Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Overview-of-Moodle/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Overview of Moodle.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn about: the concept of Learning Management Systems (LMS in short),
00:16	Moodle as an LMS ,
00:19	who can use Moodle and examples of Moodle websites.
00:26	We will also learn about the: software and hardware requirements for running Moodle and
00:33	key features that will be demonstrated in the Moodle series.
00:39	Learners of this tutorial should know how to browse a website.
00:45	Let us first understand what Learning Management System or LMS is.
00:53	An LMS helps us to create, manage and deliver any eLearning content.
01:01	For example: educational courses and training programs.
01:07	It also helps us to manage our courses.
01:11	We can create and edit content, give access to students, grade their submissions etc.
01:21	Moodle is a responsive, free and open source software.
01:27	It is one of the most popular LMS used globally by educational institutes.
01:33	Its security controls keep our data safe and protected.
01:39	It has some very powerful features that empower both teachers and learners.
01:47	Moodle also provides detailed documentation which makes it easy to use.
01:54	The Moodle user community and forum help are very active.
02:00	The free plugins available in Moodle make it even more feature-rich.
02:06	Moodle is easy to navigate on all devices; has detailed reports on activity and participation at course and site level.
02:18	Helps in collaborative as well as personalized learning.
02:23	Forums, peer assessments, group management, learning paths etc. can be used for that.
02:32	Let us see who can use Moodle LMS:
02:36	Educational institutions like universities, colleges, schools and coaching institutes,
02:44	Businesses for employee training and orientation,
02:49	Hospital and health care training programs,
02:53	Any eLearning based institution.
02:57	Let us see some of the websites built using Moodle.
03:02	Colleges like these.
03:05	Private universities like these.
03:09	Training institutes like this one.
03:13	Coaching institutes like this.
03:17	Individual teachers who want to offer their course online and many more.
03:24	Moodle has detailed statistics of usage on the following URL.
03:30	Here, you can check the registered Moodle websites from various countries.
03:40	To install Moodle, we need: Apache web-server,
03:46	a database like MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL and PHP.
03:54	Moodle is a resource consuming software.
03:58	Recommended hardware for running Moodle are:
04:02	Disk Space: 200 MB for Moodle code plus space to store content. However, 5GB is a realistic minimum.
04:15	Processor: 1 Gigahertz minimum, but 2 Gigahertz dual core or more is recommended.
04:23	Memory: 512MB minimum, but 1GB or more is recommended.
04:31	These requirements may change based on the expected load on the system.
04:37	For example: number of courses and expected simultaneous logins.
04:44	At the time of making of this series, Moodle 3.3 was the latest stable version.
04:50	It is always recommended to work with the latest stable version that is available.
04:57	Moodle 3.3 requires the following:
05:01	Apache 2.x (or higher version) MariaDB 5.5.30 (or any higher version) and
05:11	PHP 5.4.4 (or any higher version)
05:17	For this series, we have used the following OS and software: Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04
05:26	Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30 and Moodle 3.3
05:36	This Moodle series is divided into 2 parts -
05:41	One for Moodle site administrators and another for teachers.
05:48	Moodle site Administrators: will install Moodle on the server,
05:54	create course categories as per institute guidelines and manage courses and user accounts for multiple courses.
06:04	Here are the glimpses of some key features covered in this series, for Moodle site administrators.
06:14	Getting ready for Moodle installation tutorial explains how to check for packages on the localhost and setup the database.
06:29	Installing Moodle on Local Server tutorial explains how to - download and install Moodle.
06:39	Admin’s dashboard in Moodle tutorial explains the Admin Dashboard, the various blocks and the profile page and how to edit preferences.
06:53	Blocks in Admin's Dashboard tutorial - explains how to add and delete blocks and
07:05	set the Front page.
07:08	In the next tutorial, Categories in Moodle, we will learn to create categories & subcategories.
07:19	In Courses in Moodle tutorial, we will learn how to create a course and configure it.
07:28	Users in Moodle tutorial will help us to understand how to - Add a user,
07:36	Edit a user’s profile, and upload users in bulk.
07:43	User Roles in Moodle tutorial will help us to learn how to assign various roles to users.
07:52	For e.g: secondary admin role, teacher role and student role.
08:00	There will be many more tutorials in this series for Moodle site administrators, in the future.
08:07	We will now move to the tutorials for teachers.
08:11	Teachers will be responsible for: uploading and editing content for their course,
08:17	create assignments and quizzes to assess the students’ progress and
08:22	enroll students to their course and communicate with them.
08:27	Now, let me show the glimpses of some key features covered in this series for teachers.
08:34	Teacher’s dashboard in Moodle tutorial explains - the teachers’ dashboard , how to edit profile and how to edit preferences.
08:46	Course Administration in Moodle tutorial explains- how to configure course settings
08:53	and manage Activities and Resources in a course.
08:59	Formatting course material in Moodle tutorial explains - the various formatting options in default Moodle text editor
09:10	and adding additional course material.
09:15	Uploading and Editing Resources in Moodle tutorial explains how to upload - a URL resource and a book resource and edit those resources.
09:29	The next tutorial in this series is Forums and Assignments in Moodle.
09:34	In this tutorial, we will learn about: different types of forums in Moodle.
09:39	How to add a forum for discussion and how to create Assignments.
09:48	In the Question bank in Moodle tutorial, we will learn how to create Categories of questions and add questions to the question bank.
09:58	Quiz in Moodle tutorial will teach us: to create a Quiz and add questions from the Question bank into the Quiz.
10:12	In the tutorial named Enroll Students and Communicate in Moodle, we’ll learn to: enroll students who were uploaded via a csv file to a course.
10:25	Make groups in courses and send messages and notes to the students.
10:31	Later, there will be many more tutorials for teachers and students in this series.
10:37	For now, let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt about: the concept of Learning Management Systems (LMS in short)
10:48	Moodle as an LMS , who can use Moodle and examples of Moodle websites.
10:57	We also learnt about the: software and hardware requirements for running Moodle and overview of the key features that will be demonstrated in the Moodle series.
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