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Countdown: Campus Technologies’ most popular blog posts: #8

Number Eight

With 122 total pageviews, “Moodle Q&A: How to collect assignments from groups” by Sam Parker secured number eight on our list. The blog post highlights how faculty can collect particular assignments from different groups. Read the post.

The Countdown

As the semester comes to a close, Campus Technologies took a look at its Top 12 most popular blog posts of the semester. This fall, on the Technology blog, we published 53 posts, and those posts had 9,021 total pageviews. Among our most popular posts, Moodle and mobile device technology were the most prominent themes.

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Moodle Q&A: Student collaboration functions

In this Moodle Q&A post on groups, faculty ask about student collaboration functions. In previous Moodle Q&A posts on groups, we discussed what groups are, why we should use them, how to create them and how to collect assignments from them.

Moodle handles groups differently than Blackboard. In Blackboard, groups were automatically given a workspace that included discussion boards, file sharing and more. In Moodle, you create the groups and then create the activities you would like for groups to have and use. The advantage of Moodle’s approach is you can give your groups only the functions they will use. For example, to allow for group file sharing, you can create a wiki or group discussion forum where members of the group can collaborate.Group discussion forums introduce an element of interactivity to the classroom as they allow students to comment on class material. Additionally, group discussion forums allow individual users to share files with others and respond to previous entries. See how Dr. Karl Sienerth used group discussion forums in his CHM174 online class.

Wikis, or collections of collaboratively-authored web documents, allow students to create and edit documents together. Typically, there is no single editor of a wiki page—all users have equal access in contributing and editing content. Instructors can use wikis to allow students to combine their lecture notes, to create virtual workspaces for groups, to promote brainstorming and to encourage collaborative storytelling.

Note: The glossary function within Moodle does not support the use of group modes.

Q: How do I create a group discussion forum where students can communicate and share files?

A: Before starting, you need to determine what type of discussion you would like your students to have and then select if groups will have access to other groups’ forums. You can choose from options such as wikis, blogs or forums, but in this case, we will discuss how to create a forum. Review the step-by-step instructions on our Technology wiki.

Read other Moodle Musings posts, which include FAQs and tips on how to use Moodle to enhance teaching and learning.

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Moodle Q&A: How to collect assignments from groups

A group working together.In this Moodle Q&A post on groups, faculty ask how to collect particular assignments from different groups.

Collecting assignments from groups is advantageous because it allows you to view submitted assignments from specific groups rather than from the class as a whole. For example, imagine you have assigned a group project in your class and want one team leader from each group to submit his or her group’s work. By using group assignments, you can quickly view the submitted assignments and the members of the group. This is what you would see:

group assignment

In a previous post, we discussed the basics of Moodle groups by defining what groups are, why we should use them and how to create them.

Q: How do I collect assignments from groups?

A: It’s easy. There are basically two steps: Create groups then create the assignment. Learn how to create groups.

Review the step-by-step instructions on our Technology wiki.

Read other Moodle Musings posts, which include FAQs and tips on how to enhance teaching and learning.

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Moodle Q&A: Create Groups

In this Moodle Q&A series on groups, Elon faculty ask what groups are, why they should use them and how to create them.

Groups provide a way for instructors to arrange students into clusters so that assignments and grades can be allocated and accessed separately.

 

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