Well…. that was a bit intimidating. Maybe it’s because I’m sleep deprived but I found it very hard to get and stay focused while doing the Moodle tutorial. There are just so many tangents a person can take and it’s like a black hole of information – you can go on learning forever! I suppose that’s one of the challenges I faced – knowing when to say ‘enough’ and then go on to create my own course shell.
Once I got onto my own shell however, I found the instructions fairly simple and intuitive, which was great. It didn’t take too long to create the webpage or forum. Still, I’ve got to say that I never would have been able to navigate through all of the other choices including Aggregate Type….Grade menu…subscription…attachment size, etc. without guidance. That’ll have to be something I go back to and study when I have time.
I was surprised that the intitial course shell page was so busy. I think I was expecting more of a ‘wizard’ that allowed you to make one choice at a time. For a first time user I think that would have been less overwhelming.