Faculty & CIE Articles

Ordering Question – NEW to Moodle!

Ordering Question – NEW to Moodle!

A new quiz question format has been added to our Moodle system.  This new question format called Ordering, allows students to drag a random list of answers into the correct sequence. This new format will work well for: Steps in a process (spit, put toothpaste on your...

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What are Cookies?

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a small packet of data sent from a website and stored in the browser settings on the clients computer. This packet holds information of where the user went on the site, what their search contained and even login credentials. These cookies are important to...

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SMARt Outcomes?

SMARt Outcomes?

The Learning Outcomes Team (LOT) has been thinking about...well...outcomes. We are poised to help anyone create SMARt Learning Outcomes for their courses. Updated learning outcomes (SLOs) are due on Course Outlines by May 8th, 2015. Typically questions spring to mind...

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Why Good Captions Matter!

Why Good Captions Matter!

Have you ever wondered why you should make sure your captions are accurate?  Do you have videos in your courses that were made by someone else? Did you ever look at the captions that were added to those videos or did you just think because it had captions you were all...

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Changes to Moodle

Changes to Moodle

Fall of 2014: At Pine Palooza, we found that more and more people are accessing Moodle using their mobile devices.  Both phones and tablets account for large numbers of how students access Moodle.  We have even heard rumors that instructors use their phones to access...

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Now Available: Moodle Mobile App

Now Available: Moodle Mobile App

Did you know that NMC has activated Moodle Mobile for use with elearning Moodle?  This app is available for Android and IOS devices. These instructions will walk you through the process of setting this up on your mobile device: To use download the application Moodle...

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Active Learning – Collaboration

During 2014, we recorded several instructors around campus using active learning techniques.  The example below is from Melissa Sprenkle (Communications) and Lisa Blackford (Social Science) working together.  The Communications class and the Social Work class...

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