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Tag Archives: Moodle
Moodle Show and Tell: Religious studies professor Lynn Huber
This week, Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) is featuring Lynn Huber, associate professor of religious studies, and her REL 325 course page with its use of the highlight feature, Wiki page integration, and incorporation of photos. In its new Moodle series, Moodle Show and Tell, TLT highlights Elon faculty who have constructed especially useful, helpful, …
Moodle Show and Tell: Computer science professor Duke Hutchings
In its new Moodle series, Moodle Show and Tell, Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) highlights Elon faculty who have constructed especially useful, helpful, or unique Moodle pages for their courses. This week, TLT is featuring Duke Hutchings, assistant professor of computing sciences, and his personalized ISC 111 course page with its structured layout and Google …
Moodle Show and Tell: English professor Paula Patch
In its new Moodle series, Moodle Show and Tell, Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) will highlight Elon faculty who have constructed especially useful, helpful, and unique Moodle pages for their courses. This week, TLT is featuring Paula Patch, lecturer of English, and her personalized ENG 110 course page with its structured layout, helpful widgets, and …
Students highlight online summer courses as opportunity to get ahead
With the summer quickly approaching, it is hard to decide what to do to fill you summer free time. You could apply for internships, just get a summer job close to home or take summer courses. If you choose to follow the academic route, Elon’s summer courses are split into two sessions and classes are …
Moodle Musings: How to use Moodle quizzes
Though some individuals may consider testing an infrequent, high-stake activity and only provide written midterm and final exams to their students, others may choose to proctor more frequent, low-risk quizzes throughout the semester. Moodle quizzes provide a quick, flexible way for faculty to gauge student comprehension and to diagnose student performance more frequently throughout their …
Dr. Gerald Dillashaw uses Moodle quizzes to assess students in online summer course
Dr. Cheri Crabb with Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) hosted the second online course discussion group for new online faculty on Friday, March 15. These discussion groups focus on enhancing face-to-face courses for online environments, and each meeting has an emphasis on a particular topic. This meeting concentrated on testing and online discussions. Dr. Gerald Dillashaw, …
Moodle Musings: Why you should avoid using Internet Explorer
In the world of Internet browsers, Internet Explorer (IE) is the black sheep of the family. Despite Microsoft’s attempts to modernize the browser, it still suffers from several flaws in how it displays webpages, which causes many irregularities in Moodle. So, the best use of IE may be to download another browser. Michael Vaughn, Instructional Technologist …
Moodle Musings: Save time uploading files by using the drag-and-drop function
Interested in learning how to upload files to your Moodle courses in less than one second? Faculty can now use Moodle’s drag-and-drop function to quickly and easily upload individual documents or entire folders onto their Moodle pages. Moodle’s drag-and-drop feature dramatically reduces the amount of time it takes you to upload files by allowing you to …
Moodle Musings: How faculty can manage their “My Courses” lists
By: Sam Parker and Michael Vaughn The “My Courses” list on your Moodle homepage displays a list of every course you’re enrolled in, regardless of whether or not you are currently teaching that class or if it’s available to students. And because your list isn’t displayed in any distinct order, it’s nearly impossible to distinguish what’s …
Moodle Q&A: How to remove students from courses
Since drop-add day has passed, faculty may need to remove students from their courses. Moodle will automatically enroll new students, but it will not withdraw them if they drop classes. By completing a few, quick steps, professors can unenroll students from their courses in Moodle. To learn how to do this, review the step-by-step instructions on our …