Report from the RSC EM Moodle User Group Nov 2014

1. 19/11/2014 Moodle User Group 14th November 2014
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2. Agenda
»9-30-10.00 Coffee/networking
»10.00 Housekeeping/Introductions
»10.00-10.20 Jisc re-organisation
»10.20-10.40 News and updates, OU add ins
»10.40-11.00 My Moodle – what’s happened with your
learning platform?
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3. Jisc Re-organisation
» Jisc regional support centres will close Dec 31st
› New structure for supporting FE and skills
› Larger regional groups (3 for England)
› Account managers, subject experts and community
engagement
› More info from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/towards-a-new-look-
customer-service-function-for-jisc-01-jul-2014
› Next term’s forum?
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4. News & Updates
»OU Course on Moodle quizzes
› e-Assessment with Moodle - question types
› http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php
?id=1581
e-Assessment with Moodle – quiz features
› http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php
?id=1643
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5. News & Updates
»Moodle Docs – effective quiz practice
› https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Effective_quiz_practice
s
»Comparing an individual’s quiz results
› To compare pre and post course quizzes
– https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=274526#p1180
070
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6. News & Updates
» Course Check Block Plugin
› The checks that can be carried out by this block are:
– Checks that the course has a summary, and course image set
– Checks that the course is visible to students
– Checks that guest access has been disabled on the course, to help
prevent issues where enrolled students don't have permissions to
do things
– Check that section headings have been renamed from their defaults
– Check that all sections have a summary
– Check that there are no empty sections, and that they all have
content
– Allows site administrators to recommend blocks that should be
installed on each course
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7. News & Updates
»Moodle 2.8
› Improved gradebook UI – better scrolling, works on all
platforms, quick cell editing
› Improved:
– Grade history & User reports, Grader setup page, quiz building
pages, forum reply via email
› Minor changes to:
– Analytics, lesson, workshop, usability, cohorts.
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8. My Moodle
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9. Find out more…
Phil Hardcastle
Advisor, RSC East Midlands
Phil Hardcastle@rsc-em.ac.uk
07584 218776
www.rsc-em.ac.uk
http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk
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10. Group activity
»What online learning are you doing now?
»What tools and platforms are you using?
»What is working well?
»How are you overcoming the challenges you face in
moving learning online?
»How are you upskilling staff?
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11. Plenary -What will you do next?
»Share and support via Edmodo
»Join in with discussion on https://www.edmodo.com/ to
share good practice, ideas and tips.
»Sign up as a student and use this group code 9nbxs4 to
join the FELTAG group to share good practice, issues,
strategies etc.
»Get in touch with RSC for further support
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