Facilitating+the+Paperless+Chemistry+Classroom+with+Moodle

Presenter: Seth Dougherty - Donegal Time: 10:30 - 11:15 Room: Lab B Contact: sedougherty@donegal.k12.pa.us

__Description of Presentation__ This presentation is meant to be a look inside how my chemistry classroom functions as I have tried to eliminate as much paper as I can over the last two years. The main vehicle of this switch is the virtual world of Moodle. I will show how assignments, discussions, assessments and other areas of my teaching are being streamlined, hopefully, using this tool.

My Moodle: [|manila.donegal.k12.pa.us]

**Notes from the Session **
Seth’s classes open to guests · Used by parents · Can be blocked Organization – can put everything in folders if you wish; can organize course thematically, chronologically Eliminates printing (and losing) papers Activity Reports - Monitors student’s use – shows where they have been in, how much time they have spent in each activity Moodle modules and plug-ins; if a district has their own Moodle, it can be customized to teachers’ needs
 * BENEFITS of Moodle**

· Students who have little experience using computers have initial problems · Email accounts required to create a Moodle account (but faux addresses will be accepted)
 * LIMITATIONS**

· Assignments · Databases – use to store previous projects · Quizzes – putting them in manually is time consuming; importing from Examview is more efficient, but still a bit challenging (contact Seth for more information) · Links to documents, presentations, Webpages, files (video or audio) · Events calendar – useful to students and parents · Help line – student enters questions, comments
 * ACTIVITIES**
 * Enable/disable due date dependency
 * Teacher submission page allows a view of all submitted assignments, time and date
 * Can grade and comment on submissions
 * Results shows score for each answer
 * Can manually override grades (for example – to give partial credit)
 * Can use essay feature if you want students to show their work (essays are manually graded)