Welcome

Recommended Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Setting up your Moodle account
During this session we will be setting up your Moodle account. We will be creating you as a 'user', making sure you have 'access' to the correct units and taking your photograph so it can be loaded into your 'profile'. Ideally your username and password have already been created and the facilitator will provide you with this information. Once you have a username and password 'login' and complete the activity below.
Activity 1: Complete your profile
Recommended Time: 15 minutes
Objective: Understanding You Better
To know if this course impacts on you positively we need to understand the current levels of your skills set. We need you to alert us to your abilities.
Activity 2: Baseline Survey
Recommended Time: 20 minutes
Course Overview
So what will this course cover? The ICT Essentials for Teachers (Rwanda) course attempts to help you acquire a number of ICT competencies drawn from the UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers (CFT). These skills range from basic to intermediate skills and are designed to support pedagogy but also school administration and provide professional development opportunities in the future.
Activity 3: Course Overview
Recommended Time: 15 minutes
Getting to know Your Facilitators
In this session we will introduce the team who have been selected to support you through the 14 units of study. We will also identify the units that each facilitator has been alocated to lead.
Activity 4: Your Facilitators & Contact Details
Recommended Time: 45 minutes
Getting to know the LMS
Besides workshop this course is also run online through a Learning Management System (LMS) or platform called Moodle. It is essential that you feel comfortable with the online tools that you will be required to use as part of your studies. This session will be facilitated so make sure you follow his/her instructions and ask questions when things are not clear!
Activity 5: Introductions using the Chat tool
Welcome! You might already have met a few people informally but lets introduce ourselves formally. There is, however, a twist. We will introduce ourselves using the Chat tool.
Was that chaotic! With 30 of you all interacting at the same time it probally was! So how can we use the chat for educational purposes?
Activity 6: Course Expectations using the Forum tool
When the facilitator wants you to discuss an issue it is more likely that he/she will use the Forum tool. This tool allows for a more sophisticated discussion. Another advantage is that it is an example of asynchronous communication, that is it's not necessary to have everyone online at the same time. We will use the forum tool to identify your course expectations. What do you think the course will offer you in terms of professional development?
Activity 7: Submitting assignments
In each unit you will be requested to submit an assignment to the unit facilitator. In all cases the assignment will be in the form of an electronic document such as a word processor file or a presentation. These assignment files need to be submitted within the Moodle LMS. Do NOT send your assignment to the facilitator via e-mail. He or she will delete it! We need to track each file so make sure you know how to use the assignment tool.
Optional - 20 minutes
Using your phone and tablet to access the ICT Essentials course
In this session we will look at how to set up your phones and tablets to support your ICT Essentials studies using both Moodle Mobile and Whats App.
Optional Activity: Setting up Moodle Mobile
Moodle Mobile runs on three of the main platforms; Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The following are the steps to follow when installing the application on these platforms;
Optional Activity: Course Community Whats App Group
You have been interacting face to face during this orientation course. To continue collaborating during the online phase, we need to form a WhatsApp group. In this group you will required to observe online etiquette and chatiquette that you have learnt.
The following Open Educational Resources (OER) were adapted to create this Orientation unit;

ICT Essentials for Teachers Orientation Workshop & Resources by Rwanda Education Board
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