TLC Tip of the Week

April 8, 2016

kahn It’s getting to be that time of the semester – projects are wrapping up, finals being taken, and there are crucial grades to be entered. This week’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative tip offers faculty a few helpful pointers for entering grades into Moodle. This short video offers three easy tips to make entering grades into Moodle efficient and hassle-free.

A reminder: all faculty can contribute to the Teaching & Learning Collaborative. Those who have ideas for resources the TLC could provide to promote excellent teaching and professional development for UP faculty, or questions to be tackled, are asked to contact Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, at eifler@up.edu.

For additional training on Moodle or any other academic technology, contact Ben Kahn, information services, at kahn@up.edu. For more handy tech tips around technology at UP, please visit the UPTechTips blog.

CNBC published a story on the challenges first generation college students are facing during the coronavirus pandemic, featuring University of Portland’s FGEN program: “First-gen students have a spirit of resiliency that it doesn’t surprise me that despite all of this they are doing very well,” shared Matt Daily, assistant director and program manager of FGEN.

Stephanie Michel, Heidi Senior, Diane Sotak, and Jane Scott, Clark Library, published “University of Portland: Strong relationships and a respected instruction program” in C. C. Gardner, E. Galoozis, & R. Halpern, (Eds.), Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs (pp. 299-308). ACRL.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, contributed “Reclaiming Plurality after Trent – Response to ‘Catholic Identity’” to Wakeup Lazarus Blog. July 23, 2020. He also served as Reviewer and Endorser of Book: “African Women and the Shame and Pain of Infertility, Damasus C. Okoro. Wipf and Stock Publishers, July 2020.

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