When Moodle meets Google

Moogle Apps

Posted by Joel Kerr on 05 Mar

Do you Moodle? We do.

Do you Google? Of course you do.

Do you Moogle? Er…

If you are not already aware that Moodle can be integrated with Google Apps you will be pleased you found this.

The very user-friendly Google Apps comprises email, calendar, document-creation, website creation, messaging tools etc. Moodle is increasingly becoming the VLE of choice for educators across the world. Together they offer some very exciting potential.

The integration of the two provides a Single Sign-On. This means with one sign on you will have access to your classes, activities, resources, emails, docs, sites – all in one place! Let’s not forget, like Moodle, Google Apps is free and available to all.

The Google Enterprise Blog has the following to say:

Now, they [students] can access whatever their instructors may have posted in their LMS, such as lecture notes, homework assignments, and relevant links and resources, and easily integrate that content into their workspace on Google Apps.

They can collaborate with their classmates in Google Docs, build a fully fleshed-out Google Site, or even just send an email – without having to manage multiple accounts in multiple systems. 

And, needless to say, the same goes for their teachers, professors, administrators – anyone who uses the system.

At Synergy Learning we have integrated Google Apps with Moodle for a number of our clients, with great results every time.

Mr Graham Evans from Merthyr Tydfil College, has worked with Synergy Learning to oversee the Google Apps / Moodle integration across 6 schools in the area:

“The integration is early days yet but the implications are absolutely fantastic, with the potential for each child to have their own email address.

The option of each pupil signing in and then clicking on Google Docs and an account is made for them and then they just travel seamlessly to the Google Docs page is magical. The option for pupils to share a folder with teachers makes the impossible job of keeping track of work and marking it far more practical as is the exciting option of collaboration.

All in all this is the future for these pupils and staff and Google Docs has made this possible and it’s free.

I had some technical issues setting up the Google Apps but there is a wealth of good advice on the web and Synergy did their job in setting up our Moodle sites very efficiently and very quickly which seem to be their trademark in our dealings with them. The telephone and email support from Synergy has been faultless and friendly.”

If you are interested in combining Moodle with Google Apps email info@synergy-learning.com for more information.

Source: http://www.i-newswire.com/when-moodle-meets-google-apps/29211