Student Progress Reports

– beyond ticking the boxes

Lindy Klein

Who am I?

If you’re from an organisation that’s transitioning to online learning;

If you’re from an organisation that doesn’t have access to a dedicated

Student Management System;

If you like seeing how Moodle can be stretched…

Then this presentation is for you!

Who is this presentation for?

The backstory…

Burwood

Canberra

Student Progress Record

Front of SPR Back of SPR

Student Progress Record

– Marking record (Front page)

Replaced by Moodle’s Grader report

Student Progress Record

- Tutor/Student Contact (Back page)

Yes, at this point it

would have been great

to have had the option

of a Student

Management System!

Disclaimer…

By Cubmundo (Flickr: Frustration) [CC-BY-SA-2.0

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via

Wikimedia Commons

Purpose driven

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• Allows free text

• Allows version history

• Prevents accidental editing

• Hidden from students

• Auto-generates a record

area for each enrolled

student

• Can be printed

• Easily accessed for tutors

• Allows files to be attached

What tools does Moodle have available for tracking

communication between a student and an educator?

Go to http://bit.ly/mdlcom to join in!

Pop Quiz

What tools does Moodle have available for tracking

communication between a student and an educator?

http://bit.ly/mdlcomresults to check out the results…

Pop Quiz - Results

Messaging

Log reports

Notes

Suffered similar problems to Messaging function.

Dialogue plugin

Could be viewed by all students, or if not viewed by

all students, had to have a field for the student’s

name.

May still have been a viable option…

Database activity

Wiki activity Pros

Individual mode = Page for each student enrolled

Groups mode visible = Each tutor could quickly see their

own students

History tab = Version control

Online = Accessible from phone, tablet or laptop

Cons

Exporting information – still unresolved (but can be printed)

Consistent data formatting – just not possible

Student Progress Record

- using wiki in individual mode

Wiki activity – the tech setup

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Wiki activity – permissions

Subject coordinator (Teacher) Tutor (Non-editing teacher)

Course:

Delete comments Allowed Prevented

Post comments Allowed Prevented

Read comments Allowed Prevented

Activity: Wiki

Create new wiki pages Allowed Allowed

Add comments to pages Allowed Prevented

Save wiki pages Allowed Allowed

Manage wiki comments Allowed Prevented

Manage wiki files Allowed Allowed

Override wiki locks Prevented Prevented

View page comments Allowed Prevented

View wiki pages Allowed Allowed

Activities

Backup activities Allowed Prevented

Hide/show activities Prevented Prevented

Manage activities Prevented Prevented

View hidden activities Allowed Allowed

The Verdict

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Three takeaways…

1. Permissions and roles in Moodle give you a ton of

flexibility – explore them!

2. Understand your purpose clearly as you start

brainstorming solutions – it will save you time and

pain in the long run!

3. Know that a solution is possible.

Questions?

Get in touch!

@moodlechick

lindy.klein@acn.edu.au

Occasional videos at

http://www.youtube.com/user/ausmoodlechick/