Take a NAP 2: Text
February 22, 2023
In this series of blog posts we’re looking at the Nottingham Accessibility Practices — the NAPs. These are eight core habits that will help make your teaching materials and publications more accessible, but also more available to all. Follow our “Take a NAP” series. Text will be the main way that a lot of your …
Take a NAP 1: Structure and Navigation
February 20, 2023
The Nottingham Accessibility Practices — the NAPs — are eight core habits that will help make your teaching materials and publications more accessible — but also more available to all. Having started with The Nottingham Accessibility Practices (NAPs): Overview, we now look at the first habit in more detail. It concerns the way you structure …
The Nottingham Accessibility Practices (NAPs): Overview
February 16, 2023
The Nottingham Accessibility Practices – the NAPs – are eight core habits that will help make your teaching materials and publications more accessible – but also more available to all. This is the first in a series of blog posts which cover these core habits. Accessibility is relevant whether you’re drafting an article for publication …
Five minutes with… Simon Barnett
February 13, 2023
Today we are spending five minutes with Simon Barnett. What is your job role? Video Production and Support Officer What 3 words describe you? Supportive, Ponderer, Geek Tell us something ‘unusual’ about yourself I was a volunteer at an online radio station for 3 years, presenting a weekly music show. It allowed me to play …
Using Moodle Choice for engaging students
February 9, 2023
We’ve been running webinars recently on different tools to use for engaging students with polls, questions and feedback. The series of iTeach webinars on Engaging students with… continue through February and March. You can find out more information and links to book the next webinars. Ostensibly a simple multiple-choice poll, and deceptively simple for students …
Moodle for Spies!
February 6, 2023
To get the best from Moodle – including being able to track resources and activities properly – we recommend using the Resources and Activities in Moodle. Some teachers, though, prefer the page to look more like a web page. In this case, it’s possible to use the Moodle Resources and Activities, but “hide” them on …
Using the ChatGPT AI to create an escape game to support student learning
February 2, 2023
One way to engage students in their learning – in the sense of motivating them by providing varied and enjoyable activities – is to create an escape game. This can consolidate learning as well as providing a way to check learning as a kind of formative assessment. Providing puzzles that rely on applying the knowledge …
Hybrid Teaching – a year on
January 31, 2023
A lot can happen in a year! It does not seem that long ago that we hosted the workshop ‘Hybrid Teaching and Learning in HE: a futuristic model or a realistic model for the future’ that was attended by more than 150 staff across the sector. That was actually 12th January 2022 and (as with …
Five minutes with… Claire Storr
January 27, 2023
We asked Claire Storr: what is your job role? Learning Technology Consultant supporting Placements. What 3 words describe you? Friendly, helpful and adaptable. Tell us something ‘unusual’ about yourself When I studied abroad in Virginia, I attended an Barack Obama rally at the University. What excites you about learning technology? Probably the different opportunities available. …
Optimising your Moodle module for tracking learners’ interaction with the material
January 24, 2023
One of the aspects of measuring student “engagement” (see previous post What does learner “engagement” really mean?) is to see if students have actually accessed anything in Moodle, and often to ascertain the last time that they accessed it all, or accessed it in a meaningful way. This often means taking advantage of Moodle’s in-built logs. …
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