Faculty Distance Education Resources

DE at Cuesta
Cuesta Moodle Development Site
Cuesta Moodle Live Site
Welcome Letters
Welcome Letters - Posting Instructions   
Link to two methods of posting welcome letters, as well as info on composing the letter
Distance Education FAQ for Students
Hardware and Software Requirements for DE students
Moodle Quick Reference Sheet for faculty
Moodle Quick Reference Sheet for students
How to Enroll Students in your Moodle Course
How to Backup and Transfer Content between Moodle Shells
DE Teachers Group
Join the DE Teacher's group to get important email on deadlines and training opportuinites (send request to Carina Love)

Online Moodle Resources
Creating Quiz Questions    
Demonstrations are given for the five most common question types: multiple choice, true/false, matching, short answer, and essay questions. (by Remote Learner)
Lynda Moodle 2.0 Tutorials 
A partial offering of the vast Lynda tutorials on Moodle 2.0
Moodle 2 - HTML Editor    
This video covers the advanced and special features of the Moodle 2 HTML Editor toolbar. (by Remote Learner)
Moodle 2 - Importing Questions    
This video demonstrates the process of importing questions into Moodle. (by Remote Learner)
Moodle 2 - Introduction to a New Course Shell    
 An overview of the features of the main page including Turn Editing On, resource and activity drop down menus, and tools associated with items in a course. Also covers course settings to best meet the needs of different content. (by Remote Learner)
Moodle 2 - Using Topic Summaries and Labels    
 This video demonstrates how to use topic summaries and labels to organize your course main page. (by Remote Learner)
Moodle 2 - Working with Tables   
This video demonstrates how to use the Moodle 2 HTML Editor to add, manipulate, and format tables. (by Remote Learner)
Moodle 2.0 Documentation    
 Online documentation for Moodle 2.0
Moodle Quick Tutorials    
 Lots of "2-minute" (give or take...) tutorials on Moodle from various sources. NOTE: Most of the videos are for versions earlier than Moodle 2.
Moodle Community
Moodle Demo Site
Faculty Tutorial Site for U MInn
Moodle Videos
Moodle Training for Teachers

Pedagogy
Chico Distance Education Rubric
INacol Standards
Effective Practices in Online Teaching
Sample Syllabus

Creating Screencasts and Videos
Jing & Camtasia Tutorials  
A collection of links to good-to-great tutorial videos on using Jing and Camtasia, compiled by the manufacturer, TechSmith.
Jing Tutorials from TeacherTrainingVideos.com  
 Collection of instructional videos on using Jing.

Accessibility/ Closed Captioning
Accessibility Tutorials
Captioning Instructional Media Distance Education Captioning and Transcription Grant (DECT)
contact Kelly Whitten for information
Universal Design for Moodle
Accessibility Links from SBCC

Copyright
FAIR USE guidelines about using copyrighted materials in the classroom
Creative Commons Licensing

Plagiarism Prevention
Turn It In
contact Mark Stengel for an account

Distance Education Newsletter
a resource for distance education news
December 2011

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