By Adam Azman, Department of Chemistry There is one last upgrade I want to tell you about for the improved gradebook: Natural Weighting of Grades! Just set it and forget it. Unless you really enjoy digging into the weighting percentages and setting your own customized weighting system, why bother?! As you add new grade […]
By Adam Azman, Chemistry Department If you have ever needed to override or update a grade for any reason, it would be nice to have a paper trail documenting the grade revision. Today, I’ll introduce the new Grade History Report in the upgraded gradebook in Moodle 2.8. This is a no-frills feature that […]
By Adam Azman, Chemistry Department I was a big fan of the move from Blackboard to Moodle. I admit it, I was. For me, Blackboard never quite made sense with the way I mentally organized my class. Moodle’s “topic” construction just clicked with me, and I loved everything about it. All except that stupid […]
August 5, 2015 Does the “Scroll of Death” have you down? Is “Topics View” keeping you from reaching organizational nirvana? Never fear, Moodle Renovation is here to help you achieve your course layout dreams. Introducing “Collapsed Topics!” Looking through the lens of an Instructional Designer, I can attest that “Collapsed Topics” has changed my […]
To get the best performance from Moodle at Butler, please follow these technical recommendations. Recommended Browsers The following browser versions are recommended for accessing Moodle at Butler University. Firefox (DOWNLOAD) Internet Explorer (DOWNLOAD) Chrome (DOWNLOAD) Safari (DOWNLOAD) Use Firefox 25 or later to access Moodle. Use IE10 or later to access Moodle. Use Chrome 30 […]
In the landscape of 21st century education, whether you are faculty, staff, or a student, you wear many hats. One hat you may not realize you are wearing is that of a web-designer. Anytime you create content (text, audio, or video) that is to be consumed electronically on the internet, you are wearing your web-designer […]
Physical media is such a pain. The perfect documentary VHS is wearing out. The Spanish language DVD has a scratch in it. We don’t want our students to have to buy a $30 book for one essay. Things would just be easier if we could just put everything in Moodle and call it a day. […]
During my K-12 years, I used Moodle mainly as a filing cabinet for important documents and as a place to host class announcements and semester assessments for my students. When I began adjuncting with the College of Education at Butler University, I had the opportunity to try out some of the bells and whistles in Moodle […]
