Are you seeing error messages, problems with shared documents, crashes or other issues in Office 365, Moodle, or other web applications? If you are a UP student or faculty member, the UP Help Desk is always available to help you troubleshoot M-F during normal business hours. But if you want to avoid the help queue and try some basic…Continue Reading My Top Three Self Help Tips for Problems With Websites
UP Tech Tip: Create Animated Gifs With Snagit
Have you ever seen those cool animated images on the internet and wondered if you could create one yourself? Well, wonder no more! At UP, we are fortunate to have access to Snagit, which is a great application for capturing, marking up and working with images from our computer screens. There are lots and lots of…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Create Animated Gifs With Snagit
#UPtechtips Update
I’m taking on some new challenges in life and at work and have decided to scale back #UPtechtips (slightly) from twice a week to once a week – new publishing day of the week will be every Thursday during the academic year. I have some fun ideas for tips and incorporating some more video elements…Continue Reading #UPtechtips Update
UP Tech Tip: Exam Accommodation for Moodle Quiz
The number of students with an extra-time accommodation for exams is on the rise – at the same time, many teachers are looking to move some or all of their assessments online. Today’s #uptechtip shows you how easy it is to add a user override to allow a student more time or extra attempts on…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Exam Accommodation for Moodle Quiz
UP Tech Tip: Drag and Drop Browser tabs
#UPtechtips is back after a brief break while I did some international travel. But we’re back with a good, simple, and very useful tip for re-arranging the tabs and windows in your web browser of choice! UP Tech Tip: Drag and Drop Tabs and Windows https://uportland.mediaspace.kaltura.com/id/0_8iopwcml?width=705&height=443&playerId=28073962…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Drag and Drop Browser tabs
UP Tech Tip: Add Feedback to Moodle Grades
This week we look at how to add feedback along with a grade in the Moodle gradebook. Note that this workflow is best for standalone “grade items” that are created within the Moodle gradebook. If you are creating Moodle Assignment activities, there is a grading and feedback workflow built into the activity that you can…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Add Feedback to Moodle Grades