When teaching a course with multiple sections, and especially when a course has a large number of students, using groups in conjunction with the gradebook makes it much easier to filter student data. Multi-section courses automatically have groups created for each section, and you can use these groups, or your own custom groups. Click…
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January 2014 Moodle News and Updates
Greetings! With Add/Drop for Spring 2014 now behind us, we have some Moodle news and updates to share with you: Fixed a bug with Turnitin Improved touch screen and tablet PCs drag-and-drop functionality Fixed bug with display of nested categories in the Moodle Gradebook Fixes and updates to the News Forum Other Minor Fixes &…
Engaging with Storyboards
Integrating storyboards into a course or as part of a multimedia assignment makes a course more interesting and will engage students. Storyboards can also be assigned to students as a tool for presenting a project. Free storyboard templates and trail versions of storyboard creators are available to get you and your students started with this…
Adding Interactive Features to YouTube Videos
Interactive videos keep the viewer engaged, help highlight critical points and can assess the viewer’s knowledge. The annotation and spotlight options within YouTube can be used to link a series of videos you have created. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5zzVemi3m4[/youtube] Read more about YouTube annotations: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/92710?topic=14354&hl=en There are also services designed to create video-based quizzes. Blubbr is a free…