Clark College’s new LMS, Moodle joule, is managed differently than our previous Blackboard system. With Moodle we have two servers: a faculty development server and a production server. The Faculty Development Server is available throughout the year. It is a place where previous quarter course shells can be stored and new course content can be developed. The Production Server is the location of active courses which contain currently registered students.

Due to the increased complexity of the technology and the fact that both instruction and the student experience suffers if instructors do not have core competencies for LMS enhanced courses, the eLearning Committee has established a faculty training requirement. Options for faculty training are:

1. Attend a hands-on Moodle training workshop. Click here to view available days & times
2. Receive one-on-one training from Kathy Chatfield or another member of the eLearning Department.
3. Meet with a member of the eLearning team to demonstrate and/or describe prior teaching experience with Moodle and receive an orientation on Clark College Moodle specifics. This meeting could take place in the eLearning office, over the phone, or online.
4. View a series of online tutorials and complete an online assessment.

Faculty development shells can be requested at any time for any of the courses that you are currently teaching or plan to teach in the future. Request for production server shells for face-to-face web-enhance courses must be submitted no later than the Wednesday before classes begin. This allows adequate time for eLearning to link the course to the individual instructor and to the student management system so that the correct students are fed into the correct shell.

Production server shell request deadline for Winter 2012

January 4, 2012

*Production server shell requests can be made as soon as an item number and section code is assigned. These shells will not be accessible until two to three weeks prior to the term. See the Faculty Moodle Planner for specific dates.

If you have questions about this policy please email Cynthia Foreman, Associate Director of eLearning.