Audience: City University staff & External Examiners External Examiners – Guidance updated for Moodle 2.6 External Examiners play an important part in maintaining high, nationally comparable, standards for programmes at City. To help enhance our programmes and observe fair practice in the assessment of students’ academic performance, staff from outside the institution may be asked…Continue Reading External Examiners Moodle 2.6 Guidance
Audience: City University students and staff. New to City University London? Using Moodle for the first time? Have a look at Moodle Induction Video which is now available. This video provides an introduction to City’s Online Learning Environment for new students and is a useful refresher for returning students. The video is presented by…Continue Reading Moodle Induction Video
Audience: City University staff Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are continuing to update the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. This post highlights a selection of the top tips from our Educational Technology Team so that you know what to watch out for in Moodle 2.6. Editing a module in full screen mode Click Turn editing…Continue Reading Moodle 2.6 Top Tips
Audience: City University staff Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are continuing to update the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. This post highlights the guidance that you can use to help you develop your modules post-rollover. We have developed a guidance page with information on getting your modules ready for the new academic year. This page…Continue Reading Updating your Moodle modules
Audience: City University staff Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are continuing to update the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. We have marked guidance on new features with a NEW! to help you identify changes to functionality. This post highlights some of the key guidance that you might find useful in developing your modules in Moodle…Continue Reading Moodle 2.6 Guidance Continued
Audience: City University staff Moodle upgrade Information Services (IS) successfully upgraded Moodle on Saturday 12th July. Moodle guidance The Educational Technology Team are updating the Moodle guidance on www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff. We have marked guidance on new features with a NEW! to help you identify changes to functionality. This post highlights some of the key guidance that…Continue Reading Guidance to support Moodle 2.6 new features
Audience: City University staff. This blog post explores the improvements to the tools that we use to create content in Moodle. New Text editor Moodle 2.6 has a new text editor called Atto which has been designed specifically for Moodle. Atto has a simplified toolbar and is easier to use on mobile and tablet devices….Continue Reading Content Creation Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University staff. This blog post explores the new features of the Quiz activity in Moodle. Quiz autosave There is a new auto-save facility on the Quiz which will be especially useful for students working on longer essay questions or when students experience a connection problem when taking a Quiz that would previously have…Continue Reading Quiz Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University staff This blog post will look at some of the improvements in the Assignment and Turnitin activities in Moodle 2.6. Moodle Assignment Improvements Assignment resubmission If you require students to resubmit an assignment following a fail at first attempt you will be find the improvements in assignment resubmission useful. When grading the…Continue Reading Assignment Improvements in Moodle 2.6
Audience: City University London staff. Moodle upgrade Information Services (IS) will be upgrading Moodle on Saturday 12th July. Moodle will be unavailable from midnight until midday (12 hours), followed by a 12 hour ‘at-risk’ period. For further details about the upgrade and improvements, please see the FAQs: http://tiny.cc/moodleupgradestaff We will be writing a series of…Continue Reading Improvements to Moodle Look and Feel