Getting started with blogs
WordPress. Blogger. Xanga. Tumblr – These are all websites you’ve heard of before. Ever since the Internet has become interactive, blogging has been one of the best online outlets for expression and communication. But how can it pertain to the classroom, other than another distraction for students using laptops? There are actually plenty of ways you can usea blog to learning in your classroom. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreAccess to Blackboard ends October 17, 2012
As part of the transition from Blackboard to Moodle, access to Blackboard courses and organizations will end on October 17, 2012. Learn more about what this means for you, including information about archiving or exporting content you wish to keep prior to the deadline. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreFaculty Fellow for Technology: Call for Applications
Steven House, Provost and VPAA, and Chris Fulkerson, AVP/CIO, jointly announced a call for applications for the next faculty fellow position in technology to continue advancing the relationship between faculty and the leadership of Instructional and Campus Technologies. Read their announcement to learn more about this position, the Search Committee, and how to apply. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThis Week in Tweets: October 5, 2012
In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started. October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Find helpful resources on the #Educause site. http://fb.me/1W4V3GKRs 70% of students learn best in a blended environment consisting of face-to-face learning and an online supplement http://bit.ly/WoIr9W Elon University began making the switch from Blackboard to Moodle in the fall of 2010, with the full conversion… http://fb.me/2mcZt2t13 FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreProfessor Randy Piland uses #Twitter in the classroom
Elon University classrooms are gaining followers in the Twittersphere. Twitter, the social networking site that promotes free expression in 140 characters or less, has grown in popularity since its 2006 debut. It has evolved from a pure “micro-blogging” platform into a global community. With the introduction of Twitter feed widgets on Moodle, Elon professors are sharing subject-related material from outside sources in order to enhance their students’ educational experiences. Randy Piland, School of Communications senior lecturer and faculty fellow for technology, has added Twitter feeds to his classes’ Moodle pages as a way to provide supplementary resources and information to his students. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: Import grades from Excel into Moodle
Question: I prefer to enter grades using Excel. How can I import grades into Moodle using Excel? Answer: Importing grades from an Excel document into Moodle is easy, if you follow some very specific, non-intuitive, steps. Importing grades from Excel is useful if you prefer to use Excel for grade calculations or if you use Scantrons and have a spreadsheet of scores that you want to quickly copy and paste into Moodle. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThis Week in Tweets: September 28, 2012
In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started. Rules for life RT @RRWADE:Teaching and Learning? “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make.” http://ow.ly/dVikH Elon fac, staff, & students: Have you read the Draft QEP Plan & provided feedback? Take 10 min. & visit http://elon.edu/qep . #ElonWriting 5 important technologies college professors should understand via @EdTech_HigherEd http://bit.ly/SRISFE FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreAnswer student questions with a virtual coffee shop
Guest Post by Victoria Shropshire – English Instructor Forums can be used in a variety of ways in any course, but at their heart, they encourage and increase writing. At a University where writing across the curriculum is one of our most pressing goals, why not embrace a technology that is easy to use and (in my experience) increases student engagement as well? Forums are also a great way to engage students and give them time to Think before Class. Or (gasp) Think before they Speak! Forums can help facilitate original posts and peer review. FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreThis Week in Tweets: September 21, 2012
In case you missed it, here’s what @elontechnology and @elonteaching have been tweeting this week. If you aren’t using using Twitter yet, learn how to get started. FAQs on the flipped classroom. MT @derekbruff: My latest@CIRTLNetwork blog post: http://www.cirtl.net/node/7788 . #flipclass A positive solution for plagiarism: http://bit.ly/Pqwgqq #elonWriting 6 suggestions for teaching research and writing skills. http://bit.ly/POso4d #ElonWriting FollowShare on Tumblr
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: forum emails, resubmit assignments, remove from gradebook
In this Moodle Q&A post, Elon faculty ask how their students can stop receiving an email every time someone posts in a forum. We also cover how to give a student a chance to resubmit a file after they’ve submitted something. In a previous post, we walked through enrolling yourself in your course as a student to experience Moodle from a student perspective. Now, we’ll cover how to remove yourself as a student from the course. In this post, we answer questions about: Emails from a forum Resubmit an assignment file Remove yourself from the grade book FollowShare on Tumblr
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