3 Day Workshop on Moodle from 30 November to 04 December 2020

Introduction

Moodle is a learning management system (LMS) which helps teachers and educators create an online platform for more adaptive and customized learning. Developed in 2002, it is free and open source software and is the most widely used LMS among both free and licenced products. It  is being used by many small and large institutions to create and deliver courses online to their students. Moodle has many built-in features ranging from the basics such as file upload, assignments, quizzes, notifications and advanced features such as forums, quiz, wikis etc that can be used by learners. It also has many easy-to-install plugins such as attendance, reminders, analytics etc. to supplement these features.

The FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project at IIT Bombay (https://fossee.in) has been promoting Moodle, and other FLOSS, such as Scilab, Python, OpenFOAM, eSim, Osdag, OpenModelica, R, Drupal and Linux, and open source hardware, such as Arduino and OpenPLC. The FOSSEE Project is funded by NMEICT, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

Methodology of the Workshop

This will be a 3-day workshop spread over five days from 30 November to 4 December, with an expected effort of about four hours per day. The workshop will be conducted online through a hands-on learning mode, where every participant teacher will create their own course using the tutorials we provide. The tutorials are in the form of side-by-side How-To-Slides and videos.

Participants can pace the course at their own convenient slots. Every day there will be an interactive session of about 2 hours, during which deeper insights will be provided and task related doubts will be cleared. Those who cannot attend the sessions at the scheduled time can get their queries answered through discussion forums. At the end of the workshop, the participants will  have a skeleton structure of the course they plan to teach in the near future, that they can take a backup and  use it in their own moodle website.

Participants will be assigned tasks every day based on the material covered that day. Attendance is not mandatory for online interaction sessions. Course completion certificates will be awarded to all participants  who complete all the assigned tasks to a satisfactory level.

Benefits of the Workshop

On successful completion of the workshop, teachers will be able to 

• create and upload their own course material
• interact with their students by different online methods 
• prepare multiple methods of assessing students through home assignments and online quizzes
• conduct online live interactive sessions

Course content

The following topics will be taught to the participants who are attending the 5 day Moodle workshop.

Course content uploading; student enrolment and roles; interactions with students; discussion forums; answering student questions; online assignments and evaluation using PDF annotation and rubrics; online examinations; question variations for STEM subjects; question bank management; interactive videos; minimal exam security and proctoring, live classrooms through BigBlueButton.

Teaching Faculty

• Prof. P Sunthar, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
• FOSSEE, IIT Bombay

Who Should Attend

The Moodle workshop will be useful for:

• Faculty members who are conducting courses online

Duration and Venue

3 day workshop starting from 30 November to 4 December 2020. Every day there will be online interactive/ hands-on session for 2 hours.

Criteria for Certification

Participation certificates, in an electronic form, will be provided to all participants after successful completion of the assigned tasks given as part of the workshop to a satisfactory level.

Course Fee

How to Apply

The application will be strictly online, and no other mode of application will be entertained. The link for online registration is
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/workshopContent.html?workshopid=1Zxr7t6DuivFq0xKa8YU-w&category=UubpVTjA3FS-DQx8uW4rlA

The registration form will be available until 27 November 2020.

Accommodation

Not applicable

Note

• It is mandatory to have a desktop/ laptop  with an internet connection.
• FOSSEE will provide an account in a moodle server where each participant will work on creating their course.

Contact Us

• Any general queries about the workshop can be sent to eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in

Address For Communication

Mahendra Parmar,
Sr. Project Manager, ESOS Project
Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai - 400 076.
Email: eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in
Website - www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict