Ding dong, the Moodle is dead. And stepping into its ruby slippers: Canvas. It’s hard to believe a year has passed since we first introduced Canvas to a small group of pilot instructors. Since last fall, Canvas use has grown quickly, with at least 350 NMC courses now...
Feeling anxious about the fall semester? Worried you won’t feel comfortable teaching in Canvas? Don’t worry — Ed Tech has you covered with THREE Canvas Camp dates to choose from! And who doesn’t love camp? Well… I suppose this is where I should admit to being terribly...
As the Spring semester races toward the finish line, we know exactly what you’re thinking: “Ack! Moodle is almost gone! Canvas! What do I do?!?” Luckily, your friendly neighborhood educational technologists have spent the past year preparing for this very moment, and...
Are you concerned you won't be ready for the start of fall semester? Do you need a META shell or help importing course content? Has the Moodle attendance activity gotten you confused (again)? Do you have questions about Canvas (available to all for the spring 2025...
In an earlier post, I surveyed differing approaches to issues of sourcing, transparency and ‘information integrity’ in generative AI platforms. The underlying questions there dealt with how AI tools handle sourcing and citation within their own algorithmically generated output. A second distinct but related challenge deals with developing new norms around transparency and disclosure as it relates to human use of AI tools in the human authorship of work—which is to say our work, and the work of our students.
Several recent conversations with colleagues at NMC have me mulling over emergent challenges at the intersection of Generative AI and academic practices regarding sourcing and citation. Among these challenges, two seem most prominent. Both involve preserving the integrity of a chain of information—what came from where, or who contributed what—but in slightly different ways.
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,...
The Ed Tech team, CIE, NMC Library, and Ali Thornton are working hard to keep NMC faculty and staff updated with the latest information and knowledge about Generative AI. A colleague from Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada shared a YouTube video...
This week’s Moodle Minute(s) explains the dates report, a handy feature in the "Reports" section of your Moodle course that allows you to change due dates from one page (instead of clicking on each individual activity). It's one of the handiest features in Moodle for...