Monday, October 31st, 2016
Moodle Tools for Faculty Advisors
As part of our synchronization between Moodle and Banner, we create a “Faculty Advisor” Moodle course for every faculty member with advisees, and we automatically…
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Monday, October 3rd, 2016
Survey Tools for Faculty and Students
At Bucknell, we have three easy-to-use platforms for creating surveys:
Qualtrics
Moodle
Google Forms
Qualtrics (discussed in a related blog entry) is the most flexible…
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
New Collapsed Topic Format in Moodle
One challenge that students and faculty members face with large Moodle courses is the (over-dramatically named) “scroll of death.” In other words, when there are…
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Using Moodle Scheduler for Advisee Appointments
As part of our integration with Banner, we have created “Faculty Advisor” courses in Moodle for all faculty members currently advising students, and we automatically…
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Thursday, June 4th, 2015
New Moodle Servers: New Features Available!
On June 4, we upgraded our Moodle server to version 2.8. For a list of all the new features that come with Moodle 2.8, see…
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
New Moodle Feature: Export Forum to PDF File
Discussion Board forums in Moodle allow students to discuss issues related to your course beyond the typical class period, and the discussions can provide an…
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Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Moodle Tools to Support Student Advising
Every faculty member who is advising student has a “Faculty Advisor” course in Moodle, following the naming convention Faculty Advisor: Lastname, Firstname. That course is…
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