Starting with Rocketversity

Rocketversity is a learning management system based on Moodle (LMS, also called VLE), explained here
You can go to www.rocketversity.com
To use Rocketversity, you only need the basic web browsing skills. Guidance is also provided.
Rocketversity can be and is successfully used from early years of Primary schools (examples here) through to the Secondary sector (examples) and universities worldwide. Rocketversity can be adapted to suit learners of all ages in any learning environment, including commercial training. Remember though, for now, Rocketversity is focusing itself on Information Technology industries.
It can be. However, in most cases Rocketversity is used to support and combine face-to-face interaction (later on) with e-learning, m-learning and other forms of learning.
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Navigation and settings

Go to the right URL (address) of the Rocketversity site, login with your username and password, or enter as a Guest (if allowed). Most Rocketversity sites will have a link to set up a new account or request forgotten details of your existing one. If you are a KM student your username and password might be given by admin.
Use the Navigation block on the side of your page. From there you can go directly to any part of Rocketversity you have access to.
You can only edit things you have permission to edit. A regular user such as a student can only edit (possibly) their profile page. A user with editing rights such as a teacher can use the 'Turn editing on' button or the link in the Settings block to edit items. A guest can't edit anything and an Admin can do whatever they like.
Whoever has the editing capability. Usually, it is the Teacher who creates and edits courses and activities within courses, but this role can be changed, re-named (eg. Facilitator) and given to other people too.

Examples

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By participating in many ways, either through events and networks elsewhere.
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Learning with Rocketversity - pedagogy

There is no one best way to use Rocketversity. Use of Rocketversity depends a lot on one's own educational philosophy, the context where Rocketversity is used and willingness to experiment and create a little (or a lot!). Rocketversity can be used by a strict controller using trusted material of 30 years or a free-loving e-hippie exploring new ways of teaching and learning alike.
Yes. Rocketversity is used in a variety of fields. But for now it is focusing on Information Technology industries. Compatible third-party modules and plugins are not yet explored.
Many ways are available. Some examples include: Forums are great for extended conversations over time, Messages for private channels, Chat for synchronous conversations, and Comments for quick notices and remarks. You can also exchange online feedback with Assignment, comments to Blog posts ... and more!
Rocketversity offers a number of ways to share content: making files and folders available to course participants, collecting resources of any kind with a Database, attaching files to Forum posts, importing and linking resources to and from external repositories/portfolios ... and more!.
Grades can be created in each activity in a course which are then added to the Gradebook. For example, grades in Assignment (all types), Quiz and Workshop activities are automatically added to Gradebook. In some activities you will have to turn grading on, such as ratings 'on' in Forum, Glossary and Database to send them to the Gradebook. You can also use the gradebook to adjust, assign or automatically scale an activity grade in your course. There are many opportunities to exchange feedback on many activities, not just grades.

Students

It really does not take a great deal of skill or computer knowledge to use Rocketversity. With basic web browsing and editing skills, students (and teachers) can use Rocketversity - instantly!
They need to know how to login into the site and course, and have some basic web browsing and computer skills. For example, they need to know how a mouse and keyboard works, what a link is, maybe how to attach, upload or download a file.
Rocketversity is an online learning management system and at some point you and your students will have to spend some time in front of a computer. How much time depends on what you use Rocketversity for. Most Rocketversity sites are used to mix offline and online learning activities.

Getting help

Yes and no. Rocketversity has not yet charge for a support desk as part of their service.
Get some help at Rocketversity.org in Rocketversity How-To Files.
Rocketversity Tracker is by far THE best place to suggest improvement. File an issue or suggest improvement there, and let people know in a forum about your ideas. Maybe they will vote for it (which tends to get people's attention).
A number of places offer training in how best to use Rocketversity. Teacher will be your best assist.

Basic Rocketversity jargon

Rocketversity uses jargon words that you may be familiar with from other, non-Rocketversity contexts. Within Rocketversity, These words have specific (and potentially different) meanings, explained below.

A course is the basic learning area on Rocketversity where a teacher displays materials for their students.
A category is a group of things and has several meanings in Rocketversity. It can be a grouping of courses by a certain criteria (Such as: Business; Development; Design). It can be a group of questions, or a group of entries in a glossary.
Usually an activity is something that a student will do that interacts with other students and or the teacher. Rocketversity has over a dozen activity types of tools for a teacher to use in a course.
A number of places offer training in how best to use Rocketversity. Teacher will be your best assist.
Resources are items that a teacher can use to support learning, such as a file or a link. A standard Rocketversity comes with 6 resource types that can be added to a course.
Typically,blocks are items which may be added to the left or right in a course's home page. There are dozens of different blocks that can be added to a course, or pages within a course.
Plugin is an optional extra component which can add functionality to your Rocketversity. Some standard Rocketversity plugins need to be turned on by Rocketversity Administrator. Many more can be downloaded from the Modules and Plugins database.
Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert expressions or emoticons into displayed images.
A section is an area within a course's homepage that holds activities and resources. Standard course section formats are topics, weeks, social and SCORM.
A role in Rocketversity refers to what a user is allowed (or not) to do on a Rocketversity site. Typical roles might include those of a student and teacher. A role is a collection of permissions that can be assigned to specific users in specific contexts. For example, when a user is enrolled in a course as a student.

Security

Rocketversity is designed to be very secure. However, a lot depends upon the web server, the way Rocketversity is setup and regular updates of the package by the Rocketversity Administrator.
Highly unlikely if your Rocketversity site has up-to-date security and the site administrator has not given away the keys. Anything is possible on any website, but Rocketversity makes it difficult for nasty people to cause havoc.
Rocketversity can be backed-up at any point. If a backup was made 5 minutes before you broke it, chances are it can be fixed easily.
While you do have some control of the security of a Rocketversity site on a free or cheap web host, the question is: How much do you trust your web host?
Assuming you are a teacher and it is your course, yes. Rocketversity Admin can do that for the entire site.
Yes, you can backup a Rocketversity site or as a teacher you can back up your course and download it (if your role permits it). With appropriate permissions, you can restore your course and/or import parts of courses elsewhere on your site or beyond.

Technical

Rocketversity needs a web server. But you don’t need one.
No. You can not unfortunately..
Rocketversity works well in all standard, modern browsers and different operating systems. As with any web based application, you should be aware of your audience, their typical bandwidth and web browsers.
Yes, if it is on a web server attached to the internet and you have a computer, mobile device or tablet. Or if it is on a web server attached to the same intranet (internal network) as a computer or tablet which needs it to work.
Yes and No. Via web but not via mobile app.
Go to Tracker, search if the bug has already been reported and create a new issue if not.
Go to Tracker, search if something like your idea has already been noted and worked on and suggest it if not.
Last modified: Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 5:16 PM