Title: Activity 2.8: Explore some basic Moodle ‘Resource’ tools
Course: Stage 2: Course Design and Technology > Section: 4. Choosing Tools, Consolidation and Evaluation

Purpose: to explore tools appropriate for particular (pedagogical) purposes in the aspects of content & experience, and guidance and support.

Timing: 45 mins

Tools: Lesson; access external websites; Moodle editor;

Resources:

  - Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers (Henrick, 2012)
  - Types of Moodle Resources (Moodle.org)
  - Moodle Basics Lesson (Stage 1)
  - Moodle 2 Interactive Tool Guide for Teachers (Ammar Merhbi, 2015) Part 1 - Resources

Task: Try out adding a resource tool to your practice course

Response: Now implement what you have learned in your own Moodle new/practice course.

  - Preparation::
    - Navigate to Moodle Basics Section 4: Layering and Tools
    - Then referring to your Activity 2.7 table, choose 1 of the resource tools from column 3
  - Access your own Moodle practice course
    - Make sure your editing is switched on; lick on the ‘Turn Editing on’ button if necessary
    - Go to a section and in the bottom right hand corner, click on ‘’Add an activity or resource’
    - Click on the ‘Resources’ tab and take a look through the resources offered
    - Choose the resource type you have chosen to add your own Vula (Moodle) practice course
    - Each tool has various settings associated with it. Try out the various settings and see what effect they have.
  - Now check in with your buddy group and discuss any challenges you may have experienced.
  - If you can’t solve the problem/s you have identified, then ask a question in the Moodle FAQs & Tips forum.
  - If you have come up with a good solution please share it with peers in the Moodle FAQ forum.