Topic outline
Learn 101
Learn 101 Objective:
Given the information presented in this course, participants will be able to set-up, navigate, and provide resources (content) in their course.
Click on this link to connect to connect to the complete users guide for setting up and maintaining your LEARN page.
First thing's first
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What is Learn? Why should I use it?
LEARN is SUSD's Learning Management System. Basically think of it as a digital version of your classroom, or a place where student can connect directly to a variety of web resources which you create and manage.
A LEARN course page has three main areas; the Header Box along the top of the page, Topic Folders which are arranged below the header box, and Content Blocks which live along the side of your course page.
Q: How might these different areas within a LEARN page correspond to different areas within a typical classroom?
Launching Your LEARN Class
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Click here to go to the LEARN Course DEMO folder
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Select a Course Page that DOES NOT have a name associated with it (e.g. "NTO Copy 1")
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Enter the Enrollment Key provided for you by your Trainer to log in to the course as a teacher.
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- Remember to change the name of your course right away so that others will know that the course has been claimed.
- Click on the Turn editing on button along the top of the page to get started.
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Course Settings: (Settings --> Edit Settings)
Renaming your course, changing the format of your course, controlling the number of weeks/topics in your courseStart here to learn about the 3 essential course settings.
Image of where these essential settings are located on your Settings page
Reference page that goes into great detail on each option on the settings page, for the curious.
Editing icons and branding your class
What you need to get started adding contentEssential information to begin adding and editing text to your course including turning editing on, understanding the icons and branding your course.
Adding Blocks
One of the great things about Moodle is that it allows you to add a variety of Blocks to your course page to meet your needs and the needs of your students. Here's how...
1. Make sure that editing is turned on
2. Click on the "Add a Block Menu" to select the block you're looking for
3. Once the block has been added, you can move it to a different location by dragging with directional arrow icon or detete it by clicking on the red X.
Adding a Custom Text BoxTo add a custom text box, select HTML in the "Add a Block" menu.
This will bring up all of your standard toolbar settings which will allow you to add whatever you like to a block.
Adding Resources (Content)
This section of Learn 101 identifies and defines the various resources you can add to your course.There is a distinction between resources and activities. Resources are content that you provide to your students. This can be text (such as this) links to sites, documents that you upload so students can access them. Learn 101 focuses solely on resources or content. Learn 202 takes a look at activities. Examples of activities are forums, chats and assignments..
Enrollment
How do I get students into my Moodle class?
1. Make your course visible to students (Settings -> Edit settings)
2. Set up an enrollment key (Users -> Enrollment methods)
3. Distribute enrollment key to your students. Have students log in to the moodle and enter your class. They will be asked to enroll using the enrollment key.
To open your course to full guest access...
1. Make sure you open your class to "Guest Access" and DO NOTE set a password.
2. When sharing the URL with guest, add the following desigation to the end of the address... "&username=guest"
Groups
Using groups you can divide all your students into different sections of your class. So if you have 4 periods of Algebra I you can use the same moodle class for all the students but have the students enroll into different sections (ie. period 1, period 2 etc.).
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