For our last #UPTechTip of September 2o17, we are wrapping up our look at brand new Moodle tips and tricks with the new Moodle Recycle Bin feature! If you’ve ever had the fun feeling of realizing that you just accidentally deleted a Resource or Activity in Moodle that you meant to keep, this one is…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Moodle Recycle Bin Saves the Day?!
Category: UP Tech Tips
#UPTechTip: Set Multiple Due Dates for Moodle Assignments
Continuing our exploration of new functionality and features gained in our annual Fall Moodle update, today’s #UPTechTip shows how to allow multiple due dates for Assignment activities via the use of Overrides. Previously, instructors had no easy way to specify staggered dates and often created multiple copies of Assignment activities with differing due dates instead –…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Set Multiple Due Dates for Moodle Assignments
#UPTechTip: New Tools for Facilitating Effective Discussions in Moodle Forums
Online discussions are a great way to build community, develop writing skills, and foster deeper reflection and engagement with learning. Actually managing forums, however, can be tricky. It’s important that faculty who are seeking to facilitate effective online discussion understand the forum tools at their disposal. With that in mind, this week’s #UPTechTip offers a brief…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: New Tools for Facilitating Effective Discussions in Moodle Forums
#UPTechTip: View, Annotate, and Grade Student Work In Moodle
Today’s #UPtechTip is a short video tour of the new grading workflow available in Moodle 3.2. If you are looking for an easy way to view student work, add annotations, provide feedback, and enter grades all from one powerful, flexible screen, this one is for you! https://uportland.mediaspace.kaltura.com/id/0_c8ilt6no?width=705&height=443&playerId=28073962…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: View, Annotate, and Grade Student Work In Moodle
#UPTechTip: Using the Moodle Announcements Forum
Fall is in the air! Err, not really. We’re still experiencing Summer heat in Portland. But, classes have begun at UP; students, learning, and #uptechtips have all returned from Summer vacation! This tip focuses on the Moodle Announcements forum. This is a simple but effective tool for communicating with students. If you are using Moodle…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Using the Moodle Announcements Forum
#UPTechTip: Quick Update All Moodle Assignment Due Dates
If you’ve ever imported material from a past semester into a blank new Moodle course, you know firsthand the need to go through all of the course activities – assignments, quizzes, etc. – and change the due dates to line up with the new semester. (it simply wouldn’t do due to have an assignment in…Continue Reading #UPTechTip: Quick Update All Moodle Assignment Due Dates