This week’s tutorial explains a system "bug" in Moodle that is causing external tools to not work in some instances. While we wait on a system-wide fix from Moodle developers, this video explains how to quickly fix broken external tool links (most importantly, Panopto...
By Janet Lively Thank you to colleagues who gave us feedback on our Embrace the Dream faculty service project. Although we would like to hear from more of you, the feedback we’ve had so far has been positive. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said we should do...
It's been a year since I took on the role of "Girl Scout Leader" with my daughter and 25 other girls. For those who haven't been involved with the GSUSA program in some time, it's far more than cookies, camp outs, and crafts. The organization has truly brought a...
What’s hot for 2023? In-person conferences! NMC faculty are traveling all over the country and even abroad for PD opportunities this year. Many conferences have returned to face-to-face mode and NMC faculty are taking advantage of in-person learning. CIE is...
When COVID blasted through NMC last fall, it canceled one of our most anticipated sessions at the October Conference -- a panel discussion on handling contentious topics in the classroom. What a disappointment! This sounded like just the conversation we needed....
Last week, the Educational Technologies department had a heated discussion about the best 80s movies of all time. It got a little testy and some people got their feelings hurt, but we narrowed the field to sixteen 80s movies. We need your help to determine the best...
This week’s tutorial discusses how to add activity descriptions to your Moodle course's main page. Watch to learn all about it… ABOUT THIS SERIES: Moodle/Panopto Minute(s) are short, weekly tutorial videos that explore small-but-helpful Moodle (or Panopto) functions,...
Dear Sherry: I love color, and use it any chance I get in my course shell and course materials. I just think vibrant colors and I were meant to be. Who doesn’t love colorful content to brighten up their day? Recently it was brought to my attention that I have...
This week’s tutorial discusses Panopto's auto-captioning feature and, most importantly, how to edit those captions within the Panopto editor and then apply those changes to the published video. It's a great feature to ensure your words are being presented accurately....