I start to think I’m getting the hang of this . . . and then I’m back to being completely frustrated by Moodle.
My first impression was that visually, Moodle is quite ugly. But I’ve played around a bit, and made a splash page that looks more interesting that the default, text-filled page.
Now I’m finding that sometimes the tools don’t work the way I expect them to. I’m working with a wiki, and sometimes the changes I make to a page just don’t show up. They show up in the history and in the html editor, but not in the latest version of the page.
Is the answer always to install another browser? How will students react to that instruction? How will the on-site teachers react, when they have to repeatedly help students use an LMS that behaves in unpredictable ways?
The wiki itself is clunky. It isn’t easy to link between pages of the wiki. Students can’t make comments, explaining their reasons for modifying a page. I’d rather use Wikispaces.
Moodle . . . this is affecting your rating on “ease of use and reliability” and “encourages reciprocity and cooperation among students” . . . Better shape up!!
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You’re a victim of your own ambition, really: you’re pushing Moodle to meet your expectations, rather than tailor your educational development work to its functionality. This is a very good thing.
Have you tried setting up a Wikispaces for your class and embedding that into your Moodle site? You should be able to…