Helen Whitehead
Learning Technology Consultant, Nottingham: University Park
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Optimising your Moodle module for tracking learners’ interaction with the material
January 24, 2023
One of the aspects of measuring student “engagement” (see previous post What does learner “engagement” really mean?) is to see if students have actually accessed anything in Moodle, and often to ascertain the last time that they accessed it all, or accessed it in a meaningful way. This often means taking advantage of Moodle’s in-built logs. …
Five minutes with… Nigel Owen
January 20, 2023
Today, we are with Nigel Owen. What is your job role? I head up the Learning Technology Section and it’s my job to enable a bunch of very talented pedagogists, media specialists and technologists support the University in improving its teaching and assessment using their expertise in technology and media. I do this through listening, …
Monitoring student engagement via analytics: the problem with Moodle folders
January 17, 2023
Files, such as Word documents, can easily be added to Moodle as File resources. Some teachers prefer to upload a number of files into a folder instead of keeping them separate. However, there are generally more advantages to adding the files individually. You can do very much more with individual files that is not possible …
How students can change account settings in ExamSys
January 11, 2023
ExamSys is the University’s e-assessment system used for online assessment, including formal summative exams, taken under exam conditions, and informal formative self-assessment quizzes. ExamSys is used for some but not all modules. If you are a student your ExamSys account is set up with your usual University username and password. Each year, you will automatically …
What does learner “engagement” really mean?
January 9, 2023
I notice that there are a number of ways in which the word “engagement” is being used in the context of talking about learners and learner engagement. It is a word that is even in some people’s job descriptions. I sometimes wonder whether, when we use it or discuss it, we are talking about the …
Learning Technology new SharePoint site: Advent Calendar #24
December 24, 2022
Learning Technology have created a new SharePoint site. It is designed to help staff get support quickly, find training sessions to book onto, and read case studies for inspiration. It’s very early days as yet, and content hasn’t yet been migrated from Moodle, other Sharepoint sites and Workspace (which eventually it will replace). Now is …
Help available from Learning Technology: Advent Calendar #23
December 23, 2022
Here are some sources of help to staff (and some for students) The Moodle Help website (on Workspace) is comprehensive and searchable Try one of our training courses: Training Schedule There are also a number of Faculty resources including Arts, Social Sciences, Engineering, FMHS, Science Get support from a live person: there are regular live drop-ins in A09 Coates (for Engineering) and in …
Christmas Quiz: Advent Calendar #22
December 22, 2022
OK, so we may be the only team who still have an online Quiz every week, but we are keen quizzers in Learning Technology! So here is our Christmas Quiz if you’d like one to try amongst your own team, family or friends or just for fun. Christmas Quiz (Powerpoint) 2022 (Self-enrol on the Moodle …
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