Month: October 2015

Help us Improve Moodle

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Audience: City University London Staff As part of the annual update for Moodle, we would like build on the work undertaken to develop the City Course Format. We will be running user evaluation with academic and course office staff looking at the tasks that staff have to undertake to prepare their modules for the start…Continue Reading Help us Improve Moodle

5 Things to Do with Lecture Capture

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Whether you are a Lecture Capture veteran or a newbie, this short post will give you some ideas of what you can do with the Lecture Capture after you have the recording that will help your students and also help you. Remember, it’s what you ask your students to do with the recordings and helping…Continue Reading 5 Things to Do with Lecture Capture

Extending Moodle functionality with the Pilot role

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Audience: City University staff A new role is available in Moodle. The Pilot role provides the same permissions as the Lecturer role in Moodle, but you also get access to additional features. Features available for the Pilot role The features that are available for the Pilot role are outlined below. Plugin Plugin functionality Information Badges…Continue Reading Extending Moodle functionality with the Pilot role

The City Law School – Advocacy Videos Project for BPTC Evidence Module

The multimedia team recently completed a project with Robin Sellers at The City Law School to create advocacy videos for students undertaking the BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) programme. These involved three scenarios: Dealing with a bad character application Refreshing the memory of a witness. Handling a previous inconsistent statement by a witness. The videos…Continue Reading The City Law School – Advocacy Videos Project for BPTC Evidence Module

Maximising your Moodle Modules with City Course Format

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Audience: City University Staff The new City Course Format was designed to provide students with an overview of module content, easy access to key contacts and quicklinks to important links and activities. This blog post outlines how to maxmimise your Moodle modules by using the City Course Format features. Overview of module content The City…Continue Reading Maximising your Moodle Modules with City Course Format

The Science Behind Learning in the Outdoors

In LEaD we have a strong track record of using walking as an educational development tool.  This accessible and enlightening Farscape webinar explores the science behind learning in the outdoors.  It draws on a variety of academic sources including neuroscience, leadership theory and attention restoration theory.  Farscape offer leadership development through experiential learning.  They engage in…Continue Reading The Science Behind Learning in the Outdoors