Did you know you can import and export information from your Moodle Gradebook into and from Excel? This can be a tricky process but with a few tips, you can set yourself up for success. Spend the time setting up your Moodle Gradebook Enter your categories and...
This past fall semester, Tracy Russo and I had the pleasure of speaking with Kristy McDonald's BUS231 students about their Service Learning Project. This video captures the students' perspective about the project, and what it meant to them.
As the mother of a child with autism, I am acutely aware of the difficulties my son has in navigating the world. He’s a good looking teen with shaggy hair and the dark brown line of a budding mustache. Girls are aware of his good looks, but taken back by his...
In HS 101 I finally gave up trying trying to move the electronics around so I could use the mouse and keyboard for my normal lecture style presentations of PowerPoint. Using the wireless, joystick mouse, I moved to the area farthest away from the screen. And talked...
In light of the recent snowstorms wreaking havoc across the country and closing schools, spending time creating a back-up plan for missed classes is worth the investment. Rather than wait until weather or other emergencies happen costing precious learning time,...
If I create a quiz with more than 10 questions, should I use multiple pages? Yes. When students click Next to go to the next page, their answers at that point are saved. This is important in case the student runs over a set time limit or they have computer problems,...
Want to control when students are notified about assignment grades? Now you can with the Use marking workflow setting. In the Assignment settings, under Grade set the Use marking workflow to Yes. Then when grading you can control when grades are released to the...
Time. There is never enough. But maybe, just maybe you have time to share one sentence. Share an idea or piece of advice that someone mentioned at the copy machine or heard at a conference workshop or read in a book or blog post. Did you receive a tip when you were...
Meeting a number of deadlines is a fact of life for college students, and missing one can make some feel like it's time to give up. Be it the demands of work, family, other courses, or a lack of good time awareness and time management, students may miss deadlines or...