The Moodle Quiz activity can be very useful for creating everything from ungraded self-checks to weekly reading quizzes, to exams. However, sometimes the actual process of creating questions in Moodle can be a bit clunky and time-consuming. Did you know that you can write up quizzes in Word or in a plain text document and…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Create Moodle Quiz Questions the Easy Way
Year: 2016
A Brief Tour of Our Campus’s Handbook to Writing
Writing is hard. That’s why improving the writing skills of our students across their four years is a cross-campus shared responsibility. Having UP students in all disciplines do much of their thinking on paper has dividends not only in their written expression but also in developing knowledge in their field. Fortunately, both faculty and students…Continue Reading A Brief Tour of Our Campus’s Handbook to Writing
Improved Desktop Capture Software Is Here
Two popular desktop capture tools, Snagit & Camtasia, have recently received major updates and improvements in the form of new versions. These are tools that can be very useful for educators and support staff in higher ed. The University of Portland has a site-license to make the newest apps available to UP faculty and staff…Continue Reading Improved Desktop Capture Software Is Here
To Reddit or Not to Reddit, that is the Question
Theologian David Turnbloom is a big fan of the link sharing online community Reddit. Dr. Turnbloom invited his theology students to join him online in a micro community (called a subreddit) on Catholic theology as they read through parts of the chapter of Genesis in class. He wanted his students to relate the readings to the…Continue Reading To Reddit or Not to Reddit, that is the Question
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