Moodle tools on OpenLearn Create
The following activities and resources are available:
The guidance for setting up these activities and resources can be found at How to use OpenLearn Create Course Builder Guide.
Blog
The blog activity module allows for creation of blogs within a course (these are separate from the core Moodle blog system). You can have course-wide blogs (everyone in the course posts to the same blog), group blogs, or individual blogs.
Choice
The choice activity module enables a teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses.Forum
ForumNG is a replacement for standard Moodle forum with most of the same features plus additional ones and a more dynamic user interface. NG stands for 'Next Generation'. A forum needs a moderator so if you want a forum you need to be prepared to moderate it.Glossary
The glossary activity module enables participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary, or to collect and organise resources or information. When used interactively with learners it is used in time bound courses with a start and end date which are supported by teachers or tutors. A static glossary can also be set up which learners cannot amend.Questionnaire
The questionnaire module allows you to construct surveys using a variety of question types, for the purpose of gathering data from users.Quiz
The quiz activity enables you to create quizzes comprising questions of various types, including multiple choice, matching, short-answer and numerical. Please refer to the general guidance on building and setting up quizzes and eAssessment with Moodle.Rating and Review
There is a rating and review tool which allows you to collect star ratings and written reviews of your course from learners and teachers.
Tags
You can add tags (keywords) to your course. These will display in the site tag cloud.
Tracking learner progress
As a course owner you can see who has enrolled on your course and how they are progressing. You can see when they enrolled, grades they may have achieved for graded activities and badges they have earned. However you will not be able to see any other reports about them including whether they have completed the course. If you need this information you need to request ‘manager’ permissions for your course (see enhanced features below).
Wiki
A wiki is a web-based system that lets users edit a set of linked pages. In Moodle, you would normally use a wiki when you want your students to create content. It is used in time bound courses with a start and end date which are supported by teachers or tutors.Workshop
The workshop activity module enables the collection, review and peer assessment of students' work. It is used in time bound courses with a start and end date which are supported by teachers or tutors.Images, files, video and audio resources
You can upload the following resources:- File (for example Word document, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Image (it is good practice to provide a long description for learners using screen readers)
- Video (it is good practice to provide a transcript and captions/subtitles)
- Audio (it is good practice to provide a transcript)
You can provide links to the following resources hosted elsewhere:
- Video (it is good practice to provide a transcript and captions/subtitles)
- Audio (it is good practice to provide a transcript)
Layout tools
You can use the following Moodle resource tools for layout:
- Book (provides links between pages of the onscreen book)
- Heading
- Label
- Page
- Subpage
- URL
Accessibility
It is recommended that you:
- use HTML tables which can be read by a screen reader rather than an image of a data table
- provide an alternative version of animated materials which may be inaccessible to learners with visual impairment
- provide long descriptions of images
- provide downloadable versions of your materials which can be used offline on different devices
- provide transcripts of video and audio files for users with visual or audio impairments (also used by learners who prefer text to video or audio material)
- provide videos with captions or subtitles
Enhanced features:
These features can only be accessed if you have 'manager' permissions for your course (the default for those who have created a course is 'owner'). If you need to set this up yourself on your course please email openlearncreate@open.ac.uk and remember to include the URL for your course in your message to request 'manager' role.
Enrolment questions
You can ask up to three optional free text questions from learners when they enrol if you use the OpenLearn Enrol questions function. This is useful if you are carrying out research and need to know a bit more about the learners than you would get from the basic data held by the system on each person who enrols (name and email address), however you must take responsibility for designing your questions with research ethics in mind and provide clear information about why you are asking these questions to encourage people to complete them appropriately.
Lesson
The
lesson activity module enables a teacher to deliver content and/or
practice activities in interesting and flexible ways. It is used in
time bound courses with a start and end date which are supported by
teachers or tutors.
Tracking learners and rewarding participation
You will need to refer to the guidance in the OpenLearn Create Course Builder Guide for setting up activity and course completion tracking, badges and statement of participation.
Activity and Course completion
Your course can have activity and course completion set up to track learners through the course, record their grades for activities such as quizzes and show when they have successfully completed all the required criteria.Digital badges
Your course can have a digital badge or a series of digital badges (depending on your assessment requirements). These are issued automatically when the learner completes all the criteria for the badge. They are usually based on quiz completion and/or the learner visiting particular pages in the course.OU short courses hosted on OpenLearn Works can have a badge but they must not carry the OU logo because only the OU Badged Open Courses hosted on OpenLearn may include the OU logo. OU badges for courses hosted on OpenLearn Works can have 'The Open University' on the badge if approved by your faculty and the Open Media Unit.