This post highlights the development work from our colleagues in Education Research & Enterprise Services (ERES) to improve the Text Editor in Moodle 3. If you want to highlight key information for students on a module page you can choose one of the two new City styles – Important and To do. These styles work…Continue Reading Moodle Text Editor Improvements
Moodle 3 is now live. For an overview of the timelines and processes for the development of Moodle modules for the new academic year, review the overview of 16/17 module set-up on Moodle guide. Guidance For information on what’s new in Moodle 3, you can review our blog posts. Guidance on Moodle features, new and…Continue Reading Moodle 3 Live
In my last post, I highlighted new functionality to support group work in Moodle. This post looks at how to release content to specific groups of students. While this isn’t a new feature of Moodle 3, it is a feature that changed last year and is useful to highlight again as we move to Moodle…Continue Reading Release Moodle Content to Groups of Students
At the last Educational Multimedia Group we introduced our brand new MILL (Media and Innovation Learning Lab) facilities which can be found next to the new LEaD office on the 3rd floor of the University building. These include a soundproofed digital production studio with two 4K cameras, autocue and a control booth (and will soon…Continue Reading Educational Multimedia Group – 20th April 2016
One of the strengths of Moodle is the potential for student interaction, especially when activities are used in combination with Moodle’s group functionality. This post explores two new features in Moodle 3 to support group work – a bulk enrolments plugin and post a copy to all groups functionality in Forums. 1. Quickly add students…Continue Reading Supporting Group Work in Moodle
It was great to have so many participants at the Blogging Together workshop at the Learning at City conference last week. For those who were unable to attend, here is a brief outline and an invitation to join the Blog Writing Group. In the workshop, we looked at the motivations and challenges to sharing our…Continue Reading Blogging together: social writing to encourage the sharing of good practice
The 8th annual Learning at City Conference took place at the Hatton in London on 8th June. Over 100 people attended the event, with some 390 tweets using the hashtag #learningatcity16 including 91 photographs and 6 of the keynote or paper sessions streamed live on Periscope, as a trial of the application, of which audio…Continue Reading Report from Learning at City 2016 – Promoting Teaching Excellence
Lecturers start designing their Moodle modules for the new academic year by rolling over content from the previous academic year. This saves a lot of time as content doesn’t need to be uploaded to Moodle each year. This post outlines how to give your module a spring clean post-rollover. It highlights two new features that…Continue Reading Spring clean your Moodle Modules
Why apply for HEA Fellowship? Becoming a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy is an opportunity to reflect on your work and demonstrate your experience to others in the HE community. In common with many other HE institutions, City is keen to see many of its staff gain this recognition. What is HEA Fellowship? There…Continue Reading How to claim your HEA Fellowship via City’s RISES scheme
An industry standard drop-down User menu has been introduced in Moodle 3, as part of Moodle’s continuing work on improving navigation. The User menu is located on the far right of the top navigation bar in Moodle and gives you access to your Profile and Grader reports for modules that you are teaching on. You…Continue Reading Improving Moodle’s Navigation