Posts by Laura Nicholson
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 …
Using Adaptive Mode in Moodle Quizzes: A Personalised Learning Approach
October 21, 2024
(Estimated reading time: 3 min 30) We’re back for the third installment of our Moodle quiz month! As lecturers increasingly seek ways to create more dynamic and personalised learning experiences, Moodle’s adaptive mode for quizzes is worthy of consideration for formative assessments. In this blog post, we’ll explore what adaptive mode is, why it’s useful, …
Enhancing Student Assessment with Certainty-Based Marking in Moodle Quizzes
October 14, 2024
(Estimated reading time – 3 min) It’s Moodle Quiz Month on the Learning Tech Blog! Last week, we shared Helpful Hints and Tips to improve your formative quiz setup, and this week, we continue our focus on Moodle quizzes by turning our attention to question behaviours—exploring how they can shape the quiz experience and their …
Hints and Tips for Creating and Managing Moodle Quizzes
October 7, 2024
(Estimated reading time – 4 min) Moodle quizzes are a great tool for the formative assessment of student progress and promote engagement with the learning material. So we thought, why not provide a special month-long series of blog posts dedicated to helping you make the most of Moodle Quizzes? This week, we’ll kick things off …
Learning Technology staff in the spotlight at Welcome Week
September 30, 2024
Many thanks to today’s author, Sally Hanford, Learning Technology Consultant for Arts. University Welcome Week is an exciting time for new students. It’s their first chance to get familiar with the campus, make new friends, and connect with staff. In Learning Technology, we support students as well as staff in their use of technologies for …
Get Ready for the New Academic Year: Moodle 4.3 Resources and Drop-In Sessions
September 23, 2024
New Moodle 4.3 resources for staff and students Following the recent upgrade to Moodle 4.3, the Learning Technology team has been hard at work updating and creating new resources to support both staff and students for the upcoming academic year. We’ve developed a series of helpful guidance videos, including Introduction to Moodle for Students: Login …
Moodle 4.3: Enhanced Features and Improved Usability
September 18, 2024
Since the last academic term, Moodle has been upgraded to version 4.3. While there are no major changes, this new version includes several usability enhancements, making certain features more accessible within your module site. Below, we have highlighted some of the key features introduced in Moodle 4.3. Additionally, based on feedback from students and staff …
Ensuring Inclusivity in Moodle: The Importance of Testing Accessibility
June 24, 2024
(Reading time 3m 29s) As I mentioned at the start of this month, our June blog focus is all things accessibility-related, due to our free-to-attend upcoming Digital Accessibility Conference. Well, it has come around fast, and it’s now just a few days to go before the 2024 Digital Accessibility Conference: Transforming the Culture! With almost …
Hybrid sessions with the OWL camera
June 21, 2024
Throughout the 2023–4 academic year, we are running a new feature on the Learning Technology (LT) blog: a faculty takeover month! Each month, we will feature posts from different faculty members at the university. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to technology in teaching and learning and showcase unique projects from within …
Digital Accessibility Conference at UoN: Transforming the Culture
June 17, 2024
(Reading time: 1m 44s) Almost there! It’s just over a week until our highly anticipated Digital Accessibility Conference on June 26th, 2024, which will be taking place online and is free to attend. Why not make a day of it and book out a few rooms for your staff to watch the presentations and take …
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