What are formative and summative assessments? As per wikipedia – Formative assessment or diagnostic testing is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures employed by teachers during the learning process in order to modify…
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Moodle 2: Embedding twitter(social media) into your module
What are the benefits of using social media for students? Embedding social media into modules can make your students want to: engage with your module much more be able to easily network with their peers…
Moodle 2: How to make personal tutorial appointments with your students
Moodle 2 has an integrated system called the Scheduler which can help you set up one-to-one appointments with your students, but I am told you can also set up group appointments if you have created groups…
Moodle 2: Quizzing your students
Moodle offers lots of quiz questions and the list is endless: Algebra – students enter an algebraic formula for their answer. Calculated – Students enter values calculated using the given values. Values are randomly selected…
Moodle 2: What does your online profile say about you?
Have you ever wondered why students don’t seem to engage that much on Moodle? Why they may not be interacting with their peers as much as you thought? Well there might be a number of…
Moodle 2: Reading Lists Online
A new and improved online reading service is in town! Its called Reading Lists Online (RLO) developed by a company called Talis Aspire. The fundamental aspect of the tool is that it is online; meaning…
Moodle 2: A guide to enabling groupwork
Group work is one of the educational strategies, that if employed well, can promote collaboration and participation amongst students. Group work can also nurture a more active and deeper learning experience and can provide lecturers…
The Making of the Moodle Induction Video
Each year the Learning Development Centre (LDC) produce a video to introduce students to the key features of the Online Learning Environment – Moodle. Staff from the LDC were joined by Dr Julie MacLaren, Senior…
Moodle 2: Designing and Developing Multiple Choice Assessments
A key purpose of assessment is to provide feedback to students on their learning. Multiple Choice questions (MCQs) can be a useful tool for formative testing. The design and the embedding of feedback into MCQ…
Moodle 2: Communication settings and Activities
Moodle offers ways in which to effectively effectively contact students and staff directly using Moodle. The notification settings allow you to configure how you would prefer to receive all communications from Moodle (this includes items…
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