Elliott's Plans for Day 4

- Wrap up Moodle research. Look into calendar, grade/reporting, maybe quick quiz/survey?
- Explore alternatives to some Moodle functionalities: online calendar, organizers, etc.

More Moodle Notes

Here are the things Moodle can do that Pbwiki can't. Ideally, if we choose not to do Moodle, these are the tasks for which I'd like to find replacements through other websites or programs.

Pros:
- online gradebook
- site, course, group, user events
- easy chat sessions

Cons:
- No convenient links page? Taggable resources? (Could use wikis within moodle for this instead?)

ETA:
Things you can do:
- For a page full of links, you can: 1) create a web page and have it float at the top of the course outline; 2) create a wiki and do the same; 3) also break either down and have links specific for each topic listed under each unit (if that's the way the course is being organized).

- Can set up hierarchies of folders for storing your files--pbwiki stores everybody's in the same place, so naming conventions and such become more of an issue, and it can be hard to find your file. (NOTE: Disadvantage is max upload of 2MB--changeable, depending on the server settings?)

- Assignments: Require that students upload digital content by a certain time.

Moodle Annoyance

Ok, so Moodle appears to be seriously high-powered in the number of things you can do, but doesn't appear very intuitive or user-friendly. For example, you can write a quiz and have it sort the results by all kinds of different data--very useful. However, I had a lot of trouble with formatting, and I don't find the interface of Moodle very easy to use--the meanings of the icons aren't clear, it's hard to categorize things (does an assignment have to be associated with a given week?)

Moodle Quiz, part 1

The format for uploading questions to the Moodle quiz module is a little idiosyncratic. For example, it's not the same as for Word Champ, unfortunately.