Virtual Classrooms and Moodle

I have just finished the presentation/session at the online conference imoot.

The below are the slides that I used in delivering the session that included some crowdsourced brainstorming, graphic interaction and singing.

The session started with crowdsourcing a list of possible features for virtual classrooms,  possible integration options that could/should be available and then finished with a list of products people knew. After this I went through a short assessment of the plugins that were available to integrate with Moodle for some of the platforms.

These were screenshots of the 2 starting slides that attendees helped create:

Crowd Sourced Feature List

Crowd Sourced integration feature List

Thanks for those who came along to the two sessions, and thanks to the organisers of the imoot

For those interested, I had reviewed the usage of the integration plugins before so will link below. These reviews assess the plugin, not the web conferencing software itself. If you would like to get a specific one reviewed, and can get me access to a demo server to test, please let me know!

Remote Learner Adobe Connect Pro Module (Moodle 2 and 1.9)
This module enables the teacher to create and manage sessions for the Adobe Connect Pro Virtual Classroom system from within Moodle 2.0.

BigBlueButtonBN integration for Moodle 2 (Moodle 2) UPDATED
This activity enables easy integration between Moodle 2.0 and the open source virtual conferencing system BigBlueButton.

OpenMeetings integration for Moodle 2 (Moodle 2)
This activity enables integration between Moodle 2.0 and the open source OpenMeetings virtual classroom system.

WizIQ Moodle Integration (Moodle 2.0 and 1.9)

This activity and block combo provides a comprehensive easy-to-setup integration with the WizIQ platform.

Amvonet Moodle 1.9 integration (Moodle 1.9 only for now)
This activity provides a comprehensive integration for virtual classrooms with Moodle, including gradebook and calendar integration.