When someone is using Moodle for the first time, I like to invite them into my office so we can sit side-by-side and look at the interface together. Recognizing that we will have many new Moodle users and meeting in person with everyone is neither prudent nor feasible, I’ve set up a set of resources […]
Blog Posts
Four Models for Your Moodle Course — Josh Moon
Using Moodle does not mean that there is one solution for every instructor, group of students, discipline, or pedagogy. With this in mind, we’ve created four different models to demonstrate what various utilizations of Moodle by an instructor might look like: The Basics: A very simple, minimalist Moodle example A full-featured example using many features […]
Teaching Commons Discussion Threads at Teams
Conversations at the Teaching Commons Teams site. From this link, you’ll see the following. We suggest that you Download the app or, if you have the Teams app already installed on your device, hit “Launch it now”
Summer Teaching Development Moodle Site
Summer Teaching Development Moodle Site The focus of this site is going to be links to external long-form sources as a complement to the growing wealth of college-created blogs and videos at the Teaching Commons. At this Moodle site you’ll find links to articles, podcasts, videos, graphics and other content. The emphasis is on topics […]
Taming the “Brute Force” Approach to Create a More Sustainable Online Course — Patrik Hultberg
Brute force: the application of effort of force instead of efficient, carefully planned and precisely directed methods. That sums up my approach to the sudden switch to remote teaching and learning. As it turns out, it can work. But 10 weeks of constant around the clock teaching and decision-making had taken its toll. Over the […]
Explain Edu: An iPad App for Recording Powerpoint Lectures — Ann Fraser
In this video, Ann walks us from beginning to end of the process of using a program called Explain EDU to record lectures . It works on iPhone and iPad. You can import pdf files of your PowerPoint lectures — one slide per page — and then narrate the slides. You can do the narration […]
Expectations for Fall Courses — Provost Danette Ifert Johnson
Hi Everyone, I’d like to start by thanking all of you for the effort you are putting in this summer to prepare for the fall term. Particular thanks are due to all members of the Teaching and Learning Committee and especially Rick Barth, Alyce Brady, and Josh Moon, for their work in putting together additional […]
Organizing an Asynchronous Class in Moodle — Chuck Stull
In the Spring, I had students in Taiwan, India, Greece, Spain, and in all US time zones, including Alaska. Their locations, plus complicated work schedules for some students, made synchronous classes unworkable for me. I designed my class to be as accessible as possible, using Moodle. Pages My main organizing tool was a Moodle “Page” […]
Ideas for Organizing Your Moodle — Katie MacLean
Before the pandemic, I mostly used Moodle for the gradebook and to archive lots of pdfs, so I really needed step up my game for the spring. This video shows a few of the things I started to implement: Consistent Rhythm Visual Organization Ease of Use
How to use Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Stream for Video Projects
We’ve heard many requests to help students submit video content to their instructors with College resources. Microsoft Stream provides a place for students to upload large video files and control who has access to them. Think of it as a private, Kalamazoo College YouTube where you pick who gets to see your videos. Click here […]