a+day+in+the+life+of+teaching+and+learning+online

NCTAFE sites demonstrated/ discussed
> Currently piloting Moodle 2 LMS (alongside Moodle Central Project). Contracting Pukunui to build an new Moodle environment on a LAMP server and to provide much needed support. Waiting on plug-in upgrades in order to move to Moodle 2.3 > Live LMS, no further development, version 1.9 no longer supported. We also currently have a staff development server which runs Moodle 1.9. > Powerful digital repository for learning materials, media and library content. Manages and exposes materials though websites (e.g. Moodle) and portals, content authoring, copyright tools, and workflow functionality. Integrated with our Moodle environment. Equella Pearson development team working closely with Moodle developers to improve integration features, backup Moodle courses directly to Equella and restore them back to Moodle. Version 6 coming soon. > open source ePortfilio system, blogging platform, resume builder and social/ professional networking. Integrates with Moodle 2.2. Extremely user-centric platform. Uses ePortfolio standards for interoperability.
 * **Moodle 2.2** - http://moodle.northcoast.tafensw.edu.au
 * **Moodle 1.9** - http://moodle.nci.tafensw.edu.au/
 * **Equella** - https://share.tafensw.edu.au/share/
 * **Mahara** -http://tafensw.maharasites.com/

The Big Picture
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Other resources
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The Equella Moodle Love Story
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A Day in the Life
Here is a crude overview of how a day in the life of online teaching and learning can and will go terribly wrong! Waiting... waiting... waiting... ||
 * ===Student=== || ===Teacher=== || ===Uh-oh!=== ||
 * || log-in to Moodle || stuck in LDAP profile loop, ring administrator to edit profile and add DEC email address ||
 * || get course shell || learn how to use course template provided by library hub ||
 * || develop activities & resources ||  ||
 * || build Moodle course || struggle with HTML editor, formatting, tables, need support from FeLC, Hub. Should I be using groups? How do I set up student access to this course? I need some training! ||
 * || link to resources/ upload resources into Equella from Moodle interface || Equella object displays embedded instead of pop-up. Equella has crashed because of LDAP groups/ permissions issue at ITD. Last time they said it was the NAS! ||
 * || test course ||  ||
 * || backup clean copy of course || can't back up, keep getting error 404? contact administrator... ||
 * enrol ||  || can't log into Moodle without DEC ID.
 * log-in || orient student || student stuck in profile loop. need to go into their profile and enter their DEC email address to resolve. ||
 * complete activities, read resources || collaborate, facilitate, support || student having multiple authentication windows for Word doc loaded into Moodle because of conflict with Moodle and Windows server. Hub says load as PDF. Teacher says no! Hub says load Word doc into Equella and link to it. Worked! ||
 * build online portfolio, collate evidence, open pages up for assessment and feedback. build resume || RPL student if enough evidence || no online portfolio tool provided by NCTAFE. Have to find free online tool that doesn't integrate with Moodle for assessment submission and grading. ||
 * complete assessment tasks || mark assessments || teacher tries to read Moodle gradebook, but the current theme renders it useless! back to the manual way! ||
 * complete course ||  ||   ||
 * || backup course with student data || can't back up, keep getting error 404? contact administrator... course too big, cache time-outs. Hub says I should have put my resources in Equella, then the course wouldn't be so big! ||
 * || reset course || bombed out! damn... ||
 * || review & manage course catalogue || isn't my FeLC meant to do that? ||