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<title>Moodle Docs: How to use CVS</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../theme/standard/styles.php" type="TEXT/CSS">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css">
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.sectionheading {
font-size: medium;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
border: 1px dotted;
padding: 10px;
background-color: #EEEEEE;
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<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
<h2>Using CVS to access and update Moodle source code</h2>
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<p>With that done, you should have all the permissions you need, so you just
need to set up your machine and download the current sources so you can start
working on them. Below are instructions for Unix and Windows systems.</p>
<h3>1. Using CVS on Unix</h3>
<h3 class="sectionheading">1. Using CVS on Unix</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Sourceforge CVS uses ssh as a transport layer for security, so you will
have to set this CVS_RSH environment variable in your Unix shell:</p>
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<p>Try 'cvs help' for more details ... </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>2. Using CVS on Windows</h3>
<h3 class="sectionheading">2. Using CVS on Windows</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>First, you need to download a completely fresh copy of Moodle using your
developer account.</p>
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<h2>Teacher Manual</h2>
<p>This page is a quick guide to creating online courses with Moodle. It outlines
the main functions that are available, as well as some of the main decisions
you'll need to make.</p>
<p>This page is a very quick guide to creating online courses with Moodle. It
outlines the main functions that are available, as well as some of the main
decisions you'll need to make.</p>
<p>Sections in this document:</p>
<ol>
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lets you edit whatever it is next to.</p>
<p><img src="../pix/help.gif" width="22" height="17"> - the <strong>help
icon</strong> will provide you with a popup help window </p>
<p>&nbsp;<img src="../pix/i/hide.gif" width="16" height="16"> - the <strong>open-eye
icon</strong> will let you hide something from students</p>
<p>&nbsp;<img src="../pix/i/show.gif" width="16" height="16"> - the <strong>closed-eye
icon</strong> will make a hidden item available</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li><strong>Use the navigation bar at the top of each page</strong>
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should help remind you where you are and prevent getting lost.
</blockquote></li>
</ol>
<hr>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="settings"></a>Course settings</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>The first thing you should do is look under the &quot;Administration&quot;
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format doesn't use much content at all and is based around just one forum
- this is displayed on the main page.</p>
<p>See the help buttons on the Course Settings page for more details.</p>
<hr>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="upload"></a>Uploading files</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>You may have existing content that you want to add to your course, such as
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<p>A final note: if your content resides out on the web then you don't need
to upload the files at all - you can link directly to them from inside the
course (see the Resources module and the next section).</p>
<hr>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="activities"></a>Setting up activities</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Building a course involves adding course activity modules to the main page
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date they upload their file is recorded. Afterwards, you will have a single
page on which ou can view each file (and how late or early it is), and then
record a grade and a comment. Half an hour after you grade any particular
student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification. </dd><br>
student, Moodle will automatically email that student a notification. </dd>
<br>
<br>
<dt><strong>Choice</strong></dt>
<dd>A choice activity is very simple - you ask a question and specify a choice
of responses. Students can make their choice, and you
have a report screen where you can see the results. I use it to gather research
consent from my students, but you could use it for quick polls or class
votes.</dd>
of responses. Students can make their choice, and you have a report screen
where you can see the results. I use it to gather research consent from
my students, but you could use it for quick polls or class votes.</dd>
<br>
<br>
<dt><strong>Forum</strong></dt>
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<dd>Each journal activity is an entry in the whole course journal. For each
one you can specify an open-ended question that guides what students write,
as well as a window of time in which the journal is open (weekly course
format only). Encourage students to write reflectively and critically in
these journals, as they are only available to them and you. Afterwards,
you will be able to grade and comment all the entries for that week or topic,
and students will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback.</dd>
format only). A general rule of thumb is to create one journal per week.
Encourage students to write reflectively and critically in these journals,
as they are only available to them and you. Afterwards, you will be able
to grade and comment all the entries for that week or topic, and students
will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback. Journals
are not designed to be continually added to - if you need to do that then
add more journal activities.</dd>
<br>
<br>
<dt><strong>Resource</strong></dt>
<dd>Resources are the content of your course. Each resource can be any file
you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple text-based pages by typing them
directly into a form.</dd>
you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple
text-based pages by typing them directly into a form.</dd>
<br>
<br>
<dt><strong>Quiz</strong></dt>
<dd>This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of
multiple choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These
questions are kept in a categorised database, and can be re-used
within courses and even between courses. Quizzes can allow
multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the
teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct answers.
This module includes grading facilities.
</dd>
<dd>This module allows you to design and set quiz tests, consisting of multiple
choice, true-false, and short answer questions. These questions are kept
in a categorised database, and can be re-used within courses and even between
courses. Quizzes can allow multiple attempts. Each attempt is automatically
marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback or to show correct
answers. This module includes grading facilities. </dd>
<br>
<br>
<dt><strong>Survey</strong></dt>
<dd>The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that are useful in
evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments.
They can be given to students early in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the
course as an evaluation tool (I use one every week in my courses).</dd>
<dd>The survey module provides a number of predefined survey instruments that
are useful in evaluating and understanding your class. Currently they include
the COLLES and the ATTLS instruments. They can be given to students early
in the course as a diagnostic tool and at the end of the course as an evaluation
tool (I use one every week in my courses).</dd>
</dl>
<br>
<p>After adding your activities you can move them up and down in your course
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<img src="../pix/t/down.gif" width="9" height="10">) next to each one. You
can also delete them using the cross icon <img src="../pix/t/delete.gif" width="10" height="10">,
and re-edit them using the edit icon <img src="../pix/t/edit.gif" width="10" height="11">.</p>
<hr>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="course"></a>Running the course</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>I could write a thesis about this. Actually I <strong>am</strong> writing
a thesis about this. <img src="../pix/s/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15"></p>
<p>Until then here are just a few quick pointers:</p>
<p>There are some big plans to extend this document into a more comprehensive
tutorial. Until then here are a few ideas:</p>
<ol>
<li>Subscribe yourself to all the forums.</li>
<li>Subscribe yourself to all the forums so you keep in touch with your class
activity. </li>
<li>Encourage all the students fill out their user profile (including photos)
and read them all - this will help provide some context to their later writings.</li>
and read them all - this will help provide some context to their later writings
and help you to respond in ways that are tailored to their own needs.</li>
<li>Keep notes to yourself in the private &quot;<strong>Teacher's Forum</strong>&quot;
(under Administration). This is especially useful when team teaching.</li>
<li>Use the &quot;<strong>Logs</strong>&quot; link (under Administration)
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but it's a crucial part of building and maintaining a community feel in
your course.</li>
</ol>
<hr>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p></blockquote>
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="further"></a>Further information</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>If you have any particular problems with your site, you should contact your
local site administrator.</p>
<p>If you have some great ideas for improvements to Moodle, or even some good
stories, come over to <a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_top">moodle.org</a> and join
in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target=_top >Using Moodle</a>".
We'd love to hear from you, and you can help Moodle improve.</p>
stories, come over to <a href="http://moodle.org/" target="_top">moodle.org</a>
and join us in the course called "<a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5" target=_top >Using
Moodle</a>". We'd love to hear from you, and you can help Moodle improve.</p>
<p>If you want to contribute to coding new modules, or writing documentation,
or papers, contact me: <a href="http://dougiamas.com/" target="_top">Martin
Dougiamas</a> or browse the &quot;bug tracker&quot; site for Moodle, at <a href="http://moodle.org/bugs/" target="_top">moodle.org/bugs</a></p>
<p align="center">Thanks for using Moodle - good luck!</p>
<p align="center">Thanks for using Moodle - and good luck with your teaching!</p>
<hr>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</blockquote>