“Write an entry for your course weblog about your experience here (on your “Home” page and posting a new entry). How labour intensive was the process? What worked well? What was challenging? What surprised you?”

How was the experience?

To be honest this experience was a bit of a stressful one.  I started to the Moodle exercise on the wiki page a week ago.  I am one of those guys that isn’t confident with this type of technology until I start to use it.  I tend to have a lot of self-doubt at the begining.  So when I went on and tried to do the exercise only to hit a road block I thought it was an error on my part.  Only after emailing John did I find out that access hadn’t been granted yet – the stress was for not.

Now that I was able to get in and on it went rather well.  I think like most things new it will just take a few times (maybe more) to get comfortable and before I know it (hopefully) I will be a semi-pro.  I liked how easy it was to create something because my intentions are to create a moodle site as a teacher’s resource on my school’s network.  I just went through an in-service a few weeks ago (only an hour) about how Moodle was being supported and some of the pssibilities.  The hamster wheel started to turn and I had one of those ” a-ha” moments.  So fingers crossed – this is the start of something extremely valuable, practical and applicable.

How labour intensive was the process

I think the most labourious part of the process was setting up a split-screen so I didn’t have to keep toggling back and forth following directions.  Once I did that it was smooth sailing!

What worked well?

The instructions were laid out in a way very easy to follow.  Would have been lost if they were not so I would have to say the instructions worked well.

What was challenging?

As mentioned earlier the cahlenging part was when I tried to get access before I had access.  I found myself navigating through countless pages,  reading a nd rereading instructions trying to figure it out without help.  Finally gave up and asked only to find out I had jumped the gun and was trying to do something I didn’t have permission (account access) to do.

What surprised you?

Just how easy it was to set up.  Now in saying that I have a very basic shell I am sure but it is a start.  Eventually I hope to have something professional and meaningful.

~ Ryan

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