Topic outline

  • Unit 44: Creating an online learning environment (LMS)


    • Meet the Facilitator

      Hello colleagues, My name is Xolani  Saleni and I will be your unit manager for this unit. If you have any questions or in need of assistance please whatsapp me on 0739503054

    • Unit Introduction

      In this unit, you are going to set up your own online Learning Management System (or LMS) using the free Moodle Cloud software. We are also going to use what we learnt about instructional design in Unit 43 to evaluate the quality of the units in this course. If you have not yet completed Unit 43: Instructional Design, you should go back and complete it before continuing.

      By the end of this unit, you will be able to:


    • Assessment instructions


      Your assessment for this unit is in 2 parts.

      Part A:

      In part A, you need to use the rubric created by the University of Southern Mississippi to evaluate the quality of this course.

      1. Download a copy of the editable rubric in MS Word format.
      2. Complete the rubric with your evaluation and comments.
      3. Upload your completed rubric.


      Part B:

      The second part is pretty simple. You need to set up your own Moodle Cloud LMS and then send this URL to your facilitator along with a username and password with which your facilitator can log in.

      You learnt in the lesson how to create your free Moodle Cloud site. Watch the video again if you need to.

       

       

      Now view this PowerPoint Presentation to see how to create a user for your facilitator and have Moodle email them the details.

    • Attribution and References

      References:

      • TalentLMS. (2015). What is an LMS? Definition and Uses of a learning management system. YouTube. Standard YouTube Licence.
      • Clayton R. Wright. (2011). Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses. Available here.
      • The University of Southern Mississippi. (2014). Online Course Development Guide and Rubric. Available here.
      • Michigan College Online. (2017). Online Course Development Guidelines and Rubric. Available here.
      • The California State University. (2015). Quality Online Learning and Teaching (QOLT). Available here.

      • Licence

        • CC BY SA

          This unit on LMS, part of the Teachers' ICT Integration Course by Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License with the exception of the following resources:

          TalentLMS. (2015). What is an LMS? Definition and Uses of a learning management system.
          Clayton R. Wright. (2011). Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses.  The University of Southern Mississippi. (2014). Online Course Development Guide and Rubric.  Michigan College Online. (2017). Online Course Development Guidelines and Rubric.  The California State University. (2015). Quality Online Learning and Teaching (QOLT).

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