This week is Computer Science Education Week, a national effort to encourage students to try their hand at coding. Coding doesn’t have to be complicated or cumbersome and with Moodle there are some cool ways to help coding happen.
From embedding Scratch programming games into your course:
To setting up a Virtual Programming Lab on Moodle with students (download the addon here https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_vpl):
These are all ways to introduce a little computer science into the curriculum. Learn more atΒ http://csedweek.org/.
At StraighterLine we’ve even help provide a low cost college pathway for computer science with the C++ computer language.
Looks really good.
Worth mentioning too there is a free to download Basic Scratch course for Moodle on Moodle.net – http://moodle.net/?coverage=all&language=en&orderby=newest&search=Scratch&downloadable=1&enrollable&submitbutton=1
@Mary, good call heres a link to that course http://goo.gl/wTzOLr