advantages of an open lms: tying the world to moodle
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Presentation 24 May 2011 to the SUNY Delihi MoodleMoot 2011We haven't tied the whole world to Moodle (except through the Map activity that we've added to bring in Google Maps functionality), but the ability of Moodle to be a central platform that we can integrate other functions into is an important part of our development efforts. This talk will present our experiences and lessons learned in integrating a variety of applications into our Moodle system, including: library support for classes; senior project submissions; streaming media services (Kaltura); e-portfolios (Mahara); and live classroom environments (Big Blue Button).TRANSCRIPT
Advantages of an Open LMS: Tying the World to Moodle
Keith LandaMoodleMoot @ SUNY Delhi
23 May 2011
http://purchase.academia.edu/KeithLanda http://www.slideshare.net/keith.landa
Overview
• Purchase College• Moodle & open source at Purchase• Examples
– E-portfolios– Use of video– Library integrations
Background
Liberal Arts and Sciences plus Arts Conservatories
~4200 FTE
Web enhancement of F2F coursesDevelopment of online programming
Focus on teaching & learning- Robust set of activities & resources- Add-on modules from the community- Moodle development pathway
Costs- No licensing costs- Similar support costs
Integration- Other systems- Web 2.0 world
Flexible open architecture
Why @ Purchase?
Risk management- Risks of open source- Commercial products have different risks
Moodle & open source @ Purchase
• Not first app• Moodle decision & campus climate• Open source decisions
– Self-host v. vendor hosting– Plain vanilla v. customization (community, hacks)– Consumer v. producer
• Moodle core for Purchase suite
StudentInformation
System
LibraryInformation
Systems
AcademicAnalytics
CampusRepository
The View from 30,000 Feet
LiveClassroom
E-portfolios
“Mahoodle”-Single sign-on-Mahara assignment in Moodle
Adoption process for Mahara
Why e-portfolios?-Tool to showcase student/faculty work?-Tool to support student learning?-Tool to collect institutional data?
http://mahara.org
Mahara overview“Collect, select, reflect” and share (access control)
Resume building Social networking
Campus lessons - Mahara
• Adoption slower than with Moodle– Less faculty interest– Stealth adoption– Planned work with Career Services
• Stronger tie to Moodle 2.0– Repositories
• Focus on tool for student learning– Constraints on student showcase uses– Constraints on harvesting institutional data
StudentInformation
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AcademicAnalytics
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LiveClassroom
Video @ Purchase
Faculty use of video in Moodle
• YouTube resources very popular– Moodle multimedia filter– Embedding other video sites
• Web video not sufficient– Privacy, copyright needs
• Video uploads to Moodle– 150 MB limit per file– Course backups in the multi-GB range
Commercial/community hybrid-http://corp.kaltura.com/-http://www.kaltura.org/
Kaltura-Moodle integration
• Video resource– Media added to Kaltura through Moodle– Upload bypasses Moodle (file size issues)– Playback controls
• Video assignment type– Student submitted videos– Video sequencing tools: content bank, timeline,
transitions
Streaming video rights
• Librarian role in obtaining streaming rights• Direct access to Kaltura publisher dashboard• Upload & transcode video• Schedule availability• Provide embed code for Moodle courses
Campus lessons - Kaltura
• Good feature set• Developer/support community
VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/
VoiceThread – Moodle integrations
• Company developed• Basic level: VoiceThread filter for Moodle• Site-wide level
– SSO between Moodle & VoiceThread– VoiceThread resource type– VoiceThread assignment type
StudentInformation
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AcademicAnalytics
CampusRepository
LiveClassroom
StudentInformation
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AcademicAnalytics
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Moodle enrollments
Librarian roles
Course reserves
Senior projects
Library reserves
• Moodle block to mediate interaction between faculty, library and students in course
• Request reserve materials• Faculty and librarian dashboard
StudentInformation
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AcademicAnalytics
CampusRepository
Moodle enrollments
Librarian roles
Course reserves
Senior projects
StudentInformation
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