Choosing between Moodle and Google Groups for Your Courses
Now that Drew is using Google Apps, faculty members have a choice between using Moodle or Google Groups -- or both -- for courses. FacLab will be holding workshops on both Google Groups and the new version of Moodle in August as well as into the Fall Semester.
Google Groups
Starting with Fall 2013, each course taught at Drew will exist as a Google Group, populated by . The members will automatically include the instructor and all enrolled students.
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- Email the class
- Make announcements
- Conduct online discussions
- Share documents (files and folders)
- Invite students to an event
Learn more about Course Groups in Google...
Moodle
Moodle can also be used for almost everything Google Groups can do, but in slightly different ways. Additionally, Moodle offers teaching tools such as attendance and gradebook, as well as a variety of interactive Activities and Resource sharing.
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