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Choices, Choices: Moodle Choice Activity
This activity allows you, as an instructor, to ask your students a single question with a selection of possible answers, however… Did you know the Choice activity can be used: As a quick poll. As a discussion starter. To allow students to vote on a direction for the...
Moodle Tip: Your Date Guide
Have you noticed all the types of dates available in Moodle? (Availability, Restrict Access, Due, Expected Completion, Cut-off...) How do you know what to use when, and why? Check out this guide to using dates in Moodle. Availability You can make an activity available...
4 x 4 x 16 = Ice Cream!
We are inviting instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing should be at least 16 sentences in length and should be focused on teaching and learning. “That’s it?” you ask. But wait, there’s more! If we have just 10...
5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn
This short article from Mind/Shift (http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/) defines inquiry learning. The article appears intended for K-12, but it applies well to higher education too. Helping students learn how to...