This past weekend was my first experience working with Moodle. My goal was to create the general course format for my Moodle and prepare a self-introduction activity as an icebreaker. As I was working with Moodle, I came to a number of conclusions based on my experiences.
Moodle itself is relatively user-friendly and easy-to-use, so the program wasn’t particularly challenging for me to navigate. I was surprised, however, by the planning process involved in designing quality activities and the overall appearance of Moodle page. The planning process can be extremely time consuming. I focused on the quality of the activities so they did not seem amateurish. Lastly, I designed my Moodle pages using images I found online, but realized the potential copyright violations involved and consequently redid my photos, which took even more time.
Overall, the experience taught me the importance of having an educational design team in each department to assess the quality of various Moodle activities and aid in preparing them. I also realized that having copyright-free resources for designing activities is particularly important.
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