Tool Mapping: WebVista - Moodle
Functionality WebVista = Moodle Notes
Students submit Assignment Assignment WebVista instructors can make assignment submissions public
work (papers, and allow course members to view each other's submissions.
essays, files) for Moodle instructors should use the Forum tool. Students can attach
private review files to discussion posts for others to download and comment.
and evaluation
Create and Book If the Learning Module includes a collection of html pages, use the
display html Book tool to replicate the same behavior.
pages in a book- Learning Module can display activities with navigation on the left.
like format In the Book tool, links to activities can be embed into Book pages
Learning Module and used as navigation.
Lesson combines pages and questions together and allows basic
branching: next page jump depends on user answer.
Lesson
Moodle Lesson tool is not a good match for a WebVista Learning
Module.
Allows Chat
participants to
have a real-time Chat Instant Allows all Moodle users to have a real-time synchronous one-on-
synchronous messenger one communication
communication
Asynchronous Forum Moodle users can subscribe to receive copies of Forum posts via
communication email or RSS feed. Instructors can allow student to rate each other
posts. There are no anonymous forums available in Moodle at the
Discussion moment.
Allows users to start two-way asynchronous online communication
Dialogue within a course site. Think “private one-on-one forum threads” or
"in-course" email.
Build-in email Mail Quickmail By default only instructors can see and use this tool in Moodle. It
system can be overridden.
Automatically Assessments > Quizzes Most can be converted with Respondus software.
graded tests Quizzes
Feedback
Provides 5 non-modifiable survey templates to choose from that
Survey
are not anonymous. Using Feedback is recommended instead.
Evaluations for
Assessment > Simple question and answer activity which allows one multiple-
which no grades
Surveys Choice choice question. It can be used as a poll, or a simple information-
are assigned
gathering tool. Results can be made public.
A non-numeric way of evaluating student performance (instead of
Scales receiving points, students will get a “label”: “needs improvement”
or “good job.” Will display in the gradebook.
Group work Group Manager Groups and Moodle does not have sign-up sheets for groups but allows auto-
Groupings creation of groups based on PeopleSoft section enrollment.
Organize files Glossary Moodle can have as many glossaries as needed. Students can
and information contribute, comment, and grade each other entries.
Media Library Allows instructors to build, display and search a bank of record
entries. The format and structure of these entries can be almost
Database
unlimited, including images, files, URLs, numbers, text , drop-
downs, etc
| Tool Mapping: WebVista - Moodle 1
Functionality WebVista = Moodle Notes
Calendar Calendar Calendar
Gradebook Grade Book Grades/ Moodle Gradebook does not save any logs or history of changes.
gradebook Therefore if a grade is removed, it is gone with no record. Multiple
instructors need to collaborate closely to avoid any issues.
Track user Tracking Reports
activity
Goals Outcomes WebVista Goals are tied to the activity and not transferred to the
gradebook.
Moodle Outcomes are measured on a Performance Scale. They
can be associated with an activity or used on their own in the
gradebook.
Adding users Done via Done via
Gradebook Assign
Roles or
Automatic
enrollment
interface
Roles Roles Roles Moodle instructors can override role permissions on the level of
the course or activity ( e.g. 1 student can become an “instructor” in
a forum; or all students can grade each other in a forum)
Users have installation-wide profiles, where they can provide
User profiles
information about themselves, and upload a userpic
Custom themes/ Colors and icons Theme Instructors can choose only from several pre-set Themes (with
colors of a site different logos, backgrounds, colors, fonts, icons).
WebDav Not available Planned for future versions
Selective release Not available Planned for future versions
Grading Forms Not available Planned for future versions
Potentially, instructor can create Outcomes to achieve similar
result, but Outcomes are non-numeric and will not be calculated
by the gradebook.
Announcements Not available Use a News forum instead; require students to subscribe to it.
Other Moodle Tools and Notes
Users can either import RSS feeds in to the site, or create RSS feeds for outside use from Glossaries,
RSS
Blogs, Forums or Databases.
Every user has a simple blog. Entries can be made private (journal), visible to other Moodle users, or
Blog
visible to the whole world.
Tool for creating web pages that anyone can edit. Allows 9 different types of wikis (for class, users or
Wiki
groups). Has an html editor.
Certificate Creates PDF certificates/diplomas. Instructor can add borders, watermarks and show grade information.
Deleting an activity from the course homepage is a permanent delete.
Deleting a link to the file on the homepage does not delete the file itself, only the link to the file.
Delete
Blocks can be re-added if removed, with an exception of HTML blocks. Those, if deleted, must be re-
created from scratch.
| Tool Mapping: WebVista - Moodle 2