Extra Credit Assignments in the Moodle 2.9 Grade Book
We’ve put out a lot of information recently about new features in Moodle 2.9, many of which pertain to the grade book. One big improvement is that if a field in the gradebook is empty, Moodle will no longer value that field as a zero when calculating cumulative course...
Moodle 2.9 New Features – Video
We’ve recently upgraded to Moodle 2.9 and there are many new features to learn about. We’ve held several open training sessions and visited many departments to give overviews and demonstrate new features, but just in case you weren’t able to attend we also created the...
SoftChalk Users Please Read!
Please check out the following blog post from SoftChalk entitled, "Saying Goodbye to NPAPI." It looks like if you use Chrome to access SoftChalk Cloud to create and edit lessons you will either need to use a different browser, or load the local...
Email to Print Options Now Available!
Email-To-Print @ NMC For phones, tablets, laptops, and other devices Systems & LAN Management is pleased to introduce our new Email-To-Print option, which will allow users to print from virtually any device - phones, tablets, laptops - by simply emailing an...
The New CIE Newsletter
Welcome back from what I hope was a relaxing summer! As we head into the 2015-2016 school year, I’m excited to get started in my new role as CIE Director. One thing I’m particularly happy about is the revival of the CIE Newsletter. I hope that this monthly searchable...
The CIE Resource Collection Has a New Home
CIE’s books were previously located in the stacks area of the library, but they were a little out of the way there. They were not in a place where faculty could easily just pause and browse and maybe find something of interest. So we moved them to a much more central,...
2015 NMC Reads Book Choice
Each year the CIE Board selects a book which has connections to the classroom but that also has ties to our personal and professional lives. The book for 2015-2016 is How We Learn. In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow, comes a practical,...
CIE Wants to Hear from You
In addition to continuing to offer popular programs such as Friday Forums (the first Friday of every month from 12:00-1:30 with lunch provided!), and the 20 Minute Mentor Coffee Club (the third Friday of every month at 10 am with coffee and pastries!), we are also...
Summer Courses are officially done: Getting Ready for Fall
Remember, summer course shells will be turned off to students on Aug 24. If you have a student with an incomplete at the end of summer semester, please submit a help desk ticket indicating which CRN (and course name) you need left open for student access. Looking...
A Moodle Upgrade & An Invitation to Learn
After grades are submitted on August 12th, we’re planning to upgrade to Moodle 2.9, the most recent version of the course management system. We’re excited about the many new features that will be available following the upgrade, but we know you’ll have some questions....