Moodle

=**__What is Moodle?__** = = =  Moodle is an open source (free) software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education. The word Moodle was originally an acronym for: It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a **Moodler**.
 * M** odular
 * O** bject
 * O** riented
 * D** ynamic
 * L** earning
 * E** nvironment

=__Moodle Resources __= An excellent overview of Moodle

An e-book explaining Moodle in great detail

Moodle Docs Grades: http://docs.moodle.org/en/grade/report/grader/index
 * [|Video showing the basic gradebook setup and use]
 * [|Video showing how to change the display of grades in the gradebook]
 * [|Video explaining the different gradebook reports]

=__Moodle Goals for ASCS__= Grades 6-8: Use in-place of E-Board and Grade Keeper, Staff will update students' grades on Moodle every three weeks Grades 4-5: Use in-place of E-Board Grades 4K-5: Use as you wish Computers: Use as course manager for students in grades 5-8. Students will submit all assignments electronically and will receive digital rubrics via Moodle mail.