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I want to create an elearning package
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I want to create an elearning package
Craig Mollins
terça, 7 Jul 2009, 07:51

Hello all. I'm new to moodle, and am trying to figure out if it is the right software for my project. I want to create an eight week learning program that individuals can take on their own, on their own time. The interaction with other students will be in forums, but everyone will be doing the course on their own on their own time so the forums will be made up of long terms posts.

I want to have lectures in audio and video format, and some kind of interactive text modules. People will be given access to the course materials one week at a time, starting from the date they first log on.

Is this kind of format something that moodle can be used for?
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Tim at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Re: I want to create an elearning package
Tim Hunt
terça, 7 Jul 2009, 09:08
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You can do almost all that in Moodle.

An example of a self-paced course that lasts about 8 weeks, with interaction via log-term forums, is the Moodle developers' course: http://dev.moodle.org/course/view.php?id=2.

That course does not use any multimedia, but Moodle has pretty good facilities for uploading and embedding images, audio and video.

What do you mean by 'interactive text modules'? That could mean wikis, quizzes, lessons, or SCORM packages. Or even a collaborative glossary. Moodle has all those.


The one thing it cannot do out-of-the-box is to only release the materials only one week at a time. Are you sure you really want that? It is certainly good to give students guidance about how long they are expected to spend studying, but particularly when you are studying on your own time, you often have a busy week when you get nothing done, and then have to catch up with two week's work the next week. Actually, that would not be a problem, but the opposite, wanting to get a week ahead before you go on holiday, would not be possible. I am speaking here as someone who has studied Open University courses in my own time.

Anyway, if you really need this, then it is not possible in Moodle 1.9 unless you install the conditional activities patch, and even then, I don't know if it is possible. For Moodle 2.0, conditional activities will be available in core Moodle. I don't know if '1 week after enrolment' is one of the conditions that is available, but if it isn't, then it would be very easy to add, I think.
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Re: I want to create an elearning package
Craig Mollins
quarta, 8 Jul 2009, 21:46

Thanks very much for this considerate response Tim. The developer's course you linked to showed me exactly what I needed to see, and it looks like Moodle will work great for my project. And your suggestion about opening up the schedule makes complete sense, and probably is what I'll end up doing.

Yes the quiz and lesson modules are what I was looking for. I want people to be able to engage with the materials, answer questions and receive feedback.

It all looks good. Thanks again for your help.