Moodle and eLearning Technologies Workshops for Faculty

Training and instructional design related to the use of eLearning technologies is available through the eLearning department by contacting eLearning Sr. Instructional Designer, Kathy Chatfield at kchatfield@clark.edu or 360.992.2167.

Watch for training in Quality Matters, teaching in eLearning formats, and course development in the future.

Need a Moodle Mentor?

Have you completed your Moodle workshops and would like some more guidance with your Moodle class? Do you want to brainstorm with experienced faculty to create the best class you can create? Come see what our Moodle Mentors have to offer!

Moodle and eLearning Technologies Support

Faculty may directly contact eLearning Systems Administrator, Scott Coffie at 360.992.2405 or email Scott for all eLearning related technical support issues, such as the following:

• Moodle technical issues
• Moodle user accounts, enrollments, and specialized Moodle shells for organizations and/or departments
• Collaborate (formerly Elluminate) accounts
• Tegrity lecture capture information and support
• Evaluation Kit information and support
• Multimedia production facilities and equipment available for faculty teaching online and hybrid courses
• eLearning private streaming cloud service for instructional video and audio files  

eLearning also provides technical support staff specifically for online students.  They may contact him directly:  Brendan Pust at 360.992.2012 or email Brendan 

Faculty may find additional information and resources here:

• The eLog for faculty specific information, Moodle video tutorials for faculty, and resources for using Moodle and teaching online
• Smart Penguin for Moodle tutorials for all users, tips and strategies to prevent issues, and solutions for you and your students
• Tech Ticket to provide essential information directly to our tech support team to help speed resolution
• Smart Penguin twitter feed for Moodle events and online user information alerts

 

How Do I and Other Online Resources

The How Do I shell is available on the Moodle Development server.  How Do I is filled with resources, information, training, grading rubrics, pedagogical practices, learning activity ideas, and much more.  For more information, contact the Kathy Chatfield at kchatfield@clark.edu or 360.992.2167.

Moodle Shells and Requests

During finals week, prior to the start of every quarter, a new Moodle shell is created for each course section and all faculty teaching online or hybrid courses are added. Then all faculty requested shells for face-to-face or web-enhanced courses are added to their courses.  The date these shells are ready is posted on the Faculty Moodle Planner.  One week before the quarter starts, registered students are processed and enrolled into the appropriate shells.  The enrollment process continues twice daily, adding or dropping students users in courses, as new information is received from registration, up until the last day to drop without a "W".  For any special enrollment issues, email Scott.

Please note: All faculty planning to use Moodle for face-to-face or web-enhanced courses should submit a shell request (below) by the deadline for each quarter as posted on the Faculty Moodle Planner.  Any course merge enrollment requests must be processed prior to the start of the quarter or making the course available to students.

If you have not received Moodle training, please read our Shell Request Policy

If you have received training or are teaching in Moodle, please fill out the appropriate Shell Request Form

5-30 days before start of quarter
Submit shell requests for any face-to-face (non-DL or non-hybrid section) courses by using the Shell Request link above.

Up to 5 days prior to start of a quarter
Schedule a meeting with the eLearning Instructional Designer for assistance in developing your course content and structure, applying eLearning pedagogy and technologies, and learning about Moodle email Kathy at kchatfield@clark.edu.

After a new quarter shell has been delivered to your Moodle account
Proceed with Course Backup/Restore and other course preparation.

By noon on first day of quarter
Make Moodle course shells available to students.

At end of quarter
Record official student grades through Instructor Briefcase and download a personal Excel version of your Moodle grade book.  Contact the Registration department for more information about posting grades via Instructor Briefcase.

Approximately 1 week after end of quarter
Make your Moodle course shells unavailable.

NOTE: Specific dates for critical activities are available on our Faculty Moodle Planner in a calendar format.

Clark College eLearning Blog

Visit eLearning's blog, The eLog, to explore what is happening in the world of eLearning.  This site will bring you the latest information from the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges regarding distributed education, open source resources, and various state-wide initiatives that may be of direct benefit to Clark College faculty.  The eLog also has news and tips on the instructional technologies available, Moodle video tutorials, multimedia production and lecture capture, equipment checkout, the Faculty Moodle Planner, shell request forms, and other resources for using Moodle and teaching online.  Click the image below to read the latest...