Xerte Conference Reflections: Educational Escape Rooms, AI creations, and Xerte with Augmented Reality
December 16, 2024
(Estimated reading time: just under 4 minutes) As promised, here is the second installment of my reflections from the Xerte conference I attended last month. In this post, I discuss a fascinating presentation on using Xerte to create escape rooms. I reflect on my own presentation at the conference, which involved combining augmented reality and …
Xerte Conference Reflections: 360 Simulations and the Power of Scenario-Based Learning
December 9, 2024
(Estimated reading time: 2 min 30) If you ever need inspiration for new and innovative ways to use Xerte, look no further than the annual Xerte conference held in November. This year certainly did not disappoint. The presenters were incredibly inspiring, and I left buzzing with ideas on what I could try out next when …
The iTeach Online Podcast: Artificial Intelligence in Teaching at the University of Nottingham
December 3, 2024
In this episode, Nigel Owen and John Horton delve into the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on higher education. They explore how AI tools like Microsoft Co-Pilot and others are reshaping the educational landscape by automating some tasks that traditionally required human intelligence while highlighting that students still need to use skills like critical …
Turnitin Assignment Similarity Checker – Test Your Text
December 2, 2024
(Estimated reading time: 2 min 30) At the University of Nottingham, like in other institutions, student assignment papers often undergo assessment through the Turnitin service. This post will cover frequently asked questions about Turnitin and the Test Your Text service available to students at the university. 1: What is a similarity report? Once you have …
The iTeach Online Podcast: More Digital Accessibility at the University of Nottingham
November 19, 2024
In this episode, Ben, Nicholas and Claire all back in the studio as the iTeach Online Podcast once again shines alight on Digital Accessibility. Simon talks with Julian Tenney, the first returning guest on this run of the pod, getting an update on things since the Digital Accessibility Conference 2024. There’s talk about where next …
Disability Recognition Month 2024
November 18, 2024
Each year, the university celebrates Disability Recognition Month (DRM). This year, we’re celebrating between Thursday 14 November and Friday 20 December. The theme for DRM 2024 follows the national theme of ‘Disability Livelihood and Employment’, highlighting the current and historical opportunities and challenges the disabled community may face when accessing work or in everyday life. Disability Recognition Month …
Moving to Monthly Moodle Updates
November 11, 2024
We’re improving how we manage Moodle updates. We’re moving to a monthly schedule that will deliver new features and fixes more efficiently. Updates will now occur monthly on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30pm. These regular, shorter updates will reduce overall system downtime and help us maintain a more stable service. We’ve selected this timing to minimise …
Moodle on the go: Accessing form your Mobile Device
November 4, 2024
It’s likely that as students at the University of Nottingham, you will access Moodle on a regular basis to visit your module sites, download and view important learning materials and submit your assessed work. There are many tasks which can be completed on Moodle and it is the main resource for your learning here at …
Moodle Quizzes: Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
October 28, 2024
Introduction And here it is, the final post to complete our Moodle quiz month on the blog. We’ve covered top Hints and Tips, Certainty-Based Marking, and Adaptive mode. This post is all about writing multiple-choice quiz questions. Writing high-quality multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is a meticulous process that demands significant time and effort. Building a comprehensive …
iTeach Online Podcast: Online Learning at the University of Nottingham
October 25, 2024
Welcome back! Now that term has begun and teaching is well underway, the iTeach Online Podcast is back with five more episodes to take you to the end of 2024. We are starting this run talking about teaching online, something that has become much more relevant to many people over the last few years. However, …
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