Month: June 2018

Moodle 3.4: New Look Moodle

In May, we posted about what we’d been working on with the new look for Moodle. Since then, the Educational Technology Team and Education, Research and Enterprise Services (ERES) have been working with our Moodle Partner, Synergy Learning on implementing the new look for Moodle. This culminated in a focus group with staff and students…Continue Reading Moodle 3.4: New Look Moodle

How can storytelling help my teaching, presenting, writing… life?

Have you ever missed your last train home? I have. I’d just been stood up and, to top it all, I was left stranded in the small German town of Offenburg. It was 11 pm and the next train was at 6 am. What would you have done? Has that piqued your interest? Hopefully, yes….Continue Reading How can storytelling help my teaching, presenting, writing… life?

Module 3.4: Online Assessment

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As part of our series on what’s new in Moodle 3.4, this post highlights the two improvements to assessment in Moodle. Accepted File Types Last year, Lecturers and Course Officers could restrict the assignment file types accepted by Moodle assignments. However, the accepted file types had to be input manually. In Moodle 3.4, you will…Continue Reading Module 3.4: Online Assessment

Moodle 3.4: Module Administration

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Enrolment and Participation In Moodle 3.4, Enrolment and Participant screens have been combined to provide a unified screen for user management. Course Officers will be able to manage and enrol students from one screen, making this a much smoother and streamlined process. From this screen, Course Officers will also be able to bulk delete enrolments…Continue Reading Moodle 3.4: Module Administration