UCL MAPS Moodle Tech Trumps

Find the right Moodle activity or resource to suit your learning design

Each of these Tech Trumps summarises the affordances of core Moodle activities and resources when compared with the six learning types from Professor Diana Laurillard's Conversational Framework.

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Assignment Go to website

Grade and give comments on uploaded files and assignments
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Acquiring
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Inquiring
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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Lets you set, receive, mark, and give feedback on students' submitted work in multiple files and different file types.

Board Go to website

Padlet style posting board
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Inquiring
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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The Board module for Moodle is a plugin that enables a post-it/sticky note board activity for students.

Book Go to website

Multi-page resources with a book-like format
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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A book displays collections of web pages in a sequential, easy-to-navigate and printable format.

Chat Go to website

Real-time synchronous discussion
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Discussing
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Collaborating
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Instant messaging style text-based conversations in real time for live discussion, Q&A and 'online office hours'

Checklist Go to website

Check off items on a course as they are completed
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Discussing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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Checklist is an open-source (GPL) activity module plugin that allows for a checklist to be created for students to work through.

Database Go to website

Create, maintain and search a bank of record entries
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Discussing
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Practicing
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The Database enables staff to set up form fields that students can then complete to contribute entries to the database.

Forum Go to website

Allows participants to have asynchronous discussions
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Inquiring
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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Allows students and staff to communicate, ask questions, receive answers, share ideas and resources.

Glossary Go to website

Create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary
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Discussing
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List of terms and definitions, entries can be linked so the definition appears when someone hovers their mouse over text.

H5P Go to website

Enables H5P content created in the Content bank
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Collaborating
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H5P is a plugin that allows for the creation of interactive content like Presentations, Games, Quizzes and more directly within Moodle.

Hot Question Go to website

Collect entries/posts from users in or out of a classroom
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Producing
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Hot Question is used to create a list of popular questions or topics from a group which may then be voted on by participants.

Lesson Go to website

For delivering content in flexible ways
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A lesson presents a series of pages to the student who is usually asked to make some sort of choice underneath the content area.

Links, files and folders Go to website

Links to online resources, uploaded files and folders
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Link to external websites and files you have uploaded to Moodle.

Page Go to website

The student sees a single, scrollable screen
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A page is a separate container where you can place written content, images, links and media (such as audio and videos).

Quiz Go to website

Allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Producing
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A quiz is a useful way to test or evaluate students knowledge on a particular subject or area of study.

Wiki Go to website

A collection of web pages that anyone can add to or edit
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Producing
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A wiki is a collaboratively authored website and can be a powerful tool for both individual and group learning activities.

Workshop Go to website

Collection, review, and peer assessment of students' work
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Inquiring
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Discussing
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Practicing
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Collaborating
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Workshop is one way Moodle staff can set up student peer marking in Moodle.

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