Congratulations on reaching Chapter 3! Some people choose never to go beyond the skills acquired in Chapters 1, Getting Started, and Chapter 2, Adding Worksheets and Resources, and are then surprised when their Moodle course doesn't really take off with the students or their colleagues. In the following pages, we shall reach into the heart of Moodle. The previous chapters were about what we could do for our children. This one is about what they can give back to us!
This chapter combines classroom tasks with Moodle activities, in a mini project that will get our students to think and collaborate. We'll also add a competitive element to it and—just as we have seen on TV—let the children vote for the winner. The tasks we set will involve the students researching, collaborating, and reflecting. They will be working hard, but we'll have a much easier time now, as all of their responses will be on Moodle for us to view and mark at our convenience—no more carrying...