Wednesday, February 10, 2016

My progress with my project - Moodle with two models - open and password protected

I have investigated the best way to display my resources.  I need a platform that could be open and that can also have a password protected area.  Moodle should provide the solution as that is our main one and I prefer to place my courses and materials there.  See below for my resources.

This week I have had a breakthrough, as I have discussed various options (such as Unite Connections and owncloud.unog.ch and others) with Juan, Jean Pierre, Fabienne and have decided to do the following:
1.  I will put the resources and webinars described in Annex A below on an open area of Moodle that people can enter as guests.
I will also put my webinars in this area.
Both of these areas are being developed now by the intern.

2.  My online report writing course will be housed in a password protected area of Moodle.  Students enrolled will be able to access the main resources through the open area.  


 Annex A
1. My resources for the course - how to make them accessible
As I describe in my other project for my MA, my main problem is finding a way to give access to the students to the main resources for the report writing course in a way that they will continue to be accessible following the course.  So, one of my aims is to find the best way to display them.  The website I used for my project is a weebly one - the same as Gilly Salmon I was pleased to note!
Here it is as a reminder:
http://professionalwritingtips.weebly.com/
However, the firewall at the United Nations and at WIPO, one of my main clients, blocks weebly.

 2. Experimental webinars
At the same time, I am currently holding experimental Webexes in order to practice for my future online report writing courses.  I am holding 3 of them this term.  Here is the notice I have sent out to focal points for Human Rights officers in the field:

These pilot sessions cover the main content of the ongoing face-to-face English Writing Skills workshops but in a summarised version. The main points of the writing workshops will be reviewed. Sessions are offered both in the morning and in the afternoon as follows: 
    Session 
    Date 
    Time (GVA time) 
    Content 
    1 
    Tuesday, 26 January 2016 
    9 - 10.10 a.m. or
    3 - 4.10 p.m.
    Review of workshops 1 and 2 on tools and style.
    Plain English, readability statistics, Editorial Manual online and introduction to style.
     
    2 
    Tuesday, 23 February 2016 
    9 - 10.10 a.m. or
    3 - 4.10 p.m.
    Points of style. Be direct, be action-oriented, be short, be concise and be appropriate 
    3 
    Tuesday, 8 March 2016 
    9 - 10.10 a.m. or
    3 - 4.10 p.m.
    False friends, Latinisms, confusing words, jargon.
    Subjunctive, relative clauses, tenses in reported speech, articles and nouns, prepositions.


I also need a platform to house these webinars that have been recorded.

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