We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our sixth post and will cover choosing and creating an assessment on Moodle. Assessment Choosing an assessment activity When updating your modules, it can be difficult to assess which assessment activity in Moodle is the most…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Choosing and creating assessment activity
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our fifth post and will cover rollover/import and Grid format. Grid format is one of the course formats available in Moodle. This format creates a grid of icons (one for each section) with short titles. If…Continue Reading Prepare for the new academic year – Rollover/Import and Grid Format
We’ve got a series of posts to help you prepare for the new academic year on Moodle. This is our fourth post and looks at the module dashboard in both City Course Format and Grid Format modules. Module dashboards City Course Format dashboard In modules using the City Course Format, the Module dashboard provides easy…Continue Reading Prepare for new academic year on Moodle – Grid format and the module dashboard block
This checklist is designed to help staff who are preparing and refreshing their Moodle modules for the new academic year. It has been compiled by colleagues in LEaD and links to our Digital Accessibility guide and support offer. City staff can also log in to access our Digital Accessibility Sharepoint Site. About Digital Accessibility at…Continue Reading A Digital Accessibility Checklist – for your Moodle module
Since the launch of Moodle 4 on 17 July, LEaD’s Digital Education team have been busy updating City’s educational technology guidance and delivering Moodle training to staff (bookable via the LEaD Events Calendar). From late August, all students will receive communications about the Digital Skills Assessment tool, Student Digital Skills Community and Learning with Moodle…Continue Reading Moodle 4 – inductions for new and returning students
You can test out all the new features of Moodle 4 in your new Moodle 4 PlaySpace. IT have created an individual PlaySpace in Moodle 4 for all staff members. You can find this PlaySpace from the Module overview block. Change your filter to 2023-24 to filter modules displayed or search for PlaySpace. Select your…Continue Reading Practise using Moodle 4 with your new PlaySpace
Module and activity layout in Moodle 4 When students access their modules on Moodle 4, all activities and resources are displayed in cards. As students scroll through the module, they can easily identify what is required for each activity and resource, as activity completion criteria displays on the right-hand side of each card. After you…Continue Reading 5 Tips for updating your modules in Moodle 4
We are delighted to announce that Moodle 4 is ready for staff to use. Log into moodle4.city.ac.uk with your City credentials and complete Multi-Factor Authentication. You are required to review and agree with the cookies and privacy policy on first login. Review the user tours on first access to the Dashboard, My Modules and module…Continue Reading Moodle 4 is here!
As you will have seen from our earlier posts, it’s nearly time for City to upgrade to Moodle 4, on 17th July. This blog post highlights how your current content in Moodle 3.9 can be rolled over into your new Moodle 4 modules. Rollover Tool The Moodle Rollover Tool allows all the content to be…Continue Reading Moodle 4 – Rolling over your content
By default, all Moodle modules are created with the City Course Format, but alongside the introduction of Moodle 4’s other new features, the upgrade on July 17th 2023 also features the rollout of a new course format – Grid. This blog will detail the main features of both formats. Please note that whichever format you…Continue Reading Moodle 4 – Course Formats