 So good afternoon as he said I do work with about 200 school districts across the country and I spend a lot of my time training teachers who are just beginning with Moodle And I find that many times when teachers are just getting started that they want to Fill their courses with all of the files that they're currently using and it becomes this long list of files Just a repository type course and I tend to call those courses document dumps so I like to find ways to Make it so that the course is not a document dump And so I looked at gamification and games-based learning which are two very popular Topics in the world of education right now. We're hearing more and more about them all the time So that's what I'm going to show you how you what you could do with your Moodle courses How many of you are teachers because this is very much directed at teachers? Okay, quite a few teachers wonderful first I want to define gamification and games-based learning because you hear those a lot and want to differentiate between the two Gamification involves adding those game-like elements to your courses So we'll look at what the game-like elements are in just a bit But obviously games-based learning is using just games now if you think about it You can use games in a course that's been gamified But just because you use games does not mean that you have a gamified course So think about that for a minute and it will become clear So first what is a game we've all played? Monopoly and all sorts of games now there's a variety of different Video games video game learning is very popular as well So it's going to be a set of rules There's going to be players those players are sometimes involved with the in a conflict between each other are they're competing against the computer But it's a very structured experience. There's rules. There's there's goals. You're making progress throughout the game and Throughout the game. There's all sorts of techniques that have been built in that are going to motivate the player to continue playing the game So when we talk about the game-like elements that we want to blend into our courses You're going to see things like interactivity very very important to the learning process Instant feedback also extremely important feedback is critical in our courses and the sooner it happens the more likely the student is to learn Progress indicators most games have Something that is going to show students how far they've come how far they have to go And it's very important to them and it's very much a motivational factor if they know they only have a little bit to do to finish that particular level Also time limits. I find that students today are digital learners Enjoy competing against a time limit. So we're going to look at how you can make that happen in your courses repetition many ways that Repetition can be used in Moodle courses and we know repetition is sometimes necessary for our students to master Concept concepts to the point of automaticity Games also Unveil levels at a time So they hold things back and you don't get to have this bit of information or play this part of the game Until you have completed the certain other level There's also going to be scoreboards along the way leader boards if you will Sometimes there's badges and different awards that the learners are that the game players will earn And there's also often social interaction. So we're going to take a look at how all of these things can be combined into your Moodle courses We're going to look at some third-party modules So these are things that you can add to your courses and I've used many of these for several years So they are good solid supported third-party plugins that I think that you will enjoy And we're also going to look at some Just standard Moodle features that are a part of core So first we're going to talk about the games module and I have a link there my presentation is available through the website and You're going to be able to just go straight to the modules by clicking on those links that I've embedded in the presentation But the crossword puzzle is one of those things that you can create with the games module Once you do once you create your glossaries in Moodle You can then say Insert a game whatever type of game it is that you want to choose from the games module I'll let you create I think seven or eight different games such as crossword hangman Snakes and ladders type games hidden pictures those sorts of things So you just simply insert it and say create now if any of you have ever tried to create a crossword Puzzle on your own It's not a fun experience even if you're using the tool like Discovery schools puzzle maker those sorts of things is going to take a bit of time So Moodle takes all the work out of that another great thing about the games module is it does give the students instant feedback So it's graded you can allow students to take it as many times as They need to to master that particular content and You could set it to record the highest grade so it does interface with the grade books So if you choose to take a grade on these types of activities, you certainly can Gonna show you one other Game that you can create with the games module and that is the millionaire type game now This doesn't interface with the glossary this one pulls from your quizzes So the the questions in your quizzes are going to become a game So notice that you have 50 50 you have phone of friend you have asked the audience you have all of those Options that are available to you students love this again This can't also be counted for a grade and they have to continue to Answer questions until they miss one and then they have to start all over so lots of repetition in this game So it's a great way for students to study and try to master that information Then we have quiz venture not a part of the games module. This is a separate module It's called quiz venture and it interfaces with the test Questions as well. So the quiz questions are going to be integrated into this. This is sort of a space invader style game students use the space bar to shoot the Aliens I suppose they are the alien ships out of the sky and they use the arrow keys to navigate to move back and forth Kids are very good at that. I am not terribly good at that. So you can also create games in hot potatoes You've probably seen the hot pot module in Moodle while hot pot is referring to hot potatoes And if you go to if you Google a half-baked software company hot potatoes You will find free software that you can download. It's free for all educators and you are able to Create simple games Probably five or six different games. I believe it is and It's a very simple system. You just fill in the blanks very templated type of site or a software And once you've created your games in hot potatoes you then upload them to Moodle through the hot pot module and They interface with your Moodle course and with the Moodle grade book which makes these also graded activities so here you can see I have what they call their J match game is the one on the top and Simply students will be dragging and dropping things into place It gives them feedback along the way if they're correct They can take it as many times as they need to to master it You can set it, you know all of those features in Moodle that allow you to allow students to Complete an activity more than one time Then we also have the one on the bottom is an example of what they call the J close notice the little question marks The student clicks on the question mark. They're going to be given a hint There's also even a hit hint button at the bottom of the page and each time the student asks for a hint It's going to give them the next letter It does deduct points if they choose to use the hints Those are all things that you can add to Moodle or upload to Moodle You can also there the web is just full of all sorts of different tools that you can embed in Moodle all sorts of interactive web 2.0 tools the example that I have here is Quizlet and I absolutely love Quizlet. It does so many different things, but I'm not going to spend time talking about it now But you know there are you can create talking avatars. There's you know all sorts of different sites that allow students to Study vocabulary online Start looking for that Share button or the embed button and look for that code and you can embed those easily into your Moodle courses making them more interactive Quizzes can also be interactive and I find that that many teachers Mastered the quiz module and they're able to then create some basic Quizzes they never go past the deferred P feedback type of question format But interactive quizzes allow you to give the student more than one try So you can see they make a selection then they click the check button to see if they're correct If they're correct it will tell them if it's not correct is going to give them some feedback or some hints and then they have a try again button and the Try again the number of times that they are allowed to try again Depends upon how many hints that you have placed in the questions So when you see the hints at the bottom Teachers will say it doesn't work I put in all those hints and those hints never show up anywhere you have to select the Interactive mode with multiple tries when you're setting up the quiz and then it will work beautifully time test In the timing section when you're setting up your test you are able to set a time limit and I would encourage you to Do it on paper and pencil and then try to do it on the test on the computer at the same time And you'll find that it takes a little bit more time to navigate between the questions and those sorts of things So just adjust your times accordingly But I tend to use time tests for things that students I want them to master to the point of automaticity that they can't give me the answer So quickly without even thinking about it. So the automaticity is Something that can really be achieved through those time test another one of Moodle's built-in features task completion and If you haven't started using Task completion, I really do encourage you to do so It generates some fabulous reports So that you can see at a glance where your students are in the course or in the unit of instruction So I really do encourage you to take a look at that If you're new to the idea of task completion if you look you're going to see the different activities And you'll see that there's a check box that's placed there You are able to set conditions Upon which that checkbox is going to be checked and the activity will be considered complete for example if a student has Viewed an item Perhaps that's all it is if it's something that you need them to view it could be a certain criteria that you've established on a test So you will set those criteria and then it will check those office students go It's a good visual indicator indicator for students Monitoring their progress through the course of the unit, but it's also produces some great reports for teachers and I also have the progress bar and I like to add that to my courses it is the third-party module and It gives students a very visual indication of What they're going you know what they're doing how far they've progressed it's going to either be? Green which means they've completed it. It's going to be blue meaning that it's something that they need to be working on Because the due dates coming up or it's going to be read to indicate a due date so the teacher sets this up simply by editing the block and Connecting due dates to the particular assignments that she wants to appear on that particular bar you can also use course completion and with course completion Notice of course you have to set up. What are the? Requirements that are going to indicate that course has been completed and then you're able to drop in the course completion box and Students are able to see exactly how far they've come And how far they need to go badges and awards badges of course are a part of Moodle core and You are able to connect specific badges to a specific activity or a series of activities Maybe you want to tie it to a test After they completed a series of activities and the badges will then display on the user's profile page and It also integrates and can be exported into other systems as well such as open badges those sorts of things the certificate that you see is also a third-party module and It creates a wonderful Printable certificate You can edit and make the borders look whatever you know, whatever color you want You can upload a watermark. You can require a signature And it's also going to be based upon Whatever requirements that that you have set for your particular course. So that comes in real handy Not only for students like to get certificates if you're using your courses it offered teacher professional development It's a good way to monitor and track teacher professional development as well Scoreboards scoreboards and leaderboards are often found in games You can use the quiz results block in Moodle to display The top however many scores in this case. I've selected the top three scores You can also select the lowest three scores to display. I would not do that. I don't recommend that I like to encourage the students so You know as the students are starting to master the content they see on the board You know, maybe someone's ahead of them and they do want to make sure that they Catch up as quickly as possible. So those scoreboards are good and you can have as many of those blocks as you would like I've seen you know teachers put in one for every test that they give so that it's always they're invisible You know, you might want to delete them or hide them as Time goes on so that your course doesn't get too full, but that's a great way to Sort of motivate the students to go on then unveiling task and levels I talked about how things are held back in games and if you use conditional access in your courses and and Develop your courses in such a way that things are presented in a leveled system So start with the easiest move on to something that's harder and then harder and so on and so forth You'll notice here that You know, I'm viewing this as a teacher and I can see things that are grayed out And I can see the they weren't able to take the level one test Until they had marked the crazy cone activity had been marked completely done So I was using completion tracking and conditional access at the same time Notice level two is not going to be even available to them You can make the whole summary section or the whole topic area Conditional as well so that they can't even see that topic until they're they have completed level one so Great way to unveil those levels Then you have peer interaction The chat module is wonderful and I encourage you to use it. It's sometimes Neglected teachers don't know what to do with it You know included in a unit of instruction and leave it open and allow students to Go there and chat about the topic and there's a beautiful chat history that's kept So you don't have to worry about students aren't are going to say something inappropriate You'll be able to monitor that quite closely if you need to and also the comments block and The comments block can be inserted on any Moodle page so you could have a different comments block on Each activity page if you choose so that students could discuss that particular activity Okay, if you would like to see a game-ified course, I'm not going to open up the course here this is how you will do it you will go to this URL and Create an account and then you will Click that URL there to enter the course and then the password to get into the course is going to be game and You'll see I made it very simple. It's multiplication facts so that you can experience what a game-ified course is As a student you'll be able to go through two different levels so go there and you'll see all of these features That I've used in that particular course Okay, what questions do you have for me? Yes, I like to base them upon whatever it is that they're studying Whatever the goal is Maybe possibly do different levels. You're at a level one of Moodle mastery Now you've progressed to level two so on and so forth that seems to work quite well Any other questions? Anybody want to try this? Yes, if you go to the Moodle plug-ins directory You'll be it's it's on Moodle.org You'll be able to see all of the plugins and you should be able to search for games and find them. Yes No Those particularly will also sink into the Renweb grade book Okay Any other questions? Okay. Thank you very much