[ale] OT: open source teaching software

[Jerald Sheets]

The online school I'm in uses Moodle.

>From the admin perspective (I set it up at home for kicks), it was pretty
easy to get the default install going.  (Not unlike Wordpress, Joomla, or
other PHP-based goodness out there)

Configuration and organization are another thing.

Clearly, the team configuring ours at school are theologians first and
admins second because many people in my class gripe about the poor layout
and difficulty finding things.  I may have somewhat an advantage because I
know how the software itself is designed, so I always seem to be the one
dropping links to particular resources in the forums and via email or even
in our Webinars.

So, if you do the Moodle thing, it is definitely capable.  Just don't slight
the organization/design phase and it should work out fine for you.


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Jerald M. Sheets jr.




On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>wrote:

> What would you say was the level of effort involved in setting it up?
> And how  far into setup did you go? Was there still a lot of work left
> when you left the project?
>
> Those would all be good things to know.
>
> On 04/04/2010 09:07 PM, Omar Chanouha wrote:
> > I was on a team that implemented a moodle install for the after school
> > program operation peace here in atlanta. It was a one semester
> > project, and our goal was just to set everything up for them. I am not
> > sure how they have progressed since.
> >
> > Anything specific you have a question about?
> >
> > -O
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Jim Philips<briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> >
> >> I know there are people on this list who have experience  in working
> with
> >> the school system. This big gorilla in course management is Blackboard,
> a
> >> commercial product. But there are open source alternatives and they look
> >> pretty good at first glance. Do any of you have experience working with
> >> Moodle or .LRN? Even better: Has anybody tried to implement one of these
> >> programs with a school system?
> >>
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