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Developing the future of HEThe AUTh Case

Vasiliki Kalfa, Savvas Anastasiades

IT CenterAristotle University of ThessalonikiMoodleMoot Greece 2018, Athens

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Understanding the needs of our academic community

Academic fields

STEM - STEAM

Human Sciences

Social Sciences

Health Sciences

Profile of UsersAnswer the question, “What do they need?”

StudentsEasy access

All-in-oneDevice compatibility

Academics Non-AUThEasy editing

Similarities with traditional teaching

Online educational tools

Access from anywhere / anytime

Secure connection

Faculty StaffSuper User abilities

Administration of bulk courses

The use of Moodle in AUTh

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Courses

2015 2016 2017 2018

5773

5502

4855

4123

Top 5 Faculties that use Moodle❏ Faculty of Philosophy❏ Faculty of Sciences❏ Faculty of Engineering❏ Faculty of Health Sciences❏ Faculty of Economics and

Political Sciences

Faculties

Users

2015 2016 2017 2018

4966746105

4244444214

93.9%

Activities

32.16%43.53%

20.89%

The platform

Features available

❏ Coderunner❏ Algebra❏ STACK❏ BigBlueButton❏ Plagiarism❏ HotPotatoes❏ Math & Science WIRIS❏ Compatible with screen

readers

Office 365GApps for Education

integration

Soon to be available

Connecting to other IT services

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Cross - platform connection

Audiovisual

Embedding content from Media Servers

SAML

One step access to all services that utilize universityID accounts of AUTh

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BigBlueButtonSynchronous and Asynchronous Conferencing

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Student Information System

Milestones

Transition to Moodle

March 2014Developing the first version of Moodle

June 2017Moodle 3.1 / Broader audience

July 2018Moodle 3.5 / New features

2019-2020New face of Moodle

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Develop

Developing new features

Stage

Testing in an identical environment

Refine

Getting feedback

In use

Open service to all users

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How we develop

Yearly Operations

Admin operations to Moodle

OctoberClean database from old users and bring new

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

JanuaryUpdates and plugin updates every 2 months

User training

On-site Training

● Group seminars● Face to face sessions● Clinical days● Workshops

Online Training

● Short videos and printable pdfs

● Recordings of full seminars

User support

Detect newly acquired needs

Predict future needs

Advise on best practices

Encounter errors

Keep track with the attitudes

“What is the total cost of Moodle usage?”

Personnel

Hardware

Maintenance

Case Study - Differential calculus

Plugins used - Stack, Algebra

Characteristics

❏ Electrical and Computer Engineering

❏ 210 Students❏ Around 15 quizzes per

semester❏ Need for an online assessment

tool that processes mathematical equations

Case Study - Operating systems

Plugins used - Coderunner

Example 2

Example 1

Characteristics

❏ Electrical and Computer Engineering

❏ 230 Students❏ Around 30 quizzes per

semester❏ Access to different

programming languages (C, fish shell script)

❏ Need for an online assessment tool for programming languages

❏ To be integrated in 2 more courses

Example 1

Example 2

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