As a follow-up to the 3-day intensive workshop Moodle Site Administration Essentials this Inter-Campus Moodle Community was established. All the staff of the institutions under UGC and members of LEARN have free access. (2023-03-13)

Practice course for the webinar/workshop "The science and engineering question type Formulas" by Prof. Dominique Bauer on 29 November 2023

An on-line workshop sessions on 7, 21 November and 5 December. Instructor: Dr. Nimal Ratnayake.

For details see the public announcement.

2 June 2024. The workshop material is now available on self-learn basis to the registered users of the site.

18 August 2023. We are delighted to inform you that Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN) in collaboration with EduNET.LK is organising a series of workshops on conducting on-line tests with the Moodle learning management system. Nominations are called for participation from LEARN member institutions and we cordially send this invitation for you to nominate one to two relevant staff members from your institution.

This workshop series prepares university teachers and their supporting staff to design, conduct and assess on-line tests using the excellent Quiz module of the Moodle learning management system. The use of advanced plug-ins for STEM subjects as well as how to secure high-stake exams belong to the highlights of the workshop.

The course is an instructor-led series of remote workshops with a heavy hands-on component. In seven one-hour live-sessions spaced with assignments the participants will be closely guided in their practice.

Learning outcome: Upon completion of this workshop series, the participants will:

1. know the architecture of the Moodle's quiz system
2. have first-hand experience in exchanging and creating the standard question types in Moodle
3. know the different behaviours of tests in Moodle
4. know how to formulate good questions
5. know how to minimize the need for cheating by personalizing tests
6. know how to secure high-stake exams with a lock-down browser
7. be familiar with additional question types made especially for STEM subjects, including computer programming

Target audience: The teachers and the supporting staff of the universities under the UGC who want to use the on-line testing facility of the Moodle learning management system.

Prerequisites: You must have created basic courses in the Moodle LMS, for example courses for the students to download content. You need a PC or a laptop running a supported version of the Linux, macOS or Windows operating systems. You also need the latest version of a mainstream web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari. Tablets and smart phones are not suitable.

Schedule:

• 20 September 2023
• 4 October 2023
• 18 October 2023
• 1 November 2023
• 15 November 2023
• 29 November 2023
• 13 December 2023

Seven live sessions on alternating Wednesdays, always from 15:00 to 16:00 LKT.

Topics:

• Unit 1 (20 September): Getting started: Quiz architecture of Moodle, default question types, the default behaviours of tests and their applications, automatic marking and grading. Example tests, also from the participants.
• Unit 2 (4 October): How to set up questions: What are good questions. How to integrate the quiz in to self-learning and assessment.
• Unit 3 (18 October): Making tests, practice: Our team will guide the participants to convert their own material to on-line tests.
• Unit 4 (1 November): Securing exams with the Safe Exam Browser (SEB)
• Unit 5 (15 November): Minimizing cheating through personalization of tests
• Unit 6 (29 November): Specialization on tests in mathematics: The built-in possibilities in Moodle and the additional question type Formulas.
• Unit 7 (13 December): Specialization on programming: Programming exercises with automatic grading with the help of Virtual Programming Lab (VPL) and the CodeRunner question type add-ons.

The first four units are the essentials and as such mandatory. The participants may choose one or more units out of the units 5-7 depending on their needs.

Assessment and completion: You are expected to do all the assignments in Units 1 to 4. Out of the units 5-7 you can complete one or more units which are useful to you. All assignments are graded as completed or as not completed.

To complete the series successfully, you need to complete all assignments in units 1-4 and the assignments of at least one more unit. Upon successful completion you will be awarded with an e-certificate.

Instructors: Invited guests from different universities. Coordinator Mr Visvanath Ratnaweera, former senior lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, now representing EduNET.LK.

Registration: By nomination through the heads of the institutions under the UGC. The total number of participants is limited to 50. We maintain a waiting list. (2 June 2024. Now open on self-learn basis)

Contact: info AET edunet.lk

This webinar on the question type Formulas, was conducted by its lead-maintainer Prof. Dominique Bauer of ... Montreal, Canada. It is now available as a self-learn course for the registered users of the site.

Course schedule

• Sa 11 Nov 2023: Unit 1. About LAMP. Getting ready, live session
• Mo 13 Nov 2023: Unit 2. Get your Moodle site up. Initial configuration, self-study
• Th 16 Nov 2023: Unit 3. Install additional plug-ins, security considerations, live session
• Sa 18 Nov 2023: Unit 4. Take a site backup, upgrade your site, self-study
• Mo 20 Nov 2023: Unit 5. Restore a Moodle site from a backup, self-study

A 3-day, on-premises, intensive workshop organized by LEARN in collaboration with EduNET.LK. Venue: From 7 to 9 February 2023, IT Center, Univeristy of Peradeniya

This workshop aims to train the participants, starting from a fresh Moodle site, to set it up to suit their organization and also to take the responsibility to run the site as its site administrator.

This is an instructor-led, on-premises workshop with a heavy hands-on component. In three full days, totaling six sessions of 3 hour duration each, the participants will be guided through a series of short inputs and comprehensive hands-on exercises on practice Moodle sites.

Learning outcome: After successfully completing the workshop the participants will be able to:

• customize the site’s appearance to suit their institution
• plan and implement the user authentication method(s)
• plan and implement the course category hierarchy to meet the needs of the curriculum and handle the end-of-year transition
• plan and implement the enrolment method(s) of users in the courses, also streamlining the procedure through global groups
• manage courses, specifically backup courses, restore them, archive completed courses
• extend Moodle through additional plug-ins
• continuously monitor the site for its health

Target Audience: Moodle LMS administrators of LEARN member institutions

Prerequisites for the participants:

• The participants should be familiar with using Moodle either as a student or a teacher or both
• The workshop includes practical sessions providing hands-on work for the participants, and the participants must engage in and complete them.
• The participants need to bring their own laptops with wireless capability, running a modern browser such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari in their latest versions.

Assessment and completion: To complete the course you need to complete all the activities marked by a completion button. Some activities are automatically marked as completed by the LMS and others will be manually marked by the instructors.

Upon successful completion of all the compulsory activities you will be awarded a certificate.

Instructors: Mercy Anandakumar (LEARN), Ganganath Harischandra (Faculty of Veterinary Science), Dhammika Ihalagedara (Faculty of Dental Sciences), Visvanath Ratnaweera (EduNET.LK)

Infrastructure support: Deepthi Gunasekara (LEARN)