Join the OER Movement at NMC

Join the OER Movement at NMC

  According to a recent report published by Michigan Colleges Online (MCO), Community Colleges in Michigan saved students more than $1.5 million dollars in the Fall of 2016 by using Open Educational Resources (OER). OERs are freely available educational materials...
WATCH NOW: New Moodle Plugins Webinar

WATCH NOW: New Moodle Plugins Webinar

Earlier this term we held two face-to-face training sessions and two online Zoom meetings to show off several new plugins that offer some incredible functions and usable features for the online portion of your courses. Watch a recorded version of the training and read...
NEW Moodle Plugins & Training Opportunities – MUST READ!

NEW Moodle Plugins & Training Opportunities – MUST READ!

We’ve recently installed several new Moodle plugins that offer some incredible functions and usable features for the online portion of your courses. We’ve added tools that help you: boost student engagement get notifications when assignments are ready to...
Moodle Gradebook/User Report Changes – Spring 2017

Moodle Gradebook/User Report Changes – Spring 2017

You might notice a few changes this term in the Moodle gradebook User report. We’ve turned off “Calculated weight” and “Contribution to course total” as default elements that students see when they check individual course grades. Below is...
Moodle Server Reboot – Christmas Day

Moodle Server Reboot – Christmas Day

On Christmas Day (12/25/16) we’re going to reboot the Moodle server at 12:00 p.m. We expect Moodle to be unavailable for approximately 4 hours. The reboot allows us to perform a forced file consistency check, which is a routine procedure that basically ensures...