Moodle Q&A: How to collect assignments from groups
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 …
Read MoreMoodle 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. Q: What Are Moodle Groups? A: Moodle groups allow instructors to organize users …
Read MoreSave time grading with joule Grader
Providing feedback and grading assignments can be very time consuming. Luckily, Moodle has a new feature that makes grading more efficient. The joule Grader puts all student submissions in one place making it easier for professors to grade one assignment and quickly move to the next assignment.
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: Make grades and feedback visible to students
In this Moodle Q&A post, Elon faculty ask how to make grades and comments in their gradebooks visible to students. In older posts, we discussed how to import grades from Excel into Moodle. Now, we’ll cover how to ensure students can see the feedback you are providing on those assignments. Q: How can I make sure …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Read MoreMoodle Q&A: act like a student, folder views, links, and passwords
In this Moodle Q&A post, Elon faculty ask how to experience their course exactly as a student (gradebook and all), how to reduce the amount of information displayed on their course page, and more. Elon faculty have a lot of questions about Moodle. That’s a good thing. It proves Elon faculty are using Moodle and testing …
Read MoreUPDATE: Easily add current, course-relevant news to your Moodle courses
Ideas for using Twitter in higher education are easy to find. One simple way to use Twitter is to embed a widget into your Moodle course. Embedding Twitter into Moodle is an easy way to add current, course-relevant news and opinions to your course.
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