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Posts by Ben Atkinson

Dropboxes and Quizzes for Assessment in Moodle 4.1

In this post, we outline the process of creating Moodle Dropboxes and Quizzes in your module for formative or summative student assessment. A Moodle Assignment (also called a Moodle Dropbox) is an activity requiring students to either upload files or text, or that relates to an offline or other activity that needs to be marked. …

Assessments, Marking and Feedback in TurnItIn

In this post, we outline the process of creating Turnitin assessments within your Moodle site and some tips for approaching marking and feedback on Turnitin. Before you start using Turnitin for the first time, you should read the guidance below to ensure you are aware of best practice for using the features of Turnitin within …

Faculty of Science Takeover: Quantum Computing in Physics

Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each alternate month through the year we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University, with posts every Friday highlighting interesting work related to technology in teaching and learning and showcasing unique projects from …

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Faculty of Science Takeover: HTML Notebooks in Mathematics

Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each alternate month through the year we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University, with posts every Friday highlighting interesting work related to technology in teaching and learning and showcasing unique projects from …

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Faculty of Science Takeover: Digital Accessibility

Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each alternate month through the year we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University, with posts every Friday highlighting interesting work related to technology in teaching and learning and showcasing unique projects from …

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Moodle Degradation

Posted on behalf of central Learning Technologies. For more information please contact learning-technologies@nottingham.ac.uk.  You may have noticed over the last few days, we have encountered several instances of degraded service to our Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle). This blog post aims to inform you about the situation, the ongoing investigations, and the steps we are taking …

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Faculty of Science Takeover: Student Partnerships

Throughout the 2023-4 Academic Year we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each alternate month through the year we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University, with posts every Friday highlighting interesting work related to technology in teaching and learning and showcasing unique projects from …

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Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Accessible documents ensure everyone, including people with disabilities, can access and understand the content. This promotes inclusivity and equal access to information for all. Some helpful tips to create accessible PowerPoint presentations are included below, but you can find lots more detail on the Nottingham Accessibility Practices page (NAPS). The advice and guidance below is based …

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Your University Journey: New Starters

Each year the Learning Technologies team, in consultation with colleagues in different departments across the University, curate the new starter module ‘Your University Journey’ which runs on Moodle for all incoming undergraduate students. It is a self-enrolment module, which students are encouraged to follow as they begin their journey through University life and join us …

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Digital Accessibility Workshops Running Throughout September 2023

Throughout September colleagues in Learning Technologies will be running a series of training workshops on digital accessibility. These workshops will be led by the Learning Technology Consultants for each of the five faculties at the University, leading up to the start of term. These training sessions align with the launch of the Brickfield Accessibility+ Toolkit …

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