Category: Rogō
LTI in Rogō
May 14th, 2012 at 09:05
As part of the further development of Rogō there is a need for an effective integration with VLEs such as Moodle, Sakai etc. After investigation LTI seemed to be the obvious choice. After looking through the LTI specifications we realised that the LTI specification is only relevant to authentication (That you are known) and not specific [...]
QTI in Rogō
May 4th, 2012 at 09:05
The IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) specification can make life tricky as it describes items logically not physically. Systems refer to physical question types such as an ‘MCQ’, however, in QTI this would be logically specified as an item with 5 options, one of which is correct. This divide between physical question types and [...]
New version of Rogō released
March 22nd, 2012 at 05:03
We’re pleased to announce that the latest version of Rogō OSS – version 4.2 – has recently been released. There are a number of new features and improvements, mainly in response to user feedback. It includes: New ‘True/False’ question type A new question type dedicated for just True and False questions has been added – this is [...]
Helping us help you – the Problem Steps Recorder
March 12th, 2012 at 08:03
We’re a tenacious lot on the Learning Team Support Helpline. We like to solve problems and get people back up and working as soon as possible. Sometimes, though, this means we have to respond to a query with a query, to ask users for more information. Typically we’ll ask people to tell us (from a [...]
Feedback and Assessment – web resources
March 3rd, 2012 at 11:03
These look useful – a series of recordings of webinars held by the JISC Assessment and Feedback programme: Assessment and Feedback: in the hands of the student (Prof. David Nicol) Making Assessment Count (Prof. Gunter Saunders, University of Westminster and Peter Chatterton) e-Portfolios for Assessment and Feedback (Emma Purnell, University of Wolverhampton and Geoff Rebbeck, [...]
e-Learning Community, Weds 11th Jan: Improving the Student Experience & Reducing the Administrative Load
January 4th, 2012 at 10:01
The next meeting is on Wednesday, January 11th, 2011 in A48 Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park from 12:30 till 2PM. The theme will be improving the student experience & reducing the administrative load. Speakers: Rossana Wright and Anna Bertram (School of Chemistry) Topic: Around 250 first-year undergraduates take Chemistry laboratory modules in which they [...]
TouchStone…New Name…Rogō
November 3rd, 2011 at 05:11
A new version of TouchStone has been released with new functionality and a new name! Rogō 4.1 has some new features developed to meet the requirements identified by users within the University. Maths/Chemistry equation editor An equation editor has been added to Rogō to allow the inclusion of equations in question text [...]
Rogō – the new name in e-assessment
October 20th, 2011 at 07:10
From the end of October TouchStone, the centrally supported e-assessment tool at the University will be known as Rogō (Latin for ‘I ask’). This is to avoid possible trademark infringements around the previous name following the decision to release the software under an open source licence. With the support of JISC, Nottingham will package Rogō [...]