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.

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