s flash video
• Simple Questions, Simple Answers – Creating a basic quiz in MOODLE | An introduction to creating a very basic quiz. 13m44s Flash Video
  • 640×480 version of Simple Questions
• Look Out Hollywood: Adding Video to a MOODLE Page (800×600) | Covers the basics of upload and embedding a video file in a web page within MOODLE. 3m29s Flash Video
  • 640×480 version of Look Out Hollywood

  
  

• Scales and Ratings in MOODLE Forums : How to use forums as tools for rating documents or evaluating materials. A quick overview of scales and how to create them. 5m40s Flash Video
  • 640×480 version of Scales and Ratings in MOODLE Forums

  
  

• Collaborate and Evaluate – The New Database Feature in MOODLE (640×480) | MOODLE’s new Database activity provides a solid tool for collaboration and evaluation of images, documents and data. 9m42s Flash Video – Added May 22, 2006
• Student and Instructors -2 Views into MOODLE | Instructors and Students view a course differently. What can you expect when making the transition from participant to Instructor? This short scrrencast compares these 2 views into a MOODLE course.

Are you an online student who is new to Moodle?
Here at Online Teachers’ Moodle Videos, we research all over the web to provide you with the best available Moodle resources and videos to help you be an effective Online Student.  Current and prospective online students are invited to view the helpful guides and videos provided here and add comments below.  Would you like to view additional training videos for Moodle specific for online learners? Share your thoughts by clicking on our “Contact Us” page and we will put your suggestions to good use in improving our site here.

Here are some links to videos provided courtesy of the prestigious Cornell University:

MOODLE for Learners

• Introduction to the MOODLE interface for new students. A new screencast (August 2007) for students. Covers the basics of the MOODLE interface and navigating in a course. 10m25s Flash Video

• An Interactive screenshot of the MOODLE interface. Created with Articulate Engage.

• Blogging in MOODLE | Adding blog entries and tags. An introduction to the blogging capabilities within MOODLE. 6m54s Flash Video | August 2007

• A video (800×600) for new users of MOODLE. This covers the fundamentals of using MOODLE for someone new to online learning and/or MOODLE. 7m32s Flash Video
  • 640×480 version of MOODLE for Learners

• RSS, MOODLE and You (640×480) | An introduction to rss feeds and readers. How to subscribe to rss feeds in MOODLE forums and from other sites. 11m03s Flash Video

• Embedding Images in Forum Posts and Replies (640×480) | This screencast covers the basics of embedding an image in a forum post. 6m03s Flash Video

Welcome to Online Teachers’ Moodle Videos, a site specific to students and instructors who are new to the Moodle online learning platform also known as a Learning Management Platform ( LMS ).
Here we will use a variety of helpful videos and links from around the internet and organize them so that both online students, and online teachers can improve their knowledge and skills of Moodle, and be efficient users of this online learning platform.
We feature a variety of collaboration tools, including the comments option, where our visitors are invited to add comments via text or video below each our posts. In addition, we feature an online discussion board, a discussion forum, a chat room, as well as a “Contact Us” page where visitors can post questions and constructive comments for us.
Welcome aboard to Online Teachers’ Moodle Video Site and feel free to add your constructive comments and suggestions below. Thank you!

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