Thing 1: The Quick Grading option The name says it all! When I click on a Moodle assignment, I’m presented with two buttons below. For Quick Grading, I’ll choose View all submissions The result is a screen (screenshot below) that shows all the enrolled students, a link to each submission that opens in a separate […]
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No Really—I’m going to use Moodle to write better recommendation letters.
OK, hear me out. I just noticed something that will make writing recommendation letters for students in my class. So. Much. Easier. And better informed. Going forward, I’ll use a slick grade reporting feature of Moodle to quickly re-acquaint me with student work so that I can share detailed impressions that in the past I […]
Five Things: Setting up my Moodle Gradebook to Match my Syllabus.
“How did my grade get so low? In Moodle it looks like I’m getting a B” Student. Students read the syllabus, right? Every course I teach has a syllabus section like in the screenshot below. It is completely clear that I use the percentages given there to compute students’ course grades. Trouble is that while […]
Customized Questions at SmartEvals
It is now possible for individual instructors at K, if desired, to include customized questions (up to 5 per course) in their course evaluations at SmartEvals. Here’s a short (3.5 minute) video demonstrating the procedure. If you want to jump right in, scroll down to see screenshots of the three important steps
We need to talk about the size of your email inbox — Josh Moon
Information Services is in the midst of a long-term project to eventually migrate our email server to a “cloud” based Office 365 system. When this happens – likely by the end of this academic year – email quotas will substantially increase. While email attachments are quick and familiar, sending files to each other can fill […]
Importing a previous course into your new Moodle site — Josh Moon
Once registration for the new term is completed, a new Moodle site will be automatically generated for your courses. If you’ve used Moodle to organize a course in the past, it is really convenient to import that existing setup into the new course. Here’s a quick video from Josh Moon showing you how to do […]
Making an Online Midterm Student Survey for Your Class
I’ve heard from lots of colleagues over the years that a quick survey of students in your class at the midpoint of the term — together with a discussion with your class about what you heard in the responses — improves the class climate and gives the instructor important feedback. Especially at this time when […]
Add a profile picture in Teams and other MS apps — Greg Diment
Here’s a long-awaited feature. Greg Diment shows how to add a profile picture for Teams and other MS Office 365 apps:
See more people in Teams with Large Gallery View! — Greg Diment
Teams recently got a cool new update: Large Gallery View. That allows you to see more than nine people at a time in a video call. Here’s a very quick video from Greg Diment that shows how to make that happen:
A collection of thoughts on grading
Anne Marie Butler — Art History Restructuring & rethinking grading, including: How do we measure engagement? I have removed the engagement and attendance policies from my syllabi. One of the major grading areas is group work, and student provide peer and self-evaluations on the group work. In the attendance and engagement areas of the syllabus […]