Splash page using an object orientation (5 points)
3 units (Greece, Rome and Egypt) are clickable images that take you to appropriate modules. Additionally, the top right navigation is specific to the current unit on ancient Rome and orientates viewers to the appropriate module.
Two (or more) complete content modules (5)
Yup! 3 actually… Ancient Rome #1 (Introduction), #2 (Religion) and #3 (Government)
(At least) one module programmed for selective release (1)
So after much searching, I have concluded that Moodle will not allow one to program for selective release. I have, however, “hidden” a module (Ancient Rome – #4 – Warfare) to demonstrate to you that I know how to keep a module hidden until I wish to release it to the class. Additionally, my main quiz is programmed to open at a specific scheduled time (selective release within the LMS).
Two general discussion fora topics (2)
I have both entire class and small group forums including “Icebreaker”, “Resource Forum” and “Question Forum – Help!” under “General Forums”.
One group discussion forum for (at least) 2 groups (2)
In “Learning Forums”, I have group forums set up for “Republic vs. Empire”. Within this forum, I have selected the “separate groups” option and created 6 group forums.
A reflection upon your experience completing this assignment in your reflective practice weblog
The LMS creation experience has been the most practical experience of my MET to date. Even the moments that frustrated me felt worthwhile because they made my understanding of how to use Moodle stronger. I think of myself as an “independent learner” in many respects and I was pleased with the fact that I could explore Moodle without help and do 95% of what I wanted to do. The only things that I was not able to figure out on my own were programming a module for selective release (which I concluded was not a possibility in Moodle anyways) and programming an object orientation (which was built in anyways). I particularly enjoy knowing that I really could use Moodle in my own classroom because of the ease of use and zero cost associated (SECTIONS!). The most challenging part of this assignment for me was actually the content creation. Since I am a new teacher, I decided not to use materials that I currently had and instead create the course that I actually hope to teach. Overall, this assignment was extremely rewarding because I was able to synthesize theory, experience and practice. My synthesis will delve further into this.