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Including All for Art-UNIT 2

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Return to:ETAP 623 Fall 2017 Section 7619

Link to:Including All for Art:The Blended Classroom

Link to:Kim Steele's Portfolio Page

Link to:User:K.Steele

COURSE OBJECTIVES & ACTIVITIES

Target objectives: LMS/CMS or Google

  • What is a LMS and CMS?
  • How to use Google Classroom.
  • How to use Moodle.
  • Decide on which system is best for my courses.

Activities:

  • Read about LMS & CMS.
  • Read about Google Classroom.
  • Look up 2 articles that discuss different LMS/CMS (For example Moodle or Blackboard) and Google Classroom, their pros and cons.
  • Discuss with group about the material read and articles selected.
  • Watch/Review selected Google Classroom videos.
  • Watch/Review Dr. Vickers' Moodle videos.
  • Choose either Google Classroom or Moodle then discuss why you chose that system with your group.
  • Journal entry.

REVIEW

Vanderbilt University's Online Article. Although Coble's article is geared toward higher education, it offers solid information about LMS/CMS and gives support for their use based on a survey they conducted at the university.

READ

Allison Keeler is a Google Certified Innovator and well known in the Google community as one of their stronger tech writers. In this article, she shares the differences between Google Classroom and a LMS.

ACTIVITY

Choose 3 or more different Moodle stories to read:

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

If you do not have one already, setup a Gmail account: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?hl=en-GB

You will not be able to setup Google Classroom without a Gmail account.

Watch & take notes on these tutorial videos on Google classroom. 

Use these questions for your discussion:
  1. Is Google Classroom easy to use and could I apply it to courses?
  2. Does Google Classroom offer everything that I am looking for to design my class online?
  3. What are the key principles the author of the tutorial is emphasizing?

MOODLE

Optional Text Reading: Rice, W. (2015). Moodle E-Learning Course Development, (3rd Edition). Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing, LTD. ISBN: 978-1-78216-334-3

To begin, review the Moodle Demo course. You can sign in as either a teacher or student to see both perspectives. Username:"student" or "teacher" and password: "moodle".. Moodle Demo: http://school.demo.moodle.net/

Dr. Jason Vickers from UAlbany has a list of tutorials to help with the different Moodle building parts. Watch the videos as they apply to your course building:

UMass Amherst University has a list of tutorials as well: https://www.umass.edu/it/support/moodle/starting-up-a-new-moodle-course

(Extra Review: Katie Freund’s Moodle Navigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1nG4iUCXI ) 

Use these questions for your discussion:
  1. Is Moodle easy to use and could I apply it to courses?
  2. Does Moodle offer everything that I am looking for to design my class online?
  3. What are the key principles the author of the tutorials are emphasizing?

ACTIVITY

Find a site that compares Google Classroom versus Moodle. Create a table that has the Pros & Cons listed of both. Table should offer at least 8 different Pros and 8 different Cons. Add the table at the end of your Journal 2 Entry.

DISCUSSION

UNIT 2 DISCUSSION FORUM

  • Write your initial discussion post about which online education platform you chose: Google Classroom or Moodle. Discuss why you chose this platform, listing key points you discovered while answering the listed questions. Find 2 outside sources that help with your selection, either online written tutorials or videos. Summarize why you chose the sources.

UNIT 2 JOURNAL REFLECTION

JOURNAL REFLECTION FORUM

  • Reflect on Unit 2. (Don't forget to add your Pro/Con table at the end of your reflection)

REFERENCES & RESOURCES

Bell, K. (2015). The teachers guide to Google Classroom. Shake It Up. Retrieved from https://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/546/teachers_guide_to_google_classroom.pdf

Coble, R. (2017). Learning and Course Management Systems (LMS/CMS). Retrieved from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/learning-and-course-management-systems/

Keeler, A. (2015). Google Classroom: LMS or not? Teacher Tech. Retrieved from http://www.alicekeeler.com/2015/05/09/google-classroom-lms-or-not/

Rice, W. (2015). Moodle E-Learning Course Development, (3rd Edition). Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing, LTD.

Tech Nerd Services (2015, September 27). Tutorial: A guide to Google Classroom. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMedTWDR2tc

Tech Nerd Services (2017, January 6). Tutorial: An updated guide to Google Classroom. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpGlU11j39w

Vickers, J. (2015, March 15). Moodle Tutorials. [YouTube] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oreb0UFg4tA&list=PLMbdTfuRpeuAg52Pwu4PEdSSlGgESuQ-f

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