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What is Moodle?

What is Moodle?. Moodle is a web based Course Management System That allows the classroom to extend onto the web. Moodle is similar to WebCT and Blackboard Course Management Systems. Common Functions. This program allows a common place for students to go for many classroom’s resources.

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What is Moodle?

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  1. What is Moodle? • Moodle is a web based Course Management System That allows the classroom to extend onto the web. • Moodle is similar to WebCT and Blackboard Course Management Systems

  2. Common Functions • This program allows a common place for students to go for many classroom’s resources. • Using Moodle, you can post news items, assign and collect assignments, post electronic journals and resources, and more. • Moodle offers an easy access to class documents.

  3. Common Functions • It provides students with tools that extend discussion and interaction beyond the classroom walls. For example, it provides asynchronous discussion tool using Forum as well as real-time chat using the Chat tool. • Moodle also provides instructors with a very suitable communication means: Quickmail. You can email any or all of the students from within Moodle in just a couple of keystrokes. • Choiceis a useful activity to gain group feedback.

  4. Common Functions • The Calendar block is a very popular and useful function in showing global, course or personal events. • TheGrades function is another useful function that faculty members can employ to list the grades of tests and quizzes of each enrolled student. • TheGroupsfunction is a tool that instructor can use to put students in groups for different projects or assignments.

  5. Go to the African Studies home page, under Resources Click on the Afrocourse link Or type: http://www.afrocourse.org in any Internet browser and press the Enter key. Type your username and password and then click the Login button. If you forget your username or password, click on the Yes, help me log inbutton and follow the instructions to change or reset your password. How to login to Moodle?

  6. Moodle can be utilized by staff in the following areas: • Committee work (Using Files, discussion forum, Calendar and Quickmail) • Projects – (Using Files, discussion forum, Calendar and Quickmail) • Sharing files and information • Training – Professional development • Run a survey • Use the Choice tool to Get a quick group feedback.

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