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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 from 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 …
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, …
Reflecting on the 23-24 Faculty Takeover
July 29, 2024
In our final post of this academic year before our summer break, we want to reflect on the many wonderful posts we received from colleagues across the University during our Faculty Take Over feature earlier in the year. These posts were curated by colleagues in Faculty and School Support within the Learning Technology Section, and …
Moodle 4.3 Upgrade – 17th July 2024
July 5, 2024
Moodle will be upgraded on Wednesday 17th July 3pm UK time (10pm China/Malaysia) for approximately 2 hours. This is for some minor changes – no big changes to look and feel or to functionality. While there are no significant changes, the new version of Moodle (4.3) brings some key usability improvements and makes certain features of …
Bulk Editing Moodle Question Banks
July 1, 2024
In today’s post, I want to discuss the process of making of bulk editing Moodle question bank questions, primarily to make them more accessible. This is a topic we have been discussing for a number of months in the Faculty of Science. We are currently in the middle of the Moodle Rollover ahead of the …
Re-launching the iTeach Online Podcast
June 25, 2024
Exciting news! This week we have re-launched the iTeach Online Podcast with a new presenting team, after a few years off air. The podcast re-launches with a special episode focusing on work to support digital accessibility at the University of Nottingham. Your new hosts, Ben and Claire introduce the in studio guest, Nicholas Cameron (Learning …
Mathematical Notation In Moodle
May 31, 2024
There are many disciplines across the University of Nottingham who make use of mathematical notation in their teaching. From the Faculty of Science to Engineering and beyond. Below we have shared some of the tools that you can use to embed mathematical notation in your teaching resources inside your Moodle module and in other formats …
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 16, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024, marks the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. To mark GAAD 2024, a new video has been produced on the ‘Voices of Disability’. Staff and students can access the video on …
Reflections on the Teaching and Learning Conference Pt 1
May 3, 2024
In a two-part series, we will be reflecting on the recent Teaching and Learning Conference which took place on the UoN UK campus on the 23rd and 24th April 2024. This first post discusses the keynote presentation from Professor Carl Gombrich, the Dean and founder member of a new university called the London Interdisciplinary School. …
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