Moodling along…

I have been working on my moodle site, and it has been quite a steep learning curve, which I love. I really like taking on new things that I can learn quickly and feel like I have made leaps and bounds along the way. For me, this was just like learning to snowboard. When I first started, I thought “what the heck am I doing here?!” My first two attempts were spent laying flat out and wondering if this was going to get better. By my third try, I was starting to carve a turn, and by the end of that season…I was flying! Moodle has been a bit of a similar experience. The first couple days that I worked on my site, I was clicking away, and not getting the results I wanted, but once I figured out how things worked…I’m off!

As I stated in an earlier post, the tutorials and books available have made a huge difference. One resource I am really liking is Using Moodle – Teaching with the Popular Open Source Course Management System, by Jason Cole and Helen Foster.

It explains what each of the Activities are and when you might want to use them. That has been a big help for me. I think what has surprised me most is the online help available, both in and out of the Moodle shell, to answer most questions.

So far, so good. I may not quite be turning back flips, or venturing over a jump on my snowboard, but I am feeling pretty competent…