Moodle Pre-Conference Workshops

TITLE:
Give the people what they want: Louisiana State University's work on the Moodle 1.9 gradebook and the LSU course preference system

PRESENTERS:
Robert Russo, Louisiana State University
Adam Zapletal, Louisiana State University

DESCRIPTION:
Learn how Louisiana State University has tackled two different projects:

• LSU's constantly evolving grade-book patch was initially developed to simplify the Moodle 1.9 core grade-book and has morphed into a stand-alone replacement. This session will cover our Moodle early adopter feedback, the initial idea of a new simpler grader report, and its evolution to what it has become today.
• Faced with professors who wanted to split courses into multiple course shells, crosslist multiple courses, and teach combined courses with other instructors, LSU created their Course Preferences System affording faculty the flexibility to do all these things automatically.

TITLE:
Helping faculty walk into Moodle: Effective faculty training and support practices from the California State University system

PRESENTERS:
Faculty training and support staff from CSU Monterey Bay, Humboldt State University, and San Francisco State University

DESCRIPTION:
Three campuses in the California State University system have formed a collaborative agreement around various aspects of supporting Moodle at the individual institutions. Staff from the three campuses will share best practices from working with faculty members to make the transition from another LMS to Moodle, to move beyond document delivery and to use more interactivity and assessment within Moodle, and to solve technical, human, and other problems that arise when using Moodle on a daily basis.

TITLE:
University 2.0: Open source as a cornerstone

PRESENTERS:
Amanda Rondeau, Director, Emerging Academic Technologies Distributed Education and Instructional Technology Office of the Senior Vice President & Provost, University of Minnesota
Terence Armentano, Assistant Director, Center for Online and Blended Learning, Bowling Green State University
Marc Oehlman, Interim Director, Center for Academic Technology, CSU Monterey Bay
Andrew Roderick, Technology Development Manager, Academic Technology, San Francisco State University

DESCRIPTION:
As budgets decrease, the use of open source software for enterprise-level applications has increased within higher education. This session will examine current open-source development and integration projects at four different campuses and strategies each campus has implemented related to teaching and learning, technology management, and organizational administration.

TITLE:
Working the Process: Selecting the "Right" LMS

PRESENTERS:
Don Gardner, AVP, Office of Academic Technology, CSU Long Beach
Leslie Kennedy, Director of Instructional Tech. Support Services, CSU Long Beach
Kelly Wainwright, Director of Client Services, IT – Client Services, Lewis and Clark College

DESCRIPTION:
These campuses--California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and Lewis and Clark College--recently completed a Learning Management System (LMS) evaluation and made the decision to migrate to a new LMS platform.  The decision to select a new LMS was based on a number of considerations.  A very open and participatory evaluation process provided the opportunity for virtually anyone interested to participate.  This presentation shares the factors and procedures used to select the "right" new LMS for CSULB and Lewis and Clark College.