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Moodle Training Course Outline - 2024

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1. Moodle Training for Site Administrator


Course Description: This course is intended for aspiring and current LMS Administrators with a background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, ICT, Educational Technology, and other related studies. The lessons covered in this course will provide learners with adequate skills and knowledge of LMS so that they would be able to maintain LMS in their organization. Some tips and best practices in LMS administration will be discussed and applied during the training in order for the learners to maximize their time and effort, and instill in their minds the proper way of LMS management and administration.

General Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants should be able to;

  1. Manage categories and courses in the LMS such as adding categories, and sub-categories, deleting course categories, organizing courses and categories, creating courses, and managing courses in bulk.
  2. Enroll users or cohorts into the course. Discuss forms of internal enrolment such as manual enrolment, self-enrolment, guest access, bulk user enrolment, cohort enrolment, and synchronization.
  3. Manage users. Discuss user profiles and user-defined profile fields, standard user actions, manual accounts, user authentication, and username best practices.
  4.  Manage permissions. Discuss roles and capabilities, and create custom roles in the LMS.
  5. Explore the Moodle look and feel. Discuss an overview of the Moodle look and feel, differentiation of site versus dashboard navigations, customize navigation, and explore the front page settings, the Moodle themes, and the accessibility tool.
  6. Discuss the Moodle plugins. Discuss plugins overview, repositories, installing third-party plugins, and keeping plugins up to date. Determine good and bad add-ons.
  7. Configure Moodle settings. Distinguish between educational configurations and technical configurations.
  8. Discuss the Moodle logging framework and reporting.
  9. Discuss Moodle security and privacy.
  10. Monitor the performance and optimize the LMS on the site level.

Course Outline
Topics Learning Outcomes  Duration 

Module 1:  

The Moodle System, Best Setup, Courses, Users, and Roles
  1. Provide a high-level overview of courses, users, and roles,
  2. Organize courses into categories and sub-categories,
  3. Create and manage courses, individually and in bulk,
  4. Manage enrollment of users in a course.
 5 hrs
Module 2:

User management
  1. Browse the user profiles in Moodle,
  2. Perform standard user actions, either manual or bulk upload,
  3. Create cohorts and assign cohort members,
  4. Manage Cohorts,
  5. Authenticate users in the system.
 5 hrs
Module 3

Managing permissions, roles, and capabilities
  1. Understand how permissions work and how they fit into different contexts,
  2. Assign roles to different users in different contexts,
  3. Modify roles and create new ones, including a role for parents or mentors,
  4. Manage a range of administrative role-related settings.
 5 hrs
Module 4

Site appearance, Moodle plugins, repositories, and integrations
  1. Customize the front page and navigation,
  2. Understanding Appearance customization and Moodle Themes,
  3. Assess Moodle plugins before installation,
  4. Incorporate data in the LMS through internal or external repositories,
  5. Understand how Safe Exam Browser works and how to set it up in a quiz activity,
  6. Manage H5P content types,
  7. Provide an overview of site administration presets.
 5 hrs
Module 5

Moodle configurations in educational and technical 
  1. Discuss relevant settings and system configurations of the LMS for your organization,
  2. Distinguish between educational and technical configurations.
 5 hrs
Module 6

Moodle Logging and Reporting
  1. Track users and view activity reporting in Moodle,
  2. Generate reports and analytics in Moodle,
  3. Discuss the different reporting tools of Moodle,
  4. Create and generate custom reports.
 5 hrs
Module 7

Security, Privacy, and support contact
  1. Learn how to set up a number of notification mechanisms that warn you about potential security issues and look at the built-in security report,
  2. Learn how to set up a site policy and configure the antivirus scanner,
  3. Review access to Moodle (self-registration, guest access, protection of user details, and course contacts), Moodle passwords, security in roles, and spam prevention,
  4. Set up a support contact person or page for your user profiles.
 5 hrs
Total hours: 35 hrs


Methodologies


Additional guidelines; This 35-hour full online training self-paced course,, with 1-hour live session per week, and will run for a total of seven (7) weeks. A participant may allot 4 to 5 hours weekly to take the lesson, and answer the assessment, and accomplish other similar activities to acquire the certificate of completion. 



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2. Moodle Training for Teachers

Course Description:

This 35-hour full online training/ workshop is intended for Educators, Module Developers, LMS Managers, and Administrators to be fully equipped with knowledge and skills in creating Moodle courses. It focuses on the use of key resources, activities, and functions inside the LMS and relevant templates and instructions, to deliver dynamic, effective, and stimulating online learning courses for learners.

General Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants should be able to;

  1. Build a course in Moodle using its key resources and activities. 
  2. Develop a dynamic and effective course by creating course modules, applying assessment strategies, collaboration and communications, learning workflow, restricting access and conditional activities, adaptive learning, giving rewards through badges, and other important techniques an educator needs to learn.
  3. Familiarize oneself with the new updates and functionalities of the recent version of Moodle. 
  4. Increase participant engagement by developing or creating interactive media content using H5P.
  5. Extend pedagogic understanding of the theories, philosophies, and principles discussed in the Moodle Training for Teachers course.
  6. Reflect on existing instruments for educators’ digital competence and synthesize these into a coherent model that would allow educators at all levels of education to comprehensively assess and develop their pedagogical digital competence through Moodle LMS.
  7. Access powerful reports and analytics in Moodle that will provide educators with important data for their decisions.
  8. Create an instructional design or learning design that will fit the requirements of the learners/ participants.
  9. Create an assessment or evaluation for learners, and provide ways of viewing reports effectively.

Course Outline

Topics Learning Outcomes  Duration 

 Module 1:

Overview of Moodle LMS.

  1. Overview of Moodle as an educator.
    1. The Role of the Teacher
    2. Navigation in Moodle
  2. Theoretical foundations, educational philosophies, and key principles of Moodle.
  3. Course management 
    1. Create a course
    2. Enroll participants
    3. TinyMCE
  1. Articulate the theoretical foundations, educational philosophies, and key principles that underpin Moodle's design and application in instructional contexts.
  2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the Moodle Learning Management System, including the distinctions between courses, users, and roles within the platform.
  3. Understand the pivotal role of the teacher in Moodle, encompassing course design, content management, interaction facilitation, and assessment administration.
  4. Create a sandbox course and enroll participants in a Moodle course.
  5. Create a course plan and instructional/ learning design through sketch noting.
 5 hrs

Module 2:  

Moodle Resources and Add-on Topic: Creating Interactive Design using H5P.

  1. Moodle Resources.
    1. Text and media area
    2. Page
    3. Book
    4. File
    5. Folder
    6. URL
  2. Introduction to H5P 
    1. Content types
    2. Create a course presentation
    3. Embed and reused
  1. Learn how to add and set up various resources in Moodle.
  2. Create engaging and interactive elements by incorporating content types, interactive videos, and course presentations.
  3. Enhance your Moodle teaching by embedding and reusing a variety of resources that lead to career advancement opportunities and recognition for innovative teaching practices.
 5 hrs
Module 3:

Assessment Types and Tools in Moodle

  1.  Assessment Types and Tools in Moodle
    1. Formative Assessment
      • Choice
      • Quiz
      • Forum
      • Workshop
      • H5P
      • Lesson
    2. Formative
      • Assignment
      • Quiz
      • Forum
    3. Peer assessment
      • Glossary
      • Database
      • Forum
      • Workshop
    4. Self-assessment
      • Choice
      • Feedback
    5. Question set content types
  2. Managing Assessment Tools
    1. Question bank
    2. Quiz Templates
    3. Quiz Reports and Statistics
  1. Distinguish between different types of assessment tools in Moodle, such as formative, summative, peer assessment, and self-assessments.
  2. Gain insights into best practices for assessment tool selection, design, and administration.
  3. Design assessments using a variety of assessment tools such as assignments, quizzes, workshops, etc.
  4. Explore the third-party plugins for online assessment in Moodle such as H5P, Questionnaire, and Quizventure. 
  5. Manage questions on the question bank, such as organizing questions from categories, importing and exporting questions, and status versioning.
 5 hrs

Module  4:

Learning Workflow, Course Reports, and Managing Course

  1. Learning workflow using the activity completion and restrict access
  2. Groups vs. Groupings
  3. Reports in Moodle 
    1. Logs and Live logs
    2. Activity report
    3. Course participation
    4. Activity Completion
    5. Completion Progress
  1. Configure the activity completion settings and control access by applying specific conditions.
  2. Promote collaboration and differentiation in online learning environments to align with broader goals by incorporating groups.
  3. Gain insights into how learners interact with course content to further improve the strategies and provide personalized support to improve learning outcomes through the utilization of Moodle Reports
  4. Execute course backup, restoration, and duplication procedures in the course.
 5 hrs

Module 5:

Collaboration and Communication Tools in Moodle

  1. Communication Tools 
    1. Chat 
    2. Messaging
    3. Forum
    4. BigBlueButton
  2. Collaboration Tools 
    1. Database
    2. Glossary
    3. Wiki
    4. Workshop
  3. Other Tools 
    1. Choice
    2. Feedback
    3. Survey
  1. Organize information, such as student profiles, research topics, or any other data using the database activity.
  2. Build a collective resource by contributing to the glossary with definitions and helpful information.
  3. Collaborate with others on a single document or a collection of pages using the wiki activity.
  4. Promote critical thinking and self-reflection by using the workshop activity to deepen your understanding of course materials.
  5. Encourage collaboration and communication using the tools for the exchange of ideas, sharing experiences, and providing feedback to one another to diversify your learning environments
 5 hrs

Module 6:

Adaptive Learning in Moodle and Add-on Topic - Moodle Mobile Application 

  1. Adaptive Learning Using Lesson Activity
  2. Useful Plugins for Learners and Educators 
    1. Attendance activity
    2. Completion progress
    3. Grade me
    4. Open AI
  3. Moodle Mobile App 
    1. Download Moodle Mobile App
    2. Access the LMS in the Moodle App.
    3. Create a mobile app-friendly course.
  1. Design an adaptive learning content using the Lesson activity.
  2. Identify valuable Moodle plugins that enhance the learning experience for both learners and educators.
  3. Download the Moodle mobile app and access the LMS in the Moodle app.
  4. Gain practical knowledge and expertise in implementing effective tips for creating mobile-friendly courses in Moodle, ensuring accessibility and usability across various Devices.
 5 hrs

Module 7:

Rewards and Gamification

  1. Badges 
  2. Certificate
  3. Gamification
  1. Implement gamified learning experiences that enhance learner engagement, motivation, and knowledge acquisition.
  2. Understand the ethical implications of gamification 
  3. Apply responsibility practices in the implementation of gamifications in courses, considering issues like fairness, and equity.

 

 5 hrs
Total hours: 35 hrs

 

Methodologies

Guidelines:

  • A total of seven (7) weeks with an estimated time of 35 hours to complete the course. 
  • The participants are enrolled for 3 months which may allow 4 to 5 hours weekly to take the lesson, submit the design challenge, answer the assessment, and accomplish other similar activities to acquire the certificate of completion. 
  • Each participant shall be provided a course sandbox that serves as their working space to design their work. 
  • The Participants will receive a calendar invitation before the webinar schedule
  • After completing this course, you will be able to download your certificate. The skills you acquired from this training will be your ticket if you want to pursue it later on if you choose to undergo training in Moodle Administration (Full Moodle Course) and the Moodle Educators Certification or MEC. 

Mode of Delivery: Three options are available;

  1. Virtual training (for online training). There will be seven (7) webinar sessions for the full discussion and demonstration each week. The Live Webinar duration is 45 mins to 1 hour, it is recorded and made available in the course.
  2. Blended learning (for a mix of online and in-person training). There will be a one (1) day session for the discussion and demonstration.
  3. Self-paced training (for full online). Enrolled in the course for three months.

 

3. H5P Interactive Content Training



Course Description: The H5P Interactive Content Training is designed for educators, course creators, content or multimedia developers, LMS administrators, and those who will be developing course content for their Learning Management System (LMS) using H5P. This training will be focused on creating interactive content through the use of the H5P content hub with content-type categories such as; Games, Multimedia, Questions, and Social Media.

General Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants should be able to;

  1. Determine the requirements on how to develop H5P content on their own site;
  2. Design and develop content using different H5P content types through guided hands-on training;
  3. Learn how H5P as an authoring tool works for many different content types;
  4. Build capacity to develop sustainable content through an open-source and HTML5 platform that enhances instruction and teaching using H5P;
  5. Create an effective learning experience with H5P;
  6. Foster instructional alignment including objectives, resources, learning activities, and assessment;
  7. Develop knowledge and skill to improve digital competence in teaching practice;
  8. Explore and experiment with how H5P supports approaches to teaching and content development.

Course Outline
Topics Learning Outcomes  Duration 

Week 1:  

  • Introduction to H5P
  • H5P Content Types
  • Interactive Video
  • Flashcards

  1. Determine the requirements on how to develop H5P content on their own site.
  2. Discuss H5P development in the Content Bank and how to add it to the courses.
  3. Identify the H5P content type categories.
  4. Discuss the Interactive Video and Flashcards.
  5. Know when to use Interactive Video and Flashcards content types.
  6. Create the above H5P content types in Moodle.

 5 hrs
Week 2:

  • Multiple Choice
  • Fill in the Blanks
  • True/ False Question
  • Single Choice Set
  • Quiz (Question Set)

  1. Discuss the Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, True/ False Question, Single Choice Set, and Quiz (Question Set).
  2. Know when to use Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, True/ False Questions, Single Choice sets, and Quiz (Question Set) content types.
  3. Create the above H5P content types in Moodle.

 5 hrs
Week 3

  • Image Hotspots
  • Image Choice
  • Dialog Cards
  • Timeline
  • Course Presentation

  1. Discuss the Image Hotspots, Image Choice, Dialog Cards, Timeline, and Course Presentation.
  2. Know when to use Image Hotspots, Image Choice, Dialog Cards, Timeline, and Course Presentation content types.
  3. Create the above H5P content types in Moodle.

 5 hrs
Week 4

  • Drag and Drop
  • Find the Words
  • Drag the Words
  • Mark the Words
  • Interactive Book

  1. Discuss the Drag and Drop, Find the Words, Drag the Words, Mark the Words, and Interactive Book.
  2. Know when to use Drag and Drop, Find the Words, Drag the Words, Mark the Words, and Interactive Book content types.
  3. Create the above H5P content types in Moodle.

 5 hrs
Week 5

  • Crossword
  • Image Sequencing
  • Branching Scenario

  1. Discuss the Crossword, Image Sequencing, and Branching Scenario.
  2. Know when to use Crossword, Image Sequencing, and Branching Scenario.
  3. Create the above H5P content types in Moodle. 

 5 hrs
Total hours: 25 hrs


Methodologies


Additional guidelines;  This 25-hour full online training self-paced course, with 1-hour live session per week, will run for a total of five (5) weeks. A participant may allot 4 to 5 hours weekly to take the lesson, answer the assessment, and accomplish other similar activities to acquire the certificate of completion. 

4. Moodle Educator Certification


The MEC is a certification program for educators, or learning and development professionals, who have experience in teaching or training with Moodle LMS or Moodle Workplace. The MEC emphasises the importance of developing pedagogic and professional competencies to enhance and innovate online education and training. Although it is not a training program, as participants progress through the certification process they will reflect on their practice and this will strengthen their understanding and confidence when teaching with Moodle. 

MEC is based on the widely used and accepted European Framework for the Digital Competence for Educators (DigCompEdu). It is a six-course certification program that allows experienced Moodle educators or learning and development professionals to demonstrate their expertise in teaching or creating learning development programs with Moodle LMS or Moodle Workplace and obtain official certification directly from Moodle.
Course & Topics Learning Outcomes  Duration 

MEC Teaching and Learning

  • Teaching
  • Guidance
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Self-regulated learning

  1. To plan for, implement, experiment with, and develop use of Moodle to enhance your teaching
  2. To enhance interaction with learners, offering timely targeted guidance to learners, and exploring new ways to support them.
  3. To foster and enhance learner collaboration and knowledge creation

 8 hrs
MEC Professional Engagement

  • Organizational Communication
  • Professional collaboration 
  • Reflective practice
  • Digital CPD

  1. To use a variety of communication methods to enhance communication within their organization.
  2. To collaborate and share resources
  3. To improve your practice through critical reflection and feedback
  4. To engage in continuous professional development using sites such as MoodleNet

 8 hrs
MEC Digital resources

  • Selecting digital resources
  • Creating and modifying digital resources
  • Managing, protecting, and sharing digital resources.

  1. To locate, assess and select appropriate open content such as from MoodleNet
  2. To create and share appropriately licensed open content
  3. To respect and correctly attribute open content and apply privacy and copyright rules

 8 hrs
MEC Assessments

  • Assessment strategies
  • Analyzing evidence
  • Feedback and Planning

  1. To use summative and formative approaches appropriate to your learners
  2. To track and support learner progress by informed use of activity and course reporting
  3. To provide timely, targeted support with a range of feedback options appropriate to your learners

 8 hrs
MEC Empowering learners

  • Accessibility and inclusion
  •  Differentiation and personalization
  • Actively engaging learners

  1. To create accessible and mobile-friendly courses to ensure inclusion
  2. To create personalized and adaptive learning paths to meet learners’ diverse needs
  3. To foster learner independence and creativity by using a range of strategies to motivate and reward learner success

 8 hrs
MEC Facilitating Learners' Digital Competence

  • Information and media literacy
  • Digital communication and collaboration
  • Digital content creation
  • Responsible use
  • Digital problem solving

  1. To guide learners to source and critically evaluate online materials
  2. To encourage learner communication, collaboration, and civic participation
  3. To provide opportunities for learners to co-create content relevant to them
  4. To guide learners to be safe online
  5. To challenge learners with technical problem-solving activities and scenarios

 8 hrs
Total hours: 48 hrs

Additional guidelines: The MEC course is a 48-hour full online training self-paced course, with 1-hour live session per week, and will run for a total of six (6) weeks.  All MEC takers are required to take the pre-assessment exam. All participants who passed the pre-assessment will be able to directly take the MEC program. The participants are enrolled for 3 months which may be 8 hours weekly to take the lesson, submit the activities and answer the assessment to acquire the certificate of completion. 

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5. Moodle Workplace Training for Site Administrator



Course Description: This 64-hour full online training/ workshop is intended for aspiring current LMS Administrators to be fully equipped with knowledge and skills to maintain Moodle Workplace  Enterprise Learning Management System (ELM) in their organization. The lessons covered in this course will enable you to centralize training and learning programs that automatically administer, monitor, and report on all compliance and professional development training. 

General Objectives:

At the end of the course, participants should be able to;

  1. Overview of Moodle Workplace Enterprise Learning Management System.
  2. Explore the Moodle look and feel. Discuss an overview of the Moodle look and feel, differentiation of site versus dashboard navigations, customize navigation and explore the frontpage settings.
  3. Manage LMS's categories and courses, such as adding categories and sub-categories, deleting course categories, organizing courses and categories, creating courses, and managing courses in bulk.
  4. Manage user accounts such as uploading users and enrolment methods.
  5. Distinguish the roles, permissions, and capabilities from different roles.
  6. Installing third-party plugins, and keeping plugins up to date.
  7. Programs. Allocate and establish learning pathways for your employees that are typically used for onboarding employees.
  8. Certifications. Manage compliance training such as turning your learning programs into certifications and Creating automated recertifications.
  9. Organization structure. Deploy department and position hierarchies to represent your organization structure.
  10. Dynamic rules. Define and execute centralized and automated rules.
  11. Report builder. To provide a powerful custom reporting tool.
Course Outline

Topics Learning Outcomes  Duration 

Module 1:  

Moodle Workplace Overview

  1. Discuss the Moodle Workplace Enterprising Learning Management.
  2. Differentiate site versus dashboard navigations, and explore the front page settings.
  3. Define roles and distinguish their differences.
  4. Identify and classify the major functionalities.

 8 hrs
Module 2:

Basic Admin Functionality

Manage categories and courses

  1. Discuss the categories and courses and explain how they work together.
  2. Create a course and set up an activity.
  3. Enroll participants in the course; manually, guess access, and self-enrolment.

User management

  1. Authenticate users in the system.
  2. Browse the user profile; update and suspend the user account.
  3. Perform standard user actions, either manual or bulk uploads.

Managing Roles - permissions and capabilities

  1. Introduction to context and roles.
  2. Understand how permissions work and how they fit into different contexts.
  3. Assign roles to different users in different contexts.

      		 8 hrs
      Module 3

      Advanced Admin Functionality

      1. Discuss the plugins overview
      2. Identify and enumerate the plugin types.
      3. Access Moodle.org/plugins
      4. Determine good and bad plugins
      5. Install and uninstall the plugin.
      6. Enable/Disable site security settings

      		 8 hrs
      Module 4

      Programs and Certifications

      Programs

      1. Describe the utilization of the programs.
      2. Add a combination of courses or a hierarchical sequence of courses.
      3. Allocate users to the program.

      Certifications

      1. Describe the purpose of certifications.
      2. Associate certification within a program
      3. Creating automated recertifications

      		 8 hrs
      Module 5

      Organizational structure

      1. Create and Describe how organizational structure is used.
      2. Adapt to organization structure hierarchy based on departments, positions, and jobs.
      3. Create team managers by assigning jobs with "Manager" or "Department lead" positions to users.

      		 8 hrs
      Module 6

      Dynamic rules

      1. Define the features of dynamic rules.
      2. Automate dynamic rules, such as issuing badges or certificates, or granting competencies.
      3. Set up the “Rule action limits” option to define the maximum number of times actions should apply.

      		8 hrs
      Module 7

      Report Builder

      1. Learn and understand the Report Builder
      2. Accessing and creating a custom report.
      3. Sending report results

      		 8 hrs
      Module 8

      Multi-tenancy

      1. Describe the purpose of Multi-tenancy
      2. Explore the look and feel structure, users, and learning entities.
      3. Enable the configuration for multiple tenants with different themes and permissions.

      		 8 hrs
      Total hours: 64 hrs


      Methodologies


      Additional guidelines; This 64-hour full online training self-paced course, with 1-hour live session per week and will run for a total of eight (8) weeks. The participants are enrolled for 3 months which may be 8 hours weekly to take the lesson, submit the assessment, and accomplish other similar activities to acquire the certificate of completion. Each participant shall be provided a tenancy that serves as their working space to design their own work. After completing this course, you will be able to download your certificate.

      Click here to register on our trainings