Creating and Delivering E-courses in the Moodle Environment

Improve the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to independently develop and teach courses in the Moodle e-learning system.

Course developers and instructors who prepare course materials and provide the learning process in the Moodle e-learning environment.

• Log in and navigate the Moodle environment;
• Add and use course learning resources (documents, text, audio, video materials);
• Use the forum and chat to provide learning activities;
• Create tasks, databases and survey learning activities;
• Create and manage tests;
• Register and manage study participants;
• Manage course settings.

Good computer skills with office software and Internet browsers required.

BDA developed a textbook in Latvian with theory and practical tasks.

Not intended.

Basic operations in the Moodle e-learning environment

• Connecting to the system;
• Navigation options in the Moodle system;
• Distinguishing course elements and formats;
• Course layout and types of formats;
• Differentiating the working environment of students and teachers;
• Use of the help system;
• Use of educational materials;
• Performance of learning activities.

Adding and managing learning content and resources

• Adding text and web pages, display settings;
• Linking to files and websites;
• Uploading and managing course files;
• Preparation of materials in various formats (.DOC, .XLS, .PPT, .PDF, audio, video, images) for publication;
• Good practices in content management.

Use of learning activities

• Use of forums and chat for communication and learning activities;
• Adding and managing task activities;
• Adding and managing vocabulary activities;
• Adding and managing database activities;
• Using surveys and polls to provide feedback;
• Good practices in the use of learning activities.

Development of tests

• Knowledge assessment principles in Moodle;
• Creation of a test system (creation and maintenance of question categories and questions);
• Creating, using and administering tests;
• Test question development tools;
• Import and export of test questions;
• Good practices for effective use of tests.

• Creation of a rating system, posting and management of ratings;
• Course settings management;
• Course user management;
• Course statistics and use of the reporting system;
• Course visual design and layout management;
• Course backup and content restoration;
• Course reset;
• Good practice in course delivery and management.