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Author Archives: Dan Reis
Moodle Q & A: drop the lowest score, YouTube and folders
Elon faculty have a lot of questions about Moodle. That’s a good thing. It proves Elon faculty are using Moodle and testing its limits. This post includes some questions (and answers) we received from faculty about Moodle. Continue Reading
Take attendance with Moodle
If you take attendance in your courses, Moodle’s Attendance feature is an easy way to keep track of student absences. There are several advantages of using Moodle instead of a spreadsheet or a written notebook. Continue Reading
Nothing to hand in? Use Moodle’s Offline activity
There are many ways to evaluate students – and not all of them involve submiting an assignment. Activities like in-class group presentations don’t require students to submit anything. For those type of assignments, Moodle’s Offline activity allows you to add items to Continue Reading
This week in Tweets: June 15, 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. Moodle Musings blog explores a case for rubrics. This week a guest post Continue Reading
A case for rubrics: Four student benefits and teacher tips for use
As every educator knows, a rubric is a scoring tool typically used for formative assessments. Rubrics can be especially helpful when used for assessments that may be subjective in nature. They allow for standardized scoring according to specified criteria, making grading simpler Continue Reading
This week in Tweets: June 8, 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. WFMY News 2 interviews Elon’s CIO, Chris Fulkerson, on password security. Simple file … More → Continue Reading
Manage your Moodle notifications
One of the new features in Moodle 2 is the ability to customize your notification preferences across Moodle. You can set this to send you an email when something changes in your Moodle courses, such as updating an activity or Continue Reading
