This conference covers the whole spectrum of education from primary school to higher education and so provides an opportunity to hear about developments across a broad range of areas and explore what might be transferable to other areas. I was able to attend for all four days and as can be seen from the…Continue Reading Twenty-first International Conference on Learning 14th – 17th July 2014
Audience: City University staff Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are continuing to update the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. We have marked guidance on new features with a NEW! to help you identify changes to functionality. This post highlights some of the key guidance that you might find useful in developing your modules in Moodle…Continue Reading Moodle 2.6 Guidance Continued
I have published two posts from the International Conference on Learning where Pam and myself are currently. The first post is an overview of my main “takeaways” from the conference so far, more useful I thought than outlining every session I have attended. Some good ideas here that I hope to incorporate into my own practice…Continue Reading 21st International Conference on Learning
At the end of July, James Perkins finishes his two year term as Vice President Education for the Students’ Union and alumnus of City University London. He has been a great asset to the students and staff of the university in many ways and worked closely with our team on numerous projects and activities, including his…Continue Reading James Perkins VP Education Interview
Audience: City University staff Moodle upgrade Information Services (IS) successfully upgraded Moodle on Saturday 12th July. Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are updating the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. We have marked guidance on new features with a NEW! to help you identify changes to functionality. This post highlights some of the key guidance that…Continue Reading Guidance to support Moodle 2.6 new features
The Learning at City Conference is now in its sixth year and continues to go from strength to strength. This year, for the first time, the conference took place at an external venue and was opened up to presenters and attendees from other HE institutions. The Conference took place on Wednesday 4th June at The Hatton…Continue Reading Learning at City Conference 2014 – Catch up
Audience: City University staff. This blog post explores the improvements to the tools that we use to create content in Moodle. New Text editor Moodle 2.6 has a new text editor called Atto which has been designed specifically for Moodle. Atto has a simplified toolbar and is easier to use on mobile and tablet devices….Continue Reading Content Creation Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University staff. This blog post explores the new features of the Quiz activity in Moodle. Quiz autosave There is a new auto-save facility on the Quiz which will be especially useful for students working on longer essay questions or when students experience a connection problem when taking a Quiz that would previously have…Continue Reading Quiz Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University staff This blog post will look at some of the improvements in the Assignment and Turnitin activities in Moodle 2.6. Moodle Assignment Improvements Assignment resubmission If you require students to resubmit an assignment following a fail at first attempt you will be find the improvements in assignment resubmission useful. When grading the…Continue Reading Assignment Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University London staff. Moodle upgrade Information Services (IS) will be upgrading Moodle on Saturday 12th July. Moodle will be unavailable from midnight until midday (12 hours), followed by a 12 hour ‘at-risk’ period. For further details about the upgrade and improvements, please see the FAQs: http://tiny.cc/moodleupgradestaff We will be writing a series of…Continue Reading Improvements to Moodle Look and Feel