Category: VLE
Moodle Extenders and Developers Group
May 10th, 2012 at 10:05
If you’re interested in helping the Moodle team to create and develop new features for Moodle, we invite you to join The University of Nottingham’s Moodle Extenders and Developers Group (MEAD). Developments may use existing plugins for Moodle or be developed from scratch. Either way MEAD is the community for those interested in contributing to future Moodle [...]
Moodle webinars from Ireland
May 10th, 2012 at 07:05
Ireland’s Learning Innovation Network have a series of webinars on the topic of Moodle. You can see recordings of those already held or register for the ones coming up. What is Moodle and how can it be used in my classes? Thurs 12th April- 4pm Recording Using Moodle to Manage your Assignments Wed 18th April – 1pm [...]
New features in Moodle
May 8th, 2012 at 12:05
A block that provides navigation between sections/topics and one that provides WebCT learning-module-type functionality are just two of the improvements recently made to Nottingham’s Moodle. Module titles The full names of modules now appear automatically at the top of the central column on every module front page. This paves the way for the School banners [...]
Join us online for “Teaching with Moodle”
May 3rd, 2012 at 09:05
‘Teaching with Moodle’ is a new online course offered by the Learning Technology Section. It’s an exciting new format – as it’s an 8-week rolling online course that also forms a growing resource about all things Moodle. Each week there’s a particular topic with activities and resources, as well as a weekly webinar in Adobe Connect [...]
Moodle downtime – advanced warning
April 20th, 2012 at 10:04
Moodle will be unavailable from 10:00 (BST) on Wednesday 25th April whilst updates are carried out and new features added. We will endeavour to restore service as soon as possible but anticipate this taking most of the working day. Several new features are being added – watch out for a blog post next week to [...]
How to enable conditional activities in Moodle
1 March 16th, 2012 at 09:03
Moodle has a useful feature that allows a teacher (Moodle’s word for instructor or module convenor) to set up a sequence of activites such that completion of each will be tracked and final course completion can be monitored. This could be useful, for example, for a self study course or for a Lab Induction or Health and Safety [...]
Participatory online learning – 5 ways to welcome your learners
March 14th, 2012 at 09:03
To accompany our elearning community discussion on Participatory Online Learning, we are offering a series of related posts on creating participatory activities and creating the kind of learning environment in which these are successful. If you’re trying to encourage your students to participate in online activities as part of their course, creating the feel of [...]
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 [...]
Elearning community: Participatory Online Learning Wed 14th March
March 9th, 2012 at 09:03
With all the extra tools and features available in Moodle, this month’s community session is a timely look at ways to harness learner participation and social learning. Chris Gratton will talk about the Graduate School’s moderated participatory online courses for research postgraduates and how they are being migrated from WebCT to Moodle. Elizabeth Newall will share [...]
Key Moodle Basics training course adapted in response to feedback
February 21st, 2012 at 03:02
The first Moodle training courses were held in China in November 2011 and then in Malaysia in December. In all three countries (and on pretty much every campus) there is now a programme of training under the banner Key Moodle Basics – a two-hour Introduction to Moodle training course for academics, support staff and anyone [...]