Tag: Badges

Moodle 3.2 Pilot role

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Moodle has a special Pilot role that teaching staff can request. This role provides the same permissions as the Lecturer role in Moodle, but you also get access to some new features which are outlined below. If you would like to try out any of these features; please log a request on ServiceNow to request access to…Continue Reading Moodle 3.2 Pilot role

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

Digital Badges: Why ?

I attended an interesting session at the ELI conference last week, by Penn State University in the US about the ways in which they had been using digital badges with students and staff.  Digital badges are a way of awarding a digital certificate in the form of a badge to a student or member of…Continue Reading Digital Badges: Why ?

Horizon Scanning

The OU’s Innovating Pedagogy Reports (2013 & 2012) highlight MOOCs, Badges, Learning Analytics & Seamless Learning as the ones to watch. Horizon scanning is a key role for educational technologists both as individuals and as a sector. In a rapidly changing technological landscape it’s important that we are aware of what’s coming and how it…Continue Reading Horizon Scanning