First day of the final working week of the year and I somehow convince myself to go along to what could turn out to be a wild goose chase to nowhere. Truth is, I hadn’t even given it much thought and ended up getting a little swept up in the moment. The meeting on campus…Continue Reading Chairlift Through a Cloudscape
On Monday, 16th December. The Learning Enhancement and Development directorate (LEaD) organised a staff learning and teaching induction event, aimed primarily at new City St. Georges staff involved in learning and teaching but open to anyone who wanted to know about what we do. The event began with a warm welcome and by Professor…Continue Reading NEW: Learning and Teaching induction from LEaD
3 December marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), an annual opportunity to reflect on and promote the rights, well-being, and inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Established in 1992, the IDPD seeks to raise awareness of disability issues and mobilise support for creating a more inclusive…Continue Reading Taking Action for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our (lucky) thirteenth post and looks at how you can filter the Participants list on Moodle to view a list of students on your module and how to view them on the photo grid. Filter the…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – view student lists on your module
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our twelfth post and will cover the support available to your students to use Moodle. Learning With Moodle Module The Learning with Moodle module is available to all students and introduces them to all the major…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Support your students to use Moodle
“You see, Baldrick, this pencil is not just for writing. It’s for pointing out stupidity, stirring tea, and, if the situation calls for it, making tiny holes in annoying people’s portraits.” Blackadder BBC. To paraphrase Blackadder: a visualiser is not just for projecting bits of paper. It’s for scaffolding learning, thinking aloud, and, if the…Continue Reading A visualiser is for active teaching and learning.
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our eleventh post and looks at the two different programme administrator roles available to support staff on Moodle. Programme administrator roles The introduction of Moodle 4 in July 2023 meant some changes to the programme admininistrator…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Programme administrator roles
Are you considering hybrid teaching at City? Or are you currently teaching on a course that uses City’s hybrid technology (ISLA) [Inclusive Synchronous Learning Activities]? If either of these are the case then you might be aware of City’s Co-pilots and what they can offer you, your students and your course in general. To put…Continue Reading Co-pilots & Hybrid Teaching
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our tenth post and will cover Reading List Online. Reading Lists Online links in Moodle This summer, the Moodle 4 refresh has changed the way that links to Reading Lists Online display in module dashboards. There…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Reading Lists Online and Moodle
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our ninth post and will cover how to adjust the view of modules and highlight the personalisation features available to make your dashboard easier to use. If you are enrolled on multiple modules, for example if…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Personalise your dashboard and adjust the view of modules.