On May 16, 2013 UMass Amherst upgraded to Moodle 2.4. We are really excited about many of the new features and hope you will be too!
Category: Announcements
Open Education Resources- Talk by Dr. Cable Green
On April 12, 2013, Academic Computing staff from UMass Amherst attended The 21st Century Classroom: Online and Blended Learning, a one-day conference sponsored by UMassOnline and the Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Chair, Jeannette E. Riley. The keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Cable Green, Director of Global Learning from Creative Commons. Dr. Green delivered…
Spring 2013 Grading Reminder
Grades for Spring 2013 must be approved in SPIRE before midnight on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Instructors using Moodle have number of options for calculating grades and entering final grades into SPIRE. For documentation about the Moodle Gradebook, please see: https://www.oit.umass.edu/support/moodle/overview-moodle-grade-book For help with grading from knowledgeable and patient consultants, contact the OIT Academic Computing…
April 2013 i>clicker Updates
As we come into the final weeks of the Spring 2013 semester, we would like to provide you with some important updates regarding i>clicker.
Spring 2013 Workshops & Events
UMass Amherst instructors are invited join us this spring to learn about a variety of topics including:
March and April 2013 Technology and Pie Workshops
In March and April 2013, OIT will be hosting two new “Technology and Pie” events, Security & Legal Issues of Cloud Computing, and Extreme Makeover for Syllabi. To register, see: https://etna.oit.umass.edu/public/workshops Space is limited, so please register early. Questions? Contact the Instructional Media Lab (instruct@oit.umass.edu or 413-545-2823).
Technology & Pie: Low-Tech Games for Learning
Games have a tremendous potential in the higher education space, and can be used as pedagogical tools for different subjects, class sizes, and educational levels. On Thursday, February 21, from 1 to 2:15 p.m., Academic Computing will be hosting a “Technology and Pie” event focused on “game-like” learning. Instructors and Doctoral candidates Kate Freedman (History…
New Clicker System in the Fall
In Fall 2011 the UMass Amherst campus is switching from using eInstruction’s PRS clickers to i>clicker. Instructors will be pre-ordering i>clicker remotes through the Textbook Annex. To stay up to date with announcements and information about the new i>clicker system please visit our new Audience Response System blog. This August we will be offering introductory…
Moodle Summer Update
The campus may be quiet during July… but our planning and preparations for the Fall 2012 Moodle Pilot continue to move forward. If you are part of our Fall 2011 Moodle pilot, make sure to check out our upcoming Moodle workshops in August. In addition to startup and conversion workshops, we have sessions on setting…
February Workshops from OIT Academic Computing
This February, Academic Computing is offering workshops on a range of instructional technology topics, including: Designing Effective Presentations PowerPoint Basics for Mac and Windows Keynote Basics Managing Citations with Zotero Using GoogleDocs for Collaboration Turnitin in SPARK: Originality Reports on Student Papers Grade Book Management in SPARK Basic Digital Storytelling with iMovie and GarageBand Advanced…
January Workshops from OIT Academic Computing
Hello! This January, Academic Computing is offering technology workshops for faculty and instructors on basic technologies for teaching and research, audio and video production, and building course websites with SPARK. Many of these workshops are hands-on sessions where you can learn new technologies while working with content from your own courses. For the workshop schedule, descriptions, and online…
Campus Chooses Moodle for New LMS
CIO John Dubach has made the formal announcement about our new LMS system to replace the current Blackboard Vista system we call SPARK: To the Amherst campus faculty: I am writing today with information concerning an important change the campus will be making in its instructional technology over the next two years. As outlined in previous emails,…