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TurningPoint interactive polling software allows you to interact with learners and identify their understanding, but that’s just touching the surface of what it can do. Here are some great tips for thinking outside the box to get the most out of the technology. 10. Ice breaker Create and use TurningPoint slides to emphasise a theme,…
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ASTI has recently developed an eSubmission checklist to help reduce the large number of cases where students are submitting assignments that cannot be read by their tutors on Plymouth University PCs. In most cases, eSubmission policy now requires that such assignments be marked at zero, which is frustrating for students and tutors alike. ASTI has…
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Turnitin has developed a new feedback tool called GradeMark, which is now available to use through the DLE. ASTI now delivers a course on this tool, which aims to give an understanding of GradeMark’s functionality and its use within the University. Online help and guidance in using Turnitin GradeMark is also available on the eSubmission Help…
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We probably all know how important it is for passwords to be hard to guess and are securely stored, in order to prevent any malicious access to our logins. But many I talk to and read about still see passwords as an afterthought and assume there is little chance of them being hacked or will…
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What is it? A Lesson is an activity in Moodle. Lessons are a series of pages that link together, they can include content pages as well as question and answer pages. In the simplest form, learners can click the ‘continue’ button to move to the next page/section within the lesson. Pages within the lesson can…
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Workshop – Peer Assessment Tool in Moodle The Workshop activity in Moodle is a powerful tool which allows both self-assessment and peer assessment on an electronic submission of work. Students submit their work and receive two grades: one for their own work submitted and assessed by their peers and one for their own assessment of…
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I was really looking forward to this conference due to the main subjects for discussion being games and simulation. Serious games require careful consideration and development in order to be useful. And one of many things I noted during this day was that there is a lot of great projects out there and people with…
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What is the group choice activity? The group choice activity allows students to enrol themselves in a group within a Moodle course. The tutor can choose the groups offered, and the maximum number of students allowed in each group. The students can view the members of each group before making a selection, and (if the…
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The ‘Switch role to..’ feature allows you to simulate different views of your Moodle courses. The feature is particularly useful if you want to check how your students will see your module(s) or programme(s). For example you can check that hidden files, activities and/or sections aren’t visible to your students until the desired time. With…
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In response to the many significant improvements made to PebblePad over the past year, ASTI has created a series of simple videos to be used for student induction sessions. We are confident these can be used to replace previous face to face sessions, freeing up valuable time to focus on discussing the tasks required of…
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On 1st August, Turnitin updated all institutions to their new Feedback Studio replacing the old originality report. Although the core functionality is the same, the look of the page is different. The image below shows where these differences are.
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If you were unable to attend all or part of the Vice-Chancellor’s 15th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, or would like to revisit some the sessions, they are now viewable via Panopto (using your University username and password). Sessions can be accessed through the links below. Day one: Digital Learning Conference Welcome – Professor Neil Witt, Head…
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During the recent Moodle upgrade there were a few changes made to the Moodle Assignment eSubmission tool. The recommended process of bulk download and upload still works in the same way, but there is a new ‘grade’ button that makes online annotations easier. The format of Turnitin originality reports will be changing soon to reflect…
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This year the Vice Chancellor’s 15th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference runs over 2 days, with the first day focusing on digital learning. The conference has the following themes: Art of the possible Student expectations Alignment of learning – flipped classroom Strategic opportunities / staff and student ideas Policy The conference will focus on sharing…
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On Wednesday 5th July the Moodle component of the DLE will be upgraded to its latest version (3.2) to give the University access to the latest feature improvements available, such as: Targeted support through the use of ‘User Tours’ or walkthroughs for first time visitors to the site following an upgrade Recycle bin for retrieval of course elements…
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THE DESIGN After reviewing the content required for the app, the feature requests and some discussions around who it’s for and how it will be used, I created a few initial draft designs which highlighted how the app will be played out and flow… Click on a thumbnail to see the full image The…
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Major developments are underway to improve the way you work and collaborate with others. Documents and files will be moved to new workspaces that offer new and exciting ways to collaborate and work together. You may already be using some of the new features available in Office 365, or you may not have had a chance…
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Academic Engagement have created a quick reference guide for copyright in teaching & learning. The guide covers which items you can or cannot use in class, in handouts, on the DLE, and within Panopto (content capture). View the ‘Copyright in a nutshell’ quick reference guide.
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This year the Vice Chancellor’s 15th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference runs over 2 days, with the first day focusing on digital learning. There is still a chance to submit an abstract for the Digital Learning Conference which has the following themes: Art of the Possible Student Expectations Alignment of Learning- Flipped Classroom Strategic Opportunities/staff and…
