Moodle Tip: Your Date Guide

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...
Export and Import Grades from the Gradebook

Export and Import Grades from the Gradebook

Did you know you can Export and Import grade items in the Moodle Gradebook? Export NMCids, names, email addresses, and grades can be exported to Excel spreadsheets, Open Document spreadsheets, Plain Text files, or XML files. During the export you can select which...
Tech Tips:  Gradebook

Tech Tips: Gradebook

Does your Gradebook have alignment issues? Are you interested in using a 4.0 scale in your Gradebook? Check out these great Gradebook tips. Getting your Grader report to line up: Are you trying to enter grades and your students names and grades are just a little off?...
Clickers Are For Lovers (of learning)

Clickers Are For Lovers (of learning)

From Keith Overbaugh, D.V.M. Science, Biology Instructor I’ve been using a classroom response system (clickers) so long I forgot where or when I was first introduced to them.  The only reason I was drawn to this technology was that I had just realized that the two...
Attendance:  The Blackford Files

Attendance: The Blackford Files

“Well, Mark, I want the students to show up for my class,” stated Lisa. At the start of the new semester, Lisa Blackford decided she wanted to implement an attendance policy in one of her Social Work courses.  The idea was to give students 20 points for attendance for...