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Laura Nicholson

Laura Nicholson

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Students: How to Upload Turnitin and Moodle Assignments

Uploading Assignments Despite the upgrade to Moodle 4.1, the process for submitting a Moodle or Turnitin assignment remains unchanged. There are some slight changes to the iconography, so we have created this guidance just to ensure you are familiar with the submission process. Moodle Assignments The icon for Moodle assignments has changed from     …

Augmented Reality: Beyond QR codes

On this merry day in our advent calendar, Sally Hanford, our Learning Technology Consultant for Arts, brings tidings of joy and reflects on the opportunities that await with Augmented Reality (AR)! ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒŸ What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality (AR) has made it possible to interact with the digital world in new ways, using the physical …

Five things you can do in Mahara you might not have known about

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŒŸ Today, on the 16th of December, a special shout-out to Claire Storr, our Learning Technology Consultant for Placements! Thanks for authoring this blog post and sharing your Mahara expertise with us all ๐ŸŽ…๐ŸŽ As 2023 comes to an end, it is time to celebrate the ePortfolio platform: Mahara. In the past year, there has …

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Moodle Gradebook tipsย 

A festive shout-out to Alvaro Roberts, our Senior Learning Technology Consultant, for writing today’s advent calendar post! Alvaro shares three great tips when using the Gradebook in Moodle. ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŒŸ As teaching comes to an end for 2023, there may be assignments to mark before the next semester begins. This post touches lightly on the Moodle …

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A Christmas Cryptic Crossword

Today, we’re delighted to present an absolute Christmas cracker, thanks to Jon Lewis, our Learning Systems Test Lead, who has created a Christmas cryptic crossword. ๐ŸŽ… ๐Ÿ–จ๏ธ Just print off the crossword and clues to enjoy at your leisure, or view below. ๐Ÿ“… Answers and explanations will be revealed next week, so pop back to …

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A H5P Gift to Youย 

A festive shout-out to Claire Storr for today’s advent contribution! Claire, our Placements Learning Technology Consultant, brings a touch of holiday magic by sharing her expertise in H5P. ๐ŸŽ„โœจ Did you know that you can build small eLearning activities in Moodle with H5P? If not, now is the time to find out more.ย  H5P allows …

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New Features Coming Soon in Xerte

As we continue with our countdown to Christmas, we thank Fay Cross, our Multimedia Content Developer for authoring today’s post ๐ŸŽ…โœจ Fay provides us with a sneak peek into Xerte, unwrapping new features coming in the New Year๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŒŸ Xerte will be upgraded to v3.12 early in the new year (date to be confirmed). Hereโ€™s a …

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Moodle Choice for Polling

What is Moodle Choice? The choice activity enables an editing teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses: effectively to set up a simple Poll. Choice results may be published to students immediately after they have answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be published with …

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Five More Ways to Quiz with Moodle Quizzes

Moodle’s Quiz activity offers a variety of question types, ranging from multiple-choice questions to drag-and-drop or even calculated question types. Below are five examples of questions you could incorporate into your assessment strategy. 1. Matching A list of sub-questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The respondent must “match” the correct answers with …

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The University of Nottinghamโ€™s FutureLearn partnership

In today’s festive advent surprise, Dr. Sarah Stubbings our Online Learning Manager,ย  shares the opportunities awaiting you on FutureLearn! ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŒŸ What is FutureLearn? The University of Nottingham has been a FutureLearn partner since 2013. FutureLearn is an online short course provider based in the UK, that partners with leading universities and cultural institutions in a …

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