How to get an archive of your Twitter data – and close your account: Advent Calendar #3
December 3, 2022
A sad thing to have to post – but I know a lot of people are thinking about moving off Twitter. Here are some of the things you need to know. Get an archive of your Twitter data Go to twitter.com and login. At the bottom left click More Go to Settings and Support > …
Habits of Accessible People: Advent Calendar #2
December 2, 2022
In this video Alistair McNaught discusses the habits of highly accessible people, outlining a few simple things that can make a big impact on the accessibility of learning resources for students. We have distilled these tips into the Nottingham Accessible Practices – look out for the “Take a NAP” campaign in the next few months. …
Advent calendar #1: Welcome!
December 1, 2022
Welcome to our 2022 Advent Calendar! Over the next 24 days we’ll be offering tips, tricks and even a few little gifts you can paste directly into your course and use… This year we are using Xerte Toolkits for our calendar. There are lots of ways you can use Xerte for interactive features, and in …
Five minutes with… Doug Buck
November 24, 2022
What is your job role? Team leader for the Learning Systems Team What 3 words describe you? Technical, Progressive, knowledgeable. Tell us something ‘unusual’ about yourself I spent around 20 years working in industry, mostly IT, before joining the university. Or a less work thing, I’m big into world building for my tabletop roleplay gaming …
The Moodle Archive: What happens to old modules in Moodle?
November 21, 2022
You may be surprised to hear that modules that have been offered to students using Moodle are all kept. This means that we have “snapshot” copies of every module ever taught from when we first started using Moodle in 2011. This is an amazing resource of over 100,000 archived modules. In October we archived (most …
Using video for formative assessment
November 16, 2022
We have been seeing an increasing number of video assignments being used with students. Having students submit video has a number of advantages including: Can be used in the context of peer review. May be a more authentic method of assessment. Can be included in a career-facing e-portfolio. Many students really enjoy creating videos. Video …
Training and drop-in sessions including online marking and face-to-face drop-in
November 8, 2022
Learn something new, or come for a refresher – we’ve got lots of training courses on offer this autumn. They’re aimed to provide you with the support you need at the right time of year. As assessment season hots up (unlike the real season…) there’s new training in marking online. These have been organised with …
Rebranding of Rogō to be called ExamSys
November 7, 2022
The university is rebranding its online e-assessment and examination system, currently called Rogō. It will become known as ExamSys. This will happen on Wednesday 9 November 2022, between 1pm and 4pm, UK time. There may be a small amount of downtime during this period. The system will be upgraded to the latest version 7.5 – …
Using images in teaching
October 10, 2022
We’ve been asked recently about good practice in using images in teaching. Which can you use, how do you prepare them and how do you use them? Copyright Images must all be checked for copyright. Provide your own images (take pictures) or use images that have a Creative Commons licence (include the correct attribution somewhere). The …
How staff can prepare for ExamSys assessments for the new academic year
September 26, 2022
ExamSys is the University’s online assessment system, written within the University, for both informal formative self-assessment quizzes and formal online summative exams. It is used for assessment when a quiz-type format is appropriate. In ExamSys, there are 15 question types. Reports on student performance can be accessed and exported, enabling staff to assess the value …
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