The Digital Accessibility Journey
December 7, 2023
In the post below, Julian Tenney, Learning Content Team Leader, reflects on the journey of Digital Accessibility at the University of Nottingham over the past year. Digital accessibility has been a major focus for the University this year, and as the festive season rolls in, it’s a good time to reflect on our achievements. We …
Five More Ways to Quiz with Moodle Quizzes
December 6, 2023
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 …
The University of Nottingham’s FutureLearn partnership
December 5, 2023
In today’s festive advent surprise, Dr. Sarah Stubbings our Online Learning Manager, shares the opportunities awaiting you on FutureLearn! 🎄🌟 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 …
Dropboxes and Quizzes for Assessment in Moodle 4.1
December 4, 2023
In this post, we outline the process of creating Moodle Dropboxes and Quizzes in your module for formative or summative student assessment. A Moodle Assignment (also called a Moodle Dropbox) is an activity requiring students to either upload files or text, or that relates to an offline or other activity that needs to be marked. …
Assessments, Marking and Feedback in TurnItIn
December 3, 2023
In this post, we outline the process of creating Turnitin assessments within your Moodle site and some tips for approaching marking and feedback on Turnitin. Before you start using Turnitin for the first time, you should read the guidance below to ensure you are aware of best practice for using the features of Turnitin within …
Five Ways to Quiz with Moodle Quizzes
December 2, 2023
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. Calculated Instead of using static numerical questions with fixed values, you can use something called wildcards to represent different variables. …
Navigating the Future of Virtual Learning Environments
December 1, 2023
Tis the 1st of December, marking the start of our festive advent calendar on the Learning Technology blog! Every day throughout December we will bring you a new post on all types of learning technology, leading right up to December 24th where the last door will open to reveal… well, you’ll have to wait and …
Students: How to download Turnitin and Moodle assignment feedback
November 27, 2023
The University recommends that all students download their assignment feedback as soon as it’s available. As you advance in your academic journey and progress through different modules, access to your feedback from previous modules may be restricted. Therefore, it’s crucial to save and download your feedback now while it’s accessible, as we often receive requests …
Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Takeover: Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Escape Rooms
November 24, 2023
Expanding Horizons: Opportunities for Teaching and Learning with HoloLens 2 Throughout the 2023-4 academic year, we are running a new feature on the LT blog, a Faculty Takeover month! Each month (excluding December), we will feature posts from a different faculty at the University. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to …
Moodle is being upgraded: Roadshow and drop-ins for staff and students
November 20, 2023
Moodle will be upgraded to version 4.1 between 9.30am on Monday 18th December and midday on Tuesday 19th December 2023 This new version of Moodle brings with it lots of improvements to the layout of the ‘Dashboard’ and ‘My Modules’ pages when you first login, and to your module site pages. The biggest improvement in …
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