J. Ouellette | UBC-MET | ePortfolio
LMS Design: Moodle
ETEC 565AÂ | ARTIFACT TWO
This artifact represents my last big project, save the creation of this portfolio.
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Moodle and Blackboard may not be the most attractive learning management systems (LMS) in terms of user interface (UI) design, however they have all the necessary features and components to accomplish what they try to achieve. Given the choice, I would prefer Google Classroom, however Moodle has the advantage of being open-sourced, which means more flexibility in terms of legality and server hosting. This is especially salient in regards, to British Columbia's, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), which states that public entities must store personal information in Canada (Government of British Columbia, 2014).
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Designing a course in Moodle was an important undertaking as it allowed me to gain fluency in a medium used in many international schools as an LMS. At our school, we use it additionally for things such as a communication forum for staff , a repository for keeping and storing other work learning, and more.
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To keep the learning linked to the context of my practice, I designed the modules so they could useful for one of our units of inquiry next year. I hope for it to be useful as a repository for both teachers and students in order to research the concepts of form, function and connection of human body systems. Unfortunately, the grade three classrooms are not officially a part of the 1:1 program, so they have not been fully included into our school's LMS embryo, yet. Perhaps, by using this example, it may be the evidence necessary in order to convey the validity and purpose towards implementation of an LMS at this grade level.
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Please follow the steps below, to view the course that I designed:
After you click on the image above, you will need to log in with the following credentials:
Username: student66b
Password: @Student66b
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Then, click on the photo below to link directly to the course I designed:
Since designing this artifact, I have gained enough confidence and skill in order to put my hand up for leading the elementary yearbook design committee. As part of this role, much of the templates and communication that must be carried out between staff, administrations and student taking part in it, must be created and maintained within our Moodle based, DragonNet LMS.
The Moodle based repository of communication and work for the yearbook. An example of effective transfer of learning that this course has helped promote.