Tag: Moodle

Teaching with Moodle Mooc

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New to Moodle and interested in exploring how to use Moodle effectively in your teaching? Then Teaching with Moodle: An introduction might be the course for you. This course is run as structured Mooc (Massive open online course) on LearnMoodle which is the official Moodle website for delivering Moocs. So even if you are a…Continue Reading Teaching with Moodle Mooc

Preparing Assignments for Period 2

Audience: City University Academic and Course Office Staff Have you rolled over content and assignments for period 2 modules? Then read on for some tips on setting up assignment submission in Moodle. Assignment types in Moodle There are a number of assignment types in Moodle, so when you rollover your assignments make sure that you…Continue Reading Preparing Assignments for Period 2

Assignment extensions and resubmissions

Audience: City University London staff Our latest reports from Moodle show that 63 Moodle assignments were due last week with a further 42 due this week. This post contains tips and guidance on how to grant assignment extensions and enable resubmissions in Moodle. Grant an extension Using the Grant extension function means that you can…Continue Reading Assignment extensions and resubmissions

Introducing the Blended Learning Theme

Blended Learning is increasing in popularity as an effective way to meet diverse learner requirements and offer increased flexibility for students through the integration of resources and activities in an online environment with face-to-face teaching. The Blended Learning Theme works with academics and professional staff providing expert advice and guidance in combining online elements with…Continue Reading Introducing the Blended Learning Theme

Moodle Induction Video

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

Showcasing excellent teaching and learning at Cass Business School

On 7th May 2014, the Cass Business School held its fourth annual Teaching and Learning Showcase. Themed on excellence in teaching and learning, it featured inspiring talks from Cass lecturers, as well as colleagues from other Schools at City University London. The showcase was jointly organised by key members of the Cass Teaching and Learning…Continue Reading Showcasing excellent teaching and learning at Cass Business School

Ideas for using Moodle’s database activity

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Moodle’s database activity module allows you to create online forms to collect data which then gets stored in a database. In other words it is simply a way for multiple people to add structured data to a shared resource. The format and structure of these entries can be almost unlimited, including numbers, text, images, files…Continue Reading Ideas for using Moodle’s database activity

Educational Technology Online Guides & Service Now Support

Audience: City University London staff & students Online Guides Guides for using all our educational technologies have been collaboratively developed by our Educational Technology Team and are available at: www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/staff and www.city.ac.uk/edtechhelp/student. Service Now To access support in using educational technology do log your queries through Service Now ( www.city.ac.uk/itservicedesk ). Incident or Request? If you want to…Continue Reading Educational Technology Online Guides & Service Now Support

SLE: Inspiring Practice Case-study @ City

This blog post is designed to compliment the session – “Inspiring Practice at your Institution”, at the Changing the Learning Landscape event in London on 26th November 2013 in London. On the day a range of City staff will deliver short presentations about their participation and role in a particularly busy year at City, where…Continue Reading SLE: Inspiring Practice Case-study @ City