By Adam Azman, Chemistry Department In my first post, I expressed my frustration with the non-intuitive grade calculation. My second biggest complaint with the old gradebook was the main Grader Report page. Remember when you used to scroll down to find a student you wanted, but then you couldn’t see the grade item names […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you heard about what’s coming in our new text editor? The text editor is everywhere on Moodle (labels, assignments, pages, etc.), and there are some important features coming our way to enhance our experience. Please share with us in celebrating the new text editor functionality to come with the August 23rd, Moodle Renovation upgrade! We’re excited about the […]
Do you make use of Moodle Forums? Are you looking for easier ways to manage and participate in the online discussions? Please share with us in celebrating the new forum features to come with the August 23rd, Moodle Renovation upgrade! Which feature are you most excited about? 1. You can subscribe to individual discussions. 2. You can […]
Please share in the excitement of all of the new features to come with the August 23rd, Moodle Renovation upgrade! Have you heard about this new functionality? 1. Dropdown Menus: Add all of your activities and resources faster than before with the dropdown menus. Now you won’t see a pop-up window every time you want […]
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 […]
During times of change, most of us appreciate knowing how we make the transition easy and comfortable. The Moodle Renovation team wants you to know these resources to enhance your readiness before and after the August 23rd upgrade: Moodle Evolution blog (obviously): Use this to learn more about the renovation and stay up to date on ongoing Moodle news. […]
During times of change, most of us appreciate knowing how we make the transition easy and comfortable. The Moodle Renovation team wants you to know these three things to ease your mind about the August 23rd upgrade: Existing Moodle course content will not be altered. This means you can still build your courses before the […]
