Mount Orange School (Moodle 2.5 demo)

Explore Moodle through the eyes of Barbara Gardner, a Middle School student, member of several courses and an active member of the school community.

Below, we have listed a few examples you can jump to straight away. Steps:

1. Login as 'student', password 'moodle' (direct link here!)

2. Return to this screen (automatic!), logged in as Barbara Gardner.

3. Browse the example(s) you would like to see:

Participate:

• Post in a forum and attach a file, upload an image and insert a video as supporting evidence.
• Complete a Choice activity.
• Start to complete a Lesson activity.
• Access a folder of resources.
• Access a game-like online learning object (IMS package).
• Open a downloadable PowerPoint presentation the teacher made available to the class.
• Check the latest news & notices from the teacher to the class.
• Check Calendar events and add one.
• View badges you've earned for course and site contribution (NEW in 2.5)
• View badges available and awarded in a course (NEW in 2.5)

Assessment and evaluation:

• Submit an assignment and get a grade with teacher feedback.
• Accept a submission statement promising your work is your own 
• Submit an assignment as part of a group 
• View a marking guide to help with an assignment submission
• View a rubric to help with an assignment submission
• Get feedback on an assignment with a rubric
• Check own course grades.
• Check (self) marked items indicating completion.
• Complete a quiz and review the answers.
• Complete a workshop where you submitt your own material and assess the work of peers.
• Export an item to an external portfolio such as Google docs (Note: you need a Google docs account to try this)

Collaborate:

• Insert an language audio clip into glossary and let peers comment on it.
• Collaborate with classmates in a wiki
• Try  to solve a mathematical problem together with her classmates.
• Add an item to the class database of resources for others to use and comment on.
• Add an item to the class glossary to build common understanding.

Communicate:

• Post and comment on a blog entry.
• Blog about a particular course activity.
• Comment on a course page (see Comments block).
• Send a Message to a friend.
• Participate in a Chat.

Customise:

• Customise My Home page.
• Customise My Profile page.
• Upload Private files.
• Use tags to find people, blogs, courses with similar interests
• Insert an image from Flickr sharing site.
• Access a direct link to an external website.
• Insert a video from YouTube sharing site.
• Have a role renamed ('Editor') and permissions expanded in a course.
• Insert a widget on her My Home page.

Want to be a different student?

No problem - full list of accounts is here. Most of these have little or no activity so you can get creative.