Moodle: groups, wiki, forum, glossary [at the TU]
Support for group and other online collaboration within the learning platform
To support group work, the Moodle learning platform offers helpful features for managing groups. It is also possible to set up online workspaces for individual groups.
Forum, wiki, and glossary are available tools in Moodle for collaborative content development and exchange.
Further information on Moodle features can be found in our Moodle-FAQs and at docs.moodle.org.
Moodle FAQ: Using groups
Moodle FAQ: Group Chats for Students
Moodle-FAQ: Wiki
Possible Uses
Groups:
Students can be easily divided into and managed in working, lab, or exercise groups
Wiki:
- For collaboratively creating content, e.g. project documentation or lab reports during practical courses
- To the teaching tip: Wikis in teaching (opens in new tab)
- Examples from teaching practice:
Forum:
- Typically used for clarifying organisational and subject-related questions, as a supplement to office hours
- It can also be used to assign specific tasks or questions, with students submitting their responses via the forum – extended by requiring students to give feedback on each other’s submissions, this becomes a peer feedback scenario
- Example from teaching practice: Using the Moodle forum for reading assignments
- To the teaching tip: Online forums and netiquette (opens in new tab)
Glossary:
Students compile technical terms and their definitions
To the teaching tip: Add technical terms to the glossary! (opens in new tab)
This tool is provided centrally by TU Darmstadt and has been checked from a data protection perspective.
